Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?

Do the Gospels give us any indication that they are using eyewitness testimony? Richard Bauckham examines some of the minor characters in…

The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.

Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?

The belief that Jesus rose from the dead is central to Christianity. But how can anyone believe it really happened?

Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?

In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.