Gathering together archaeological discoveries including ancient coins, inscriptions, mosaics, wall paintings, and even a boat resurrected from the mud, Peter S Williams has produced a revised and updated 2026 edition of the booklet Digging for Evidence, which was originally published in 2016. This second edition includes fascinating new discoveries, including recent evidence of the garden near Jesus’ borrowed tomb that is mentioned in passing by John’s Gospel.
In Digging for Evidence, a free-to-download booklet published by Christian Evidence, Williams presents archaeological finds from the past 60 years that have illuminated the culture, places and people featured in the New Testament, showing that even small details mentioned in passing in the Gospels and letters of the early church are verified by work done on the ground by archaeologists.
Williams says: ‘Some so-called “sceptics” make rhetorical demands for evidence while turning a blind eye to relevant data from entire academic fields. This second edition of Digging for Evidence will make some of the latest archaeological evidence relating to the New Testament freely available to all.’
The illustrated booklet, which includes links to articles, news reports and videos on the net, explores how modern archaeology illuminates and verifies the New Testament in three areas:
Culture – people’s beliefs and practices
Places – from cities to individual buildings
People – names, titles, relationships and beliefs
Digging for Evidence is available as a downloadable PDF:
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