The Historical Evidence...
In 2006, I published a brochure entitled, “Evidences for the Historical Jesus,” from which I will now include portions of information from text concerning the fact that it is known that descendents of the family of Jesus lived in the area of the Galilee.
It becomes more important to know that descendents of the family of Jesus were still living in the area when the excavations of Nazareth begin to reveal such things as inscriptions.
Jack Finegan's research indicates that relatives of Jesus were still alive and living in Israel, he believes at Nazareth. The fact that relatives of Jesus were still living in the area becomes significant because they could verify the birthplace of Jesus, the family living in Nazareth, and the circumstances of the death and resurrection of Christ.
But what happened to the descendents of the family of Jesus?
An excerpt from the text,
“With respect to the possible resemblance of any particular location in Nazareth associated with the life of Jesus, it is possible to recall that, according to positive evidences, members of the family of Jesus were still living in Palestine, some of them perhaps in Nazareth, until the end of the first century and the beginning of the second, and further descendants were probably there much longer than that.”
Eusebius, an early church father quotes from the writings of Hegisippus concerning the relatives of Jesus. He writes, “Of the family of the Lord there were still living the grandchildren of Jude, who is said to have been the Lord’s brother according to the flesh.”
Hegesippus is also quoted by Eusebius in Book IV, Chapter 22, “Symeon was appointed the second bishop, whom all proposed as the cousin of our Lord.”
In his history, Eusebius writes, “The same author [Heggesippus] also describes the beginnings of the heresies which arose in his time, in the following words: ‘And after James the Just had suffered martyrdom, as the Lord had also on the same account, Symeon, the son of the Lord’s uncle, Clopas, ...was appointed the next bishop. All proposed him as second bishop because he was a cousin of the Lord.’”
Julius Africanus records in his history, Chapter V, “A few, however, of the studious [Jews], having private records of their own, either by remembering the names or by getting at them in some other way from the archives, pride themselves in preserving the memory of their noble descent; and among these happen to be those already mentioned, called desposyni, on account of their connection with the family of the Saviour. And these coming from Nazara and Cochaba, Judean villages, to other parts of the country, set forth the above-named genealogyas accurately as possible from the Book of Days.”
Nazareth is rich with inscriptions. One inscription refers to Conon which, according to the written record was a descendent of the family of Jesus. "I belong to the city of Nazareth in Galilee, and am a relative of Christ whom I serve, as my forefathers have done.” (Kopp: 90)
Finegan, Jack, The Archaeology of the New Testament, Princeton University Press, 1992.
Kopp, Clemens, Die heiligen Stätten der Evangelien, Regensburg, 1959.
McRay, John, Archaeology and the New Testament, Baker Book House, 1991.
Safrai, Shmuel, “Jesus and the Hasidim”, Jerusalem Perspective, January 1, 2004.
It becomes more important to know that descendents of the family of Jesus were still living in the area when the excavations of Nazareth begin to reveal such things as inscriptions.
Jack Finegan's research indicates that relatives of Jesus were still alive and living in Israel, he believes at Nazareth. The fact that relatives of Jesus were still living in the area becomes significant because they could verify the birthplace of Jesus, the family living in Nazareth, and the circumstances of the death and resurrection of Christ.
But what happened to the descendents of the family of Jesus?
An excerpt from the text,
“With respect to the possible resemblance of any particular location in Nazareth associated with the life of Jesus, it is possible to recall that, according to positive evidences, members of the family of Jesus were still living in Palestine, some of them perhaps in Nazareth, until the end of the first century and the beginning of the second, and further descendants were probably there much longer than that.”
Eusebius, an early church father quotes from the writings of Hegisippus concerning the relatives of Jesus. He writes, “Of the family of the Lord there were still living the grandchildren of Jude, who is said to have been the Lord’s brother according to the flesh.”
Hegesippus is also quoted by Eusebius in Book IV, Chapter 22, “Symeon was appointed the second bishop, whom all proposed as the cousin of our Lord.”
In his history, Eusebius writes, “The same author [Heggesippus] also describes the beginnings of the heresies which arose in his time, in the following words: ‘And after James the Just had suffered martyrdom, as the Lord had also on the same account, Symeon, the son of the Lord’s uncle, Clopas, ...was appointed the next bishop. All proposed him as second bishop because he was a cousin of the Lord.’”
Julius Africanus records in his history, Chapter V, “A few, however, of the studious [Jews], having private records of their own, either by remembering the names or by getting at them in some other way from the archives, pride themselves in preserving the memory of their noble descent; and among these happen to be those already mentioned, called desposyni, on account of their connection with the family of the Saviour. And these coming from Nazara and Cochaba, Judean villages, to other parts of the country, set forth the above-named genealogyas accurately as possible from the Book of Days.”
Nazareth is rich with inscriptions. One inscription refers to Conon which, according to the written record was a descendent of the family of Jesus. "I belong to the city of Nazareth in Galilee, and am a relative of Christ whom I serve, as my forefathers have done.” (Kopp: 90)
Finegan, Jack, The Archaeology of the New Testament, Princeton University Press, 1992.
Kopp, Clemens, Die heiligen Stätten der Evangelien, Regensburg, 1959.
McRay, John, Archaeology and the New Testament, Baker Book House, 1991.
Safrai, Shmuel, “Jesus and the Hasidim”, Jerusalem Perspective, January 1, 2004.
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