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This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. For other uses, see Jesus (disambiguation).

Jesus
Jesus depicted as the Good Shepherd (stained glass at St John's Ashfield in Sydney, Australia)
Born	7–2 BC[a] Judea, Roman Empire[5]
Died	30–33 AD[b] Judea, Roman Empire
Cause of death	Crucifixion[c]
Home town	Nazareth, Galilee[11]
Parents	Mary   Joseph[d]

Jesus (/ˈdʒiːzəs/; Greek: Ἰησοῦς Iesous; 7–2 BC to 30–33 AD), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity,^[12] whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God. Christianity regards Jesus as the awaited Messiah (or "Christ") of the Old Testament and refers to him as Jesus Christ,^[e] a name that is also used in non-Christian contexts.

Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically,^[f] although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus.^[19] Most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish rabbi from Galileewho preached his message orally,^[20]was baptized by John the Baptist, andwas crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate.^[21] Scholars have constructed various portraits of the historical Jesus, which often depict him as having one or more of the following roles: the leader of an apocalyptic movement, Messiah, a charismatic healer, a sage and philosopher, or an egalitarian social reformer.^[22] Scholars have correlated the New Testament accounts with non-Christian historical records to arrive at an estimated chronology of Jesus' life. The widely accepted calendar era(abbreviated as "AD", alternatively referred to as "CE"), counts from a medieval estimate of the birth year of Jesus.

Christians believe that Jesus has a "unique significance" in the world.^[23]Christian doctrines include the beliefs that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of a virgin, performedmiracles, founded the Church, died by crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieveatonement, rose from the dead, andascended into heaven, whence he will return.^[24] The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as theincarnation of God the Son, the second of three persons of a Divine Trinity. A few Christian groups reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural.

In Islam, Jesus (commonly transliterated as Isa) is considered one of God's important prophets and the Messiah.^[25] To Muslims, Jesus is abringer of scripture and was born of a virgin, but neither the Son of God nor the victim of crucifixion. According to theQuran, Jesus was not crucified but was physically raised into the heavens by God.^[26] Judaism rejects the Christian and Islamic belief that Jesus was the awaited Messiah, arguing that he did not fulfill the Messianic prophecies in the Tanakh.