Wesley Huff

But Jerusalem, on the elevation of sea level, you do go up to it. And so it's like these small clues that we as historians are looking for, or on the parable of the Good Samaritan, it's going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. And you literally, you go down like an elevation in sea level to go to Jericho. Or the story of Zacchaeus, who's the guy who climbs a tree to see Jesus. He's a wee little man.

He's like a... He's short and he can't see over the crowd. And here's this miracle worker, Jesus is coming. So he climbs a sycamore tree. And the gospels specifically say he climbs a sycamore tree. Well, this can be like a detail we can pass over, but we know based on kind of the acidity of the soils, that sycamore trees only grow in those areas in that, you know, timeframe.

He's like a... He's short and he can't see over the crowd. And here's this miracle worker, Jesus is coming. So he climbs a sycamore tree. And the gospels specifically say he climbs a sycamore tree. Well, this can be like a detail we can pass over, but we know based on kind of the acidity of the soils, that sycamore trees only grow in those areas in that, you know, timeframe.

He's like a... He's short and he can't see over the crowd. And here's this miracle worker, Jesus is coming. So he climbs a sycamore tree. And the gospels specifically say he climbs a sycamore tree. Well, this can be like a detail we can pass over, but we know based on kind of the acidity of the soils, that sycamore trees only grow in those areas in that, you know, timeframe.

So we can look and see, okay, well, Luke, whoever Luke is getting this from, He's adding this detail. Maybe he's not even aware of the significance of it. But whoever he's getting this from has been there. Because they actually know what tree would have been growing there and tell him that Zacchaeus climbs a sycamore tree.

So we can look and see, okay, well, Luke, whoever Luke is getting this from, He's adding this detail. Maybe he's not even aware of the significance of it. But whoever he's getting this from has been there. Because they actually know what tree would have been growing there and tell him that Zacchaeus climbs a sycamore tree.

So we can look and see, okay, well, Luke, whoever Luke is getting this from, He's adding this detail. Maybe he's not even aware of the significance of it. But whoever he's getting this from has been there. Because they actually know what tree would have been growing there and tell him that Zacchaeus climbs a sycamore tree.

And so it's like fauna and flora and distance between locations, things that actually other ancient writers get wrong sometimes. Have you ever had a debate with a snarky atheist?

And so it's like fauna and flora and distance between locations, things that actually other ancient writers get wrong sometimes. Have you ever had a debate with a snarky atheist?

And so it's like fauna and flora and distance between locations, things that actually other ancient writers get wrong sometimes. Have you ever had a debate with a snarky atheist?

Kind of assuming your conclusion there.

Kind of assuming your conclusion there.

Kind of assuming your conclusion there.

Yeah, deny the virgin birth, but not the virgin birth of the universe.

Yeah, deny the virgin birth, but not the virgin birth of the universe.

Yeah, deny the virgin birth, but not the virgin birth of the universe.

Yeah. What is it? Why does this, you know, however many three pounds of gray matter in my brain, why is that able to plummet the intricacies of the universe? Right. Right.

Yeah. What is it? Why does this, you know, however many three pounds of gray matter in my brain, why is that able to plummet the intricacies of the universe? Right. Right.

Yeah. What is it? Why does this, you know, however many three pounds of gray matter in my brain, why is that able to plummet the intricacies of the universe? Right. Right.

In all of this, what do you think of Jesus? Like, in terms of your own, like... journeying and trying to find answers to ultimate questions. What do you think of the historical person of Jesus?