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“For God so loved the world He gave His  only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” John chapter 3 verse 16, The Bible

Evidence for the life, death and bodily resurrection of Jesus found outside the Bible


In his book The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel offers the following evidence found outside the Bible:


Historical records outside the Bible and Christian writings


“If you never read the Bible or any Christian writings, you could learn the following about Jesus from an ancient Jewish work called the Talmud and from ancient historical writers such as Josephus, Tacitus, and Pliny the Younger ...


“Jesus was a Jewish Teacher.


“Many people believed he performed healings and other miracles.


“Some people believed he was the long-awaited Messiah.


“He was rejected by the Jewish leaders.


“He was crucified under the authority of Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberias.


“Despite this shameful death, his followers, who believed that he was still alive, spread beyond Palestine so that there were large numbers of them in Rome by A.D. 64.


“All kinds of people from the cities and countryside - men and women, slave and free - worshipped him as God.” (P67)


Archaeological evidence


“Archaeology, like most sciences, involves drawing conclusions from the evidence ... I wouldn’t have been surprised to discover that archaeologists who were Christians interpreted the evidence as confirming biblical accounts, while archaeologists who were atheists or agnostics would be more skeptical.  That’s why I was especially fascinated by the story of Sir William Ramsay of Oxford University in England, one of history’s greatest archaeologists.  He was an atheist.  He spent 25 years doing archaeological digs to try to disprove the book of Acts, which was written by the historian Luke (who also wrote the gospel of Luke) ...


“Instead of discrediting Luke’s account, Ramsay’s discoveries kept supporting it.  Finally, he concluded that Luke was one of the most accurate historians who had ever written.  Influenced by the archaeological evidence, Ramsay became a Christian.” (p68-69)


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