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121:8.1 As far as possible, [[consistent]] with our [[mandate]], we have endeavored to utilize and to some extent [[co-ordinate]] the existing [[records]] having to do with the life of [[Jesus]] on [[Urantia]]. Although we have enjoyed [[access]] to the lost record of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Apostle Andrew] and have benefited from the [[collaboration]] of a vast host of [[celestial]] [[beings]] who were on earth during the ''times of Michael's bestowal'' (notably his now [[Personalized Adjuster]]), it has been our [[purpose]] also to make use of the so-called [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Canonical_Gospels Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John].

121:8.1 As far as possible, [[consistent]] with our [[mandate]], we have endeavored to utilize and to some extent [[co-ordinate]] the existing [[records]] having to do with the life of [[Jesus]] on [[Urantia]]. Although we have enjoyed [[access]] to the lost record of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Apostle Andrew] and have benefited from the [[collaboration]] of a vast host of [[celestial]] [[beings]] who were on earth during the ''times of Michael's bestowal'' (notably his now [[Personalized Adjuster]]), it has been our [[purpose]] also to make use of the so-called [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Canonical_Gospels Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John].

121:8.2 These [[New Testament]] records had their [[origin]] in the following circumstances:

121:8.2 These [[New Testament]] records had their [[origin]] in the following circumstances:

121:8.3 1. ''[[The Gospel by Mark]]''. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_177#177:1._ONE_DAY_ALONE_WITH_GOD John Mark] wrote the earliest (excepting the notes of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew]), briefest, and most simple [[record]] of [[Jesus]]' life. He presented [[the Master]] as a minister, as man among men. Although Mark was a lad lingering about many of the scenes which he depicts, his [[record]] is in [[reality]] the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons-essays-books/noncanonical-literature/gospel-of-peter/ Gospel according to Simon Peter]. He was early associated with [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Peter]; later with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]. Mark wrote this [[record]] at the instigation of [[Peter]] and on the earnest [[petition]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian_churches#Rome church at Rome]. Knowing how consistently [[the Master]] refused to [[write]] out his teachings when on [[earth]] and in the [[flesh]], Mark, like the [[apostles]] and other leading [[disciples]], was hesitant to put them in [[writing]]. But [[Peter]] felt the church at Rome required the [[assistance]] of such a written [[narrative]], and Mark consented to undertake its [[preparation]]. He made many notes before [[Peter]] died in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67_AD A.D. 67], and in [[accordance]] with the [[outline]] approved by [[Peter]] and for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian_churches#Rome church at Rome], he began his [[writing]] soon after [[Peter]]'s [[death]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark The Gospel] was completed near the end of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68_AD A.D. 68]. Mark wrote entirely from his own [[memory]] and [[Peter]]'s [[memory]]. The record has since been considerably [[changed]], numerous passages having been taken out and some later matter added at the end to replace the latter one fifth of the [[original]] Gospel, which was lost from the first [[manuscript]] before it was ever copied. This [[record]] by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_177#177:1._ONE_DAY_ALONE_WITH_GOD Mark], in conjunction with [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew]'s and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Matthew]'s notes, was the written basis of all subsequent [[Gospel]] [[narratives]] which sought to portray the life and teachings of [[Jesus]].

121:8.3 1. ''[[The Gospel by Mark]]''. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_177#177:1._ONE_DAY_ALONE_WITH_GOD John Mark] wrote the earliest (excepting the notes of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew]), briefest, and most simple [[record]] of [[Jesus]]' life. He presented [[the Master]] as a minister, as man among men. Although Mark was a lad lingering about many of the scenes which he depicts, his [[record]] is in [[reality]] the [http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons-essays-books/noncanonical-literature/gospel-of-peter/ Gospel according to Simon Peter]. He was early associated with [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Peter]; later with [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]. Mark wrote this [[record]] at the instigation of [[Peter]] and on the earnest [[petition]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian_churches#Rome church at Rome]. Knowing how consistently [[the Master]] refused to [[write]] out his teachings when on [[earth]] and in the [[flesh]], Mark, like the [[apostles]] and other leading [[disciples]], was hesitant to put them in [[writing]]. But [[Peter]] felt the church at Rome required the [[assistance]] of such a written [[narrative]], and Mark consented to undertake its [[preparation]]. He made many notes before [[Peter]] died in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67_AD A.D. 67], and in [[accordance]] with the [[outline]] approved by [[Peter]] and for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian_churches#Rome church at Rome], he began his [[writing]] soon after [[Peter]]'s [[death]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark The Gospel] was completed near the end of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68_AD A.D. 68]. Mark wrote entirely from his own [[memory]] and [[Peter]]'s [[memory]]. The record has since been considerably [[changed]], numerous passages having been taken out and some later matter added at the end to replace the latter one fifth of the [[original]] Gospel, which was lost from the first [[manuscript]] before it was ever copied. This [[record]] by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_177#177:1._ONE_DAY_ALONE_WITH_GOD Mark], in conjunction with [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew]'s and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Matthew]'s notes, was the written basis of all subsequent [[Gospel]] [[narratives]] which sought to portray the life and teachings of [[Jesus]].

