Lee Strobel

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Well, when he appeared in the resurrection with Thomas.

Well, when he appeared in the resurrection with Thomas.

Well, when he appeared in the resurrection with Thomas.

Yeah, we're talking about the women discovering the tomb empty. And that's become a point of contention among some skeptics. Because if you look at the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke say there were multiple women going to the tomb. But John only mentions Mary Magdalene. Right. And they say, oh, there's a discrepancy that it can't both be true, that's false.

Yeah, we're talking about the women discovering the tomb empty. And that's become a point of contention among some skeptics. Because if you look at the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke say there were multiple women going to the tomb. But John only mentions Mary Magdalene. Right. And they say, oh, there's a discrepancy that it can't both be true, that's false.

Yeah, we're talking about the women discovering the tomb empty. And that's become a point of contention among some skeptics. Because if you look at the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke say there were multiple women going to the tomb. But John only mentions Mary Magdalene. Right. And they say, oh, there's a discrepancy that it can't both be true, that's false.

But Dr. Michael Lacona, who's a historian, recently published an analysis of the Gospels based on how ancient biographers would write in that era. So Plutarch and others who were historians of that day the literary techniques they would use, because the Gospels are considered ancient biographies, and you would think they'd use the same literary techniques in writing the Gospels.

But Dr. Michael Lacona, who's a historian, recently published an analysis of the Gospels based on how ancient biographers would write in that era. So Plutarch and others who were historians of that day the literary techniques they would use, because the Gospels are considered ancient biographies, and you would think they'd use the same literary techniques in writing the Gospels.

But Dr. Michael Lacona, who's a historian, recently published an analysis of the Gospels based on how ancient biographers would write in that era. So Plutarch and others who were historians of that day the literary techniques they would use, because the Gospels are considered ancient biographies, and you would think they'd use the same literary techniques in writing the Gospels.

Well, one literary technique is called spotlighting. And what I mean by that is if I were to text my wife right now and say, hey, I'm sitting here with Sean Ryan, That would be true, but I didn't mention there's other people in the room. I'm spotlighting you because I want to highlight you. You're spotlighting the important people. Yeah, exactly.

Well, one literary technique is called spotlighting. And what I mean by that is if I were to text my wife right now and say, hey, I'm sitting here with Sean Ryan, That would be true, but I didn't mention there's other people in the room. I'm spotlighting you because I want to highlight you. You're spotlighting the important people. Yeah, exactly.

Well, one literary technique is called spotlighting. And what I mean by that is if I were to text my wife right now and say, hey, I'm sitting here with Sean Ryan, That would be true, but I didn't mention there's other people in the room. I'm spotlighting you because I want to highlight you. You're spotlighting the important people. Yeah, exactly.

So it's not false to say I'm with Sean Ryan, but I'm just spotlighting you. And if you look at what John says with Mary Magdalene, yes, he's the only one that he mentions going to the tomb, but then she says, they have taken my Savior and And we don't know where they've taken them. Well, who's the we? It's the others who were there. But he's not highlighting them. He's highlighting her.

So it's not false to say I'm with Sean Ryan, but I'm just spotlighting you. And if you look at what John says with Mary Magdalene, yes, he's the only one that he mentions going to the tomb, but then she says, they have taken my Savior and And we don't know where they've taken them. Well, who's the we? It's the others who were there. But he's not highlighting them. He's highlighting her.

So it's not false to say I'm with Sean Ryan, but I'm just spotlighting you. And if you look at what John says with Mary Magdalene, yes, he's the only one that he mentions going to the tomb, but then she says, they have taken my Savior and And we don't know where they've taken them. Well, who's the we? It's the others who were there. But he's not highlighting them. He's highlighting her.

But she refers to the we that, you know, we don't know where they've taken them. So that reconciled that issue. And there's virtually every... so-called contradiction in the Gospels, it disappears when you begin reading them in the same way you would read Plutarch or any other ancient historian, using the same literary techniques that they used in that day and they use today.

But she refers to the we that, you know, we don't know where they've taken them. So that reconciled that issue. And there's virtually every... so-called contradiction in the Gospels, it disappears when you begin reading them in the same way you would read Plutarch or any other ancient historian, using the same literary techniques that they used in that day and they use today.