Jesus of Nazareth is the central figure of the New Testament — a first-century Jewish teacher from Galilee. His name, from the Hebrew Yeshua, means “the LORD saves” (Matthew 1:21). The Gospels place his birth in Bethlehem; he was raised in Nazareth, was baptized by John, taught and healed across Galilee and Judea, was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, and was crucified under Pontius Pilate at Golgotha.
The New Testament and the Christian church confess him as the Son of God and the promised Messiah — the Christ, “the Anointed One” — raised from the dead on the third day. The Gospel of John also names him the Logos, the Word made flesh (John 1:14).
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