Fragments of Truth - documentary film featuring Dr. Craig Evans.

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  • "Can we trust the Bible?
    Our faith is based on the New Testament-but can we really trust the Bible? Skeptics say no, arguing that the Gospel manuscripts have been doctored to push a theological agenda.
    Want to go deeper into the Word? Check out the Logos Bible Study App bit.ly/logos_10
    Join Dr. Craig Evans take this claim head-on, traveling the globe to track down the most ancient New Testament manuscripts. Along the way, he highlights groundbreaking new evidence, demonstrating that the case for the reliability of the New Testament manuscripts is stronger than ever. Voice over by John Ryhs-Davies. Featuring Dr. Michael S. Heiser.
    Directed by Reuben Evans

Komentáře • 117

  • @geridannels1701
    @geridannels1701 Před rokem +36

    Everyone who has ever had a doubt about the New Testament should watch this documentary. Thank you to the producers.

  • @dollarblitz
    @dollarblitz Před měsícem +2

    My struggling relationahip with Jesus is what brought me here. My faith has been burning for years and lost...

  • @solideogloria5553
    @solideogloria5553 Před rokem +23

    What a merciful and faithful God we serve. thank you Lord for your truth that can set us free.

  • @bethevoice-gen1rev225
    @bethevoice-gen1rev225 Před rokem +4

    I went to see the P52 at the John Rylands library today, 7th June 2023. It's absolutely amazing...

  • @geraldjohnson8871
    @geraldjohnson8871 Před rokem +13

    The Devil can word and
    Reword the scriptures But the Holy Spirit will live in Our hearts once you have asked Him
    Jesus into your heart. I
    Am living proof of a Sinner that went astray
    And Father waited for me 40yrs till he gave me my last chance for Repentance. Do Not wait as l did many never want to return and Die in their Sins.
    HalleluYahh and Amen
    Thank Our Merciful God Daily.

  • @steaveg
    @steaveg Před rokem +24

    This is the best, most succinct summary of Biblical reliability and canonicity I've encountered in print or in video. Thank you!

  • @kimberlygriffin5012
    @kimberlygriffin5012 Před rokem +59

    One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in awhile on the truth of scripture as we read it today. Hopefully, those in my circle who challenge the Bible as unreliable will be open to watching this. Thank you for your work and my God richly bless your ministry. ✝️

    • @gts3004
      @gts3004 Před 9 měsíci

      Kim 😉👍

    • @kumarg3598
      @kumarg3598 Před 8 měsíci

      Define reliable. The problem with all this is that people insert their faith (or lack thereof) into their "objectivity." Is it 100% totally accurate? Absolutely not. Is it 100% accurate is certain things? Yes. Is it accurate regarding the life and human death of jesus (probably) and resurrection (nope)? I think the real quedtion is what difference would it make

    • @gts3004
      @gts3004 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@kumarg3598 All scripture is given by inspiration of God

    • @kimberlygriffin5012
      @kimberlygriffin5012 Před 8 měsíci

      @@kumarg3598 I believe it makes all the difference in the world. To me, the Bible is absolutely true. Don’t get me wrong, for many years I had doubts regarding the validity of scripture. How could men write something and not rely on their own biases or opinions and not have their own agenda? Then I actually read the Bible, several times in fact. This lead me to more meaningful questions…like why would people of the NT die horrible deaths for a lie about Christ’s resurrection?…why do millions (maybe billions) of people around the world believe the Bible is completely true, many even risking their lives just to have only a few pages much less the whole thing?…why has this book survived for 6000 years?…why would Jesus, who is God and cannot lie, quote OT verses if they weren’t true? And I could go on, however, over the course of my researching and with the leading of the Holy Spirit, I completely believe the whole Bible to be true and the inerrant word of God. Unfortunately, the world today is viscerally opposed to the Bible and God. To be confronted with one’s shortcomings (sins) is a hard pill to swallow for many, myself included. I had to put aside my presuppositions, and stop parroting what people around me (and in the MSM) had to say about God and his word. I had to separate myself from the masses and really read and consume the whole Bible, not just the verses I could manipulate to fit my agenda or current feelings as many (including professing Christian’s) do these days. It takes faith to believe. I’m sure you will have objections to things I’ve said here. I don’t wish to argue about my beliefs, nor am I arguing that perhaps you’ve inserted your “faith or lack thereof” into your view point. I do, however, hope you’ll take a more objective, not subjective, look at God and His word. Maybe you’ll think a bit differently afterwards. Thank you for your comments, and may God richly blessed you ✝️

