The Significance of an Accurate History

There's been the Gospel as an authentic history. By that I mean that they bare all the hallmarks of an authentic eyewitness. They record details that would be unknown in ancient literature. Let me give you an example. John 8 verse 6, The Woman Taken in Adultery. You remember at one point in the story, we read these rather strange words. Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. Do you know what he wrote? You haven't a clue. Now supposing you were John who after all was watching it because he gave us the record, what would you do? Hear the crowd of men standing around and Jesus just quietly bends down and he