Chief Priests and Roman Authorities

[Jehanne]

I think that the best explanation is that Jesus of Nazareth existed and was one of a number of David Koreshes of his day. Remember, the population of Alexander, Egypt and Rome itself were both around 1 million people; while he was alive, no one took notice of Jesus to bother writing anything about him; ditto for his execution. The Romans, of course, knew exactly how to deal with religious loons, and they did so without so much as a historical footnote.