    • @JoyMG_
      @JoyMG_ Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@kumarg3598I think you need a come to Jesus moment lol. All joking aside, there won't be any laughing if you take your last breath and DENY him....I urge you to seek him.

  • @kailahbutters
    @kailahbutters Před rokem +11

    Amazing documentary. Truly upsetting that more people have not watched it. Sharing with everyone I know.

  • @bozboz4414
    @bozboz4414 Před rokem +31

    Truly one of CZcams's best documentaries...top notch production & very interesting subject

    • @bany512
      @bany512 Před rokem +3

      check out also The God who speaks, very good document as well.

    • @jonathannixon8652
      @jonathannixon8652 Před rokem +2

      @@bany512 Yes it is amazing!

    • @nlcrme
      @nlcrme Před rokem +1

      ​@@bany512Thank you so much for sharing the other documentary with us as I haven't seen that yet.

    • @bany512
      @bany512 Před rokem

      @@nlcrme you are welcome.

    • @abhishekalfred3452
      @abhishekalfred3452 Před 7 měsíci

      It’s not CZcams’s documentary

  • @mihaibonta
    @mihaibonta Před rokem +15

    Thank you Lord Jesus!

  • @cecilspurlockjr.9421
    @cecilspurlockjr.9421 Před rokem +12

    The message of CHRIST JESUS is true now and forever , I worship HIM and I praise HIS HOLY NAME JESUS our CREATOR our GOD our SAVIOR our KING

    • @DK-ik6fr
      @DK-ik6fr Před rokem +1

      Amen Amen Amen

    • @joedaley1878
      @joedaley1878 Před rokem

      Peter and John prayed to the creator in Acts 4.
      They weren't praying to Christ.

    • @cecilspurlockjr.9421
      @cecilspurlockjr.9421 Před rokem +3

      @@joedaley1878 CHRIST IS our CREATOR and everything else that has been created was created by CHRIST JESUS except the sin of man . Hebrews 1 : 8 thru 10 , we see THE FATHER addressing CHRIST as GOD and speaking of the fact that CHRIST laid the very foundations of the world but you proudly say in error that CHRIST isn't THE CREATOR . You shouldn't qoute scripture if you don't believe scripture , that's what Muslims do Joe.

    • @P.H.888
      @P.H.888 Před rokem

      @@joedaley1878 John 20 v 28 Thomas’ confession to Christ!
      JESUS WAS YHVH WORD HE BECAME HUMAN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ✝️ HE EMPTIED HIMSELF OF HIS ETERNAL DIVINITY TO BECOME FULLY HUMAN THE SON OF ADAM
      SINLESS THE LAST ADAM

    • @quantumleap429
      @quantumleap429 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@joedaley1878Stephen prayed to Jesus in Acts 7:59-60

  • @seankennedy4284
    @seankennedy4284 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wonderful, thank you. Congratulations on producing this outstanding witness to the veracity of the NT texts. God's word, indeed.

  • @elh3906
    @elh3906 Před rokem +4

    The next time you read the stories of Jesus.
    Remember the incredible bodies of evidence, inscribe on this fragment of Truth.
    Thank you for make this available for us.
    God blees you all always.
    Amen

  • @pastorcoreyadams
    @pastorcoreyadams Před rokem +13

    Great documentary, Faithlife.

  • @bibelstudiet7580
    @bibelstudiet7580 Před rokem +14

    Thank you for releasing it

  • @MSG15Z
    @MSG15Z Před 5 měsíci +2

    Beautiful and engaging documentary.

