Towards Understanding Revelation

Tag: John William Wenham

  • 5/26/25 DATING THE GOSPELS, PART 8 – THE WRITINGS OF LUKE

    We are continuing on in Harnack. The next argument involves the term “Christians.” Have you ever wondered how that name came about? Or, perhaps you thought it was a natural name that started at the beginning?  “St Luke in a well-known passage informs us that the name “οἱ Χρηστιανοί” [oi Christianoi; Google: the Christians; G#5546,…

  • 4/16/25 DATING THE GOSPELS, PART 4: THE BOOK OF MARK

    We’re starting again with Harnack’s 1911 book called THE DATE OF THE ACTS AND OF THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS.  He begins by calling on Julius Wellhausen (1844-1918, German biblical scholar) to support his statement that Mark 13 indicates that the book must have been written before 70 AD. I find this interesting because he did not…