[ravenwolf]

“For I delivered to you [b]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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You have the evidence here with out doubt( at least in my mind ) that some of the Gospels were wrote before the time of Pauls letter to the Corinthians which would make them less than 27 or even less than 17 years after the crucifixion.

Makes sense to me.

[MHGinTN]

Paul received the Gospel both directly from Jesus, sort of, and directly from the Apostles. He returned after his first missionary journey to check with the living Apostles in Jerusalem, then went back into the mission field. His letters to the Corinthians reflect his explanation of this 'keeping in touch' with the living Apostles.

When Paul refers to 'according to the scriptures', it is generally accepted that he is referring to what we call the 'Old Testament' encoded instructions of Messiah coming to bring the Gospel of The Grace of God in The Christ. Jesus, during the period following His resurrection, before His Ascension, 'opened the scriptures' to show how The Gospel of Grace is foretold and how He fulfilled it.

[MHGinTN]

Here is a link to a wonderful session from Gary Habermas explaining the 'currency' of what Paul shared in his missionary journies. The first link is to part 1 of five or six parts, and the second link is to gary's video page online:

http://garyhabermas.com/video/habermas_unc_04-11-07_pt1.wmv

http://garyhabermas.com/video/video.htm

There is a glorious wealth of spiritually instructive and uplifting material at Dr. Habermas's website.