John 20:30

John 20:30 says, And many other signs truly did Jesus do in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.  John was not giving us a detailed, minute by minute account of the life of Jesus, either before His crucifixion or after His resurrection.  Verse thirty-one adds, But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing, ye might have life through His name.  We do not study the Bible because it is good literature or good history or science.  We study the Bible to learn about God and His Son Jesus Christ that we might have life through Christ.  Once we have that life through Him, we study the Bible to learn how to relate to the world under the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus did not have a long ministry nor a long life, but if every event had been recorded, the book would have been several volumes long. What is recorded is all that we need to know to understand Jesus in relationship to God the Father and to mankind.  There have been those who have sought to prove that Jesus was a historical figure to make it easier for people to believe in Him.  We have all the proof we need in this Book called the Bible.  It is a record of God's revelation of Himself to mankind and His calling of mankind into a personal relationship with Him, which will ultimately culminate with each person in God's presence forever or separated from Him forever through Christ.  What Jesus did for the eight days between visits to the disciples has no bearing on salvation.  If we needed to know every detail of the life of Jesus to be saved, it would have been recorded for us.  John said that what was written was what we needed to know so that we could believe in Jesus and have salvation.  All we really must know is Jesus Christ, crucified, resurrected, and Lord, and we accept this by faith alone.  We may demand a sign, but ultimately, we must accept in faith by the sign of the cross.