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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> | + | *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 name="Encyclopedia">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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| | *Many have attributed the [[Epistle of James]] to a brother of Jesus, and if His brother wrote a letter, then why wouldn't Jesus? | | *Many have attributed the [[Epistle of James]] to a brother of Jesus, and if His brother wrote a letter, then why wouldn't Jesus? |
| | *Hebrews 5:5 quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know. | | *Hebrews 5:5 quotes something that God said directly to Jesus, which no one else would know. |
| | + | *the location of the sermon/writing was almost certainly Jerusalem,<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> which is where Jesus spent His time between the Resurrection and the Ascension. |
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