Jesus.

existence of Jesus.

roman historians.

existence of Jesus.

Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.

Tacitus

existence of Jesus.

roman historians.

jewish historians.

existence of Jesus.

Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.Josephus

existence of Jesus.

...so he assembled the sanhedrin of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned

Josephus

the bible.

books left out.

con-authors.

time frame.

the bible.

jesus

40-70

alexander the great

400

years till first biography

the bible.

manuscripts.

the bible.

bible

40-100

pliny

750

suetonius

800

aristotle

1400

years till first manuscript

the bible.

manuscripts.

textual accuracy.

the bible.

parts of the NT "still subject to doubt can hardly amount to more than a thousandth part" of the NT

Westcott and Hort

the bible.

The student of the history of Jesus is, from the point of view of textual criticism, on vastly safer ground than the student of the life of Julius Caesar or indeed of any other figure of ancient history.

R.T. France

the bible.

manuscripts.

textual accuracy.

archaeological discoveries.

the bible.

archaeological discoveries.

church of the nativity

the bible.

archaeological discoveries.

first century boat

the bible.

archaeological discoveries.

synagogue at capernum

the bible.

archaeological discoveries.

house of peter

the bible.

archaeological discoveries.

temple mount

the bible.

archaeological discoveries.

pool of bethesda.

the bible.

archaeological discoveries.

pool of siloam

the bible.

archaeological discoveries.

2,000 old heel bone

who jesus was.

moral leader.

religious teacher.

miracle worker.

son of God?

but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.-john 20:31

son of God.

and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. -romans 1:4

resurrection.

empty tomb.

appearance of Jesus.

resurrection.

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas (Peter), and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some of them have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one untimely born.

1 Corinthians 15:3-8

resurrection.

empty tomb.

appearance of Jesus.

emergence of faith.

resurrection.

If the coming into existence of the Nazarenes, a phenomenon undeniably attested by the New Testament, rips a great hole in history, a hole of the size and shape of the Resurrection, what does the secular historian propose to stop it up with?…the birth and rapid rise of the Christian Church…remain an unsolved enigma for any historian who refuses to take seriously the only explanation offered by the Church itself.

C.F.D. Moule

significance.

Jesus: son of God.

future hope.

questions?