Historical information

Selected members of the Herodian family and Roman governors who are significant in New Testament events.

The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD was a very significant event in Jewish history.

There have been many false christs or messiahs since the time of Jesus.

Martin Gilbert in his book Atlas of Jewish history  lists 25 false messiahs in Europe between 400 and 1816.

The Wikipedia website lists 14 Jews, 34 Christians, 8 Muslims and 10 other people who have claimed to be christ between the first and twentieth centuries.

A timeline showing the kings and prophets of Israel and Judah.