"John's Gospel is Christian Fan Fiction!" DEBUNKED

[@bearistotle2820]

Idc if you are Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, or whatever, but as a Catholic, I appreciate your style and solid argumentation. Keep it up, my brother in Christ!

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Whatever he is he speaks the Truth and does the work of God

[@bearistotle2820]

@@Meyer-gp7nq indeed he does!

[@John_3_16_OSB]

Gaytholicism Gaystantism Truthorthodoxy

[@ElatiosMusic]

@@John_3_16_OSB Surely our Lord in heaven, wants you to speak in this manner?

[@MINDLYFG]

@@John_3_16_OSB what a clown

[@thephotoshopper5908]

“BuT sPiDeRmAn GeTs StUfF rIgHt AbOuT nEw YoRk!” -Atheists who didn’t watch the video

[@bobjob2514]

As a bit of a comic nerd, thanks for the laugh. It’s reeeally convenient when you can inject a prophecy into the past, huh? They should try doing it from before the foundation of the earth like God did. You can’t simply deny the Messiah - clearly presented from Genesis forward - without serious scales over your eyes.

[@uncle_Samssubjects]

​@@bobjob2514that's how I view the protesters of the Church. If the well is poisonous like they claim, logically that means so is the bucket they pulled from the well. But they love their man made traditions.

[@matt66716]

@@bettertobethoughtafool for ignorant people

[@SeanWinters]

@@uncle_Samssubjects the church is not a well that the bucket pulls from, it is the other way around.

[@uncle_Samssubjects]

@@SeanWinters are you saying that Jesus failed? That he collected 12 disciples but never founded a Church? Who compiled the Bible, when and why? And remember to keep continuity.

[@mgvilaca]

I watched you for the first time on Easter Sunday. Since then your views and subs have skyrocketed. Amazing work bro

[@alonzoharristhemuslimcoper]

I noticed that too ❤ Glory to Jesus

[@lordbebech]

It is due to skill in meme use.

[@axxel9626]

It is due to Jesus ​@@lordbebech

[@TouchedByArod]

That aint how god works bro. The man makes AMAZING and easy to digest content.

[@lordbebech]

@@axxel9626 grace builds on the nature.

[@harrygarris6921]

The crazy thing is that it’s the gospel of John which appears to stand as the odd one out to our modernist eyes, but in actual history Marcion viewed the gospel of Luke as having a unique quality and rejected the other three gospels. And this led to a schismatic Marcionite group who only had Luke’s gospel as canon. So in a way the 19th century German theologians were right that one of the gospels was used over and against the others by schismatics. They were just wrong about what gospel it was because they were mistakenly assuming that second century Greco-Roman Christians would operate under the same modernist presuppositions that they operated under… but this is a bad way to understand history.

[@thiagoulart]

People often tryna understand the past with the lens of a present mindset. I wished there was a name for this phenomena. "Epochal appropriation", maybe? 🤔🥴

[@logicianbones]

@@thiagoulart It's anachronism fallacy. Although that isn't specific to which timeframe is used in place of which. Also sort of provincialism.

[@thiagoulart]

@@logicianbones sounds about right, thanks!

[@DanielSilva-gc4xz]

@@thiagoulart not the appropriation again 💀

[@darkwolf7740]

After using the Roblox oof sound, it is now a moral obligation to use it in every video 🤔

[@odinforce2504]

I think the reason John gets a lot of bad press by "scholars" is because he spoke often of Jesus's divinity. Modern pharasees.

[@justinyashan1172]

7:03 Let Jesus cook 🗣️

[@dillydanny-o8807]

The book of John was the most widely circulated gospel at the time of church founding and growth if I remember correctly. I believe it has the most remnants of copies found in historical sites since it was used as a “pocket gospel” of sorts.

[@AnHebrewChild]

Matthew was, by far.

[@J童]

I am a simple man. I see biblical wojaks, I click.

[@rivereuphrates8103]

Dude I've been binging the playlist all weekend. I wish these were longer, but the short run time is actually perfect for helping others during discussions. You're doing a really great service.

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

John is more accurate than others want to ever admit.

[@PastPresented]

John is accurate about history and geography- but hiding lies among a mass of verifiable truths is deception 101.

[@joe5959]

​@@PastPresentedyou need to take philosophy 101😂

[@PastPresented]

@@joe5959 Nice to know that someone read my comment- it now seems to have been disappeared.

