CNN Jesus the Man December 25, 2013 00:01:00
Jesus of nazareth, king of the jews. jesus himself insisted his throne was in heaven, not of this world. that didn't matter. the romans saw him as a political nuisance. to his fellow jews he was just another failed messiah. no one thought to record his death. the story of jesus has tran scended generations and cultures. the tale of a routine execution that gave birth to a new religion. yet from that unlikely beginning, a great faith was born. today, some 2 billion people believe jesus was the son of god. but even as billions of people pledged themselves to follow jesus' teachings, we have know...