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Did Jesus write this, or give it as a sermon which a scribe wrote down, during the 40 days after the [[Resurrection]] and before the [[Ascension]]?  Reasons to think so include:
 
Did Jesus write this, or give it as a sermon which a scribe wrote down, during the 40 days after the [[Resurrection]] and before the [[Ascension]]?  Reasons to think so include:
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*the writing has a "striking purity of language and elegance of Greek style," and "is a treasure-house of expressions characteristic of the individuality of the writer," using "168 terms ... which appear in no other part of the New Testament, among them ten words found neither in Biblical or classical Greek."<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm</ref>
 
*Jesus occasionally visited the [[Apostles]] during this time, but spent most of this time doing something else - perhaps writing this Epistle?
 
*Jesus occasionally visited the [[Apostles]] during this time, but spent most of this time doing something else - perhaps writing this Epistle?
 
*the Epistle was directed at the [[Hebrew]] population, which was Jesus's first priority in His ministry.
 
*the Epistle was directed at the [[Hebrew]] population, which was Jesus's first priority in His ministry.
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