Derek Thomas
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And they are, of course, the disciples of Jesus.
You can't beat the card that says, you know, I was one of His disciples.
I lived with Him for three years.
We slept on the side of a road under trees on a journey.
I was there when Jesus fell asleep in the storm at sea.
I was there when he raised Lazarus from the dead.
He had no first-hand knowledge of Jesus.
There's every possibility that at some point in Saul of Tarsus' rabbinical training, he would have been in Jerusalem.
And he may well have been there when Jesus was in Jerusalem.
We have no evidence of that, but that's not completely fantasy language.
But he can't speak like John could speak.