The Healer From Nazareth: The Legitimacy Of Jesus

Jesus preformed a series of miracles during his time on Earth that affirmed he was the Messiah and Son of God. The miracles in the Gospels involve various acts of healing, exorcism, restoration of life, and nature. In The Healer from Nazareth, Eric Eve analyzes Jesus’s miracles through both historical and contemporary lenses to assess their accuracy and question the Gospel accounts. The book describes that historians and theologians of the modern world extensively analyze the legitimacy of Jesus and his acts of power through his miracles. It is necessary to evaluate Jesus’s miracles through a historical context because modern day science and medicine was not present in the ancient world to prove or disprove that he preformed these acts of

Miracles typically refer to various acts of wonder, but miracles in the Bible require the direct agency of God and reflect his presence on Earth. God utilized Jesus as a medium for which miracles on Earth could be carried out. Through the miracles, Jesus gained disciples and people who believed in God and the presence of heaven. Josephus suggests that a miracle is a “strikingly surprising event that believers perceive as an act of God”. Jesus presented many signs in different ways in order to show that he was the Son of God. When Jesus performed miracles, even his own enemies did not deny their existence and they were afraid of his power, such as the demons that Jesus sent into the herd of pigs. The demons in the Gospel accounts understood that Jesus was a healer and an exorcist. In Matthew, they specifically said “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?” Jesus not only had the ability to cast out demons, but also the authority to do so. At the time, many disciples were around Jesus to witness his miracles. From His death and resurrection until today, those who have heard his stories and read scripture rely on their own beliefs and the stories of others to believe in Jesus and the