The Adverse Witness Test

8. Are there any witnesses that spoke out against the gospels?

This tests suggests two conclusions can be drawn from the evidence:

1. because enemies do not deny that Jesus performed miracles, they implicitly admit that he did
2. if critics could have asserted that the claims of Jesus' followers were false they would have

Once again, the absence of evidence does not prove anything. Indeed, if it did, then the Bible would be a lot easier to refute. We can guess as to what critics thought, and why they said or didn't say such and such. Lee Strobel's witness might be right on both counts above. However, you must also allow for the possibility in light of no concrete evidence, that his witness is wrong. We don't know.