Possible Written Evidence of Jesus' Resurrection Found in 2,000-Year-Old Manuscript”: An ancient text by Josephus may contain one of the earliest accounts of Jesus appearing to his disciples. "A Spanish researcher examined four versions of the work of the Jewish historian Josephus, written in the first century, and found in them references to Jesus appearing to his followers alive on the third day after the crucifixion. In his opinion, initially the historian could only record the stories of the disciples about what happened, and later Christian writers turned them into a direct statement about the resurrection. The researcher also found signs of possible later changes in the text: certain phrases, especially the statement that Jesus was the Messiah, may have been added by Christian authors. However, the original manuscript has not survived, so it is still not possible to determine what exactly Josephus wrote almost 2,000 years ago."

Possible Written Evidence of Jesus' Resurrection Found in 2,000-Year-Old Manuscript”: An ancient text by Josephus may contain one of the earliest accounts of Jesus appearing to his disciples. "A Spanish researcher examined four versions of the work of the Jewish historian Josephus, written in the first century, and found in them references to Jesus appearing to his followers alive on the third day after the crucifixion. In his opinion, initially the historian could only record the stories of the disciples about what happened, and later Christian writers turned them into a direct statement about the resurrection. The researcher also found signs of possible later changes in the text: certain phrases, especially the statement that Jesus was the Messiah, may have been added by Christian authors. However, the original manuscript has not survived, so it is still not possible to determine what exactly Josephus wrote almost 2,000 years ago."