Contrary to popular opinion, the New Testament writings have the most textual integrity and historical reliability of all ancient literature. That’s ALL, bar none, and it isn’t even close.
What are you willing to pay for three pennies – a “pretty penny”? Someone was willing to pay $800,000, more than a quarter of a million dollars for each one!
“Don’t be afraid” [the angel assured the shepherds] “I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is for everyone! The Savior – yes, the Messiah, the Lord – has been born tonight in Bethlehem!” — Luke 2:10-11, LB
“An Angel appears to the Shepherds,” from Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels, ca. 1896. (Public domain.)