121:8.4 2. ''[[The Gospel of Matthew]]''. The so-called Gospel according to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Matthew] is the record of [[the Master]]'s life which was written for the edification of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Christians Jewish Christians]. The [[author]] of this [[record]] constantly seeks to show in [[Jesus]]' life that much which he did was that "it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet."[http://urantiabook.org/newbook/papers/Paramony/pmny121_8.html] Matthew's Gospel portrays [[Jesus]] as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_1 son of David], picturing him as showing great [[respect]] for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Torah law] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Hebrew_Prophets prophets].

121:8.4 2. ''[[The Gospel of Matthew]]''. The so-called Gospel according to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Matthew] is the record of [[the Master]]'s life which was written for the edification of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Christians Jewish Christians]. The [[author]] of this [[record]] constantly seeks to show in [[Jesus]]' life that much which he did was that "it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet."[http://urantiabook.org/newbook/papers/Paramony/pmny121_8.html] Matthew's Gospel portrays [[Jesus]] as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_1 son of David], picturing him as showing great [[respect]] for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Torah law] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Hebrew_Prophets prophets].

121:8.5 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Apostle Matthew] did not write this [[Gospel]]. It was written by ''Isador'', one of his [[disciples]], who had as a help in his [[work]] not only Matthew's [[personal]] remembrance of these [[events]] but also a certain [[record]] which the latter had made of the sayings of [[Jesus]] directly after the [[crucifixion]]. This [[record]] by Matthew was written in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic Aramaic]; Isador wrote in [[Greek]]. There was no [[intent]] to [[deceive]] in accrediting the production to Matthew. It was the [[custom]] in those days for [[pupils]] thus to [[honor]] their [[teachers]].

121:8.5 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Apostle Matthew] did not write this [[Gospel]]. It was written by ''Isador'', one of his [[disciples]], who had as a help in his [[work]] not only Matthew's [[personal]] remembrance of these [[events]] but also a certain [[record]] which the latter had made of the sayings of [[Jesus]] directly after the [[crucifixion]]. This [[record]] by Matthew was written in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic Aramaic]; Isador wrote in [[Greek]]. There was no [[intent]] to [[deceive]] in accrediting the production to Matthew. It was the [[custom]] in those days for [[pupils]] thus to [[honor]] their [[teachers]].

121:8.6 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Matthew]'s original [[record]] was edited and added to in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_AD A.D. 40] just before he left [[Jerusalem]] to engage in evangelistic preaching. It was a [[private]] record, the last copy having been destroyed in the burning of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monasteries_in_Syria Syrian monastery] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_century A.D. 416].

121:8.6 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Matthew]'s original [[record]] was edited and added to in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_AD A.D. 40] just before he left [[Jerusalem]] to engage in evangelistic preaching. It was a [[private]] record, the last copy having been destroyed in the burning of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monasteries_in_Syria Syrian monastery] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_century A.D. 416].

121:8.7 Isador escaped from [[Jerusalem]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_AD A.D. 70] after the investment of the city by the armies of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus Titus], taking with him to Pella a copy of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Matthew]'s notes. In the year 71, while living at Pella, Isador wrote the [[Gospel according to Matthew]]. He also had with him the first four fifths of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark Mark's narrative].

