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Weah96:
A dead man appeared before bronze age Jews and then flew up into the sky and vanished. Call me crazy if you like, but I don't believe it.

You better have something to show me, or be willing to demonstrate some magical abilities he bestowed on you.

Question: "Did Jesus really exist? Is there any historical evidence of Jesus Christ?"

Answer: Typically, when this question is asked, the person asking qualifies the question with “outside of the Bible.” We do not grant this idea that the Bible cannot be considered a source of evidence for the existence of Jesus. The New Testament contains hundreds of references to Jesus Christ. There are those who date the writing of the Gospels to the second century A.D., more than 100 years after Jesus' death. Even if this were the case (which we strongly dispute), in terms of ancient evidences, writings less than 200 years after events took place are considered very reliable evidences. Further, the vast majority of scholars (Christian and non-Christian) will grant that the Epistles of Paul (at least some of them) were in fact written by Paul in the middle of the first century A.D., less than 40 years after Jesus' death. In terms of ancient manuscript evidence, this is extraordinarily strong proof of the existence of a man named Jesus in Israel in the early first century A.D.

It is also important to recognize that in A.D. 70, the Romans invaded and destroyed Jerusalem and most of Israel, slaughtering its inhabitants. Entire cities were literally burned to the ground. We should not be surprised, then, if much evidence of Jesus' existence was destroyed. Many of the eyewitnesses of Jesus would have been killed. These facts likely limited the amount of surviving eyewitness testimony of Jesus.

Considering that Jesus' ministry was largely confined to a relatively unimportant area in a small corner of the Roman Empire, a surprising amount of information about Jesus can be drawn from secular historical sources. Some of the more important historical evidences of Jesus include the following:

The first-century Roman Tacitus, who is considered one of the more accurate historians of the ancient world, mentioned superstitious “Christians” (from Christus, which is Latin for Christ), who suffered under Pontius Pilate during the reign of Tiberius. Suetonius, chief secretary to Emperor Hadrian, wrote that there was a man named Chrestus (or Christ) who lived during the first century (Annals 15.44).

Flavius Josephus is the most famous Jewish historian. In his Antiquities he refers to James, “the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ.” There is a controversial verse (18:3) that says, “Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man. For he was one who wrought surprising feats....He was [the] Christ...he appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him.” One version reads, “At this time there was a wise man named Jesus. His conduct was good and [he] was known to be virtuous. And many people from among the Jews and the other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. But those who became his disciples did not abandon his discipleship. They reported that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion, and that he was alive; accordingly he was perhaps the Messiah, concerning whom the prophets have recounted wonders.”

Julius Africanus quotes the historian Thallus in a discussion of the darkness which followed the crucifixion of Christ (Extant Writings, 18).

Pliny the Younger, in Letters 10:96, recorded early Christian worship practices including the fact that Christians worshiped Jesus as God and were very ethical, and he includes a reference to the love feast and Lord’s Supper.

The Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) confirms Jesus' crucifixion on the eve of Passover and the accusations against Christ of practicing sorcery and encouraging Jewish apostasy.

Lucian of Samosata was a second-century Greek writer who admits that Jesus was worshiped by Christians, introduced new teachings, and was crucified for them. He said that Jesus' teachings included the brotherhood of believers, the importance of conversion, and the importance of denying other gods. Christians lived according to Jesus’ laws, believed themselves to be immortal, and were characterized by contempt for death, voluntary self-devotion, and renunciation of material goods.

Mara Bar-Serapion confirms that Jesus was thought to be a wise and virtuous man, was considered by many to be the king of Israel, was put to death by the Jews, and lived on in the teachings of His followers.

Then we have all the Gnostic writings (The Gospel of Truth, The Apocryphon of John, The Gospel of Thomas, The Treatise on Resurrection, etc.) that all mention Jesus.

In fact, we can almost reconstruct the gospel just from early non-Christian sources: Jesus was called the Christ (Josephus), did “magic,” led Israel into new teachings, and was hanged on Passover for them (Babylonian Talmud) in Judea (Tacitus), but claimed to be God and would return (Eliezar), which his followers believed, worshipping Him as God (Pliny the Younger).

There is overwhelming evidence for the existence of Jesus Christ, both in secular and biblical history. Perhaps the greatest evidence that Jesus did exist is the fact that literally thousands of Christians in the first century A.D., including the twelve apostles, were willing to give their lives as martyrs for Jesus Christ. People will die for what they believe to be true, but no one will die for what they know to be a lie.