[@bobjob2514]

Likely because they don’t want to recognize who God is. Do me a favor, please. Read the beginning of John chapter 1, and take that understanding of “the Word” into his first epistle 5:7. Then tell a friend!

[@JesusWillRescue]

@@bobjob2514 🪽🪽🪽

[@F0r3v3rT0m0rr0w]

This channel is a true diamond in the rough.

[@sceptigator1313]

Incredible series so far!

[@justinyashan1172]

3d ago 😮?

[@darkwolf7740]

​@@justinyashan1172Early access or... secret time traveller. I hope it's the 2nd 🤞

[@MatthewChenault]

Speaking of John, my personal favorite chapter from John is John 11; the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the grave. It is both a story of Jesus’s compassion for fellow man as well as an affirmation of the consistency of the Biblical narrative as Jesus risks his life to aid Mary and Martha.

[@ggpt9641]

I remember when his disciples express concern for it too, knowing the chief priests wanted to kill Jesus, and Lazarus's burial site was around 2 to 3 miles away from Jerusalem. Good reminder.

[@private_channel11]

as an Orthodox Christian, web read that last sunday and it is beautiful

[@timmccreery6597]

IMO- John firmly cements Jesus as God- the Second person of the trinity. I believe that is why it is so attacked-

[@aericabison23]

Yes- as of late, I am convinced I know a few specific things Satan hates, one of which is the Gospel of John. I think he also hates children in particular.

[@timmccreery6597]

@@aericabison23 Absolutely!!

[@darabakare7591]

Was so happy when i saw the notification for the vid pop up lol. Cant wait to watch, and God bless you!

[@CJFCarlsson]

There is a story about a british MP who believed his apartment was broken into, things had been moved around and it was the SAS. A former SAS member was asked for a comment and said that if the MP could see things had been moved around, then it was not SAS. So Erics friend is right.

[@minifox3603]

Happy to see that your channel is growing, love these videos.

[@Mr53gil]

6 AD - In the 43 Year of Augustus Caesar, happened a terrible Famine in Rome, on which Augustus sent away not only Strangers, but most of his Servants out of the City. This would mean he became Caesar in 37 BC

[@dillydanny-o8807]

Telling the woman at the well is yet another way women are honored as some of the first allowed to share the good news about Jesus-like the women finding him alive first.

[@Cuhpri]

Your content is extremely important, please do not stop!

[@ReneSance]

Cultural references we need to look up to understand. Proceeds to show a gameboy and a cassette... I guess I am old now. 😅

[@thiagoulart]

"Ad hocness" you've said has also a psychological explanation. It is basically a fearful, anti-alterity defense mechanism that protects the subject's belief foundations, on which is based his very subjectivity. Against anything that threatens the worldview, such is the psyche's "tenacity", whose degree of affection gives a clue about the subject's intelligence and confidence. In other words, people's unreasonableness against a topic is directly proportional to the possibility of their mistake on it, which very much says of a fear-driven, insecure personality.

[@TestifyApologetics]

No lies detected

[@bk2524]

Can you imagine? "I know the Messiah is coming" "I'm here cuuuuuz"

[@IslandUsurper]

Does anyone else think that woodcut of the woman at the well looks like it came out of Studio Ghibli? Something about the way her face is rendered… More seriously, what’s the evidence that John wrote in Ephesus? I don’t doubt there is some; it’s just the first I’ve heard of this.

[@ChannelStarface]

I'm discussing this video on my next podcast... This is very well done. God bless!!! Christ is King

[@bk2524]

Are you "Christ is King"ing because you are excited or are you "Christ is King"ing because your a groyper? The difference is substantive.

[@homemovelha4173]

@@bk2524 ´´this guy said one of the most common christian phrases ever, he must be part of this niche political movement that uses the phrase frequently´´

[@JTF_TheChristianAndVtuber]

Some historical books that have mythological beings we still call historical books but also say that the mythological beings obviously didn't exist. I think that's the same thing with the Gospel of John for some people if we're strictly talking about facts.

[@Shikuesi]

You can't palm fictional characters off as historical in the same general period as that of the hearers/readers, e.g. try claiming that Hogwarts old boy Harry Potter served in the 1966-70 Wilson cabinet or something. You should know that competent researchers have ranked Luke as a top historian, and the other Gospels are similar enough to bask in his light ;)

[@BoScotty]

I’m glad I found this channel. Keep up the good work!

[@jeremiahhunt8387]

The historical context you provide is amazing as we gain more depth and perspective throughout the gospel, however I’d love some of the sources your using to read for myself, Blessings thank you

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Does anybody else find a similarity between the way John writes, and the way Jesus speaks?

