Once again, Flavius Josephus spoke about John the Baptist, isn’t this proof of Jesus also?
And he says that John taught that it would be acceptable to good that they be baptised. Now which God wanted this done? None other than Jesus Christ.
Isn’t this proof?
“Now some of the Jews thought that the destruction of Herod’s army came from God, and that very justly, as a punishment of what he did against John, that was called the Baptist: for Herod slew him, who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism; for that the washing [with water] would be acceptable to him, if they made use of it, not in order to the putting away [or the remission] of some sins [only], but for the purification of the body; supposing still that the soul was thoroughly purified beforehand by righteousness.” Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities book 18, chapter 5, paragraph 2
ok,
here is the thing, what are you looking to prove with this?
that a MAN named jesus existed that fit the role of a preacher going around preacing reforms in the jewish religion around that time.
or that a man nammed jesus existed, performed miracles and was the son of god during that time.
if you are trying to prove the first statement- then this can certainly (as can the other writings about jesus) prove that a man nammed jesus existed, and his followers believed that he was the son of god, etc.
but it does not prove his role that christian mythology places him in.
just like many stories that tend to point to the same person, tends to lend credibiity towards the existance of that person- but these stories are obviously fables that are exxagerated most times so other than verifying that a person nammed “jesus” did exist, this does not prove the religious aspects of the man.
there are also holes in these sources and thier use is limited, but if all you seek to establish is jesus’ existance, then they do go a long way towards an offering of proof and verifying that jesus existed. If you expect them to be taken for the truth of thier words and stories and that jesus performed miracles and was the son of god then they offer no proof.
the fact that many stories mention the same person- tends to indicate that that person, or a person like him existed that filled that role.
Proof of Jesus? Pt 12-Josephus Pt 4
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