Jesus Christ was a Historical Person

Flavius Josephus "Antiquities" The extant manuscripts of the writings of the 1st century Roman Jewish historian Flavius Josephus include references to Jesus and the origins of Christianity. https://en.m.wikipedia.org... The extant manuscripts of the writings of the 1st century Romano Jewish historian Flavius Josephus include references to Jesus and the origins of Christianity. Josephus' "Antiquities of the Jews" includes two references to the biblical Jesus Christ in Books 18 and 20 and a reference to John the Baptist in Book 18. Josephus was not a Christian nor a Christian sympathizer. Josephus was an aristocratic Jewish historian."The Sanhedrin placed Josephus in control of Galilee during the uprising against the Romans."He would later settle in Rome following Nero's horrific persecution of the Christians."The major purpose of his writings seems to have been to recommend Judaism to Romans."A pharisee priest, Josephus wrote critically of the "zealots", who he blamed for the fall of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E." Josephus makes two references to Jesus." In one reference, he refers to the stoning to death of James in the year 62 , calling James "the brother of Jesus who is called Christ."" The other, more significant reference to Jesus I will quote. QUOTE: "About the same time there lived Jesus, a wise man for he was a performer of marvelous feats and a teacher of such men who received his words with pleasure. He attracted many Jews and many Greeks."He was claimed to be the Christ."When Pilate sentenced him to die on the cross, having been urged to do so by the noblest of our citizens, but those who loved him at the first did not give up their affection for him." And the tribe of the Christians, who are named after him, have not disappeared to this day." https://en.m.wikipedia.org... * Publius Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman historian who was hostile to the Christian movement. The Roman historian and senator Tacitus referred to Christ, his execution by Pontius Pilate, and the existence of early Christians in Rome in one page of his final work, "Annals", book 15, chapter 44. The "Annals", by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14"68. Jesus was crucified approximately AD 33. https://en.m.wikipedia.org...(Tacitus) * The Talmud- The Talmud is the central text of mainstream Judaism." It is a library of rabbi teachings compiled over a period of about three hundred years. The Talmud contains many references to Jesus, but the one passage that most clearly describes the events surrounding Christ's death is the passage which suggests that Jesus was a person of much influence and a magical & a magician. The Talmud suggests that he encouraged people to apostasy, which under Jewish law was a crime to be punished by stoning." https://en.m.wikipedia.org... * Letter from Mara bar Serapion to his son (73 C.E.) excerpt- QUOTE: "What advantage did the Athenians gain from putting Socrates to death? Famine and plague came upon them as a judgment for their crime. What advantage did the men of Samos gain from burning Pythagoras? In a moment their land was covered with sand. What advantage did the Jews gain from executing their wise king? It was just after that that their kingdom was abolished. God justly avenged these three wise men: the Athenians died of hunger; the Samians were overwhelmed by the sea; the Jews, ruined and driven from their land, live in complete dispersion." https://en.m.wikipedia.org... * Requoting of Josephus from "Antiquities". "And the tribe of the original Christians, who are named after him, have not disappeared to this day." In this quote he tells us that some people who actually knew Jesus face to face were still alive in the present day of his time of writing. * (Matthew 24:14) "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." If he was a fraud, this decleration could have easily died before it ever grew legs. Christianity represents 1/3 of the entire world population. The Bible is available in 4,000+ languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org... * To fulfill just this one decleration, Christianity overcame the resistance of the most powerful empire on Earth, overcoming heavy persecution, death, genocide, and had to renounce their former faith with most certain death as their reward. A man will not die for what he does not believe, but a man might just die for what he DOES believe. And early Christians were lining up to face certain death in droves. Ironically, the very empire that crucified him annointed him as the king-god of their empire soon thereafter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org...