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The crucifixion of Jesus should be considered historical fact based on the ''criterion of embarrassment''. If Jesus’ actions, sayings or crucifiexion would have embarrassed or caused difficulty for the early church, then why include these if you’re inventing them? Why | The crucifixion of Jesus should be considered historical fact based on the ''criterion of embarrassment''. If Jesus’ actions, sayings or crucifiexion would have embarrassed or caused difficulty for the early church, then why include these if you’re inventing them? Why depict a shamed, humiliated, crucified Messiah — unless it actually happened? The discrepancy between the shameful death of a Jewish state criminal and the confession that depicts this executed man as the preexistent divine figure who becomes man and humbles himself to a slave’s death is without comparison in the ancient world.<ref>Paul Copan, “True for You but Not for Me” (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2009), 159–160</ref> Christians would not have invented the painful death of their leader. | ||
The crucifixion of Jesus should be considered historical fact based on the ''criterion of multiple attestation'' - confirmation by more than one source - because of the agreement of all sources on the fact that Jesus died by Roman execution on a cross. Death by crucifixion also meets the ''criterion of rejection'' - it is not disputed by any ancient sources. It is also firmly established that there is non-Christian confirmation of the crucifixion of Jesus – referring to the mentions by Josephus and Tacitus. | The crucifixion of Jesus should be considered historical fact based on the ''criterion of multiple attestation'' - confirmation by more than one source - because of the agreement of all sources on the fact that Jesus died by Roman execution on a cross. Death by crucifixion also meets the ''criterion of rejection'' - it is not disputed by any ancient sources. It is also firmly established that there is non-Christian confirmation of the crucifixion of Jesus – referring to the mentions by Josephus and Tacitus. | ||