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rather than the long standing rendition; "those things which are most surely believed among us," for support for this particular claim to Luke being reporting 'history'. From a skeptical and critical point of view, any claims that these reported supernatural events actually happened, or ever were "fulfilled' or 'accomplished' among (them)" is untenable. While that they were "believed" by the acceptance of 'handed down' reports, to have happened or have been "fulfilled" is entirely reasonable and tenable. And as the reports of these 'events' are often conflicting in the details given, there is little actual documentary cohesiveness as to exactly what it was that was believed to have happened. IE. Did a voice speak from heaven? (Mk 1:11) or was it simply John the Baptist who said 'this is the Son of God.'? (Jn 1:34) a BIG difference. Your 'modern' translation is a cleverly contrived revision wrought by Fundy theologians to lend an appearance of a greater degree of textual support for their religious beliefs, than what has long been the understood meaning and translation of this text. There is a huge difference in meaning between something being "most surely believed among us," and -"things that have been fulfilled among us,.." Luke writes a orderly account of those things that were most certainly believed by him and his contemporary believers to have been fulfilled or accomplished, -none of whom themselves were actual witnesses to, nor participants in any of the 'events' that they then presently believe in,- through an acceptance of reports which were 'handed down to' them by unidentified earlier others. The only 'history' that Luke is reporting is that he and his contemporary believers are at the end of a line of 'witnesses' in a religious variation of 'Chinese Whispers'. Luke is reporting only what it is that he and his -present- group of believers profess to believe to have happened. That is not history. Present day believers desire to read far more into Luke's report than what was ever actually there. . |
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