  • @beckylouise5608
    @beckylouise5608 Před rokem +22

    This is brilliant guys, well done, great job! Broken down and understood very well. Thank you Jesus, Praise God. God Bless 🙏🏻 ★♡♥︎♡★

  • @valerieprice1745
    @valerieprice1745 Před rokem +4

    Christians really must stand firm in defense of the Word. God bless the people who created this documentary. The forces of evil have been at work in the hearts of our children for too long, deliberately misleading them to usurp the place of God. There are no saviours in politics or business. We only need one Savior, Jesus Christ.

  • @todddavidmoore
    @todddavidmoore Před rokem +4

    2:52
    "Something in the neighborhood of 90 to 95% of the material that Grenfell and Hunt acquired in Oxyrhynchus has never been edited or opened."

    • @quantumleap429
      @quantumleap429 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Yup. That jumped at me, too. Almost felt like volunteering.

  • @jamesapt66
    @jamesapt66 Před rokem +5

    I just love this documentary!

  • @travist7777
    @travist7777 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Very well written and edited, easy to follow, and such a high production value, made it a pleasure to watch! (My favorite was how the tiny scrap called Ryland P-52 toppled "two tonnes" of German academics, including Hegel.🎉🤣)

  • @roybatty2544
    @roybatty2544 Před 3 měsíci +2

    WOW. Is the Narrator John Rhys- Davies.?? Excellent video. Thank you. We need & love archeology evidence for the scriptures. Keep up the good work.

  • @kirabojoel4081
    @kirabojoel4081 Před 3 měsíci +1

    To God be the glory.

  • @OneStepToday
    @OneStepToday Před rokem +3

    Audio level too low. Master it properly again for loudness

  • @mmoore3807
    @mmoore3807 Před rokem +5

    GOD Would never let his word be corrupted

    • @michaelbrickley2443
      @michaelbrickley2443 Před měsícem

      Depends on what you mean by corrupted. The contradictions in the Gospels comes to mind. Yahweh used flawed man and there was a reason. He didn’t dictate word for word the text.

  • @healingfeelings7125
    @healingfeelings7125 Před rokem +5

    Very informative! Great work on helping us understand the nature of how the New Testament came about and how it was the same yesterday, today and tomorrow! God is good 🙏🙏 God bless everyone involved 🙏🙏thank you ❤️

  • @davevoetberg
    @davevoetberg Před 3 měsíci +1

    Very well done. Thank you for making this available.

  • @jonhymarshall7035
    @jonhymarshall7035 Před rokem +5

    thank you for uploading this. God bless you. Jesus save souls

  • @donnyzavicci8121
    @donnyzavicci8121 Před rokem +3

    All words aside. The one true place to find Jesus is in your heart.

    • @winniecash1654
      @winniecash1654 Před rokem +1

      Well sure, although without scripture our theology would be weak, causing confusion and error.

    • @P.H.888
      @P.H.888 Před rokem +2

      JESUS SAID
      YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN FROM ABOVE
      NOT
      FROM WITHIN!
      St Paul said
      Within me there is NO GOOD thing

  • @awdat
    @awdat Před rokem +2

    I would like to see a letter with this authentication mark:: "This greeting is in my own hand-Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write".(2 Thessalonians 3,17)

  • @stevebrowning4293
    @stevebrowning4293 Před rokem +4

    It’s God’s word thank you for showing the truth. I remember reading ancient manuscripts from that time is accepted with many mistakes.

  • @lindahouser6035
    @lindahouser6035 Před rokem +4

    Wonderfully fascinating

  • @svenknutsen8937
    @svenknutsen8937 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Great documentary!

  • @pedenmk
    @pedenmk Před 4 měsíci +1

    Well done. I just tonight found out about this jewel of a video.

  • @williamlashonse1013
    @williamlashonse1013 Před 6 měsíci

    Wow. Watch a watch. Much gratitude for this.

  • @Snaxx_23
    @Snaxx_23 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Also, God promised to preserve his word and he did.

  • @ravenfly01
    @ravenfly01 Před rokem +2

    Bravo 👏 👏 👏

  • @Rod-Wheeler
    @Rod-Wheeler Před 3 měsíci

    Extremely well done!

