HkuJesu waphila ngempela? Bukhona ubufakazi?
Lonke ikhalenda lethu lisekelwe kuJesu, indoda yaseNazaretha. Izigidi zabantu emhlabeni wonke zisazibala phakathi kwabalandeli bakhe. Kodwa ingabe kungafakazelwa ngokuphelele ukuthi wayekhona ngempela? Eqinisweni, ubufakazi bulukhuni ukubuthola, phela sikhuluma ngendoda eyafa eminyakeni eyizi-2,000 edlule, kodwa kunobufakazi obuningi bomlando ngoJesu owayebizwa ngoKristu futhi wabethelwa esiphambanweni.
UJesu eBhayibhelini
Ukulandisa okubaluleke kakhulu okwabalandela ngemva kwakhe, ivangeli likaMathewu, uMarku, uLuka noJohane. Balandisa indaba enemininingwane eminingi ngoJesu, ukuphila nokufa kwakhe. Zaba khona emashumini eminyaka ngemva kukaJesu, kodwa ngokombono ongokomlando le mibiko isondele kakhulu kumuntu kaJesu nendawo ahlala kuyo. Emavangelini kunengxubevange yesivumelwano esiqinile emaphuzwini amaphakathi kanye nomehluko ophawulekayo emininingwaneni eminingi. Kosomlando, lokhu kugcizelela ukwethembeka kwabo njengemithombo. Uma kuqhathaniswa neminye imithombo yomlando, amavangeli asondelene kakhulu nezenzakalo: i-biographies yokuqala ka-Alexander Omkhulu yabhalwa nguPlutarch no-Arrian iminyaka engu-400 enhle ngemva kokufa kwakhe. Izazi-mlando zisabhekwa njengemithombo ethembekile.
UJesu Ezindabeni ZamaJuda
Ukukhulunywa kokuqala kukaJesu ngaphandle kwaseBhayibhelini kuvela kusazi-mlando esingumJuda uFlavius Josephus. Encwadini yakhe ethi "Jewish Antiquities" ukhuluma ngokubulawa kukaJakobe. Ngokusho kwakhe, umfowabo kaJesu ‘wayebizwa ngokuthi uKristu. Kamuva imibhalo yamaJuda nayo ibhekisela kuJesu - kwezinye kubhekiselwa kuye njengomesiya wamanga. Nokho, akubuzwa ukuthi uJesu waphila noma wenza izimangaliso, kodwa kuphela ukuthi wakwenza ngegunya likaNkulunkulu.
UJesu emithonjeni yomlando
Izazi-mlando eziningana zamaRoma nazo zikhuluma ngoJesu ngandlela-thile. I-Thallus inikeza umbono wekhulu lokuqala lomlando wasempumalanga yeMedithera kusukela empini yaseTroy kuze kube manje. Kuyo uzama ukuphikisa izimangaliso ezizungeze uJesu nokufa kwakhe - kodwa uthatha ubukhona bakhe. USuetonius, uTacitus, noPliny Omncane nabo bamane bakhulume kafushane ngoJesu, ukubethelwa kwakhe esiphambanweni, nobuKristu lapho bebika ngeRoma nezifundazwe zayo.
Ngokuphathelene nokuqukethwe, umGreki uLucian waseSamosata wasebenzelana noJesu cishe ngonyaka we-170. Uyabhala: Ngendlela, laba bantu (amaKrestu) babekhonza uMagus owaziwayo, owabethelwa esiphambanweni ePalestine ngokufaka lezi zimfihlakalo ezintsha emhlabeni ... laba bantu abampofu bakufake emakhanda abo ukuthi abafi umzimba nomphefumulo kube, futhi bekuyophila kuze kube phakade: Ngakho-ke yilapho bekudelela khona ukufa, futhi abaningi babo baze bawele ngokuzithandela ezandleni zakho.”
Ingabe UJesu Waphila Ngempela?
Ubukhona bomuntu wasendulo kunzima ngokuphelele ukufakazela. Kodwa imithombo echazwe ngenhla idalwe ezimweni ezihluke ngokuphelele. Ababhali bazo bangabaphikisi, abangabazayo nabazwelana nobuKristu. Okuwukuphela kwento abafana ngayo bonke ukuthi abasiboni isizathu sokungabaza ukuba khona kukaJesu. Shono izazi-mlando zithi ukufa kukaJesu kwakuyisenzakalo esibhalwe kahle kakhulu endulo. Ngalo mbuzo womlando, nokho, kusalokhu kuvuleke ngokuphelele ukuthi kubaluleke ngani kithi ukuthi uJesu waphila ngempela.