How can we be sure Jesus was even real?

Question

Could the authors of the New Testament have made it all up. Can you atleast concieve the possibility there IS a chance of that?

Answer 1

This is a good question. One that any reasonable person can come to a logical conclusion.

1. Persons found in the NT have been verified by science through archeology.

2. Jerusalem and areas were a community back then. Many, many people were talking about Jesus and if he wasn't real, if he wasn't performing miracles, if he wasn't brought to Pilate, if he didn't ride into Jerusalem on a donkey and was hailed as the Messiah, if he wasn't cruxified -- if these events truly didn't happen, it would be dismissed as a fairy tale instead of fact.

Jesus is real. He lives. He is a Saviour to those that believe, accept and repent.

Answer 2

Hi, infidel, English was and is your minor, I suppose, I for we is your question, wrong. Both have their own answers! Both practice what they preach! Both are wrong! Peter is the rock Jesus proclaimed; no other religion is equal to God’s, the Catholic religion. Whether you or they accept the teachings of an adulterous king of England. All puritans, or the outcries of Anglicans, and the followers of Lucifer, the devil, a German lunatic, incarnate, Protestants. Islam on the other hand, is the religion and belief of a pedophile opportunist who at 25 married, a 40 old, and killed her. And in time married a 6 year old, who eventually killed him at 62. A fine kittle of fish, rotten to the bone, so don’t rely on this condensed truth to stew in, wake up.

Answer 3

We can't be 100% sure.

The archaeological and non-canonical sources mentioned have been questioned.

The fact that a person named jesus (which was a common name in that era) was named in Josephus and Pliny the Younger decades or a century after he allegedly lived is not concrete evidence.

Answer 4

no i can't. There is proof in everyday life. Everything that is mentioned in the book is revelant today. When you are low on money and your family is hungry and somehow you manage to feed your family and everyone is full, look back into the bible and see how Jesus fed all those people with fish and a couple loaves of bread.

Answer 5

There was a historian at the time of Jesus named Josephus. He was not a follower of Jesus, however he records his existance. Possibly some of his teachings as well, I'm not sure.

Answer 6

cause it says so in a book.

But another book claims that Snow White was real!

Apparently the only requirement for something to be 100000000% true is that it has been written down somewhere.

Answer 7

Nope, as there are external, secular sources that confirm the identity of a man called Jesus of Nazareth.

http://www.christian-thinktank.com/jrthal.html

Answer 8

Yes, it has crossed my mind; but, as you know, life is a choice-making arena, so when it came to Jesus' existence I had to make a decision. God helped me on this by shining His light in my darkness of mind.

I appreciate that you ask this (regardless your motives) because truth is always open to testing and examination.
There are numerous evidence about Jesus existence and actually people have stopped questioning this area of Christianity hundreds of years ago. You can find tons of evidence in the i/net. Nevertheless, I'll content myself to just quote some very brief information that you might find useful. The source is The "Executable Outlines" Series, Mark A. Copeland, 1999. (http://executableoutlines.com/)...

I regret I'm not a bible scholar or a historical facts researcher so I could give you a more documented answer. For me, the certainty and authenticity of the person of Jesus and the Bible is that he came into my life, saved me, changed me and set me free. Since then, I have a personal every-momment kind of relationship with him and my conviction is based on facts in my own life.

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I. WAS THERE EVER ANY QUESTION?

A. THERE HAVE BEEN SCEPTICS WHO BELIEVED JESUS WAS JUST A "MYTH"...
1. This concept was popular with some scholars of the 1800s'
2. It is rarely found today, except among those...
a. Who are ignorant of the facts
b. Who purposely suppress the evidence (e.g., as was done in
formerly communist-dominated countries)

B. TODAY, NO SERIOUS HISTORIAN (EVEN THOSE WHO ARE ATHEISTS) DISPUTES
THE FACT THAT JESUS EXISTED...
1. H. G. WELLS
a. An atheist, he spoke of Jesus in his book, Outline Of
History
b. "...one is obliged to say, 'Here was a man. This part of
the tale could not have been invented.'"
2. WILL DURANT
a. Ex-professor of Philosophy of History at Columbia University
b. He spent two chapters in The Story Of Our Civilization
depicting Jesus as a historical figure right along with the
Caesars
3. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
a. Used over 20,000 words to describe Jesus
b. More than Aristotle, Cicero, Alexander, Julius Caesar,
Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed, or Napoleon

[So there appears to be sufficient evidence to have convinced these and
others like them that Jesus actually lived.

What is this evidence...?]

II. THE EVIDENCE FOR A HISTORICAL JESUS

A. AMONG "PAGAN" SOURCES...
1. THALLUS (a Samaritan historian, ca. 52 A.D.)r the
darkness which occurred at the crucifixion of Jesus
b. Note carefully:
1) He did not deny the existence of Jesus
2) But only tried to explain away the strange circumstances
surrounding His death
2. LETTER OF MARA-SERAPION (written to his son, ca. 73 A.D.)
a. He tells of the deaths of Socrates, Pythagoras, and of Jesus
b. "What advantage did the Jews gain from executing their wise
king?...Nor did the wise king die for good; he lived on in
the teaching which he had given."
3. CORNELIUS TACITUS (Roman historian, ca. 112 A.D.)
a. Writes of Jesus in his ANNALS
b. "Christus, the founder of the name, was put to death by
Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea in the reign of
Tiberias."
4. PLINY THE YOUNGER
a. Governor of Bithynia in Asia Minor, ca. 112 A.D.
b. Wrote to the emperor Trajan about Christians and their
devotion to Christ
5. SEUTONIUS (Court official and annalist under Hadrian, 120 A.D.)
a. "As the Jews were making constant disturbance at the
instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome."
b. Luke makes reference to this same expulsion in Ac 18:1-2

B. AMONG "JEWISH" SOURCES...
1. THE TALMUD
a. Consists of two separate books dealing with Jewish law,
written during the period from 100 A.D. to 500 A.D.
b. Speaks frequently of Jesus of Nazareth...
1) In unfriendly terms, of course
2) But never disputing his status as a historical figure
2. FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
a. A Jewish general turned Roman historian, born 37 A.D.
b. Makes several references to Jesus in his History Of The Jews
c. E.g., "...and brought before it the brother of Jesus, the
so-called Christ, whose name was James."

[Such is the evidence which must be taken into account by any
intelligent and rational person.]
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I hope it helps

Answer 9

Millions of people know that He is alive today, because they feel Him within them, and some have seen Him.

Answer 10

He is real.