Who is Jesus?

Few people come to Jesus without inherited ideas about Him. Teacher. Moral example. Religious figure. Irritating subject from school assemblies. Son of God. The difficulty is working out which, if any, bears resemblance to the historical Jesus.

Who Is Jesus? considers why Jesus’ identity matters, looks at references to Him beyond the New Testament, follows Old Testament prophecies about the promised Christ and examines what Jesus’ contemporaries — and Jesus Himself — said about who He was. 

This resource includes:

• historical evidence for the existence of Jesus
• key Old Testament prophecies and their New Testament fulfilment
• passages in which Jesus speaks about His own identity
• the responses of His earliest followers
• space to consider the question Jesus eventually puts to every reader: who do you say He is?

It is a useful starting point for someone investigating Christianity, and equally valuable for a Christian who wants firmer foundations for explaining why the identity of Jesus matters.

A shared invitation 

Our Daily Bread Ministries wants to make room for thoughtful questions about faith in Jesus and to help people examine the Bible’s claims rather than asking them to suppress their doubts. Resources like this are offered freely. Donations from readers enable us to keep producing them and to help more people investigate Jesus, Scripture and faith for themselves