Who is Jesus of Nazareth?

Jesus was born sometime just before 4 B.C. He grew up in Nazareth, a small village in Galilee, as part of the peasant class. Jesus’ father was a carpenter and he became one, too, meaning that they had likely lost their agricultural land at some point. He left Nazareth as an adult, met the prophet John and was baptized by John. During his baptism, Jesus likely experienced some sort of divine vision. He became a noted healer, teacher, and prophet. More healing stories are told about Jesus than about any other figure in the Jewish tradition. His followers experienced his holy presence after his death. It is clear that they had visions of Jesus as they had known him during his historical life.  There are no eyewitness accounts written about Jesus during his lifetime, so historians have to rely on interpretations of the four main canonical gospel texts, mostly scrawled several decades after his death.

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