[@psevdhome]

The weirdest thing about John is, it seems to have a chiastic structure. Meaning every passage has a parallel passage at the opposite end of the book. John 1 about the Word of God who made the world parallels the ending where it says that if all the things Jesus did were put in a book, the world could not contain them, because Christ created the world, so the explanation of everything he made could not fit. Sometimes these parallels can be a bit of a stretch, so I am not sure if this is true, however I once read it beginning and end and so forth and there were direct parallels in a lot of places.

[@The-Negative-Commentator]

4:43 this line was so hard when I read like I actually jumped out of bed 😭

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

8:20 i actually broke up with my boyfriend because he made a really stupid ad-hoc argument about something i cared about. instantly lost a ton of respect for him. we’re still friends, but wow. the situation was this: i’m a shroudie, it doesn’t define my faith or anything but i find the whole thing really cool and interesting, and one day i was talking on discord and some of my friends seemed interested. my boyfriend asked what evidence there is that it’s legit, and i listed off everything i could remember, along with a few common objections. bro went “ok but did you consider that demons can fake all of that” i didn’t talk to him for the rest of the day, and we broke up shortly afterwards. i don’t think he knows that was part of the reason

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

all the friends i was talking to were like “that’s not a good argument dude, how are they supposed to defend against that, you basically just shut the conversation down” so it’s nice to know i have smart friends

[@CFG_DBE777]

And... Saved that video to a playlist! God bless homie

[@nebricback1430]

Yeeees more knowledge in my brain

[@matthewleonetti2733]

I agree that the events happened, but the Cleansing of the Temple occurred during Jesus’s final week in 30 AD

[@maxdavis473]

For a second I thought your shirt said "praise the watchtower"

[@Cornelius135]

I didn’t think the debate was whether or not John made up the details as much as the fact that he is far less concerned with historical precision as theological reflection - so of course he gets general cultural stuff right about Samaritans and circumcision, but the order of events and dialogue have been massaged to serve John’s rhetorical goals in a more obvious way than the Synoptics.

[@justsomeguy9192-hx7jv]

@testify I like your case for 27 AD start of ministry. I’ve always been a 30 AD believer. Could you do a comparison of the evidence for 30 vs 33 AD for date of crucifixion?

[@AkiraleTorimaki]

1:02 Doesn’t Ezra 3 tells us when the 2nd Temple was built in Jerusalem?

[@masterspark9880]

The Jews were talking about the additions by Herod

[@tedhubertcrusio372]

I agree... John's gospel reads more like a detailed police report than some headcanon fanfic. John is very precise. Our church always uses John's gospel as somewhat of a cornerstone in our theological discussion.

[@Datroflshopper]

Can you do another video going into more detail about how John, Luke, Seutonius and Josephus fit together?

[@darbearbromine9529]

Your videos seem pretty cool, dude, I’ve liked what I’ve watched. God bless you!

[@herpderp3426]

Jesus also casted out a demon (maybe demons** with legion ir I recall?) Where the man said he wanted to join Jesus afterward, but Jesus tells him to instead susah so he could tell people of the great thing God did for him, and at least in Luke, the man specifically talks about the great thing that JESUS did for him. Not messiah-related, but that has to have some relevant significance. It's very clear Jesus was strategic and deliberate in who he allowed or who he specifically forbade from saying Jesus was the one doing these things. So much to unpack here. Glory to God

[@scienquist]

But if John's account of cleansing the temple correlates with Luke's why is John's account at the beginning of Jesus' ministry, rather than after Jesus' final entry into Jerusalem like in Luke?

[@secular13]

Same as,"And you 12 will judge 12 tribes of Israel" but he is talking to Judas too.

[@storytime6263]

John was the loved one. He was gentle and loving. Every disciple has his strengths.

[@ForeverMe217]

John was: John the beloved. 🤷🏾‍♀️ John is my favourite Gospel. He’s such a mood.

[@chrisalan11rus]

Bro this series is amazing! 🤩

[@coryskipper909]

I love this thumbnail for the video.

[@chrisazure1624]

Where does the "boo" sound come from?

[@TestifyApologetics]

Old roblox lol

[@Pyr0Ben]

Uhm ahkshually (projects saliva) it'sh pronounshed "OOF"

[@dillydanny-o8807]

The burglar example is like the “millions of years” hand-wave to explain macro evolution. “Just add more time, it’ll make it make sense!!”

