Evidence of Jesus Christ: Baby, King, Savior, God

Josephus

‘High Priest Ananus brought before the Sanhedrim, the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, [or, some of his companions]; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned.’

‘About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he . . . wrought surprising feats. . . . He was the Christ. When Pilate . . .condemned him to be crucified, those who had . . . come to love him did not give up their affection for him. On the third day he appeared . . . restored to life. . . . And the tribe of Christians . . . has . . . not disappeared.’

Tacitus

‘Nero fastened the guilt ‘Nero fastened the guilt ... on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of ... Pontius Pilatus,

and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome…’

We can trust men who are willing to die for what they know to be true.

Eye witness accounts.

Acts 1:3 To [the Apostles] He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Acts 3:15 “but [you] put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.”

Acts 4:20 “for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

1 John 1:1–3 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life— and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us

— what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

The Resurrection

His Tomb Was Empty.

The disciples stole His body.

2. Authorities moved the body.

3. The disciples went to wrong tomb.

4. Jesus merely fainted on Cross.

He Appeared Alive To Many People.

Details of Christ’s birth

We can trust that Jesus is the promised Redeemer because of the track record of Biblical prophecies.

We can trust testimony recorded within the lifetime of Jesus’ adversaries.