Wesley Huff

And so... They didn't have a problem with people doing miracles or crazy things happening.

And so... They didn't have a problem with people doing miracles or crazy things happening.

Yeah. So this historiographically is so when we do history, it's an inference to the best explanation. And so there are probabilities of things that have happened in history where we can say, OK, there's a higher probability of event A happening and a lower probability of event B happening. So the example I often give is like Jonah being swallowed by the fish.

Yeah. So this historiographically is so when we do history, it's an inference to the best explanation. And so there are probabilities of things that have happened in history where we can say, OK, there's a higher probability of event A happening and a lower probability of event B happening. So the example I often give is like Jonah being swallowed by the fish.

Yeah. So this historiographically is so when we do history, it's an inference to the best explanation. And so there are probabilities of things that have happened in history where we can say, OK, there's a higher probability of event A happening and a lower probability of event B happening. So the example I often give is like Jonah being swallowed by the fish.

Like that's low probabilistically, not that it didn't happen, but that like as a historian, we got to like say, well, there's no independent cross-reference sources. You don't have multiple attestation for this particular event. The interesting thing about Jesus is that we have more evidence.

Like that's low probabilistically, not that it didn't happen, but that like as a historian, we got to like say, well, there's no independent cross-reference sources. You don't have multiple attestation for this particular event. The interesting thing about Jesus is that we have more evidence.

Like that's low probabilistically, not that it didn't happen, but that like as a historian, we got to like say, well, there's no independent cross-reference sources. You don't have multiple attestation for this particular event. The interesting thing about Jesus is that we have more evidence.

evidence from different writings in the ancient world than we probably should have for someone of his stature. Because we have Matthew, Mark and Luke and John, these four biographies. There's really only one other person in and around that time that can claim to have that much kind of independent testimony of their life, and it's the Roman Emperor Tiberius. So he also has four biographers.

evidence from different writings in the ancient world than we probably should have for someone of his stature. Because we have Matthew, Mark and Luke and John, these four biographies. There's really only one other person in and around that time that can claim to have that much kind of independent testimony of their life, and it's the Roman Emperor Tiberius. So he also has four biographers.

evidence from different writings in the ancient world than we probably should have for someone of his stature. Because we have Matthew, Mark and Luke and John, these four biographies. There's really only one other person in and around that time that can claim to have that much kind of independent testimony of their life, and it's the Roman Emperor Tiberius. So he also has four biographers.

He has Cassio Dio, Suetonius Tacitus, and Vellius Perturculus. And so the Roman emperor, who's the most famous, most powerful person at the time, has a similar amount of historiographical evidence biographically for his, you know, the events of his lifetime that Jesus does.

He has Cassio Dio, Suetonius Tacitus, and Vellius Perturculus. And so the Roman emperor, who's the most famous, most powerful person at the time, has a similar amount of historiographical evidence biographically for his, you know, the events of his lifetime that Jesus does.

He has Cassio Dio, Suetonius Tacitus, and Vellius Perturculus. And so the Roman emperor, who's the most famous, most powerful person at the time, has a similar amount of historiographical evidence biographically for his, you know, the events of his lifetime that Jesus does.

He was a crucified traveling rabbi. So you have individuals like Josephus mentions him, end of first century, beginning of second century. He was a Jewish Roman writer. Tacitus mentions him, who also wrote about the emperor. And, you know, you have a number of these individuals, Cassius or Suetonius.

He was a crucified traveling rabbi. So you have individuals like Josephus mentions him, end of first century, beginning of second century. He was a Jewish Roman writer. Tacitus mentions him, who also wrote about the emperor. And, you know, you have a number of these individuals, Cassius or Suetonius.

He was a crucified traveling rabbi. So you have individuals like Josephus mentions him, end of first century, beginning of second century. He was a Jewish Roman writer. Tacitus mentions him, who also wrote about the emperor. And, you know, you have a number of these individuals, Cassius or Suetonius.

But what they're doing mostly is describing what the followers of Christianity are saying about him. So you do have to take it with a little bit of a grain of salt in that they're not saying things that they believe happened. They're talking about things that Christians believe happened. And Christians are this very unusual group.

But what they're doing mostly is describing what the followers of Christianity are saying about him. So you do have to take it with a little bit of a grain of salt in that they're not saying things that they believe happened. They're talking about things that Christians believe happened. And Christians are this very unusual group.

But what they're doing mostly is describing what the followers of Christianity are saying about him. So you do have to take it with a little bit of a grain of salt in that they're not saying things that they believe happened. They're talking about things that Christians believe happened. And Christians are this very unusual group.