Was Jesus crucified?

Introduction

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Christopher Bryan (NT Professor at Sewanee): “Jesus was crucified under Pontius Pilate. That, as a matter of history, is just about as certain as anything in antiquity.” [The Resurrection of the Messiah (Oxford, 2011), 3.]

“Yes, after all…

Early Christians said Jesus was crucified

• …[AD 33] The 1 Corinthians 15 creed (apostles) says Jesus was crucified.
• …[AD 40-50] Paul was saying Jesus was crucified.
• …[AD 40-90] The Gospels say Jesus was crucified.¹
• …[AD 70] Acts of the Apostles says Jesus was crucified.²

Mt 27:32-56 (see v. 35, 50), Lk 23:26-46 (see v 33, 46), John 19:17-30 (see v. 18, 30).
Acts 2:23; Acts 13:29,

Early non-Christians said Jesus was crucified

• …[AD 55] Thallus's 3rd volume of his history book says Jesus was crucified.
• …[AD 93] Josephus's ‘Jewish Antiquities’ 18 says Jesus was crucified.
• …[AD 150] Justin Martyr's ‘Dialogue with Trypho’ says Jesus was crucified.
• …[AD 165] Lucian's book, ‘The Death of Peregrinus’ says Jesus was crucified.
• …Talmud b. Sanhedrin 43a. “On the eve of the Passover Yeshu [Jesus] was hanged [or crucified]. … Since nothing was brought forward in his favor he was hanged on the eve of the Passover.”