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Originally Posted by Ohio
Got nothing to do with Lee.
When someone writes his account of events, must the writer preface the account by providing the time, date, and place where they interviewed people, or could he just record them?
Peter, John, and James saw His glory on the mount. Matthew, Mark, and Luke recorded it. (Matt 17.1-9; Mark 9.2-8; Luke 9:28-36)
"I've read it prolly all total hundreds of times but have never come across where" Peter, John, and James "informed" Matthew, Mark, and Luke about meeting Moses and Elijah. Why is that?
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Good points all. But should we fill in the blanks, of our own making?
The glaring blanks of the gospels is that they weren't signed. They ARE anonymous. Maybe accounts of insignificant matters could skip the "time, date, and place," but aren't we talking of something of great import?
Still, at least we should know, without a doubt, just who is providing the accounts of Jesus? Shouldn't the accounts be signed, and the authors be clearly identified? Why should we be left guessing? And why should we depend on some of the 2nd c. church fathers? Were they inspired of God too? They seemed to be part and parcel of the ignorance of that day, of which they couldn't help. But some of them don't even look Christian to me ... even if the Catholic church sainted them.
After all, they -- the account givers/leavers, whoever they are -- are talking about something of colossal divine import, for all humankind ... right? Yet Matthew and Luke can provided an account of a virgin birth but, no date of the birth. Why not? Didn't Mary, if she's their source as you claim, remember that little bit of info? Apparently not.
And take this account, supposedly (assumed) to be by Matthew:
Mat 9:9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
Why would Matthew write this account in the third person? If Matthew was writing the account, why didn't he say, "As Jesus passed on from there, he saw [me] sitting at the tax booth, and he said to [me], "Follow me." And [I] rose and followed him."?
And Luke, if it is Luke, does admit right off that he's drawing from available sources at the time that he's writing ... but doesn't mention Mary.
If Mary dictated to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, she certainly didn't get any credit for it.
The truth is there's lots that we just don't know. What's wrong with not knowing?