121:8.7 Isador escaped from [[Jerusalem]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_AD A.D. 70] after the investment of the city by the armies of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus Titus], taking with him to Pella a copy of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:7._MATTHEW_LEVI Matthew]'s notes. In the year 71, while living at Pella, Isador wrote the [[Gospel according to Matthew]]. He also had with him the first four fifths of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark Mark's narrative].

121:8.8 3. ''[[The Gospel by Luke]]''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist Luke], the physician of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] in Pisidia, was a [[gentile]] convert of [[Paul]], and he wrote quite a [[different]] story of [[the Master]]'s life. He began to follow [[Paul]] and learn of the life and teachings of [[Jesus]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_AD A.D. 47]. Luke preserves much of the "grace of the Lord Jesus Christ"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XIII] in his record as he gathered up these [[facts]] from [[Paul]] and others. Luke presents [[the Master]] as "the friend of publicans and sinners."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_5] He did not formulate his many notes into the Gospel until after [[Paul]]'s death. Luke wrote in the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82_AD 82] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaea Achaia]. He planned [[three]] [[books]] dealing with the [[history]] of [[Christ]] and [[Christianity]] but died in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90_AD A.D. 90] just before he finished the second of these works, the "[[Acts of the Apostles]]."

121:8.8 3. ''[[The Gospel by Luke]]''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist Luke], the physician of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] in Pisidia, was a [[gentile]] convert of [[Paul]], and he wrote quite a [[different]] story of [[the Master]]'s life. He began to follow [[Paul]] and learn of the life and teachings of [[Jesus]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_AD A.D. 47]. Luke preserves much of the "grace of the Lord Jesus Christ"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XIII] in his record as he gathered up these [[facts]] from [[Paul]] and others. Luke presents [[the Master]] as "the friend of publicans and sinners."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_5] He did not formulate his many notes into the Gospel until after [[Paul]]'s death. Luke wrote in the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82_AD 82] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaea Achaia]. He planned [[three]] [[books]] dealing with the [[history]] of [[Christ]] and [[Christianity]] but died in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90_AD A.D. 90] just before he finished the second of these works, the "[[Acts of the Apostles]]."

121:8.9 As material for the compilation of his Gospel, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist Luke] first depended upon the [[story]] of [[Jesus]]' life as [[Paul]] had related it to him. Luke's Gospel is, therefore, in some ways the Gospel according to [[Paul]]. But Luke had other [[sources]] of [[information]]. He not only interviewed scores of eyewitnesses to the numerous episodes of [[Jesus]]' life which he records, but he also had with him a copy of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark Mark's Gospel], that is, the first four fifths, Isador's [[narrative]], and a brief [[record]] made in the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78_AD A.D. 78] at Antioch by a believer named Cedes. Luke also had a mutilated and much-edited copy of some notes purported to have been made by the  

121:8.9 As material for the compilation of his Gospel, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist Luke] first depended upon the [[story]] of [[Jesus]]' life as [[Paul]] had related it to him. Luke's Gospel is, therefore, in some ways the Gospel according to [[Paul]]. But Luke had other [[sources]] of [[information]]. He not only interviewed scores of eyewitnesses to the numerous episodes of [[Jesus]]' life which he records, but he also had with him a copy of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark Mark's Gospel], that is, the first four fifths, Isador's [[narrative]], and a brief [[record]] made in the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78_AD A.D. 78] at Antioch by a believer named Cedes. Luke also had a mutilated and much-edited copy of some notes purported to have been made by the  

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Apostle Andrew].

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Apostle Andrew].

121:8.10 4. ''[[The Gospel of John]]''. The Gospel according to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:4._JOHN_ZEBEDEE John] relates much of [[Jesus]]' work in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judea] and around [[Jerusalem]] which is not contained in the other [[records]]. This is the so-called [[Gospel according to John]] the son of Zebedee, and though John did not write it, he did inspire it. Since its first [[writing]] it has several times been edited to make it appear to have been written by John himself. When this record was made, John had the other [[Gospels]], and he saw that much had been omitted; accordingly, in the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101_AD A.D. 101] he encouraged his associate, Nathan, a [[Greek]] [[Jew]] from Caesarea, to begin the writing. John supplied his material from [[memory]] and by reference to the three records already in existence. He had no written records of his own. The Epistle known as "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John First John]" was written by John himself as a covering letter for the work which Nathan executed under his direction.

