[PetroniusMaximus]

"Did Our Lord write any part of the New Testament or command His Apostles to do so?  Our Lord Himself never wrote a line, nor is there any record that He ordered his Apostles to write;"

Well, to answer your very first point....


Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

• Revelation 1:19
  Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
  
• Revelation 2:1
  Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
  
• Revelation 2:8
  And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
  
• Revelation 2:12
  And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
  
• Revelation 2:18
  And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
  
• Revelation 3:1
  And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
  
• Revelation 3:7
  And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
  
• Revelation 3:12
  Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
  
• Revelation 3:14
  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
  
• Revelation 10:4
  And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
  
• Revelation 14:13
  And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
  
• Revelation 19:9
  And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
  
• Revelation 21:5
  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

[NYer]

Thank you both for referencing the Book of Revelation. This book was written after the death, resurection and ascension of our Lord, Jesus Christ, not during His lifetime. What do we know about this book? It is Apocalyptic literature.

The Apocalypse, or Revelation to John, the last book of the Bible, is one of the most difficult to understand because it abounds in unfamiliar and extravagant symbolism, which at best appears unusual to the modern reader. Symbolic language, however, is one of the chief characteristics of apocalyptic literature, of which this book is an outstanding example. Such literature enjoyed wide popularity in both Jewish and Christian circles from ca. 200 B.C. to A.D. 200.

This book contains an account of visions in symbolic and allegorical language borrowed extensively from the Old Testament, especially Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel. Whether or not these visions were real experiences of the author or simply literary conventions employed by him is an open question.

Again, thank you for the commentary which simply does not apply.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Well, to answer your very first point....

I think his point is that Jesus himself personally did not write, nor command his disciples to write, any of the New Testament.

The Revelation of St John was physically written by St John. The verses you cite are self-referential and aren’t much help in disproving his point. St-John-said-Jesus-said-write isn’t quite as convincing an argument as Jesus saying it or writing it Himself personally.

As it happens, I don’t have a problem with the verses you cite being self-referential, because I believe that the New Testament was Inspired. Christ’s ministry only lasted 3.5 years, and it was a very busy 3.5 years, so there would have been little time to do any writing.

The closest that He came to writing was when He traced in the sand, during the matter of the woman taken in Adultry.