Why did Josephus not believe in Jesus as Christ?

Answer 1

The relevant passage in "Antiquities of the Jews" is:-

"Now, there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works,--a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him; and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day."

Some believe it was a forgery added by Catholic Church historian Eusebius in the fourth century, but there is no real proof of that one way or the other.

However, since Jesus was a jew, had been charged with treason [although unproved], and had been executed, and since Josephus was also a jew who had led a rebellion against the Romans and so was also a traitor, and would also have been executed unless he had just happened to have a convenient life-saving vision, it is unlikely he would wanted to have drawn any attention to himself by calling Jesus the Christ [that is, Messiah]: he may have called Him a good man instead of God , but just being a good man isn't enough to save you.

Answer 2

because he didnt believe in the things Jesus did for the world and he thought it waz made up just like other people do in this world

Answer 3

Flavius Josephus was a first-century Jewish priest and historian from Galilee. There was no information known to him that gave him any reason to believe that Jesus was the Christ.