[@masscreationbroadcasts]

Imagine trying to prove that a gospel is false, lol.

[@kieranpat]

Not to detract from the historical significance of this, but at 0:50 the number 46 is significant for another reason as well. Four is the most human number, (following 3, Gods number) and it took 6 days for the creation of the world. so the complete human temple was created and the men could rest after as God did. I think that’s quite fun and interesting 🤔

[@bradleymarshall5489]

While I agree with John Behr’s recent scholarship on the theological and apocalyptic views of John, I don’t see why that somehow doesn’t mean John is still historical

[@JESUSsavesfrfr]

LORD JESUS CHRIST SON of GOD have mercy on me a sinner ☦️ ❤

[@dedshi4788]

You deserve a sub.

[@lelandlarochelle312]

Wonderful. God bless you brother

[@coltclouse7561]

Love the Roblox noises and the great lol placements. Amazing humor

[@kuba-le3io]

Bro ive literally struggled for like last two weeks with believing John is as trustworthy as Matthew, Luke and Mark.

[@Shikuesi]

I mean, if MML are bang on, it's already clear that Jesus worked many miracles, so why doubt ones mentioned only in John (water into wine etc.)?

[@kuba-le3io]

@@Shikuesi I struggled with the fact that most of the phrases where Jesus claims to be divine are in John's gospel. I wasnt doubting the miracles. The infamous John 8:58, John 10:30, John 14:6. So you know I started getting doubts if John who wrote his gospel later than the others didnt exaggerate.

[@Marv0712]

@@kuba-le3io Mark 2:8: "Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, 'Why are you thinking these things?'" My question for you would be: who alone but god can read the hearts and minds of people?

[@RodMartinJr]

Could Jesus have kept his identity under wraps because the timing was off? After all, he wanted to spread the Gospel before the Enemies of the Light could gather against him. 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯

[@jdlyonsky]

Is there any way you coukd do a critique on the backyard lproffesors latest vudeos on jesus and josephus?

[@squids]

This one is actually pretty cool

[@yourneighbour3309]

like your videos. you should look into Eastern Orthodoxy.

[@TestifyApologetics]

I have. I respect it. I love aspects of it. I believe I'm where I should be but thank you.

[@yourneighbour3309]

@@TestifyApologetics ill respect that, you do good work anyways. No Need to read the rest and thank you for the response! but You cannot Remove The Bible from The Church, History, Acts. All of the OT and NT is about Christ, The Apostles establishing historical actual real churches, and all kings and queens will convert to the Orthodox faith and worship him for 1000 years as predicted in OT and NT. Not about End Times...... What is Worship? What is a Church? You cant interpret The Scripture by yourself!! as i said you dont need to read this, and im sure i cant convince the heart. But was just posing for you to look more into the history of Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy) since youre great at it. Jay Dyer would be a great person for you to look into it. As i said no need to read this but thank you if you had and no need to listen. I lovee your work and the history you dig into, so thank you anyway and sorry if you did read this! lol

[@heatproofedwrens]

​@@yourneighbour3309how is all of the OT about Christ? Or do you mean that it is about God, and as such God is Christ?

[@jacobi-vision3249]

@@heatproofedwrens the Old Testament foreshadows Christ. The law foreshadows the new covenant and His fulfillment of the old covenant. God the Son shows up all over the old testament personally. All physical forms of God are God the Son. the pillar of fire and of cloud is the Son. the Old Testament is filled with messianic prophecies, not only in the prophets but also in the psalms since Christ is speaking through David. The Son’s personhood or hypostases doesn’t change in his incarnation, only his divine nature is joined with a human nature through the theotokos. Even Mary herself is foreshadowed in the Old Testament through Eve, the Ark of the covenant, the waters of creation which the spirit of God hovers over just like he did Mary. The crucifixion and its ties to baptism are also foreshadowed in the Old Testament. There is probably nothing major in the new testament that is not foreshadowed or prophesied about in the Old Testament. Even the reality of the trinity is shown in the Old Testament. Ancient Jews before Christ were discussing a multi-personal God even before Christ incarnated.

[@GentlemanBystander]

I think it's important to note, that if Jesus Christ was a fiction, it was a fiction perpetrated by people who weren't directly connected to each other over about 300 years who had, somehow, managed to get all the historical details correct and (largely) didn't contradict each other for absolutely no net-benefit to themselves. The statistical likelihood that Jesus did not exist grows ever closer to zero.

