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    Most historians agree on a few key details about Jesus based on historical evidence: - Jesus lived in Galilee and had a relationship with John the Baptist. He was baptized by John and started his own movement after John's death. - Jesus preached about a future life and taught in parables. He and his followers traveled to Jerusalem where Romans arrested and crucified him under Pontius Pilate around 33-35 AD. - After Jesus' death, a small group of followers believed he arose from the dead and spread this belief, with Paul playing a major role in spreading Christianity to non-Jews. The gospels were written decades later. While there is agreement on some bi

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    Most historians agree on a few key details about Jesus based on historical evidence: - Jesus lived in Galilee and had a relationship with John the Baptist. He was baptized by John and started his own movement after John's death. - Jesus preached about a future life and taught in parables. He and his followers traveled to Jerusalem where Romans arrested and crucified him under Pontius Pilate around 33-35 AD. - After Jesus' death, a small group of followers believed he arose from the dead and spread this belief, with Paul playing a major role in spreading Christianity to non-Jews. The gospels were written decades later. While there is agreement on some bi

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    Most historians agree on a few key details about Jesus based on historical evidence: - Jesus lived in Galilee and had a relationship with John the Baptist. He was baptized by John and started his own movement after John's death. - Jesus preached about a future life and taught in parables. He and his followers traveled to Jerusalem where Romans arrested and crucified him under Pontius Pilate around 33-35 AD. - After Jesus' death, a small group of followers believed he arose from the dead and spread this belief, with Paul playing a major role in spreading Christianity to non-Jews. The gospels were written decades later. While there is agreement on some bi

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    I guess Most historians agree there is evidence of an historical Jesus but there is only agreement about

    a few details of his life (unlike Caesar). Historians agree:

    there was an historical Jesus Christ;

    he came from Galilee in Palestine;

    he had some relationship with John the Baptist (a follower?);

    he was baptized by John the Baptist (which seems historically accurate since it appears to place John in a
    dominant position);

    After the Baptist’s death he started his own movement;

    he preached about a future life;

    he preached in parables;

    he and his followers made a journey to Jerusalem;

    he did not leave “any” writings;

    in Jerusalem he was arrested for sedition and put to death by the Romans;

    Pontius Pilate was procurator in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus’ death in about 33–35 AD;

    he left a small following who believed he arose from the dead;

    Paul was a convert after Jesus’ death and did the most to spread the belief in Jesus Christ especially to
    non-Jews;

    Paul was the first one to write about Jesus and historians agree he only wrote 7 of the letters attributed
    to him:

    First Thessalonians (c. 50 AD)

    Galatians (c. 53)

    First Corinthians (c. 53–54)

    Philippians (c. 55)

    Philemon (c. 55)

    Second Corinthians (c. 55–56)

    Romans (c. 57)


    15. Historians largely agree the gospels and the Acts of the Apostles were written later with Mark (the
    earliest) probably written between 66–70 AD.

    16. The Gospel of Mark ended with Jesus being buried and the resurrection story was added later say
    most historians;

    17. Josephus (93 AD) did make a reference to Jesus but historians believe Christian copyists probably
    added the sentence about the resurrection:

    “About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one
    who performed surprising deeds and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won
    over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Christ. And when, upon the accusation of the
    principal men among us, Pilate had condemned him to a cross, those who had first come to love him did
    not cease. He appeared to them spending a third day restored to life, for the prophets of God had
    foretold these things and a thousand other marvels about him. And the tribe of the Christians, so called
    after him, has still to this day not disappeared.”

    On the other hand most historians accept Josephus’ story about the death of James the Just (the brother
    of Jesus).

    18. There were no contemporaneous writings about Jeaus Christ.

    In summary, there are agreed upon historical details about Jesus Christ but they pale in comparison to
    our knowledge of Julius Caesar.

    I have compiled this from:

    Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

    Did Jesus Exist?


    Josephus on Jesus - Wikipedia

    Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography: John Dominic Crossan

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