There remains some debate as to the relationship of the historical Jesus of Nazareth to the gospels. Some alternatives that gain various levels of support are:
The only information we have about the historical Jesus of Nazareth is to be found in the gospels. There is nothing in the contemporary Roman records or those of his Jewish contemporaries, such as Philo of Alexandria, that even attests that Jesus was a historical person. If you wish to know Jesus historically, you must rely on the information in the gospels alone. Yes. The Gospels are historical documents in themselves, but beyond them it is still possible. Jesus was referred to by a number of secular writers.
The gospels do not show that the resurrection of Jesus was historical. In fact, the widely divergent descriptions of the appearances of the risen Jesus do more to suggest that it was not historical. At the very least, the discrepancies in the different stories show that they really knew nothing about it.
The four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John with Acts can be considered historical books in the New Testament. The book of Acts is a historical account from Jesus' ascension to travels of Paul in his missionary journeys which is more chronological in its account than the gospels. The gospels include historical accounts but are not written purely as a history text.
The four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John with Acts can be considered historical books in the New Testament. The book of Acts is a historical account from Jesus' ascension to travels of Paul in his missionary journeys which is more chronological in its account than the gospels. The gospels include historical accounts but are not written purely as a history text.
----------------------- There is no historical reference, anywhere, to the death of Jesus. Jews simply accept that, in the absence of alternative explanations, Jesus probably died much as is described in the gospels.
There is an perhaps unjustified assumption that the gospels are in fact reliable historical documents. Most people believe that they were written by eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus, or at least (for example, Luke) people who had met and learnt from eyewitnesses. However, the clear majority of modern scholars no longer support that view.Belief that the gospels are reliable historical documents must remain a matter of faith, and can not be proven.
We know nothing historical about Jesus except what is written in the gospels, and it is not the intention of the gospels to admit any fault in Jesus. Attempting to answer the question from a wider perspective, many modern scholars believe that the gospel stories are not literally true, with some even questioning whether there really was a Jesus of Nazareth. If Jesus was, in fact, a real person but he did not really suffer in the way the gospels describe, then he also did not bring suffering on himself. If Jesus was not a real person, then of course he did not. But at this stage we do not know.
AnswerThere is so little genuine historical evidence about Jesus. It is the nature of historical inquiry that the assertions contained in the gospels can not be claimed as historically true, without independent confirming evidence, which does not exist. But the following are true historical assertions:That there were many wandering preachers in Palestine during the first century BCE and the first century CE, making it plausible that Jesus of Nazareth really did exist, as one of these wandering preachersThat many millions of Christians believe that he was the long-awaited Jewish MessiahThat a religion was founded in his nameThat several books of the genre known as 'gospels' were written about Jesus, four of those gospels being placed in the New Testament canon.
The four Gospels (meaning "good news"), were written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, in the beginning of the New Testament(or the Greek Scriptures), providing an historical account of the life of Jesus.
There is no historical account or biblical reference that suggests Jesus rode a donkey backwards. The Gospels describe Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, fulfilling a prophecy, but there is no mention of him riding the donkey backwards.
The 4 Gospels were written by 4 people about one Jesus.
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