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Jesus was not killed on the cross, the cross has its origin in pagan worship.

The cross, symbolizing Christ’s saving death by crucifixion, has been a sacred sign and symbol for Christians from the beginning. Indeed, the crucifixion of Jesus as a real event in history is at the heart of the Christian Faith.

But there are some who deny that Christ died on the cross. Although all four Gospels testify to the Crucifixion, some skeptics chalk up the narratives—or even Christ’s existence—to pagan mythology. Many Muslims also reject the crucifixion event, a denial rooted in the Quran: “And [for the Jews’] saying, ‘Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.’ And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him” (Sura 4:157).

Despite these dissenting claims, the evidence is one-sided in favor of a real, historical crucifixion of Jesus. Here is why.

The Quran was written in the seventh century, almost 600 years after the crucifixion of Christ. The Gospels, in contrast, were written thirty-five to sixty-five years after the events they describe. St. Paul’s epistles were written even earlier. His first letter to the Corinthians, written around A.D. 55, contains an early Christian creed that begins:

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3-7).

Scholars date this creed, which represents an early oral tradition of the Christian Church, to within six years after Christ’s death. Some have argued that it may have been written months after Christ’s death and resurrection. Although this creed does not explicitly mention crucifixion, earlier in the same epistle Paul mentions “Christ crucified” on multiple occasions (1 Cor. 1:23, 2:2), confirming the sort of death Jesus died.