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Yeshua, supposed son of a carpenter (or joiner) named Yosef and a young woman (possibly a virgin) named Maryam, born in Nazareth (or Bethlehem) in Roman Judea, some time between 8 BC/BCE and 6 AD/CE. He began preaching in Palestine aged around thirty. His message was mainly of love, peace, mercy, kindness, charity, forgiveness and compassion (all of which were considered signs of weakness in Ancient Rome, to one degree or another). He also made some rather trenchant criticisms of the religious Powers that Be, and he is said to have performed several miracles. Accused of defying Mosaic law, he was executed by crucifixion in Jerusalem around 30 AD/CE.

In addition to being the founder of Christianity, and second-biggest prophet in Islam, Christians believe that Jesus Christ (from Christos, "anointed", from the Hebrew word Messiah) is no less than the Son of God as well as being an aspect of God Himself (not ALL Christians do, although more than one council tried to get everybody in line about it; there are still traces of Jesus either being completely divine or completely human in smaller Christian denominations) . The New Testament of the Christian Bible says He was crucified by Roman procurator Pontius Pilatus after being betrayed by Judas Iscariot (Yehudah of Kerioth/Yehudah the Sicarius), but returned from the dead 3 days later. Muslims dismiss the idea that any human can be the Son of God or an aspect of God, but do believe that Jesus (whose name they translate as Isa) was born of a virgin mother and will someday return to Earth. They also believe that Jesus did not die on the cross, as God intervened to prevent it, carrying Jesus's physical body to Heaven. The whole Bible is mostly about Him, His life, His sayings, and His deeds ... if you're not Jewish. But then you would not have the Bible, but the Tanakh.

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Many books, movies and so on were made about him, among them:

The Bible, of course.
- In particular The Four Gospels, which are specifically about Jesus' life.
- And The Book Of Revelation, which predicts Jesus' Second Coming.
The Book of Mormon, climaxing with his post-resurrection visit to the American continent.
Ben Hur
Godspell
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Hero
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
Jesus Of Nazareth
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Passion Of The Christ
Saint Young Men, pals with Buddha
Monty Python's Life of Brian gives him a bit part in the beginning, and features a man whose life paralleled his to an extent, only with less luck.
Lamb a very Affectionate Parody of his life as recounted by his best friend Biff.
The Nativity Story
The Miracle Maker

The 1979 film Jesus, a word-for-word adaptation of the gospel of Luke with British actor Brian Deacon in the title role, is claimed

to be the most-watched movie of all time, due largely to its global translation and distribution by Christian missionaries. Because missionaries usually show the film to people free of charge, though, accurate figures for total viewings are pretty much impossible to come by, so don't expect to see the film on "Most Watched Films" lists alongside Gone with the Wind and Avatar any time soon.

For more tropes that describe Jesus, try the character page for The Four Gospels.

See also the Useful Notes pages for Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Gnosticism.

Not to be confused with the manga Jesus, about a hitman-turned-teacher.

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