[@kiddarius]

99% of atheist historians disagree with you. Your Superman Richard Dawkins has even came out and admitted he was being intellectually dishonest by denying his existence. Jews who hate him will even say he was real. Quit the cope, read a book, polish up on your history.

[@planteruines5619]

​@@kiddarius i think he's on our side , but a misspell made the if an is , making it seems he is not

[@Kingfish179]

No one in the know questions Jesus' existence - scholars publishing in all the relevant fields uniformly affirm that he did. It is only in popular culture that this idea is entertained, being pushed by anti-religious fanatics and amateurs who publish books for general audiences.

[@GentlemanBystander]

@@planteruines5619 Yeah, just caught that, it meant "if" not "is"

[@itsamindgame9198]

The genius burglar theory works a lot like the theory of evolution.

[@TestifyApologetics]

Yes

[@CyberHabibi]

almost all evidence points to evolution by natural selection being the case though? even those who deny natural selection still admit evolution of species is a real, proven and observable phenomena

[@dansmith7009]

Except that the theory of evolution makes testable predictions that are accurate, so…

[@itsamindgame9198]

@@dansmith7009 4 errors in one partial sentence is impressive.

[@dansmith7009]

@@itsamindgame9198 do you claim that no one has accurately predicted features of fossils that should exist if evolution is true, before they are discovered? Or even more commonly, the specific species that will be found in each geologic layer, and which species are never found together? Prediction, tested, shown to be accurate. What are the 4 errors you think exist in my statement?

[@MeanBeanComedy]

2:31 Someone's a proud father! 🙄🙄🙄

[@TestifyApologetics]

Yes

[@ieattwiceaday4116]

Dude I ordered a new kitchen sink im waiting for the tutorial

[@ieattwiceaday4116]

In all seriousness nice video

[@darkwolf7740]

Day 1 of asking for a kitchen sink putting together tutorial video but apologetic style

[@PMA65537]

4:54 and we see this in John two after the feeding of the 5000 .... hohoho you seem to mean John six

[@TestifyApologetics]

John too not John 2

[@ClarenceChoJinheng]

Bro the messianic secret got me traumatize

[@kerwinbrown4180]

So is Philo of Alexandria's writing also fan fiction? John and Philo both write in similar ways.

[@JosephBeaman-i2w]

Being a "black sheep" doesn't discredit ol John's input by any means.

[@PastPresented]

He's not a "black sheep," he's a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[@narrowistheway77]

Good job, 12AD is indeed the correct date for Luke 3’s recounting of when his governorship(ηγεμονία) began, but just an FYI Brother, you messed up your math by forgetting the way Romans, Greeks, and Hebrews counted regnal years. 15th year of his ηγεμονία(governorship aka being declared Caesar, but not necessarily Augustus/Emperor yet) means that at least 14 full years had passed but not yet 15 years had passed. So it was 26AD, and if you check archaeology against Daniel 9 and Nehemiah 2, you’ll also know Jesus was foretold to start his ministry in 26AD in the latter part of Summer as well 😉😁👍🏼

[@gradinarusebastian9424]

Can you please go more in depth about why the apochyphal gospels didn't make it into the Bible in a future video?

[@SILK_7744]

because they did not walk with christ you can see all the ones who did see speak and walk with him are in it

[@Bri-rw7ik]

@@SILK_7744 what about Paul? Why does he make it in?

[@SILK_7744]

@@Bri-rw7ik he saw Jesus and spoke to him

[@Bri-rw7ik]

@@SILK_7744 but how do you know that how do we know he wasn’t deceived?, If another person came here and said that Jesus came to him would we believe him?

[@SILK_7744]

@@Bri-rw7ik he had nothing to gain and all to lose and in the end he didn’t lose anything he gained all the treasure of our lord

[@DonovanAdams-u3y]

I don't get this "dunk of the atheist" angle i see a lot of these channels doing these days, isn't our purpose to planet seeds and not mock non-believers, i didn't believe until someone told me "read the gospels of Jesus" and BOOM was on the train. I was distant from GOD because everyone who had a opportunity to teach me was so caught up in their ego. Let's get back to helping people over mocking them

[@TestifyApologetics]

I'm not dunking tho

[@DonovanAdams-u3y]

@@TestifyApologetics idk the memes in the thumbnails, looks a little condescending to me, like they're a bunch of idiots. I wouldn't want to convert if I saw that, just saying.

[@blastermaster5039]

Yeah. Everyone would end up rallying to Jesus, hail him as king and install him as one as they rebel against Rome. But Jesus doesnt want that since he is just there to preach worship and peace famalan.

