Michael Grant, a historian and an expert on ancient classical civilization, noted: “If we apply to the New Testament, as we should, the same sort of criteria as we should apply to other ancient writings containing historical material, we can no more reject Jesus ’ existence than we can reject the existence of a mass of pagan personages whose reality as historical figures is never questioned. ”
लोक जुन्या ग्रंथांतल्या व्यक्‍तींना खूप मानतात. ते इतिहासात होऊन गेले की नाही याबद्दल जराही शंका घेतली जात नाही.