“All of the principal authors of the New Testament writings – Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, and the unnamed author of Hebrews – attest to the divine claims, nature, and prerogatives of Jesus. These men wrote from thirty to sixty years after Jesus’ death; all of them except Luke were Jewish men who spent part of their lives in Judea and Galilee. They all either knew Jesus personally or knew people who had known Jesus personally.”