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In the end, he comes up with proof Jesus existed? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about whether or not there is evidence that Jesus existed, and what it means for Christianity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Is There Evidence that Jesus Existed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the culmination of his investigation, Strobel locks himself in his home office to review everything he\u2019s learned, searching for proof Jesus existed, and proof Jesus was a real person. Through his interviews and research, he\u2019s established the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. The biographies of Jesus (the gospels) can be trusted.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Whereas Strobel once thought the gospels were legends concocted by biased authors, his conversation with Blomberg confirmed that <strong>the gospels bear all the markings of trustworthy eyewitness accounts<\/strong>. This is proof that Jesus was a real person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. The biographies of Jesus stand up under examination.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>That the gospels harmonize on the major points while diverging on minor ones suggests that (a) the authors are reliable and (b) <strong>the overall contours of Jesus\u2019s story are factually accurate<\/strong>. Also, the early church couldn\u2019t have thrived in Jerusalem\u2014as it did\u2014if the gospels had been exaggerated: everyone would have known the disciples were lying. But is this enough proof Jesus existed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. The text of Jesus\u2019s biographies hasn\u2019t been amended or adulterated by later authors.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Strobel\u2019s interview with Bruce Metzger confirmed that the documents on which the New Testament is based date to an extremely early period in the church and are authentic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Secular sources attest to Jesus\u2019s existence.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>There is more historical evidence that Jesus existed than for many historical personages whose reality we take for granted. Secular sources attest to <strong>Jesus\u2019s ability to perform miracles, his crucifixion, and his early followers\u2019 belief in his Resurrection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. The archaeological record corroborates Jesus\u2019s biographies as well.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>No archeological finding has disproved the New Testament, and <strong>Luke\u2019s gospel has proven especially accurate<\/strong>, with references to geographical and cultural landmarks later confirmed by archaeological discoveries. This is further proof of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. The historical Jesus is the same as Jesus Christ.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-jesus-seminar\/\">The Jesus Seminar<\/a> has attempted to distinguish between a naturalistic Jesus and the mythological Jesus featured in the gospels, but its scholars rely on a number of specious sources to make their case. <strong>The evidence that Jesus existed for the gospels\u2019 account is far more robust and convincing<\/strong> than for the Jesus Seminar\u2019s theories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Jesus believed he was the son of God.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Some skeptics have argued that Jesus didn\u2019t actually believe he was the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament. However, the numerous references Jesus makes to his own provenance and deity confirm <strong>he did in fact believe he was the Christ, sent to redeem the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. There is no evidence of Jesus Christ to suggest Jesus was mentally disturbed.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Those with paranoid schizophrenia or other mental illnesses exhibit an array of symptoms beyond delusions of grandeur, including antisociality and trouble expressing emotion. <strong>Jesus exhibited none of these symptoms<\/strong>, and he supported his claims of divinity by performing independently verified miracles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Jesus exhibited all the traits of God.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Further proof of Jesus Christ is his divine traits. Although some believe Jesus voluntarily limited his divine powers when he was incarnated, the New Testament shows that he possessed all the attributes of deity, including omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11. Unlike claimants before or since, Jesus matched all the attributes of the Messiah.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Old Testament prophets made a number of predictions about the identity of the Messiah, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/small-details\/\">minor details<\/a> like his place of birth and whether he would be buried with no broken bones. The odds that someone could match these prophecies by chance is <em>infinitesimal<\/em>. <strong>Jesus, of course, fit these predictions completely<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12. Jesus died on the cross.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Skeptics of the Resurrection have attempted to explain away Jesus\u2019s \u201crise\u201d by claiming he never <em>actually died<\/em> on the cross. Detailed medical analysis of Jesus\u2019s brutal beating before the crucifixion, as well as the damage done by the crucifixion itself, can\u2019t but conclude<strong> that Jesus was dead when he was entombed<\/strong>. This is evidence that Jesus existed at one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">13. Jesus\u2019s tomb was empty.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this evidence of Jesus Christ? The relevant canonical sources for the empty tomb\u2014the gospel of Mark and the creed in 1 Corinthians\u2014have been dated to within a matter of years of Christ\u2019s Resurrection; <strong>thus it\u2019s highly unlikely their accounts are the product of legend<\/strong>. Skeptics at the time implicitly accepted that the tomb was empty, and the fact that the canonical accounts describe women discovering the empty tomb is a testament to the accounts\u2019 reliability: If the New Testament authors were making the whole thing up, they would undoubtedly have had <em>men <\/em>discover the empty tomb (women\u2019s testimony wasn\u2019t admissible in the Jewish courts at the time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">14. 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