Is Jesus a real person in history ???

Answer 1

of course

Answer 2

Every Christian, of course, would give you a flat out "Yes". I am among those.

But I take it you are not, so the question becomes one of what kind of evidence you would accept. Men of great prominence of the day (like the Roman emperors) were widely written about and may even have had statues made of them. But such men were few in number. Even prominence was no guarantee and most historians agree that the names of the vast majority of Roman Senators will never be known because there is so little evidence of their (specific and individual) existence. So if anyone claimed the existence of any of these, there would be doubters.

The single historian who wrote of Jesus was a Jew who travelled with the Romans and wrote of their exploits. He was not a Christian, nor had he ever met Jesus. But for Josephus, Jesus was little more than a footnote, and so little detail was provided about him that it can be argued whether he spoke of the same man.

Perhaps the best evidence of his existence lies in the first four books of the New Testament. Even some better educated atheists will tell you that there is sufficient accurate detail about the names and places which were known to exist in Judea, that at least those things could not been have made up. And while it isn't clear exactly who the writers were, it is clear that most were not Jews and had never seen Judea.

Therefore, their knowledge of Judea must have come, directly or indirectly, from those who had been there.

To counter that argument, those who wish you to believe that there there was no Jesus would have to come up with a conspiracy argument. That is to say that several men with a knowledge of Judea concocted a story (which they practiced repeatedly to ensure that there were no glaring discrepancies) and then separated over the mideast and Europe to spread the tale. It would be difficult for those inclined to propose such a conspiracy theory to come up with a motive. Did these men hope to gain fame and fortune? If so, they soon learned the error of their ways as they not only remained poor, but increasingly threatened.

And once threatened, did these guilty conspirators run and hide? They answer is they did not. Indeed, most ended up imprisoned and later, dead.

So I think that for those who would argue against the very existence of Jesus, the alternative is to concoct a tale of a group of madmen attempting to accomplish who knows what at the very risk of their own lives.

And when doubters propose such a theory, it is their turn to provide the evidence. Because there is far more evidence of the existence of Jesus than there is evidence of a conspiracy to make him up.

I think logic leads one to conclude that Jesus existed. But not everyone is logical.

Answer 3

Yes! Archeology has proven it. Also, Jesus was the Son of God and man at the same time. So, I guess you could ask "Is Jesus a real person and Son of God in history???" and the answer would still be "Yes". I mean, the man himself said that what he says is true, and he said he is the Son of God, so there you go.

Answer 4

That's a difficult question. In all probability there were several historical figures behind the Jesus of the Newt Testament. One of them lived about 130 years before the time of Pontius Pilatus (who is an historical figure).

The figure who lived at the time of Pontius Pilatus was very likely a Jewish rebel leader, with strong ties to the Zealot party (at least two of his closest followers were Zealots (Simon Zealotes and Judas Iscariot -- whose name likely comes from Sicarius (and means something like Judas the Knife!!).

He was executed by the Romans for treason (crucifixion was a Roman form of execution). The Jewish leadership had little or nothing to do with it.

Maybe 10 years or so after his death, a rather strange figure known as Saul of Tarsus claimed to have visions of someone he called "Christ" (the Anointed One) who he said was identical with Jesus. It would seem that most of the apostles came to reject his version of Jesus, whom Saul (later called Paul) did not know and had never even heard speak.

However, after 70 A.D., the Church of Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans during their reconquest of Judea following the First Jewish Revolt. The visionary Christ of Saul/Paul came to be accepted as the "official" version of Jesus. In the years following the destruction of the Church of Jerusalem, the Gospels were written, and these embodied an exclusively Pauline version of Jesus as demigod and savior.

Answer 5

Of course. They even have him in most history books now. I was surprised to see the story of Jesus in my younger cousin's history book, and he goes to public school too! They don't go too much into the saving from our sins story, but they do mention him as a real profit sent here on earth and the works that he did while here and I believe it mentions his death also.

Answer 6

Get hold of a book called "The Case For Christ" by Lee Strobel. It really covers a lot ground. And it was written before "The DaVinci Code." Dan Brown wrote a wonderful story that I've read twice and will probably read again. But it is fiction and he made up most of the "facts" he used. It's not a good source of information.

Answer 7

Jesus was definitely a real person. You can read the bible and find that out. And if you are wondering why his body was never found, that's because he was taken back up to Heaven, as said in the Bible.

Answer 8

Yeah. Regardless of their religion, few would agrue that he wasn't a real person in history.
There are a number of non-religous documents that mention him. Writings of Flavius Josephus, Cornelius Tacitus, and Julius Africanus all make mention of the person in historical setting.
Of course, this doesn't address the real question - was he the "son of God," but that's a separate issue to explore. I won't bore you with that if you're not interested, but feel free to email me if you are.

Answer 9

That's a pretty deep question.

A guy name Lee Strobel once set out to disprove Christianity using biblical evidence. He is now a Christian. His book is called "The Case for Christ" and is a good read no matter what you believe. I actually have the student edition, which is shorter than the regular version.

Answer 10

"Jesus" may have been real...really on something.
You ask me he was just a hell of a magician.He had everybody hypnotized thinking that he was performing all these miracles.You people are crazy,and "Virgin" Mary was just some chic that was sleeping around and got pregnant and didn't know who the father was.Joesph was like screw it I'll help raise the kid.That Bible mess is a bunch of bologna.If you believe in that book you might as well believe in flying elephants with big ears and reindeer with glowing red noses......

Answer 11

There is proof that Jesus was a real person. It is however questioned if he was "Son of God"