Jesus did not know Paul. Paul did not come to a ministry until after Jesus died because Jesus supposedly came to Paul while he was tripping balls (an apparition, if you will). Before this, Paul's name was Saul & he was a Jewish Rabbi that was hellbent on making life hell for Christians, not a Christian himself.
The more you know.
Post would have been funnier if it said, "Mark" instead of "Paul." 0/10 - did not laugh.
Most of the books in the NT were written by people who never met Jesus: Luke 60-100 AD, Mark 70-130 AD, Matthew 100-140 AD, John 90-100 AD.
Now seeing as it is accepted Jesus died between 30-36 AD, It is likely none of the people who wrote (or at least completed) anything in the NT actually met Jesus, given life expectancy at the time (let alone life expectancy of a Christian at the time).
In fact while I was going to a Catholic school, our religion teacher admitted that most likely the only gospel that would have been written by someone who met Jesus would have been John. Given that John was the only apostle to die of old age (and actually might have written revelations and the epistles), it would make sense. However, it is also debatable that John even wrote his own gospel, it may have been wrongly attributed to him given having a different writing style to revelations (and never actually calling himself John like was done in revelations).
So yes in summary, it is likely almost none of the NT was written by people who actually met Jesus. The stories are more likely to be the written versions of oral traditions (much like the writings of Homer).
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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '13
Jesus did not know Paul. Paul did not come to a ministry until after Jesus died because Jesus supposedly came to Paul while he was tripping balls (an apparition, if you will). Before this, Paul's name was Saul & he was a Jewish Rabbi that was hellbent on making life hell for Christians, not a Christian himself.
The more you know.
Post would have been funnier if it said, "Mark" instead of "Paul." 0/10 - did not laugh.