Character Quote by Arthur Tappan Pierson

Today nearly all historians, whether Christians or not, accept that Jesus existed.

— Graham Stanton

Jesus was a human being, bound by history and the natural world; an extraordinary man, to be sure, but still a man.

— Paul Verhoeven

Though He had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example.

— Matthew Henry

I think the evidence is just so overwhelming that Jesus existed, that it's silly to talk about him not existing. I don't know anyone…

— Bart D. Ehrman

“If Jesus had been an actual historical figure we have a thorny paradox. Either this Jesus was a remarkable individual who said and did…

— David Fitzgerald

Either Jesus is the Son of God ; or a madman or worse. But His being just a great teacher? He's not left that…

— C. S. Lewis

Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in…

— Albert Schweitzer

It is not His teachings which make Jesus so remarkable, although these would be enough to give Him distinction. It is a combination of…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived.

— Reza Aslan

Whatever else may be thought of the evidence from early Jewish and Gentile writers it does at least establish, for those who refuse the…

— F. F. Bruce

The early Christians' opponents all accepted that Jesus existed, taught, had disciples, worked miracles, and was put to death on a Roman cross. As…

— Graham Stanton

There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or by unbelievers, during his…

— Dan Barker