[@BenjaminBaschmann]

I believe John was always somehow closer to God; probably by fasting... I have this theory that he became like this because of his experience in the Isle of Patmos... But that's just a theory...

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

Ad Hocness. One of the favorite weapons of the evolutionists.

[@ref8632]

So interesting

[@TimothyChapman]

This has to be the weakest of criticisms of John that I've ever heard of.

[@umamwosa]

it is not criticism. Jesus loves you

[@TimothyChapman]

@@umamwosa What's not a criticism?

[@nothingnothing7958]

Hey Testify Bart Erhman says 1 Corinthians 15:51 is a false prediction of Paul where he thought Jesus would return within his lifetime and take him and other believers to Heaven how do we answer this?

[@billwassner1433]

Does Erhman show that Paul necessarily includes himself in "we," and that he (Paul) is not referring instead to true Christians in general? If not, then is argument is inconclusive, no?

[@nothingnothing7958]

​@@billwassner1433I was thinking that it's like a preacher today who says " when christ returns we will be raptured into the sky", it's ok to say " we" because Jesus could return in our lifetime but we also know Jesus could return centuries from now. Paul in 1 thessalonians knew Jesus return would be unexpected and he knew in philippians he could die.

[@Zanivox72]

@@billwassner1433That would make the statements about the return being soon utterly meaningless. And the within their lifetime interpretation fits with Mark 13:26-30.

[@TestifyApologetics]

Inspiring Philosophy has a good series of vids on this

[@billwassner1433]

​​@@Zanivox72 I propose that they are utterly meaningless, and I see nothing in Mark 13:26-30 indicating that Christ's coming was imminent. (I mean "utterly meaningless" not to the passages themselves, but to the interpretation that they indicate Christ's coming as being imminent).

[@Sampster0]

Hey dude the audio for this video was perfect, simple, clear. The memes were hilarious. I think the hook-nose Wojack image in contrast to the entire rest of the video, is a real mistake. I don't think I've ever seen it used in a positive context. IMO it completely yanks me out of the cool argument you're using and immediately makes me instead focus on why you would allow that image to be associated with your content. Would replace that slide with one that have a regular Wojacks (or at least not the specific one you employed), keep the same audio track, and re-upload.

[@midimusicforever]

Important video!

[@Eric_Eric_Eric]

I will lead off saying John has always been my favorite book. The question I always had is how can John differ from when Jesus crucifixion took place. It’s so clear the last supper was Passover Eve. Passover begins sundown and the next day is a sabbath. Matthew, Mark and Luke so clearly say to prepare the Passover. How can John get the timing so wrong on what is the quite literally the most important event of our time. Is it translation bias or John shifted the date to make Jesus be the slaughtered Lamb? That’s all I could ever come up with.

[@Gospelman777]

John only confirmed what God already told us !

[@learningtogrowinChrist]

Thanks bro! Good stuff!!

[@DominikKoppensteiner]

In Adventist doctrine, the autumn of 27 AD is also the end of the 69 weeks from Daniel 9 (starting with 457 BC) and the beginning of the 70th week, in which he (the Messiah, not the Antichrist) would form a new covenant with many. In the middle of the week, he, the Messiah, would bring an end to sacrifices by becoming our perfect sin offering on the cross 3.5 years after his baptism, in the spring of 31 AD during passover. (By the way, I have heard, that this is also the time, during which the Jews were not allowed to kill anyone [John 18:31]. Maybe you could investigate that claim for a future video, it was allegedly under consul Lucius Aelius Seianus; Also, the pericope adulterae, which some manuscripts insert after Luke 21:38, would make sense in this context, because if Jesus said "Do it", they would have accused him before the Romans, and if he said "Don't do it", they would have accused him of breaking the law of Moses.) The 70th week ends in 34 AD with the death of Stephen. After that, Paul was converted and the Gospel went to the Gentiles and the Jews had lost their privilege. They still had time to repent for 36 years, but they didn't, and the city was destroyed.

[@ProfessorThock]

I’m always amazed by the mental gymnastics 🤸 stay flexy friend lol

[@TestifyApologetics]

no u

[@thoroughlyunoriginalname]

no u

[@ProfessorThock]

@@TestifyApologetics 😂

[@Pyr0Ben]

Always good to exercise your mind by studying scripture :)

[@thoroughlyunoriginalname]

@@ProfessorThock 😂

[@anarchorepublican5954]

...Truth is John's 3 year ministry probably more accurate than the Synoptics 1 year framework...

