Writings (patrology), biographies (hagiography) of Church fathers (patristics); providing 129 facts about Jesus from 45 ancient sources, 17 non-Christian, e.g. Clement of Rome, Polycarp, Ignatius, Dionysius of Corinth, Tertullian, Origen; Josephus (Jewish), Tacitus (Roman), Lucian (satirist), Mara Bar-Serapion (highly regarded in British Museum), Talmud (important Jewish document).


If you still don't think Jesus lived in person on earth then that issue can be tackled elsewhere. We have "129 reported facts concerning the life, person, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus, plus the disciples' earliest message. We have examined 45 ancient sources for the life of Jesus, which includes 19 early creedal, four archaeological, 17 non-Christian, and five non-New Testament Christian sources. Of our 45 sources, 30 record this teaching [deity of Jesus], which surprisingly includes seven of the 17 secular sources" [Historical Jesus, Gary Habermas, 250-251]. Jesus Himself said He was God with such titles as "Son of God" and "Son of Man" [Ibid., chapter 27].

"Of all the events in Jesus' life, more ancient sources specifically mention his death than any other single occurrence. Of the 45 ancient sources, 28 relate to this fact, often with details. Twelve of those sources are non-Christian, which exhibits an incredible amount of interest in this event. Not only is Jesus' death by crucifixion of major concern to these authors..." [Ibid., p. 252].

"Of our 45 sources, 18 specifically record the resurrection" [Ibid., p. 253].

Jesus fulfilled 62 prophecies from hundreds, even thousands of years prior. The odds of that happening is less than 1 in a trillion, scientifically speaking, determined by scientists. He said He was God and proved it. He was sinless - the only man who was ever sinless! He performed miracles none have been able to duplicate except the apostles. His teachings were deeper than any other. None can compare! He gave His life on the cross to die for you. And He was resurrected, seen by many eyewitnesses - including various writers of the books of the NT such as Matthew, Paul, Peter, John, James, and others. No less than 11 times was Jesus seen resurrected to various group sizes. Even one group had 500 people present. The brother of Jesus did not believe Jesus was God until he saw him resurrected after He died on the cross. Others (Mark and Luke) who were virtually first-hand accounts wrote books of the NT and testified to these teachings. There is one verse we suspect was Mark seeing Jesus before he died. Luke was close to the action also. They both went on missionary journeys with Barnabas and Paul.

There were many others mentioned in the Bible who were put to their death for faith in Christ (e.g. Stephen), spreading the Word and giving the Gospel. Then the apostles were all killed for their faith in Christ, admitting seeing Jesus resurrected. James, the brother of John, was the first to be martyred. Many others in the first century were mentioned who believed in Jesus and gave their lives to Christ on the cross, especially women. And many other biographies of martyrs in Christ are recorded from Christian writers in the first century as well as from non-Christian sources too.

Caesar Nero, or Neron Kaisar in Aramaic the language of Christ, killed thousands of Christians. That's why the letters in his name add up to 666, the mark of the beast (Rev. 13.18), which is the number of a man, who was one of the 5 Caesars, not the 6th (Domitian, 95 AD), who dies as the 7th, then will be raised as the 8th whom is the Antichrist (Rev. 17.10,11). He is the most evil man in history, even worse than Hitler. He will be here for awhile during the Great Tribulation of three and a half years (12.6) when 1/3 of the people of earth will die (9.18) in a very short period of time, when an army of 200 million machines are gathered in the middle east (9.16). After Christ steps down on the mount of olives at His return and appearance (Zech. 14.4, Rev. 1.7, Acts. 1.11), He will cast the Antichrist and the False Prophet in hell forever (Rev. 20.10), so that what will happen during the Great Tribulation could never happen again on earth.

If you doubt any of these truths, then the burden of the proof is on you.