Those offering them held that Jesus never said what we read in the Gospels, that his sayings were later corrupted, or that his prediction failed ​ — views shaped by higher criticism.
Bībeles kritikas iespaidā cilvēki ir apgalvojuši, ka Jēzus nemaz nav teicis vārdus, ko mēs lasām evaņģēlijos, ka viņa vārdi vēlāk tika sagrozīti vai ka viņa paredzējumi nepiepildījās.