A man ahead of his time. source

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    How many? I don’t know, ask the historians who say it was a common name at the time, with dozens of graves of dead guys named Jesus at the time of Jesus.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus

    The Hebrew/Aramaic name was common among Judean Jews at the time of Jesus’s birth,[32]

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      21 days ago

      But if you read about the historicity of jesus’ crucifixion it’s obvious that it isn’t a question of “Oh he swapped out with another guy who had the same first name.” If he did, that wouldn’t prove he didn’t exist - so what’s the problem?