Did the New Testament Authors Tell the Truth? Part C: Coherent Stories and Willingness to Die for Them

<p>The stories recorded in the four gospel accounts are surprisingly coherent; the stories fit together in a way that can form a plausible narrative that could have actually happened. Because of this internal consistency and the lack of irreconcilable differences, we can trust that the gospel accounts are reliable. Also, if someone is willing to put their life on the line for what they are saying, chances are that they believe it to be true. Would someone die for something they know to be false? There is good historical evidence that many of the apostles died as martyrs rather than recanting their claims, which can give us confidence that what they have told us about Jesus is what they believed to be the truth.</p>

The stories recorded in the four gospel accounts are surprisingly coherent; the stories fit together in a way that can form a plausible narrative that could have actually happened. Because of this internal consistency and the lack of irreconcilable differences, we can trust that the gospel accounts are reliable. Also, if someone is willing to put their life on the line for what they are saying, chances are that they believe it to be true. Would someone die for something they know to be false? There is good historical evidence that many of the apostles died as martyrs rather than recanting their claims, which can give us confidence that what they have told us about Jesus is what they believed to be the truth.

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