Brett on Nostr: So you would know that claim of 500 “witness” comes from St. Paul as he writes to ...
So you would know that claim of 500 “witness” comes from St. Paul as he writes to the Greeks. Which, as a collective, were very skeptical…but you know this already.
Yet he put a hard number on this. Why? It would be easy to rebuke if not true.
You would also know that in tradition at the time, 500 would refer to grown men that could serve as a “witness” and testimony. So anyone that actually studies history would agree that 500 witnesses would be men, and likely at least double that number in persons that wouldn’t be able to serve at “witnesses”. But okay.
Yet he put a hard number on this. Why? It would be easy to rebuke if not true.
You would also know that in tradition at the time, 500 would refer to grown men that could serve as a “witness” and testimony. So anyone that actually studies history would agree that 500 witnesses would be men, and likely at least double that number in persons that wouldn’t be able to serve at “witnesses”. But okay.