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Why Was Paul and Mark Silent About the Virgin Birth?


Why Was Paul and Mark Silent About the Virgin Birth? - Erik Manning

A favorite argument of skeptics is that there's scant mention of the virgin birth in the New Testament. It's Matthew and Luke against the world.

Why do Mark, John, and Paul never mention the virgin birth? - Reddit

There is no commentary or evidence indicating that anyone took this passage as claiming a virgin birth before Matthew's Gospel, (or that anyone ...

Why Didn't Paul Mention the Virgin Conception?

We need to be very careful about drawing conclusions from silence. Paul may not have mentioned the virgin conception simply because it was widely understood or ...

Does Mark's Gospel Implicitly Deny the Virgin Birth?

Those who want to believe that Jesus was married use a version of this argument. As you state, Mark's silence of a virgin birth means that it was not known. The ...

According to those holding that Jesus was literally born of a virgin ...

It's entirely possible Paul didn't know about the virgin birth because he was more concerned with the oral tradition than with eyewitness ...

Why Doesn't Mark Say Anything About Jesus' Birth?

Silence Doesn't Mean Denial While it is true that Mark does not include a birth narrative, this does not mean that he was either unaware of the truth about ...

Why didn't Paul get bothered to mention that Jesus was a virgin birth?

Because he wasn't. The word used in the original text meant “woman who has never given birth” which is similar to, but not at all the same ...

Why Didn't Paul Mention the Virgin Birth of Jesus? - Stephen J Bedard

It is unlikely that Paul was unaware of the virgin birth. Luke, who wrote one of the two Gospels that mention the virgin birth, was a companion ...

Really??? Stories of Jesus' Virgin Birth - The Bart Ehrman Blog

Yes, Paul gives no indication of knowing about a virgin birth; he certainly knew James I think, and if there was a tradition at that point, it ...

Paul on the Birth of Jesus - Christianity Today

Probable Cause For Silence ... If one wishes to go into the question as to why Paul and Mark do not explicitly mention the Virgin Birth, we are left to our ...

Why isn't the virgin birth of Jesus mentioned in all of the gospels ...

Neither John nor Mark say anything about the birth of Jesus at all, so it is not surprising at all that there is nothing about the virgin birth.

Why Wasn't the Virgin Conception of Jesus Mentioned by Mark or ...

... silence mean the virgin conception was a late idea added to the ... Why Wasn't the Virgin Conception of Jesus Mentioned by Mark or Paul?

No virgin birth in the Apostle Paul's writings? - Truth Challenge

Even though no virgin birth is quoted in Paul, he did quote from the Gospel of Luke, which he regarded as Scripture, and that Gospel included ...

Why Do We Find the Virgin Birth Only Recorded in Matthew and Luke?

Some have argued that two of the Gospel writers, Mark and John, as well as the Apostle Paul do not record the Virgin Birth because they knew nothing of it.

Did Paul deny the virgin birth? - CARM.org

Some critics claim that, in Romans 1:3, Paul denies the virgin birth. Their argument, however, breaks down on every level.

Why do the epistles of Paul say nothing about the life of Jesus ...

While there is no reference to the birth legends of Matthew and Luke, Paul describes Jesus being 'born of a woman' and a descendant of David.

Why Do We Find the Virgin Birth Only Recorded in Matthew and Luke?

Some have argued that two of the Gospel writers, Mark and John, do not record the Virgin Birth because they knew nothing of it. This argument is unconvincing ...

Rebutting Dan Mcclellan's Attempt at Debunking the Virgin Birth

The earliest writings we have about Jesus, the writings of Paul and the gospel of Mark, say absolutely nothing at all about any virgin birth.

by Dr. J. Gresham Machen - The Virgin Birth - PCA Historical Center

The silence of Mark is of just as little importance as the silence of Paul. The Gospel according to Mark seems to have been pre-eminently the missionary gospel; ...

Does Mark's Gospel Debunk the Virgin Birth? Answering Ehrman

In this video clip from the MythVision Podcast, New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discusses the issue of the virgin birth in Mark's Gospel.