2007-07-25 08:16:46 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, he was a carpenter. Others believed he was something else and he and they developed delusions of grandeur.
2007-07-25 08:21:00 · answer #1 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is some evidence historically that a person by that name existed. This is not from a biblical source but form the census of the time, it does not say what this person did. The name Jesus was not uncommon, the Christ bit came much later, biblically he never referred to himself as that. He would have been Jesus the Nazarene as people back then as you probably know did not have last names like we do today. There was Jesus bar Jonas or Jesus the son of Jonas.
2007-07-25 15:27:03 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Paul D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
References to Jesus, by historians, do exist.
Tacitus, a respected first-century Roman historian, explained:
“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 made mention of Christ.
Flavius Josephus, a first-century Jewish historian, wrote in Antiquities of the Jews that James was “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......”
2007-07-25 15:24:42 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a word Yes
2007-07-25 15:19:48 · answer #4 · answered by Ethan M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think most people will say he at least existed (even if you don't believe that he was The Christ) Jesus was a real person. He is mentioned in the Quran (Sry mispelling) as well as the Bible
2007-07-25 15:22:09 · answer #5 · answered by orntelove 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes Jesus Christ exist.He died for our sins and rose up again in heaven.So that whoever believes in him shall have enternal life.All you need to do is accept Jesus christ as your saviour and follow him and he will show you he exists.
Plus his heavenly father created our world we live on not some big bang.
2007-07-25 15:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by cecil t 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
While I will not say "no," I have yet to see good evidence that he was, in fact, a real person.
Edit: There are NO reliable sources that state he existed outside of religious texts. Deal with it.
2007-07-25 15:20:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Doesn't matter if you're atheist or Christian--there was indeed a historical Jesus, if nothing else.
2007-07-25 15:24:08 · answer #8 · answered by Rachel the Atheist 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-07-25 15:25:59 · answer #9 · answered by Machaira 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
It's actually not did he exist?It's does he exist?Yes he is very much alive,and waiting on you to believe and trust in him.
2007-07-25 15:22:37 · answer #10 · answered by Derek B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