:You don't need to source that fact. That fact is not in dispute. It is the significance of it that is disputed. It has already been pointed out ad nauseam that there are no contemporary records for many figures in ancient history, and yet we don't have that fact prominently placed in articles on them unless there is a reason to doubt their existence. We don't say it of Plato, we do say it of Romulus. It would be astonishing - dare I say almost a miracle - if contemporary documents were to survive referring to Jesus. The question is whether there is a good reason to take this absence of contemporary evidence as an argument for doubting Jesus's existence. If so, what is that argument and who has put it forward - that is, which reputable source has done so?