- Respected scholars support this first reading as being original, and can show that this section is written in the same style as the rest of Josephus' work (See Daniel Rops, "The Silence of Jesus' Contemporaries", p.21; J.N.D. Anderson, "Christianity: The Witness of History" p.20; F.F.Bruce, "The New Testament Documents" pp.108,109).
Wanafunzi walioheshimika wanasaidia somo hili la kwanza kuwa ni la asili, laweza kuonyesha kwamba sehemu hii imeandikwa kwa mtindo ule ule unaofungamana na kazi ya Josephus (tazama kanuni za Danieli,"Ukimya wa Yesu, wa wakati ule ule"Uk. 21; J.N.D. Anderson,"Ukristo: Ushahidi wa Historia"uk. 20; F.F. Bruce,"Hati za Agano Jipya"uk. 108, 109)