{"id":129,"date":"2017-06-27T17:04:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T17:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/crossintown\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2021-10-21T20:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:45:16","slug":"is-the-new-testament-reliable","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/crossintown\/is-the-new-testament-reliable\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the New Testament reliable?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the secular source Wikipedia<\/p>\n

“The New Testament<\/a> has been preserved in more manuscripts than any other ancient work<\/strong>, having over 5,800 complete or fragmented Greek<\/a> manuscripts, 10,000 Latin<\/a> manuscripts and 9,300 manuscripts in various other ancient languages<\/strong> including Syriac<\/a>, Slavic<\/a>, Gothic<\/a>, Ethiopic<\/a>, Coptic<\/a> and Armenian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are more manuscripts that preserve the New Testament than there are for any other ancient writing<\/strong>, the exact form of the text preserved in later manuscripts may not be identical to the form of the text as it existed in antiquity but are agreed by most scholars to be 99.5% identical in content<\/strong>, with the differing .5% attributed to minor variations such as spelling<\/strong>. These variations are not seen to affect the meaning or interpretation of NT scriptures and are usually given reference to as in-page footnotes<\/strong> in most of today’s bibles.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblical_manuscript\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

More detailed research can be seen at :-<\/p>\n

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They show the numbers of documents and their age compared to other contemporary writings.<\/p>\n

Can the New Testament documents be trusted and what do they say about their own inspiration?\u00a0 \u201cHow\u00a0<\/em>did God inspire Scripture?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Another good reference site is<\/p>\n

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Are there contradictions in the Bible?\u00a0 Er, no actually …….<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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