Authority Quote by Alfred Noyes

All the events said to have been witnessed by John alone are omitted by John alone. This fact seems fatal either to the reality…

— William Rathbone Greg

“The most 'authoritative' accounts of a historical Jesus come from the four canonical Gospels of the Bible. Note that these Gospels did not come…

— Frank Butcher

The true gospelstands before the throne of God declaring, 'Jesus did it all.'

— R. C. Sproul, Jr

I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We don't actually know if the person who wrote the Gospel of John had a written copy of Thomas because we don't know exactly…

— Elaine Pagels

“Whoever wrote the Gospel of John (we’ll continue to call him John, though we don’t know who he really was) must have been a…

— Bart D. Ehrman

The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year…

— Simon Greenleaf

“We have to be careful, however, to distinguish between evidence and artifacts. The testimony of an eyewitness can be properly viewed as evidence, but…

— J. Warner Wallace

“Christ and His Gospel will always be spoken against. If you know a gospel which is approved by the age and patronized[6] by the…

— Charles H. Spurgeon

“We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of knowing Jesus Christ personally and directly.”

— Brennan Manning

As a preacher who is fully human, and clearly not divine, I can't speak as Jesus did. But I do seek to speak truth…

— John Ortberg

“Action is always superior to speech in the Gospels, which is why the Word became flesh and not newsprint.”

— Colin M. Morris