121:8.10 4. ''[[The Gospel of John]]''. The Gospel according to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:4._JOHN_ZEBEDEE John] relates much of [[Jesus]]' work in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judea] and around [[Jerusalem]] which is not contained in the other [[records]]. This is the so-called [[Gospel according to John]] the son of Zebedee, and though John did not write it, he did inspire it. Since its first [[writing]] it has several times been edited to make it appear to have been written by John himself. When this record was made, John had the other [[Gospels]], and he saw that much had been omitted; accordingly, in the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101_AD A.D. 101] he encouraged his associate, Nathan, a [[Greek]] [[Jew]] from Caesarea, to begin the writing. John supplied his material from [[memory]] and by reference to the three records already in existence. He had no written records of his own. The Epistle known as "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John First John]" was written by John himself as a covering letter for the work which Nathan executed under his direction.

121:8.11 All these [[writers]] presented honest pictures of [[Jesus]] as they saw, remembered, or had learned of him, and as their concepts of these distant events were affected by their subsequent espousal of [[Paul]]'s theology of [[Christianity]]. And these records, imperfect as they are, have been sufficient to [[change]] the [[course]] of the history of Urantia for almost [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Millennium two] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Millennium thousand years].

121:8.11 All these [[writers]] presented honest pictures of [[Jesus]] as they saw, remembered, or had learned of him, and as their concepts of these distant events were affected by their subsequent espousal of [[Paul]]'s theology of [[Christianity]]. And these records, imperfect as they are, have been sufficient to [[change]] the [[course]] of the history of Urantia for almost [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Millennium two] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Millennium thousand years].

121:8.12 Acknowledgment: In carrying out my commission to restate the teachings and retell the doings of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], I have drawn freely upon all [[sources]] of record and [[planetary]] [[information]]. My ruling [[motive]] has been to [[prepare]] a record which will not only be [[enlighten]]ing to the [[generation]] of men now living, but which may also be helpful to all [[future]] [[generations]]. From the vast store of [[information]] made available to me, I have chosen that which is best suited to the accomplishment of this [[purpose]]. As far as possible I have derived my [[information]] from purely [[human]] [[sources]]. Only when such sources failed, have I resorted to those records which are [[superhuman]]. When [[ideas]] and concepts of [[Jesus]]' life and teachings have been acceptably expressed by a human mind, I invariably gave preference to such apparently human [[thought]] patterns. Although I have sought to [[adjust]] the verbal [[expression]] the better to conform to our [[concept]] of the real [[meaning]] and the true import of [[the Master]]'s life and teachings, as far as possible, I have adhered to the [[actual]] human [[concept]] and thought [[pattern]] in all my [[narratives]]. I well know that those concepts which have had [[origin]] in the human mind will prove more acceptable and helpful to all other human minds. When unable to find the necessary concepts in the human records or in human [[expressions]], I have next resorted to the [[memory]] resources of my own order of earth creatures, the [[midwayers]]. And when that secondary source of [[information]] proved inadequate, I have unhesitatingly resorted to the superplanetary sources of [[information]].

121:8.12 Acknowledgment: In carrying out my commission to restate the teachings and retell the doings of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], I have drawn freely upon all [[sources]] of record and [[planetary]] [[information]]. My ruling [[motive]] has been to [[prepare]] a record which will not only be [[enlighten]]ing to the [[generation]] of men now living, but which may also be helpful to all [[future]] [[generations]]. From the vast store of [[information]] made available to me, I have chosen that which is best suited to the accomplishment of this [[purpose]]. As far as possible I have derived my [[information]] from purely [[human]] [[sources]]. Only when such sources failed, have I resorted to those records which are [[superhuman]]. When [[ideas]] and concepts of [[Jesus]]' life and teachings have been acceptably expressed by a human mind, I invariably gave preference to such apparently human [[thought]] patterns. Although I have sought to [[adjust]] the verbal [[expression]] the better to conform to our [[concept]] of the real [[meaning]] and the true import of [[the Master]]'s life and teachings, as far as possible, I have adhered to the [[actual]] human [[concept]] and thought [[pattern]] in all my [[narratives]]. I well know that those concepts which have had [[origin]] in the human mind will prove more acceptable and helpful to all other human minds. When unable to find the necessary concepts in the human records or in human [[expressions]], I have next resorted to the [[memory]] resources of my own order of earth creatures, the [[midwayers]]. And when that secondary source of [[information]] proved inadequate, I have unhesitatingly resorted to the superplanetary sources of [[information]].

