Reference: Josephus Complete Works. Original copyright 1968, 1978, 1981 by Kregel Publications Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501 Antiquities of the Jews page 379. Josephus was a Roman-Jewish historian and military leader (c. 37-c. 100) Anno Domini.
"3. Now there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works--a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him; and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day."
Josephus wrote about the Christ in a secular publication and he identified Jesus with a great amount of good works and influence. "...for he appeared to them alive again the third day." Josephus was a writer in the first century. He was not an apostle or disciple of Christ! Pretty strong commentary on the Christian Jesus Christ being a REAL PERSON that walked in what today is called the Holy Land.
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