Short (5-20 mins)
New TestamentBiblical Languages
Evangelical
Telephone Game and the Accuracy of the Gospels
Theologian
Bill Mounce
Duration
5.24
Uploaded to YouTube
18 January 2022
Added to Database
17 December 2025
YouTube description
There was a time gap of 20–25 years between Jesus' life and when Mark wrote the first Gospel. During that time, the stories and teachings of Jesus were passed on by word of mouth ("oral tradition"). Can we trust Mark's memory? People often compare this to the telephone game in order to show how untrustworthy human memory is. Is it a fair comparison?
