That’s why I said that the death and resurrection was foretold in very intricate detail thousands of years before it happened. And the death and resurrection happened in the midst of enemies who would have loved to refute its factuality if they could but instead the news of it spread explosively starting right where the hostile witnesses could have torn it to bits if possible. It spread even with the threat of death to those who believed the claims about Jesus.
Why do you suppose that was? Why didn’t somebody simply go point out the body of Jesus in the tomb where it was laid?
The Gospels and Epistles seem to have been written around the same time - within the first 10-30 years after Jesus died and rose.
The Gospels are clearly mythical literature, and good literature at that. Richard Carrier has a fantastic synopsis explaing how they're literature, and the very complex structure that they take. They aren't recounting history, but retelling it within a historical context and sprinkling it with myth and mysticism.
Of course they match prophecy, as they were written intentionally to do so to make a point.
There are over 40 gospels that we know existed, not all of which survived. The ones that were chosen to be included in the Bible are the ones that match what the early Church followers wanted them to match.
The Gospels and Epistles seem to have been written around the same time - within the first 10-30 years after Jesus died and rose.
This is untrue. The best evidence we have shows that the Epistles predate the Gospels, which were written close to the end of the first century. We have no eyewitness accounts, and even if we did, the testimony of credulous 1st century Iron Age people are not reliable as confirmation that the laws of nature have been violated. Look at how goofily the Roswell incident has been blown out of proportion; look at 9/11 truther theories about an incident that happened right in front of us on video and in the midst of a 24 hour news cycle. People aren't very reliable witnesses the further you get from the evidence.