Thursday, November 14, 2024

There are ONLY two accepted Facts regarding a Historical Jesus: His baptism by John the baptist and his crucifiction by Pontius Pilate

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus#Only_two_accepted_facts_of_a_historical_Jesus

Only two accepted facts of a historical Jesus

Part of the 6th-century Madaba Map asserting two possible baptism locations
The crucifixion of Jesus as depicted by Mannerist painter Bronzino (c. 1545)

There is no scholarly consensus concerning most elements of Jesus's life as described in the Christian and non-Christian sources, and reconstructions of the "historical Jesus" are broadly debated for their reliability,[note 7][note 6] but two events of this historical Jesus are subject to "almost universal assent," namely that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and was crucified by order of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate (who officiated 26–36 AD).[5][4][6][7][8][9][note 8]

The Baptism of Jesus by Juan Fernández Navarrete (16th century)

Based on the criterion of embarrassment, scholars argue that the early Christian Church would not have invented the painful death of their leader.[23] The criterion of embarrassment is also used to argue in favor of the historicity of the baptism of Jesus,[24][25][26] given that John baptised for the remission of sins, although Jesus was viewed as without sin and this positioned John above Jesus.[24][26][27]

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