About Jesus of Nazareth
This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. For other uses, see Jesus (disambiguation) . "Christ" redirects here. For the Christian theological concept of the Messiah, see Christ (title) . For other uses, see Christ (disambiguation) . Jesus [e] ( / ˈ dʒ iː z ə s / jee -zuss ; c. 4 BC – c. AD 30/33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ , [f] was a Jewish preacher [13] and religious leader who became the central figure of Christianity . Christians believe him to be the Son of God and the awaited Messiah ( Christ ) prophesied in the Old Testament . [14] [15] Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically , [g] although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus . [22] [23] [24] Jesus was a Galilean Jew [13] who was baptized by John the Baptist and su
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