Was there really a gap of 40 years between Jesus’ death and the writing of the first gospel? When were the gospels written?
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But perhaps the best argument for the historicity of Jesus is Christianity itself. How was Jesus able to inspire a movement if he never existed? For the first 250 years of Christianity, there was no worldly advantage in being a follower of Jesus, only the very real possibility of persecution, imprisonment, and martyrdom.
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