But scholars have great confidence in the accuracy and authenticity of the Bible stories about Jesus because of a science called textual criticism, which looks at the age and number of documents.
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The earliest handwritten fragments date from about 130AD and the first full manuscripts to 350AD. None of the original manuscripts about Jesus’ life have survived. Since Bible times, scholars have copied manuscripts and passed them down the generations. But that is understandable: for example, four witnesses of a car crash will usually give slightly different interpretations on what they saw, depending on their particular perspectives and interests. It was God who influenced the writers and editors to produce what we now read. It also tells us he had four brothers and some sisters too.Ĭan we trust the Bible accounts of Jesus’ life?Ĭhristians believe that the Bible was inspired by God. And the Bible book, Mark, suggests that as a young man in the town of Nazareth Jesus was a carpenter, like his human father, Joseph. But the Bible tells us that as a 12-year-old boy he went to the temple in Jerusalem and amazed the religious teachers with his knowledge and understanding. Little is known of his life before the age of 30 when he began travelling around teaching in synagogues and outdoors. But his birth was very humble - surrounded by animals in a stable. The story of Jesus’ conception is miraculous – his mother, Mary, a virgin, fell pregnant by the influence of the Holy Spirit. Devout Jewish believers were waiting for the arrival of a Messiah – a great man who would lead the Jewish people to freedom and greatness again.
Jesus’ birth in around 4BC was foretold by ancient Hebrew writers, known as prophets, hundreds of years beforehand. The implication was that this offer was not just for a lifetime, but for eternity. No-one comes to the Father except through me’. Also in the Bible book, John, Jesus says ‘ I am the way, the truth and the life. Jesus is also an intermediary – he is humanity’s route to God.
‘ he is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation' An excerpt from the Bible book, Colossians, tries to capture the awesomeness of Jesus, ‘ he is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation…by him, all things were created on heaven and earth, visible and invisible… he is before all things and in him all things hold together’. (It is rather like how water can exist as steam, water and ice – each has the same chemical formula, but looks different). Christianity teaches that God exists in three forms at the same time: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God – but he is also God himself. Such statements of apparent blasphemy infuriated some of the Jewishl eaders who heard them. But in the Bible book, John, he goes further, suggesting the uniqueness and closeness of their relationship saying, ‘ I and the Father are one…’, and ‘ Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father’. In the Bible, Jesus often refers to God as his Father. So there were many eyewitnesses who were able to give personal accounts to the Bible writers.īut Jesus was, and is, much more than just a man. A number of others saw him die, including a Roman centurion.
Thousands of people heard Jesus teach during his lifetime and the Bible has stories of many who were healed by him. He is mentioned in texts written by non-Christian historians from that era: Josephus, a Jewish man, Tacitus, a Roman senator, and Suetonius. There are other sources of information about Jesus too. They were his 12 closest followers and spent three years on the road with him, listening to his teaching, watching him miraculously heal people and meeting with him when he was raised from the dead. His final days on earth and ascension back to heaven are in the Bible book, Acts.Īll the gospels are based on the eye-witness testimony of the apostles, who knew Jesus extremely well. His life, death and rising from the dead are documented in the Bible books Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Jesus Christ was a real person who lived in Palestine about 2,000 years ago.
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