Godwin10:
Mtscheww, who stunned don help?

Godwin10:
@Robinhez ...

yungbeef:
I chewed my Biro head to give it balance when I am playing Biro on my table with my friends. you know the game where you continually hit each pen until one falls off the table.....

Kreamie:
Devil dey him own dey sleep jeje, you go carry him shoe...

Shollyps:
no...this ones dey type. am on nairaland Ni...not in their heart....so no be us the bible is talking about

precisionindepth:
very true but not for those universities...they are not even up to the standard of our federal and state universities. I feel the accreditation they get is based on how much they can pay the NUC officials.

AlanSugar:
Pls how is his comment senseless? It would've been better to say u don't understand than say it's senseless with your 47 gang of incomprehensible folks! He asked if a father would be rated as wise or unwise to pay just a 100k to send his child to a uni that's rated as no 1 in the country such as unilag or pay nearly a million to send him to covenant uni which is rated no 4!

Bookiemart01:
And who are you?/

acenazt:
When she call and asks who's home with u? I start telling my guys to clear.

An0nimus:
It's funny reading comments like 'university built by poor church member tithes and offerings'.

Even with all the explanation on why Federal universities are cheaper people still dey regbe on top the matter. Like any of you will even open a standard barber shop and charge #50 for a hair cut.

Draxler:
There is no university rating that would put FUTO higher than Covenant. Either webometrics or NUC

Bookiemart01:
For the records, the fact that I attended OAU does not imply I do not have the financial capability to pay fees charged by these private University. CU school fee was about 400k when I graduated from school so don't come with the stale affordability thing,

I know I cannot compare OAU to Harvard but you comparing OAU with CU is like comparing someone who just died with another that fainted.I'll rather attend Harvard than pay so much as school fee in a GLORIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOL called private university.

Maybe you should tell me why you would attend CU instead of OAU.
I served in one of the private universities so you'll need to give me solid reasons why you think CU is better than OAU or any other Government owned University. Do not include STRIKES please.

I KNOW JAMB/UTME MIGHT HAVE DEALT WITH YOU.

sallylet:
Take a look at the world richest pple,did they pays sch fee to even get rich,shame on sch mehn! I'm ohk with my Bsc .more money on my mind. #Entrepreneur

seguno2:
The link you provided for Harvard is for Financial AID, not so?
Do you that most students do NOT pay the posted amount of $72,000 because they get scholarship from the SMALL and big donations of their alumni and FOUNDER(S) of the school?
Is that the case of Covenant and the other church-owned schools in Nigeria?
If not, why not?

kcwitch:
Be informed before you speak sir. There is a full scholarship programme for the poor amongst other welfare platforms. Be informed before conclusion. Get all the premises first.

Moreover, how many INVENTIONS have been made by Harvard students and graduates? Has ANY been made by Covenant students to justify the high amount paid?

Integrityfarms:
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Is pornography pure

Abbeyunique2:
It's not bad since they are married, research shows that 70% newly wedded couples injure themselves while trying out new sex position. moreover human being are curious in nature, they like to explore. Mojo gives them starting point. being christian doesn't mean that one shouldn't have fantastic sexlife, are u of the opinion that doggy, 69 etc among christian couples are sin?

Tolexander:
If any young couple see any naivity in any of the partner's sexual dexterity, let them consult their pastor, provided the pastor won't secretly exercise the sexual act on the female partner for "physical orientation" to the couple.

Spybradd:
Buhari sef..

adsami1:
Gerrarra here. Y wil u even compare Harvard nd world unis wt 9ja own? Abi u nor knw the ranking of our own worldwide?

harcemedes:
How wise is ur dad?
unilag-No.1-100k
covenant uni.-no 4-800k

SirAweezy:
...and what practical training have they done for the society and the Nigeria Economy at-large. This school hasn't even develop any collective research talk more of an individual research.

I really don't know the essence of paying this much... anyway most parent are of "my kids can't stay at home syndrome" and "I want my kids to graduate at early Age" this is the only thing schools like this offered.

Tamzblaze:
Bro...twas actually 12yrs....he started in 1503 and finished in 1516

Ochillary:
Barcelona won the first leg 4-0.