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We can pretty much get what Jesus did, how he died, what his disciples said about him after he died from secular sources.
Lucian of Samosata
The Talmud
Pliny the Younger
Tacitus
Suetonius
Celsus, the Platonist philosopher, considered Jesus to be a magician who made exorbitant claims
Mara bar Serapion
Thallus
Julius Africanus who writesb about Phlegon
Hadrian
the Toledoth Jesu
guess we can put Josephus here too
If you put it all together you can gather this about Jesus from non-Christian sources:
Jesus existed and founded the Christian sect.
He gained disciples from among both Jews and greeks.
He was tried and executed by crucifixion during the reign of Tiberius under the governorship of Pontius Pilate, some of the leading Jews apparently helping to gain his condemnation.
He was buried and his tomb was later found empty, but the body had not be stolen or moved
His followers reported various supernatural things about him, including that he was seen alive the third day after the crucifixion and that some thought he was the Christ/Messiah.
The Christian sect was still growing in the early 2nd century
Lucian of Samosata
The Talmud
Pliny the Younger
Tacitus
Suetonius
Celsus, the Platonist philosopher, considered Jesus to be a magician who made exorbitant claims
Mara bar Serapion
Thallus
Julius Africanus who writesb about Phlegon
Hadrian
the Toledoth Jesu
guess we can put Josephus here too
If you put it all together you can gather this about Jesus from non-Christian sources:
Jesus existed and founded the Christian sect.
He gained disciples from among both Jews and greeks.
He was tried and executed by crucifixion during the reign of Tiberius under the governorship of Pontius Pilate, some of the leading Jews apparently helping to gain his condemnation.
He was buried and his tomb was later found empty, but the body had not be stolen or moved
His followers reported various supernatural things about him, including that he was seen alive the third day after the crucifixion and that some thought he was the Christ/Messiah.
The Christian sect was still growing in the early 2nd century