WAS JESUS A REAL PERSON? - PART 10

                                         WAS JESUS A REAL                PERSON?
                                                       Part 10

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Here was a Man.

So do historians believe that Jesus was a man or a myth?

Historians regard both Alexander the Great  and Jesus Christ as real men.  Yet the manuscript evidence for Jesus is far greater and hundreds of years closer to His life, than the historical writings for Alexander are to his. Furthermore the historical impact of Jesus Christ far exceeds that of Alexander.

Historians cite the following evidence for Jesus' existence:

*  Archaeological discoveries continue to verify the Gospel accounts of people and places they record, the latest being Pilate, Caiaphas, and the existence of first century Nazareth.

*  Thousands of historical writings document Jesus's existence. Within 150 years of Jesus' life 42 authors mention Him in their writings,               including nine from non-Christian sources.           

 During that same time period, only nine secular  authors mention Tiberius. Only five sources  report the conquests of Julius Caesar. Yet no  historian denies their existence.

*  Historians, secular and religious, readily acknowledge Jesus Christ has influenced our world more than any other person.

After investigating the Christ-myth theory, the great world historian, Will Durant concluded that unlike the gods of mythology, Jesus was a real person.

Historian Paul Johnson states that all serious scholars acknowledge Jesus as real. 

Atheist historian Michael Grant writes:  " To sum up, modern critical methods fail to support the Christ-myth theory. 
It has again and again been answered and annihilated by first-rank scholars.

 Perhaps  the historian  H.G. Wells put it the best  regarding Jesus Christ's  existence:

 "Here was a man. This  part of the tale could not  have been invented."


DID JESUS REALLY  RISE FROM THE           DEAD?

The eyewitnesses to Jesus Christ actually spoke and  acted like they believed  He rose from the dead after His crucifixion. No god of mythology
or any other religion ever had followers with such fervent conviction.

But must we take the resurrection of Jesus Christ by faith alone, or is there solid historical evidence?  Several skeptics began investigations into the historical record to prove the resurrection false. What did they discover?


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