121:8.13 The memoranda which I have collected, and from which I have [[prepared]] this [[narrative]] of the life and teachings of [[Jesus]]—aside from the [[memory]] of the record of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Apostle Andrew]—[[embrace]] thought gems and superior concepts of [[Jesus]]' teachings assembled from more than two thousand human beings who have lived on [[earth]] from the days of [[Jesus]] down to the time of the inditing of these [[revelations]], more correctly restatements. The revelatory permission has been utilized only when the human [[record]] and human concepts failed to supply an adequate [[thought]] [[pattern]]. My revelatory commission forbade me to resort to extrahuman sources of either [[information]] or [[expression]] until such a time as I could testify that I had failed in my efforts to find the required conceptual expression in purely [[human]] sources.

121:8.13 The memoranda which I have collected, and from which I have [[prepared]] this [[narrative]] of the life and teachings of [[Jesus]]—aside from the [[memory]] of the record of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Apostle Andrew]—[[embrace]] thought gems and superior concepts of [[Jesus]]' teachings assembled from more than two thousand human beings who have lived on [[earth]] from the days of [[Jesus]] down to the time of the inditing of these [[revelations]], more correctly restatements. The revelatory permission has been utilized only when the human [[record]] and human concepts failed to supply an adequate [[thought]] [[pattern]]. My revelatory commission forbade me to resort to extrahuman sources of either [[information]] or [[expression]] until such a time as I could testify that I had failed in my efforts to find the required conceptual expression in purely [[human]] sources.

121:8.14 While I, with the [[collaboration]] of my eleven associate fellow [[midwayers]] and under the supervision of the [[Melchizedek]] of [[record]], have portrayed this [[narrative]] in accordance with my [[concept]] of its effective arrangement and in [[response]] to my choice of immediate [[expression]], nevertheless, ‶ the [[majority]] of the [[ideas]] and even some of the effective [[expressions]] which I have thus utilized had their [[origin]] in the [[minds]] of the men of many races who have lived on earth during the intervening [[generations]], right on down to those who are still alive at the time of this undertaking. In many ways I have served more as a collector and [[editor]] than as an original narrator. ″ I have unhesitatingly appropriated those [[ideas]] and [[concepts]], preferably human, which would enable me to create the most effective portraiture of [[Jesus]]' life, and which would qualify me to restate his matchless teachings in the most strikingly helpful and universally uplifting phraseology. In behalf of the Brotherhood of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:8._THE_UNITED_MIDWAYERS United Midwayers] of [[Urantia]], I most gratefully acknowledge our indebtedness to all sources of [[record]] and [[concept]] which have been hereinafter utilized in the further elaboration of our restatement of [[Jesus]]' life on [[earth]].

121:8.14 While I, with the [[collaboration]] of my eleven associate fellow [[midwayers]] and under the supervision of the [[Melchizedek]] of [[record]], have portrayed this [[narrative]] in accordance with my [[concept]] of its effective arrangement and in [[response]] to my choice of immediate [[expression]], nevertheless, ‶ the [[majority]] of the [[ideas]] and even some of the effective [[expressions]] which I have thus utilized had their [[origin]] in the [[minds]] of the men of many races who have lived on earth during the intervening [[generations]], right on down to those who are still alive at the time of this undertaking. In many ways I have served more as a collector and [[editor]] than as an original narrator. ″ I have unhesitatingly appropriated those [[ideas]] and [[concepts]], preferably human, which would enable me to create the most effective portraiture of [[Jesus]]' life, and which would qualify me to restate his matchless teachings in the most strikingly helpful and universally uplifting phraseology. In behalf of the Brotherhood of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:8._THE_UNITED_MIDWAYERS United Midwayers] of [[Urantia]], I most gratefully acknowledge our indebtedness to all sources of [[record]] and [[concept]] which have been hereinafter utilized in the further elaboration of our restatement of [[Jesus]]' life on [[earth]].

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