  • @joshuamitchell5481
    @joshuamitchell5481 Před rokem +1

    Excellent

  • @cindyweatherly4501
    @cindyweatherly4501 Před rokem

    Thank you

  • @MrLeejunfan
    @MrLeejunfan Před rokem +5

    Brilliant!

  • @bernie4268
    @bernie4268 Před 12 dny

    Fascinating stuff.

  • @dennygay6154
    @dennygay6154 Před rokem +3

    Beautiful. I think I would tear up if p52 was in front of me within touching distance. Powerful.

  • @FeetMusical
    @FeetMusical Před rokem +3

    The problem with discounting the account of the woman caught in adultery is the profound message itself: "let he who is without sin cast the first stone". Who would have thought to say that? They are as profound as "render to Caesar that which is Caesar's". Further, Jesus first approaches her accusers by writing something in the dirt. We do not know what that was. But then the crowd was so affected by what was written that they dispersed, the oldest first, the youngest last. Again, who would have thought that up? To assume that this was "made up" presupposes that there was a conspiracy to add those words and by whom? A scribe? A scholar? For what reason? More than likely, John wrote his gospel first without those verses and copies were profusely distributed. Then, later, he amended it with the added verses. And copies of the amended version were distributed. There are not hundreds and thousands of copies from the first two centuries but about a dozen.

  • @user-wb9vz3dt5y
    @user-wb9vz3dt5y Před 7 měsíci

    How did text survive from Greece? So it went from Greece to Rome to the Vatican?

  • @danielgilleland8611
    @danielgilleland8611 Před rokem +3

    This one video makes me want to get a CZcams Premium subscription just so I can download a copy for myself.

    • @jonathannixon8652
      @jonathannixon8652 Před rokem

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    • @jonathannixon8652
      @jonathannixon8652 Před rokem

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    • @jonathannixon8652
      @jonathannixon8652 Před rokem +1

      W😲 😲 w several of your subscriptions are ones I've subscribed to. God bless you Daniel and your family in Ha'maschiach, Yeshua.

  • @bmsSumner
    @bmsSumner Před 7 měsíci +2

    Christ is king

  • @imbullish3156
    @imbullish3156 Před rokem

    Time stamp 1:13:27 - 3 light orbs forming a triangle.

    • @silverbullet2008bb
      @silverbullet2008bb Před rokem +3

      Well spotted but I think it's just the reflection of lighting on glass. I've seen orbs in real life and they are almost always much smaller and dimmer than this and they are made of white light, not yellow tinted lighted.

    • @imbullish3156
      @imbullish3156 Před rokem

      @@silverbullet2008bb I have been seeing orbs and what I call luminaries for the past month day and night time. My sister witnessed it with me during the daytime while having coffee outside of a cafe. It’s wild!

  • @anarchorepublican5954
    @anarchorepublican5954 Před rokem +1

    ....none is more gullible than the ignorant, the arrogant, the skeptic...

  • @ryvirkelley5047
    @ryvirkelley5047 Před rokem

    🙏🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏

  • @josephde-zordi7324
    @josephde-zordi7324 Před rokem +1

    nice but superficial overview how ever the implication that the variants, such as long ending of Mark, has no major doctrinal implications for the church, I think was dismissive, the fact is. that Jesus supposedly. states, they will speak in new tongues/ raise the dead etc, the miracles described as normative in the NT contrast to what we see now, as an institutional religion without any evidence of divine power, or evidence of answered prayer

  • @new_comment
    @new_comment Před rokem +3

    Can you imagine being so delusional, so willfully ignorant? Being so self serving, arrogant and narcissistic? That you would deny the infallible, inerrant truth of, the Gospel of the Living God of all creation? Knowing what the judgement holds for you, for ALL ETERNITY, if you don't come to accept and believe in the One who created you. The One who gives to you, your very breath? Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection is two of the most verifiable events from antiquity. Yet billions of ppl will accept nothing less, than considering themselves to be their own private "god". Convincing themselves that, whatever they feel their afterlife should be like, is absolutely how it's going to play out for them.
    I can't believe this used to be, me. Praise the Lord God Almighty for saving a wretch like me

    • @JesusIsLordLookingUp
      @JesusIsLordLookingUp Před rokem +1

      Amen, Praise the Lord !
      Jesus saved me the instant I cried out, praying for Him to save me. Immediately I knew I was forgiven and changed, passing from death to everlasting life as a new creation in Christ.
      That was God on the cross paying the debt for my sin that He didn’t owe. Jesus is the promised Jewish Messiah of David. He will never leave nor forsake you.
      I John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.

