Tag: Gamaliel

  • Gamaliel And The Revolt of Theudas

    Gamaliel And The Revolt of Theudas

    In Acts 5:36, Gamaliel is record­ed to have said as fol­lows con­cern­ing the Jew­ish revolt of Theudas against the Roman Empire : Pro gar toutoon toon heemeroon anes­tee Theudas legoon einai tina heau­ton, hoo pros­ek­lithee androon arith­mos hoos tetrako­sioon, hos aneerethee, kai pantes hosoi epei­thon­to autoo dielutheesan kai egenon­to eis ouden. “For before these days rose up…

  • Paul’s Depen­den­cy on Tal­mu­dic Writ­ings : Evi­dence of New Tes­ta­ment Borrowing

    While Christians would prefer to allude to the notion that Paul, the self-acclaimed "apostle" of Jesus, was "inspired" when he wrote his epistles, the evidences we have researched states otherwise. We have seen how Paul had cited a verse from the "apocryphal books of Elijah" but claimed that he was citing from the book of…