There is not one iota of historical data from contemporary historians to suggest anyone matching the description of Jesus ever walked the earth, The Romans never mentioned him at the time, and they are the ones who put him to death? meticulous records keepers that they were?
2006-10-14 08:51:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is no proof either way....depending on which "documentary" you watch there is always a different answer.
2006-10-14 08:54:03 · answer #1 · answered by Just Askin' 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where is the proof? The proof is in Bible prophecy. There are 8000 verses of prophecy in the Bible, 90% of those prophecies have been fulfilled. Scholars have listed over 100 prophecies in the Old Testament relating to the birth, earthly mission, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Everyone of them fulfilled. The odds of one man fulfilling only 48 of those prophecies is 1 to 10 with 157 zeros following it. There is historical proof that Jesus lived from the writings of Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Lucian and the Babylonian Talmud. They aren't contemporary but they are historians.
2006-10-14 16:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by Just Cuz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The works of Tacitus, Suetonius, Josephus, Pliny the Younger, and a few other classical writers include numerous references to Jesus.
Of them, The New Encyclopædia Britannica (1995) says:
“These independent accounts prove that in ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the historicity of Jesus, which was disputed for the first time and on inadequate grounds at the end of the 18th, during the 19th, and at the beginning of the 20th centuries.”
James R. Edwards, professor of religion at Jamestown College, North Dakota, U.S.A., wrote:
“We may affirm with confidence that the Gospels preserve a diverse and significant body of evidence of the actual truth about Jesus. ”
2006-10-14 16:11:46 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