Do you believe Jesus once walked the Earth?

Answer 1

The very fact that Chrisianity exist today tends to validate not only that Jesus walked the Earth, but that He indeed was crucified and that He rose from the dead just as HE said He would. Remember, the resurrection was proclaimed only a few miles at most from where Jesus was buried so and there were many who had a strong motive to produce the body of Jesus if they could. The soldiers were even bribed to say someone stole the body..but who? The apostles were still cowards hiding behind locked doors. The Jews and the Romans could have stopped this new religion in it's tracks by producing the body. They could not.

One of the criticisms raised against the historic validity of Jesus, His crucifixion, and resurrection, is that after Jesus' time, legend crept in to the stories about Him and corrupted the true accounts of His life. If that is so, then the earlier we can find information concerning the fundamental events of Christ's crucifixion, the less likely error and legend would have crept into the story and the more believable it will be.
1 Cor. 15:3-4 is considered by many scholars to be an extremely early creed of the Christian church. A creed is a statement of belief. In 1 Cor. 15:3-4 we see that Paul says he received this information. It reads,

"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve," (1 Cor. 15:3-5, NASB).

If the Crucifixion was in 30 A.D., Paul's Conversion was as early as 34 A.D., and his first meeting in Jerusalem was around 37 A.D., then we could see that the time between the event of Christ's crucifixion and Paul receiving the information about His death, burial, and resurrection (in Jerusalem) would be as short as seven years (five if we use the earlier date). That is a very short period of time and hardly long enough for legend to creep in and corrupt the story. This is especially important since the apostles were alive and spoke with Paul. They were eyewitness accounts to Christ's death, burial, and post death appearances. Paul himself had seen the Lord Jesus prior to His death and after His resurrection (Acts 9). Paul's account agreed with the other Apostles' account and Paul wrote it down in 1 Cor. 15 around the year 54.
So, since 1 Corinthians was written as early as 54 A.D., that would mean that from the event (Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection) to writing it down is 24 years. That is a very short period of time. Remember, there were plenty of Christians around who could have corrected the writings of Paul if he was in error. But we have no record at all of any corrections or challenges to the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ from anyone: Roman, Jew, or other Christians.
We must note here that some critics of the Bible claim that there is no extrabiblical evidence of Christ (not true) and that because of it, He didn't exist. The sword cuts both ways. If they can say that Jesus' events aren't real because there is no extrabiblical evidence mentioning them, then we can also say that since there are no extrabiblical accounts refuting the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, then it must be true. In other words, lack of extrabiblical writings does not prove that Christ did not live and did not die.
Furthermore, Paul corroborated the gospel accounts (He wrote before the gospels were written) and verified several things:

Jesus was born in as a Jew (Gal. 4:4),
Jesus was betrayed (1 Cor. 11:23)
and Jesus was crucified (Gal. 3:1; 1 Cor. 2:2; Phil. 2:8).
Jesus was buried in rose again (1 Cor. 15:4; Rom. 6:4).
Obviously, Paul considered Jesus was a historical figure, not a legend or a myth. Furthermore, Paul was a man of great integrity who suffered much for his faith. He was not the kind of person to simply believe tall tales. After all, he was a devout Jew (a Pharisee) and a heavy persecutor of the Church. Something profound had to happen to him to get him to change his position, abandon the Jewish faith and tradition, suffer persecutions, whippings, jail, etc. The most likely event that fits the bill is that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again from the dead, and appeared to Paul, just as Luke said in Acts 9.

Answer 2

I believe Jesus did walk on the Earth, just as He walked on water.

Answer 3

Of course. The historical evidence is overwhelming. The Crucifixion and Resurrection are the best documented events in ancient history. It's like asking of you believe in the burning of Rome. Even if the story might get mixed up sometimes, legend creep in here and there (ever hear of the three wise men? why 3?) the veracity of the event is beyond serious doubt. No serious scholar doubts the existence of Jesus, you simply must decide, as CS Lewis said, whether he is a liar, a lunatic, or Lord.

Answer 4

Yes.

The Bible itself is the principal evidence that Jesus Christ is a historical person. The record in the Gospels is not a vague narrative of events at some unspecified time and in an unnamed location. It clearly states time and place in great detail. For an example, see Luke 3:1, 2, 21-23.

The first-century Jewish historian Josephus referred to the stoning of “James, the brother of Jesus who was called the Christ.” (The Jewish Antiquities, Josephus, Book XX, sec. 200) A direct and very favorable reference to Jesus, found in Book XVIII, sections 63, 64, has been challenged by some who claim that it must have been either added later or embellished by Christians; but it is acknowledged that the vocabulary and the style are basically those of Josephus, and the passage is found in all available manuscripts.

Tacitus, a Roman historian who lived during the latter part of the first century C.E., wrote: “Christus [Latin for “Christ”], from whom the name [Christian] had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus.”—The Complete Works of Tacitus (New York, 1942), “The Annals,” Book 15, par. 44.

With reference to early non-Christian historical references to Jesus, The New Encyclopædia Britannica states: “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 by several authors at the end of the 18th, during the 19th, and at the beginning of the 20th centuries.”—(1976), Macropædia, Vol. 10, p. 145.

Answer 5

I do believe Jesus walk this earth. I believe in Jesus with all my heart. Have you not read the bible? Have you not went to bible study? Have you not done this research yourself? Do you believe in demons? I do! Everyone has their own demons in them they fight everyday and some have more them inner demons they listen to everyday. Do you believe there is air? Why? you can't see it? but you breathe anyway ... right? You can feel it! So do I feel Jesus in my life! Do you believe demons walk the earth? If you don't just listen to the news ... mothers killing children, children killing parents, kids killing kids, and ect... If demons walk this earth today then , why do you question Jesus walking this earth in his time!

Answer 6

Unequivocally YES! And I believe he walked on the water and spoke the very void and darkness into the existence we call earth. That he died upon the cross as the perfect, unblemished sacrifice for our sin (as defined in John 3:17and 18 of the New Testament in the Bible) and that he arose victoriously and reigns with God in Heaven, and when we accept him as our personal Lord and Savior, indwells us with the power of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 7

Yes, I have a personal relationship with Jesus. He is my mentor and guide. I have had Him in my life since 1980 when I accepted Him into my life. He experienced everything man does except the sin which separates us from God. He is God in human form that we might see and believe.

Answer 8

I don't think scholars beg to differ with the historical figure because there are adequate reference sources that are non christian. What people of all faiths consider is whether the biblical events are real or fictional.

Answer 9

Strange thing about Jesus...he walked on water, but never on the earth. A weird dude.

Answer 10

Yes I Do Believe That, But I Dont Believe He Was Actually As Special As He Is Portrayed To Be