[GarySpFc]

From what I've heard, there was NO contemporary account of Christ's words - the earliest New Testament Gospel was written about 100 years after his death (presumably passed down orally until then - and we all know the problem about passing stories ...)

That is totally false. See When were the books of the New Testament Written? Furthermore, one fragment (7Q5)from the Gospel of Mark found in cave 7 at Quram is dated by some excellent scholars as early as 42 AD.

[grjr21]

Yes but what you are saying is not totally true either .

There is a fragment from the Gospel of Mark from that early.

However someone didn't like the way Mark ended his Gospel at

Mark 8
And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

So they added on the final 12 verses