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

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

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

How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?