WAS JESUS A REAL PERSON - PART SIX

                                             WAS JESUS A 
 REAL PERSON

        Part Six

   (copied from 
    Y-Jesus.com)


Historical facts about Jesus

These early non-Christian sources provide the following facts about Jesus Christ.

*   Jesus was from Nazareth.
*   Jesus lived a wise and virtuous life.
*   Jesus was crucified in Judea under
     Pontius Pilate, during the reign of 
    Tiberius Caesar, at  Passover time 
    being considered the Jewish King
*  Jesus was believed by His disciples to    
    have died and risen from the dead 
    three days later.
*   Jesus' enemies acknowledged that 
     He performed unusual feats.
*   Jesus' disciples multiplied rapidly, 
     spreading as far as Rome.
*   Jesus disciples lived moral lives and
     worshiped Christ as God.

This general outline of Jesus' life agrees perfectly with the New Testament.

Gary Habarmas notes:  In total about one-third of these non-Christian sources date from the first century, a majority originate no later than the mid-second century.  According to the Encyclopedia Britannica   "These independent accounts prove that in ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the historicity of Jesus.

Early Christian accounts.

Early Christians wrote thousands of letters and commentaries about Jesus. Also, creeds which speak of Jesus, appeared as early as five years after His crucifixion.

These non-biblical writings confirm most New Testament details about Jesus including His crucifixion and resurrection.

Incredibly over 36,000 complete or partial writings have been discovered, some from first century.  These non-biblical writings could reconstruct the entire New Testament except for a few verses.

Each of these writes of Jesus as a real Person. Christ-mythers disregard these accounts as biased  But the question they must answer is How could a mythical Jesus have so much written about Him  within a few decades of His life?

next post  7th June