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| − | ==Did Jesus write it?== | + | <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>==Evidence that Jesus wrote it== |
| | Reasons to think so include: | | Reasons to think so include: |
| | + | *the author quotes Jesus in the first person: "Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”<ref>Hebrews 10:7 (ESV).</ref> |
| | *this sermon appears identical to the sermon given by Jesus on the road to Emmaus, referring to Jesus in the third person. Given that Jesus said this sermon for two travelers, it makes sense that He would write his sermon down for the benefit of all. | | *this sermon appears identical to the sermon given by Jesus on the road to Emmaus, referring to Jesus in the third person. Given that Jesus said this sermon for two travelers, it makes sense that He would write his sermon down for the benefit of all. |
| | *by describing Hebrew culture in perfect Greek, this has Jesus' trademark intellectual style of overcoming ostensibly insurmountable barriers, analogous to His walking on water and turning water into wine. | | *by describing Hebrew culture in perfect Greek, this has Jesus' trademark intellectual style of overcoming ostensibly insurmountable barriers, analogous to His walking on water and turning water into wine. |
| | *the tone of authority is greater than in any other letter in the Bible, as in Hebrews 9:27: "It is reserved for men to die once, and then be judged." | | *the tone of authority is greater than in any other letter in the Bible, as in Hebrews 9:27: "It is reserved for men to die once, and then be judged." |
| | *this Epistle was written before any persecution of the disciples, because there is a reference to their lack of their physical suffering yet. This makes it likely the Epistle was written prior to the [[Ascension]], during Jesus's time here. | | *this Epistle was written before any persecution of the disciples, because there is a reference to their lack of their physical suffering yet. This makes it likely the Epistle was written prior to the [[Ascension]], during Jesus's time here. |
| − | *this Epistle uses a same distinctive phrase once used by Jesus as quoted in the [[Gospel of John]], which reinforces the likelihood of his authorship. | + | *this Epistle uses the same distinctive phrase once used by Jesus as quoted in the [[Gospel of John]], which reinforces the likelihood of his authorship. |
| − | *this 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. Is this Epistle a transcription of Jesus's sermon on the road to Emmaus?
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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 name="Encyclopedia">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07181a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref> There is not a single grammatical flaw in the entire work, despite its complexity. | | *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> There is not a single grammatical flaw in the entire work, despite its complexity. |
| | *it is a playful enigma: a message to Hebrews written in perfect Greek, a miracle of an intellectual nature. Why isn't this message to Hebrews in the Hebrew language? It shows that [[Mystery:Does God Have a Sense of Humor?|God does have a sense of humor]], and a highly intellectual one, like the encounter on the road to Emmaus. | | *it is a playful enigma: a message to Hebrews written in perfect Greek, a miracle of an intellectual nature. Why isn't this message to Hebrews in the Hebrew language? It shows that [[Mystery:Does God Have a Sense of Humor?|God does have a sense of humor]], and a highly intellectual one, like the encounter on the road to Emmaus. |