[@TestifyApologetics]

There isn't a 1 year framework in the Synoptics

[@anarchorepublican5954]

@@TestifyApologetics ....well...only one Passover is mentioned in the Synoptics...sounds like the makings of another awesome video...I'm open to being wrong...if it makes the Synoptics more right..."I'm all ears", said 🕷Spiderman🕸...

[@JM-19-86]

@@anarchorepublican5954 For all we know from the synoptics, Jesus' ministry could have lasted five years.

[@masonkesslar8168]

Why is John's gospel the only gospel that omits Jesus excorcising demons?

[@stephengray1344]

Probably because John deliberately chose to include fewer instances of Jesus' healings and miracles than the synoptic authors. He mostly focuses in on ones that particularly highlight Jesus' identity.

[@oenthusiast]

Maybe, since his gospel was the last one written and he was likely familiar with the earlier ones, he felt that they had already covered the subject adequately.

[@BlackMartialArtsSociety]

Where do you get the idea that these people where when they spoke and AfroAsiatic Languges and all Afro asiatic languges speakers are black to brown?

[@adamstewart9052]

I wonder if this video has anything to do with the Spider-Man fallacy proponents?

[@benabaxter]

​@@excusemebutEMBhe has a video on that, FWIW

[@TestifyApologetics]

​@@excusemebutEMByou can stop pounding the table anytime

[@jjnn2]

@@excusemebutEMB No, it just makes you look silly. If it makes you feel better, I'm mad. I'm so mad I'm crying please don't say this please I'm so angry

[@patrick953]

@@excusemebutEMB Spiderwoman, why are you still pounding the table?

[@patrick953]

@@excusemebutEMB No, I am asking why you are still pounding the table?

[@lonerpt7731]

not the point - John was terribly corrupted by Esau [read 'Pharisees'] ch. 1 is about "the creation of eden" [in the other reality] - which Gods covenant is about ! ; Christ never said 'drink my blood' cause prohibited in the OT , etc etc

[@AnHebrewChild]

In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established. *Mat18 >* Mouth, singular. Truthful witnesses speak with one mouth. This same principle is distinctly called out in the trial narrative of Matthew & Mark: And now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought for witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but found none; yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. At the last came two false witnesses... but neither so did their witness agree together. *Mat26* *>*

[@jacobi-vision3249]

But we aren’t drinking literal blood. We’re drinking wine. We aren’t even in contact with actual blood. The real presence of Christ is in the Eucharist but it’s not like the wine has a blood type all the sudden.

[@p.j.obrien7034]

Great vid!!!

[@GrahamRannick]

Could I politely ask why the comments or replies I've made on this video don't appear on any account except mine? (this is a different acccount) Is this a weird KZbin thing?

[@PastPresented]

It's likely to mean that Testify has his channel moderation set to the strictest level rather than the basic level. Strict moderation on KZbin generates loads of "false positives".

[@GrahamRannick]

@@PastPresented What is odd is that I've gone back over the last few videos I've commented on, and those comments also do not show under a different account. Nothing I've said I would imagine should be flagged for content, But I don't want to assume anything beyond KZbin being KZbin.

[@TestifyApologetics]

I see you

[@GrahamRannick]

@@TestifyApologetics This account yes, but not my other account?

[@GrahamRannick]

@@TestifyApologetics In any event, I had posted this: Out of interest, how would you account for John being able to relay to the reader the conversation that took place between Jesus and the woman? Would you be inclined more toward Jesus relaying the story to the disciples later, or would this be an example of the Holy Spirit advising John? Genuinely curious, not attempting to be facetious or spring any kind of 'gotcha' nonsense.

[@chrisboutselis6645]

Why the Jewish guys at 6:20 have the stereotypical noses? 🤔A little off putting

[@justiceadams6623]

Bro you forgot the acts of Nicodemus

[@RoyCyberPunk]

Can I ask this channel host one and one thing only why does his presumed "avatar" in the videos he makes reads "Praise The Watchmaker" I did a search and all I could find is a novel called Praise The Watchmakers which is about Jews during the Holocaust but I have a feeling that you are trying to equate God/Jesus as the Watchmaker but nevertheless it could lead to confusion to some people who might then turn away from this channel as a result. Just saying

[@Pyr0Ben]

It's a reference to William Paley's "Watchmaker argument". Because the entire universe shows evidence of design, down to the smallest atom, it follows that nature had a designer. He's not equating God witha watchmaker, but rather explaining that we ought to praise the creator, not the creation.

