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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:

*the explanation is virtually identical in style and substance to the one made by Jesus on the road to Emmaus as described in the [[Gospel of Luke (Translated)]], which He likewise did while appearing to be someone else, and while speaking about Himself in the third person.  

*the teaching is virtually identical in style and substance to the one made by Jesus on the road to Emmaus as described in the [[Gospel of Luke (Translated)]], which He likewise did while appearing to be someone else, and while speaking about Himself in the third person.  

*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 The Catholic Encyclopedia]</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 The Catholic Encyclopedia]</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?

*Hebrews 13:19 apparently refers to the return of Jesus in the first person: "But I beseech you, please do this, that I may be restored to you more quickly."

*Hebrews 13:19 apparently refers to the return of Jesus in the first person: "But I beseech you, please do this, that I may be restored to you more quickly."

*Unlike most other writings in the New Testament after the [[Gospels]], there is no reference to post-Ascension events.

*Unlike most other writings in the New Testament after the [[Gospels]], there is no reference to post-Ascension events.

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