False Testimony?
Debates about the existence of Jesus go back many centuries
and one of the most commonly used pieces of evidence concerning the historical
existence of Jesus is the so-called Testimonia of Josephus. It has been used
repeatedly over the centuries to establish that Jesus was a real historical
figure. The Testimonia occurs in two places in Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews, (18, 3, 3, and 20, 9, 1.)1.