[@RoyCyberPunk]

@@Pyr0Ben Well a watch requires a mind a creator so the analogy fits anyway.

[@georgeofthejungle6313]

@@Pyr0Ben The irony of accusing someone else of getting all their information from r/atheism when you get yours from Answers in Genesis. The strongest argument you could make for evidence of design would be life on earth. Beyond that, there is very little sign of design unless your definition of design includes galaxies colliding, stars burning out and black holes making a mockery of our understanding of physics. And given that earth forms less than 0.0000000000000000001% of the observable universe, that's some flimsy evidence you have there.

[@Pyr0Ben]

@@georgeofthejungle6313 um... is this meant to be an argument? Earth is the only habitable planet we know of, therefore no God? Black holes and supernovas exist, therefore no God? You're kidding me. The purpose of everything in space isn't to be live in by us but to proclaim the glory of its creator. And no, I don't really read AiG articles.

[@georgeofthejungle6313]

​@@Pyr0Ben Did I say 'therefore no God'? No, but because your arguments rely on presupposing what your opponent states and then responding with your chart of telemarketing prompts, you have to misrepresent what I said. I didn't even use the word 'God' in my objection. I was dealing directly with the assertion of design and fine-tuning. ' The purpose of everything in space isn't to be live in by us but to proclaim the glory of its creator.' - so just to be clear, you are asserting that 5% of the universe being observable is a design choice for the proclamation of glory? 'Earth is the only habitable planet we know of, therefore no God?' - um, if it's not the only known habitable planet, the argument from design falls apart. Or at least, in its current form.

[@liquidoxygen819]

Jesus sounds like he would've been a very frustrating person to talk to. Getting answers out of him was evidently like pulling teeth; everything he said seems to have been annoyingly intended as some kind of cryptic message or hint: for example, when he says "destroy this temple, and I will build it again in three days", and he was really talking about his body, not the Second Temple (which is what everyone else was explicitly referring to, and which was the background topic for the conversation itself in the first place). Must've driven people up the wall. In the case of his body, "rebuild" is a deliberately misleading, metaphorical word. Must've been agonizing

[@valleyscharping]

It wasn't deliberately misleading, it was the perfect word for the analogy which he was trying to draw their hearts to. They were focused on the temple, when they should have known from the law that Moses received Tabernacle as a pattern from heaven. Jesus Christ is the true Temple. Now I understand if you feel that he gave unclear or indirect answers frequently, because he did, but not to everyone. To his disciples he revealed his plans or his analogies directly and frequently. Just like when he resurrected, he appeared to hundreds but ONLY appeared to his disciples. He came for specific people and for a specific purpose not to answer everyone's bad faith questions (The Pharisees, whoe for example, essentially worshipped the Temple). Your frustration should cause you to ask why he would speak in such a way.

[@Zanivox72]

@@valleyscharping So, Jesus intentionally made statements to people knowing they would not understand him, and when faced with questioning he acted like the others are foolish for not knowing what he meant and for not agreeing with him from the beginning. I’m not quite sure what tha says about him, but I can say I want nothing to do with a guy like that.

[@Zanivox72]

@@BenjaminBaschmann And the other guy proves it, followed by Jesus making some nonsensical statement trying to invalidate the other person, and later gossiping about it to his buddies.

[@BenjaminBaschmann]

@@Zanivox72 I'll just agree to disagree with you i can see this will lead nowhere. But also; you gotta remember that if those hypocrites didn't become angry, they wouldn't have the urge to kill Jesus, and the whole point of his coming was that he was gonna get killed.

[@David_Brinkerhoff93]

Doesn't change the fact that the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus is fake or that the woman taken in adultery narrative was a later add on. Let's not forget those trinitarian verses that were added in either. Like it or not, John is a fanfiction and has little to do with the historical Jesus.

[@Pyr0Ben]

"🤓"

[@RealGreekLife]

Proof?

[@williamspears1627]

@@RealGreekLife It's unanimously considered to be the youngest gospel, it doesn't claim to be written by john, and it doesn't harmonize with the synoptice gospels (Matthew Mark and Luke).

[@nick-apologetics]

W content?

[@AnHebrewChild]

What does W content mean?

[@nick-apologetics]

@@AnHebrewChild great content

[@darkwolf7740]

​@@AnHebrewChildW + great = Wheat

[@KalonOrdona2]

comes from "win," I assume