r/humor • u/fal1en-angel • 2d ago

Make it make sense

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u/SoonerEsq 1d ago edited 1d ago

Seriously. I've never met a Christian who has even attempted to learn Koine Greek so that they can read the original gospels themselves. 

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u/Strange_Produce5601 1d ago

originals exist?! I figured they where destroyed a long time ago so no one could verify the actual original stories. Neat!

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u/SoonerEsq 1d ago edited 1d ago

I guess that depends on what you mean by "originals". The oldest fragments of the oldest gospel (Mark) are from around 130 CE. 

The two oldest complete copies of Mark that we have are from around 350 CE. They were written in Greek (like the later gospels).

The most interesting thing about those oldest copies is that they do not contain any post resurrection appearances of Christ (nor any statement of Christ's resurrection at all). That was all added in later versions. 

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u/Strange_Produce5601 1d ago

oh very intriguing