Jesus Christ did he live?

Question

is there record of Jesus other than the bible that records his life and death?

Answer 1

No, there is not. Some claims are made for it in some documents but they either are irrelevant or spurious.
The Christians don't even have a clue about when he was born. The guesses vary by up to ten years.

edit to vandoor.
The difference is that we know from historical records when the events in the Jesus story happened. The Romans were good record keepers and noted major event well. Even the bible using the references in it places the birth at different times. If Jesus was real the writers should have had an idea of about when he was born and they should have been able to agree on it. They can not even get that right.

And who is the bible freak thumb downing everybody they disagree with. Get real.

Answer 2

There are tales that suggest someone named Jesus lived and taught during the 1st Century. However, the following is also true.

Jesus' Aramaic name was Yeshua, which was extremely common among the Jews in those days. The references do not say anything other than someone by that name was a religious zealot. There is no reference to Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection or any description of his life outside of the clearly Christian literature.

Jesus' teachings were not unique to the era.

Jesus life as a miracle worker is almost the entire body of evidence put forward as a description of his life. And the same was put forward about countless other religious figures of all the Mediterranean cultures of the day.

So although there is evidence that someone named Jesus was a figure in Judaism, nothing unique can be found to suggest that the person referred to has any correlation to the stories told about Jesus in the New Testament.

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Answer 3

There are countless references.

They have varying degrees of reliability though.

The bible is perhaps the most suspect of any of them. The people who put the bible together had a vested interest in changing or misinterpreting the teachings of Jesus, so we need to be very careful when using it to be sure that Jesus actually meant the things that the bible tells us he said.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 4

Not only did Jesus live on earth in the flesh, He is very much alive today, but has ascended to Heaven.
Do you know Him?
If not, then seek Him with all your heart, and the Bible says that you will find Him.
I found the Lord Jesus over 37 years ago now, and He has made my life complete.

I would love to tell you what I think of Jesus
How I found in Him a friend so strong and true
I would tell you how He changed my life completely
He did something that no other friend could do.

No one ever cared for me like Jesus
There's no other friend so kind as He
No one else could take the sin and darkness from me.
Oh how much He cares for you!

Answer 5

In addition to the Bible, which includes the witness of people who actually knew Him, there are numerous other documents that were not included in the Bible, like the apocryphal books and the books found at Nag Hammadi.

Also, Josephus, a Jewish priest who did not belive in Jesus' divinity, wrote about Him shortly after the crucifixion, and Tacitus, who wrote in about 115 AD.

Answer 6

The short answer is: no.

The longer answer: not one shred of archeological evidence exists to verify the existence of the man called Jesus. All writings about him are dated to a minimum of 35 years after his death, meaning that they are hearsay and subject to skepticism. Not a single scholar, teacher, historian, or follower wrote about him, while he was alive. There are no Roman records to corroborate his execution. The gospels have been dated, by biblical scholars no less, to have been written between the years of 70 and 97 CE...well after the apostles who are given credit would have died.

The early church leader Eusibus wrote a book that entailed why the population should only be told what would help the church stay in power, as well as how the church should lie for its own benefit.

Pliny the younger's writings are based on information that the forming church gave him...not eyewitness accounts.

Tacitus' writings came about in 109 CE, almost 80 years after the crucifixion. They are obviously hearsay accounts, given by the church during its formation.

Josephus, the most well known scholar to write about Jesus, was born in 37 CE...a couple of years after the supposed crucifixion.'

A book chronicaling letters that Pontious Pilate wrote to Rome, about Christ and his miracles, is often used by the faithful as evidence. Unfortunately, the book is actually a fictional novel, written in the late 20's.

Check out the following link for a much more thorough explanation (complete with footnotes and sources) of this.

EDIT: To the individual claiming that Constantine had relics from the execution: The spear that supposedly pierced the side of Christ (the spear of destiny as its called now), as well as the head board have both been proven, scientifically, to be hoaxes. The spear, which Hitler claimed to own, was shown to have been made during medevil times, and the "headboard" was made of wood that could not be found anywhere in that particular region. There are absolutely no holy relics that hold up to any form of testing, and the most obvious use for them, in Constantines case especially, is to dupe the general population and give them "proof" to help the church gain/maintain power.

Answer 7

Yes there are many. Jesus is life is more documented than Julius Ceaser, including by a Greek historian named Josephus. In case your wondering, Josephus was not Christian, in fact I think he was very against Christianity.
As far as the Bible records of Jesus go, they are very reliable. 100's of records have been found, many dating back to withing a few years of the events. In comparison, the first biographies of Muhammad wern't written until about a century after he died

Answer 8

yes Jesus lived besides the history written by Tacitus, Josephus, Pliny the younger. there is physical evidence of the spear and headboard from Jesus crucifixion. Constantine sent his mother into the Holy land looking for relics and found the spear and part of the headboard . the spear ( which is something that Adolf Hitler owned and supposedly worshiped) was tested and dated into first century. the headboard had 3 different languages using a writing style that died out in first century.

Answer 9

Yes absolutely! Several eyewitness accounts, the gospels,letters from Paul, but as for the most widely accepted historical accounts would be that of the Roman historians Tacitus or the Jewish historian Josephus. And this is besides all the various prophecies which were fulfilled by his very existence and crucifixion.

Answer 10

Yes! Jesus Christ live by the spirit..,