Where can I find historical references to Jesus Christ outside of the Bible?

Question

Were there any historians from that period that wrote anything about him?

Answer 1

You don't need to look anywhere else. Everything in the Bible is true! The more scientists and historians try to prove the bible to be wrong, the more they make it more believable. All you need to know (but you should WANT to know more after this) is this: Jesus is real and He loves you so much that he lived without sin on the earth, died on the cross to take away your sins, and is preparing a place for you in heaven. All you have to do is believe and trust in Him and you will be with Him forever in eternity! I hope that you will find him. I will be praying for you and hope to see you in heaven someday!!! P.S. I'm only fourteen so this can't be to complicated. Just believe and trust Him. You will be blessed!!

Answer 2

Although references to Jesus Christ by early secular historians are meager, such references do exist. Cornelius Tacitus, a respected first-century Roman historian, wrote: “The name [Christian] is derived from Christ, whom the procurator Pontius Pilate had executed in the reign of Tiberius.” Suetonius and Pliny the Younger, other Roman writers of the time, also referred to Christ. In addition, Flavius Josephus, a first-century Jewish historian, wrote of James, whom he identified as “the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ.”

The New Encyclopædia Britannica thus concludes: “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.”

Answer 3

There are quite a few pieces of historican evidence for Jesus's existence. Cornelius Tacitus a Roman historian, Lucian of Samosataa Roman Rhetoric , and Jospheus. He is mention in these men's writings:

"But not all the relief that could come from man, not all the bounties that the prince could bestow, nor all the atonements which could be presented to the gods, availed to relieve Nero from the infamy of being believed to have ordered the conflagration, the fire of Rome. Hence to suppress the rumour, he falsely charged with the guilt, and punished with the most exquisite tortures, the persons commonly called Christians, who were hated for thier enormities. Christus, the founder of the name was put to death by Pontious Pilate, procurator of Juedea in the reign of Tiberius: but the pernicious superstition, repressed for a time broke out again, not only through Judea, where the mischeif originated, but through the city of Rome also. " Tacitus, Annals XV, 44.

"About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who wrought surprising facts and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He was over many Jews and many of the Greeks . He was the Messiah.
When Pilate, upon hearing him accused by men of the highest standing amongst us, had condemned him to be crucified, those who had in the first place come to love him did not give up their affection for him.
On the third day he appeared to them restored to life, for the prophets of God had prophesied these and countless other marvelous things about him, and he has still to this day not disappeared" Antiquities 18:63-64

"the man who was crucified in Palestine because he introduced this new cult into the world ... Furthermore, their first lawgiver persuaded them that they were all brothers one of another after they have transgressed once for all by denying the Greek gods and by worshipping that cruicified sophist himself and living under his laws." - The Passing Peregrinus

This accounts for something, Cornelius was a historian and his writings are recordings of events that took place. Lucian of Samosataa spoke scornfully of Christ and christians. I doubt he would speak such a way about someone who never existed. And Jospheus a fellow Jew spoke of Christ as being a wise man who was condemned to be crucified.

Answer 4

You'd better like the name Josephus, because you will read it A LOT. The most famous Christian interpolation ever, I think. Sadly, so few people have actually figured out that a Jew who despised miracle workers would not say things like "Jesus, a wise man, if one were to call him a man." The interpolators even have Josephus say that Jesus is the Messiah, and they still don't seem to notice!

Ah, let's not forget Tacitus. However, he's not as credible a witness as you may think. For starters, he was born AFTER the death of Jesus! I could go into details, but really? Do I need to? That means that it has to be at least second hand, without me going any further.

Answer 5

Josephus, Seutonius,Tacitus,Thallu, Pliny the younger,the Emperor Trajan,Hadrian, the Talmud, LucianMara Bar-seraion,and Phlegon. Is that enough?

Answer 6

the intertestamental time period meaning books on alexander the great will have references to the time of Jesus and the people he was around and some of the events that happened here help to lead up to Christ.

Answer 7

You can find academics who say there is no evidence of Jesus outside of the Bible, and you can find academics who says there is evidence of Jesus outside of the Bible. Who you choose to believe is up to you.

Answer 8

Not quite from that far back, but you will find references in Gibbon's "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire."

Answer 9

Try the link for more information outside of the Bible.
http://www.christian-thinktank.com/jesusref.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1304954/posts
I hope this will help you for starters. Good luck in your research.

Answer 10

History = HIS(JESUS)-STORY
HE IS THE CENTER OF MAN'S HISTORY = BC AND AD

What else do you want to know ?