[adam_az]

Do you have any idea how many other people at the time claimed to be the Messiah?

[MHT]

Lots of people claimed to be the Messiah--and alot have since that time. But, if true, the appearance of the miracles should have been proof enough as well as the statistical improbability of Old Testament prophecy coming forth in the life of Jesus (born of the House of David, birth in Bethlehem, etc.) If I had been there, I think that the world turning dark upon his death by crucifixion would have been enough to make me utter a big, "Oooops...."