ABSTRACT
The historical Jesus is revealed in reliable records outside the Bible which is currently in circulation, as well as in facts which can be speculated upon. This particular Jesus was merely an illegitimate child who opposed the priests of his day and was then taken off and put to death. After Jesus had grown to manhood he could not get people in his own locality to believe in him; he therefore roamed the rivers and lakes in other places. The stories of his baptism by the monk, John, and of his temptations probably reflect the fact that he lived the life of a wandering mendicant. The so-called most reliable sources in the New Testament of the Christian Church are the three synoptic gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. According to those who are for religion, these three gospels were composed before the end of the first century.
