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To: CynicalBear
"First of all, by all accounts Luke was written from 58-63AD"

How many hours on the internet to arrive at that answer?

Not all accounts, some accounts put it in that time frame. Some actually put it as early as 40 AD when Theophilus ben Ananus, High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem. Other put it later under the belief that Theophilus was generic meaning Friend of God.

In any event, the writing was preceded by many years of oral tradition that did not automatically stop with the writing of the Gospels. For the next 200 years there is was illegal to possess Christian texts and the owners faced the prospect of martyrdom, and other punishments including forfeiture of property and being sold into servitude. Even after it was legal, literacy was very low, and Hebrew competency outside of Jerusalem was almost zero. God had a reason to rely on the Oral Tradition.

Peace be with you

1,155 posted on 06/04/2013 3:48:33 PM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a book, He left us a Church.)
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To: Natural Law
>>For the next 200 years there is was illegal to possess Christian texts and the owners faced the prospect of martyrdom<<

Give it a break man. Paul told the Bereans to “search the scriptures daily”. Now does that sound like no one had them? Those not under the cult teachings of the RCC don’t fall for that nonsense.

1,161 posted on 06/04/2013 4:10:48 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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