Evidence of Jesus existence
Cleopatra is mentioned in Roman history and there were lots of writers, so why is there no record of Jesus in Roman history.
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AkioTsukino · M
@LeopoldBloom [quote]There are no contemporary Roman records of Jesus. He isn't mentioned until at least a century later. This is odd as Pilate definitely would have noted if a man he executed came back to life.[/quote]
Pilate was a contemporary of Jesus. The Roman Governor of Judea. An historical figure during Jesus's life, and yet critics doubted his literal existence until 1961 when a Latin stone inscription was discovered at Caesarea. Historians mentioning Pilate were Josephus, Philo and Tacitus. Tacitus wrote that Pilate executed Christus, from whom Christians took their name.
Justin Martyr wrote that the death of Jesus could be attested to by the Acts (official records) of Pontius Pilate. Those records no longer exist, but they did at one time according to Martyr. What other records might have existed?
Jesus was the leader of a small Jewish sect having nothing to do with politics. Is it really surprising that there are no contemporary Roman records? No educated person of today doubts the literal existence of Jesus Christ, they only doubt the miracles he performed. His supernatural existence.
"These independent accounts prove that in ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the historicity of Jesus, which was disputed for the first time and on inadequate grounds at the end of the 18th, during the 19th, and at the beginning of the 20th centuries."- The Encyclopædia Britannica - (1976), Macropædia, Vol. 10, p. 145; also see 2002 edition.
Pilate was a contemporary of Jesus. The Roman Governor of Judea. An historical figure during Jesus's life, and yet critics doubted his literal existence until 1961 when a Latin stone inscription was discovered at Caesarea. Historians mentioning Pilate were Josephus, Philo and Tacitus. Tacitus wrote that Pilate executed Christus, from whom Christians took their name.
Justin Martyr wrote that the death of Jesus could be attested to by the Acts (official records) of Pontius Pilate. Those records no longer exist, but they did at one time according to Martyr. What other records might have existed?
Jesus was the leader of a small Jewish sect having nothing to do with politics. Is it really surprising that there are no contemporary Roman records? No educated person of today doubts the literal existence of Jesus Christ, they only doubt the miracles he performed. His supernatural existence.
"These independent accounts prove that in ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the historicity of Jesus, which was disputed for the first time and on inadequate grounds at the end of the 18th, during the 19th, and at the beginning of the 20th centuries."- The Encyclopædia Britannica - (1976), Macropædia, Vol. 10, p. 145; also see 2002 edition.
SatyrService · M
@AkioTsukino well you are certainly a breath of fresh air.