  • @anthonyhinton7961
    @anthonyhinton7961 Před 11 měsíci

    Bible > HPBT > Ezekiel 13
    ◄ Ezekiel 13 ►
    Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Par ▾
    1And the word of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me, saying 2“Son of man, prophesy against the Prophets of Israel who prophesy to them, and say to those who prophesy from their heart: ‘Hear the word of THE LORD OF LORDS 3Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: woe to the madmen Prophets who go after their spirit, who have not seen a vision 4Like foxes among the ruins they have been your Prophets, oh Israel! 5You did not go up into the wall gaps, also you did not build a fence for those of the house of Israel in which to stand in war in the day of LORD JEHOVAH 6For they say, ‘Thus says LORD JEHOVAH’, and LORD JEHOVAH has not sent them, and they begin to affirm a lying word 7A worthless vision you have seen, and lying divination you have spoken, and you were saying: ‘LORD JEHOVAH says”, and I have not said
    8Because of this, says THE LORD OF LORDS, because you saw worthlessness and you have spoken falsehood, behold, I am against you, says THE LORD OF LORDS 9And my hands shall be against the Prophets who see worthlessness and falsehood. They shall not be within my people and in the book of the house of Israel they shall not be written, and they shall not enter the land of Israel, and you shall know that I AM THE LORD OF LORDS 10Because they have deceived my people and they said “Peace!”, and there is no peace, and one was building a wall, and those plaster it that it may fall 11Say to those who plaster it that it may fall, “Behold I am giving rain that overflows and the stones of a millstone shall fall and the wind of a hurricane 12And it shall break open and the wall shall fall, and it shall be said to you: ‘Where is the plaster that you plastered?’ 13Because of this, thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: ‘I shall make the wind of a hurricane blow in my anger, and rain that floods it shall come in my passion, and the stones of a millstone shall destroy in my anger 14And I shall throw down the wall that you plastered, and it shall fall, and I shall cast it to the ground and its foundations shall be exposed and you shall fall, and you shall be consumed within it, and you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH 15And I shall fulfill my rage on the wall and on those who were plastering it, when it will fall, and it will be said to you, “Where is the wall and where are those who were plastering it?” 16These are the Prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem and see a vision of peace, and there is no peace, says THE LORD OF LORDS
    17And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy from their hearts, and prophesy against them and say to them: 18‘Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS, woe to those who sew cushions for the joints of the hands, and they make coverings for every head and for everybody to hunt souls. You hunt the souls of my people, and will you save your souls? 19And you have polluted my people with a handful of barley and with a piece of bread to kill those souls that did not deserve to die, and to save the life of the those souls that did not deserve to live, and you have lied to the people that hear falsehood
    20Because of this, thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: “Behold, I am against your cushions by which you hunt souls and I shall rip them from your arms, and I shall release those souls whom you hunt and I shall make them fly 21And I shall tear your garments and I shall save my people from your hands, and they shall not be given up again in a net into your hands, and you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH 22Because you struck the heart of the Righteous One with lies, and I have not made him sad, and you have held the hands of the evil that they would not turn from their evil ways and live 23Therefore you shall not see emptiness and you shall not divine divinations again, and I shall save my people from your hands, and you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH

  • @peacefulpatriots
    @peacefulpatriots Před rokem

    The Bible has been changing in recent years. Words like ‘couch’, replacing the word ‘mat, or bed. The word covenant replaced by testament at the Eucharist interval of ‘the last supper’, among many others. Seems to be another manifestation of what has been coined as ‘The Mandela Effect’. Scary times

