Was Christ born at Bethlehem? : A Study on Credibility of St. Luke

Sir William Mitchell Ramsay (15 March 1851 - 20 April 1939), was a Scottish New Testament scholar. He was also the first professor of classical art and archaeology at Oxford University. As an archaeologist, he was convinced that the Bible was fraudulent. He then went to the home of the Bible where he spent fifteen years digging for evidence to support his theory. In his quest to refute the Bible, he discovered many facts which confirmed its accuracy. He also concluded that Luke’s account of the events and setting recorded in the narrative were exact even in the smallest detail. Of Luke, he wrote: “Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy this author should be placed along with the very greatest historians.” Ramsay converted to Christianity, because of the evidence of his explorations and discoveries, and found himself accepting the Bible as God’s Word.