Where is Jesus mentioned in 'Antiquities of the Jews'?

Answer 1

A:Josephus was the only non-Christian writer of the first century who makes reference to Jesus. The only significant reference he made to Jesus is both indirect and second hand, since he was born long after the time attributed to Jesus. The reference is in a disputed passage in Jewish Antiquities book 18, now known as the Testimonium Flavianum. There are two somewhat different version that have come down to us today. While the majority of scholars believe that Josephus probably did write the original passage, there is little agreement on what he wrote and what was added later by Christians. In the following translation, "if indeed one ought to call him a man" and "He was the Messiah" are undoubtedly later Christian interpolations, probably inserted about 200 years later. Also, the Greek words translated here as ""accept the truth gladly" can also be read as a reference to naivity, with the original intention of this clause somewhat unclear.

"About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who performed surprising deeds and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Messiah. And when, upon the accusation of the principal men among us, Pilate had condemned him to a cross, those who had first come to love him did not cease. He appeared to them spending a third day restored to life, for the prophets of God had foretold these things and a thousand other marvels about him. And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still to this day not disappeared."

Josephus also mentions the stoning of James, brother of Jesus the so-called Christ. This passage, also in book 18 of Jewish Antiquities is generally accepted as authentic.