    • @peacefulpatriots
      @peacefulpatriots Před rokem +1

      The word couch didn’t even exist until 1895

    • @annalinvalero1608
      @annalinvalero1608 Před 11 měsíci +4

      oh no... the english language changes and so does our understanding and connotations of words. very scary. terrifying, in fact.
      so much so that perhaps worth learning ancient greek and hebrew yourself to decipher the real text? 🤔 if you don't wan to do that, i'd recommend the NET Bible with all the translation notes

  • @ChiliMcFly1
    @ChiliMcFly1 Před rokem +1

    Psalm 2. Is Not about Jesus. It’s about Hashem and the Tanach. God wants all nations to join with him in Jerusalem to learn about his future vision for peace. He will change the world and heal the lives he has created. Just like Isaiah 2 and heal the land like in Isaiah 11. The Messiah is coming soon.

    • @cecilspurlockjr.9421
      @cecilspurlockjr.9421 Před rokem +2

      Do you not realize WHO JESUS CHRIST IS and worship HIM as HE says to in the biblical scriptures as HE proclaims that HE IS GOD THE SON ? Or have I misunderstood your intentions my friend ?

    • @DK-ik6fr
      @DK-ik6fr Před rokem +4

      @@cecilspurlockjr.9421
      amen
      Jesus was God in Flesh
      God is my Father
      Jesus my savior
      Heaven my home

    • @cecilspurlockjr.9421
      @cecilspurlockjr.9421 Před rokem

      @@DK-ik6fr amen brother !
      GOD bless you DK

    • @ChiliMcFly1
      @ChiliMcFly1 Před rokem

      @@cecilspurlockjr.9421 You sound like you reject God the father. Jesus said don't call me good only God is good. After please let this cup pass from me, let your will be done. to know you are saved you must believe the GOD raised him from the dead. When he taught the disciples to pray he said pray like this Our Father who is in Heaven so you pray to the Father in Jesus name. Many more NT scriptures that proclaim Hashem has God to whom Jesus prayed to.

    • @cecilspurlockjr.9421
      @cecilspurlockjr.9421 Před rokem

      @@ChiliMcFly1 you not only sound like a liar but indeed you're a liar when you say I sound like I reject THE FATHER . Of course JESUS prayed to THE FATHER because JESUS HE lowered HIMSELF to take on flesh for our sake and in doing so HE didn't become an atheist . THE FATHER also prayed to JESUS , Hebrews 1 : 8 thru 12 and if you knew the scriptures you'd understand this but you're too busy cherry picking in order to mock CHRIST by denying HIS DEITY in rebellion against GOD which makes you an antiCHRIST. Psalms 2 is indeed about THE MESSIAH WHO IS CHRIST JESUS as well . Are you a jew or a Muslim because either way you contradict your own book.

  • @thaumkid
    @thaumkid Před rokem

    They sure were good at setting up strawmen versions of what the scholars actually argue. This kind of misleading handwaving only preaches to the choir but doesn't really bridge any of the gaps between the different perspectives. Disappointed because Larry Hurtado was featured a bunch here, and he's an excellent scholar, but the makers of the documentary made poor use of him

  • @dmalane
    @dmalane Před rokem

    There are hundreds of significant variants, more than the two they mentioned in this biased video! Luke 23:34,” father forgive them for they know not what they are doing”, Jesus sweating blood in Luke 22:43-44, and hundreds more. Read Metzgers “ textual commentary on the Greek New Testament“ where he goes over 2000 Variant Readings that his committee had to vote on before deciding which ones to put in the Greek New Testament used for modern Bible translations. these are significant variants that affect the meaning of the text, not the hundreds of thousands of spelling errors found among the extant manuscripts. This video wants to cram the NT manuscripts into their presupposed belief that the Bible is the inerrant, inspired “word of God “. A round peg in a square hole!

    • @quantumleap429
      @quantumleap429 Před 10 měsíci +3

      They don't affect any Christian doctrine, as other texts have the same teaching.