us' day ("The Authenticity of the Bible"). Even the Qur'an attests to the veracity of the Bible ("The Authenticity of the Bible"). Probably most convincing, though, is that ancient manuscripts and archaeological discoveries attest to it ("The Authenticity of the Bible"). Furthermore, the Gospels give ample evidence of being authoritative in that they included facts that only Jesus' contemporaries could have known ("External Evidence"). The Gospel of John, for example, is "imbued with an accurate knowledge of circumstances" as demonstrated by the fact that the author was clearly a Jew, because he thoroughly understood the Jewish laws and customs, and he was a Palestinian, because he knew the Jewish laws and customs ("External Evidence"). He also had "an exact recollection of many places, some of them quite obscure," including Bethabara mentioned in John 1:28, Galilee in John 1:43 and many other places, Bethsaida as noted in John 1:44, Cana of Galilee in John 2:1 and elsewhere, Capernaum in John 2:12 and others, Aenon near Salim in John 3:23, Sychar in John 4:5, Mount Gerizim in John 4:20-21, and many others ("External Evidence").
The historical record provides much support for the validity of Scripture. For one thing, there are thousands of Greek and Latin manuscripts, "with the papyri and early uncials dating much closer to the originals th
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