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Jesus
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Jesus
Jesus depicted as the Good Shepherd
(stained glass at St John's Ashfield)
Born 7–2 BC/BCE[1]
Judea, Roman Empire[2]
Died 30–36 AD/CE[3]
Judea, Roman Empire
Cause of death Crucifixion[4][5]
Home town Nazareth, Galilee[6]
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Jesus (p**n.: /ˈdʒiːzəs/; Greek: Ἰησοῦς Iēsous; 7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God, and is regarded as a major Prophet in Islam.[7] Christians hold Jesus to be the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament and refer to him as Jesus Christ or simply as Christ,[8] a name that is also used secularly.
Virtually all contemporary scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed.[9][10] While the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historicity of gospel narratives and their theological assertions of his divinity,[11][12] most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish teacher from Galilee in Roman Judea, was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman Prefect, Pontius Pilate.[4][13][10] Scholars have offered various portraits of the historical Jesus, which at times share a number of overlapping attributes, such as the leader of an apocalyptic movement, Messiah, a charismatic healer, a sage and philosopher, or a social reformer who preached of the "Kingdom of God" as a means for personal and egalitarian social transformation.[14][15] Scholars have correlated the New Testament accounts with non-Christian historical records to arrive at an estimated chronology of Jesus' life.[16]
Most Christians believe that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, performed miracles, founded the Church, died sacrificially by crucifixion to achieve atonement, rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven, from which he will return.[17] The majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, and the Second Person of the Holy Trinity.[18] A few Christian groups reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural.[18][19]
In Islam, Jesus (commonly transliterated as Isa) is considered one of God's important prophets.[20] In Islam, Jesus is a bringer of scripture, and the product of a virgin birth, but not the victim of crucifixion. Judaism rejects the belief that Jesus was the awaited Messiah, arguing that he did not fulfill the Messianic prophecies in the Tanakh.[21] Bahá'í scripture almost never refers to Jesus as the Messiah, but calls him a Manifestation of God.[22]
