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Originally Posted by Iehovah
Prove it. You have nobody to verify that they were accurate - to an extreme or otherwise.
You have proof that there was a guy named Jesus, that's all.
Option number 3 is that all of them are wrong. Jesus being real is irrelevant to whether Jesus had divine powers or was the voice of god.
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There is a lot of info to put into a post like this. Following is a list of extra-biblical (outside of the Bible) references of biblical events, places, etc. The list is not exhaustive but is very representative of what is available. More information is available regarding manuscipts that I have not put in this post.
Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?, a Jewish historian) mentions John the Baptist and Herod - Antiquities, Book 18, ch. 5, par.
Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?) mentions Jesus - Antiquities, Book 18, ch. 3, par. 3.
Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?) mentions James, the brother of Jesus - Antiquities, Book 20, ch. 9.
Flavius Josephus (AD 37?-101?) mentions Ananias the High Priest who was mentioned in Acts 23:2
Tacitus (A.D. c.55-A.D. c.117, Roman historian) mentions "Christus" who is Jesus - Annals 15.44
Pliny the Younger mentioned Christ. Pliny was governor of Bithynia in Asia Minor. Pliny wrote ten books. The tenth around AD 112.
The Talmud
"On the eve of the Passover
Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, "He is going forth to be stoned because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy. Any one who can say anything in his favor, let him come forward and plead on his behalf." But since nothing was brought forward in his favor he was hanged on the eve of the Passover!"
Lucian (circa 120-after 180) mentions Jesus. Greek writer and rhetorician.
You will have to read these for yourself. I can't quote all of them here.
Re: Why Believe in Christianity over all other religions?
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