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Preface – See the similar, earlier post on this site: Compare the Different Trials of Jesus before Pilate. 7/6/2026 – This post contains a summary of Bart Ehrman’s post Exonerating Pilate to Implicate the Jews, posted July 5, 2026. The summary was prepared by Claude.ai. Claude’s Response – Ehrman’s post traces how the canonical Gospels […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 12/9/2025 Below are the main arguments critical biblical scholars give for why the “Beloved Disciple” in John 19:26–27 (NRSV) is not the apostle John, and therefore why the scene is not understood as Jesus literally transferring Mary to the historical John’s care. 1. The “Beloved Disciple” is anonymous and never called John […]
Continue Reading10/30/2025 – This page contains ChatGPT’s summary of my transcript (in DropBox) of Megan’s interview of Bart Ehrman. Summary of the file in Dropbox named “Bart – Matthew’s Forgotten Resurrection” Megan Lewis’ Initial Reading (Matthew 27:51–53)Megan Lewis begins by quoting the passage from Matthew that describes events at Jesus’ death: “The curtain of the temple […]
Continue ReadingFour responses from ChatGPT on 8/30/2025. One response lists how early Christian writers (especially Origen and others) explained it with quotes from their writings. In Jesus’ time, the Romans didn’t crucify people for just any crime—it was a punishment with a very specific social and political purpose. Crucifixion was considered the most degrading, public, and […]
Continue Reading8/30/2025 — Below is ChatGPT’s response/summary of my transcript of Dr. Helen Bond’s Ep. 107 “What’s the Story with Barabbas” at https://www.biblicaltimemachine.com/ Prompt – Summarize the interview of scholar Dr. Helen Bond in the attached file [in Dropbox]. Include any references to her sources about who was the literary or historical person called Barabbas in […]
Continue ReadingWhat Are ‘High Day’ Sabbaths? All italicized text below was extracted from that page unless otherwise linked. The article also includes comments about the lunar calendar. ‘For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in […]
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