JETS 24:2 (June 1981) p. 123 ability or trustworthiness of the Biblical witness depends on such an examination. If any evangelist has distorted rather than reliably portrayed Jesus and his ministry, then our assumption about the reliability of Scripture based on Scripture’s claim begs the ultimate question about the nature and authority of the written word. Whereas some might hold to the infallibility of Scripture in spite of solid evidence to the contrary by simply suspending judgment or avoiding