Who was Jesus?

Where did Jesus live?
Jesus lived in Palestine approximately 2000 years ago, at the start of the 1st century CE. During Jesus’ time Palestine was part of the Roman Empire
What was life like in Palestine?
Houses were normally small and simple, made of mud and bricks and consisting of 2-4 rooms.Most households would have owned animals such as
sheep, donkeys, goats and cattle.
Two meals a day was the norm, and the main food people ate was bread.
Jewish merchants and traders could speak some Greek, but the primary language of the Palestinian Jews was Aramaic (a language closely related
to Hebrew). Hebrew was also spoken widely.
What was Jesus’ religion?
Jesus was a Jew. The Jews were different from most others in the ancient world in that they believed there was only one God.
The Jewish leaders did not like Jesus very much; they accused him of blasphemy (disrespecting God) because he did not deny claims that he was
the Son of God.
Evidence for the existence of Jesus
TRANQUILUS SUETONIUS - He wrote about Jesus being responsible for disturbances in the Jewish community in Rome in his book, The Life of the
Deified Claudius: “Christ urged on the Jews, who kept causing a disturbance, so Claudius sent them away from Rome.”
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS - Those who followed him thought he was God’s chosen leader. When he was condemned to the cross, he appeared alive at
the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold.”
CORNELIUS TACITUS - Tacitus provides an early non-Biblical account of Christians: “Nero blamed and tortured a group of people hated for their
evil practices - a group popularly known as Christians. Christ Jesus, from whom this group took their name, was put to death by Pontius Pilate,
one of the Roman governors, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius.”
THE GOSPELS - The Gospels record many different things about Jesus and his life. They record miracles, teachings and key events that happened
to Jesus
THE TALMUD - “On the eve of the Passover they hanged Jesus. He practiced black magic and led Israel astray.”
THE QUR’AN - The Quran recalls his miraculous birth, his teachings, the miracles he performed by God’s permission, and his life as a respected
prophet of God. The Quran also repeatedly reminds that Jesus was a human prophet sent by God, not part of God Himself.