ANewCreature
February 17th, 2008, 08:22 PM
Mods, move this if you think it belongs in with polls...but it's not trivia, even though there's not a lot of evidence either way. As one of the ancient Church fathers wrote, only God truly knows, though a few of them did have their ideas, or thought they heard who wrote it.
There are a number of viable possibilities. We know it's Scripture, but who did God use, do you think?
Paul: As a young Christian I presumedit was him, because it was at the end of all the other epistles of his, a bridge between his and the others. I picked up a couple other things that made it seem that way - his final salutation is like his other epistles, "grace be with you," and he speaks of Timothy. Hebrews 2:3 is one of the sticklers for a lot of people - but Paul can certainly write in different styles, he could mean that what the Lord spoke to him on the road to Damascus was confirmed by others (like Ananias), or "us" could refer to Christians as a whole or to those who were Hebrews like him.
Others I have heard it could be:
Paul in Hebrew, translated into Greek by Luke, Explains some of the style differences.
Luke: I heard this theory first only a couple years ago or so, based on what I'm not sure, some style similarities with Acts and Luke, I guess, plus his attention to precision and detail in discussing the sacrifices int he temple, the priesthood, etc., the good doctor was quite detail oriesnted at times..
Barnabas: We don't know all that the "son of consolation" did after separating from Paul, so going to the Hebrews is possible.
Silas: Paul's 2nd missionary partner, it fits with him being in Italy and with Timothy in ministry; but, just because he says those of Italy salute you, is he necessarily in Italy at the time?
Apollos: From the end of Acts 18, we know he was very strong in the Scriptures even when he only knew the baptism of John. Helped Paul at Corinth, but there were plenty of Jews there, too, not just Gentiles, and we don't know much of what he did later.
Or, may there's someone else you think of. Who knows, it might be somebody nobody expects. Although, part of me still thinks Paul.
There are a number of viable possibilities. We know it's Scripture, but who did God use, do you think?
Paul: As a young Christian I presumedit was him, because it was at the end of all the other epistles of his, a bridge between his and the others. I picked up a couple other things that made it seem that way - his final salutation is like his other epistles, "grace be with you," and he speaks of Timothy. Hebrews 2:3 is one of the sticklers for a lot of people - but Paul can certainly write in different styles, he could mean that what the Lord spoke to him on the road to Damascus was confirmed by others (like Ananias), or "us" could refer to Christians as a whole or to those who were Hebrews like him.
Others I have heard it could be:
Paul in Hebrew, translated into Greek by Luke, Explains some of the style differences.
Luke: I heard this theory first only a couple years ago or so, based on what I'm not sure, some style similarities with Acts and Luke, I guess, plus his attention to precision and detail in discussing the sacrifices int he temple, the priesthood, etc., the good doctor was quite detail oriesnted at times..
Barnabas: We don't know all that the "son of consolation" did after separating from Paul, so going to the Hebrews is possible.
Silas: Paul's 2nd missionary partner, it fits with him being in Italy and with Timothy in ministry; but, just because he says those of Italy salute you, is he necessarily in Italy at the time?
Apollos: From the end of Acts 18, we know he was very strong in the Scriptures even when he only knew the baptism of John. Helped Paul at Corinth, but there were plenty of Jews there, too, not just Gentiles, and we don't know much of what he did later.
Or, may there's someone else you think of. Who knows, it might be somebody nobody expects. Although, part of me still thinks Paul.