William Ramsay

They are uniformly authentic in that they were written by the men whose names they bear.

A classical illustration of this found in the fact that Sir William Ramsey, one of the greatest archaeologists of our generation, began his work in his early days under the bias of the critical position that Luke was not the author of either the gospel that bears his name or the book of the Acts of the Apostles.

After forty years of research in Asia Minor, Sir William Ramsey himself discovered the evidence that converted him personally to the orthodox and historical view and demonstrated conclusively that Luke unquestionably wrote the two books that are accredited to him.

As we shall deal with this matter more extensively in the fifth volume of this series, we pass on to the present cause of modern controversy, namely the inspiration of the text.

The fact of inspiration is stated so often by the writers of the Scripture that we must accept their explanation of the origin of these pages or else classify them as the most consistent liars that humanity has ever produced.