There is no question in the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth who was a real historical person., even with the limited amount of sources both secular and Christian. Proof that Jesus existed is obtained most directly through eyewitness testimony of the existence of the apostles of Jesus. Other available documents that we do have support the conclusion that Jesus was known as a historical figure by Christian writers 20-30 years after His death -the Pauline Epistles were written within that timeframe. For example, in Galatians, Paul says he meets James, “But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother” (1:19 NKJV). And in the Epistles there are many references to events within ten years of Jesus’ death and secular non Christian
