Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is seen as telling the people of his time that his DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION and RESURRECTION were WRITTEN in the Old Testament thousands and hundreds of years EARLIER. Luke 24, Matthew 26:24 and John 20:9. The same goes for the virgin birth in Matthew 1:23. When viewing this, people should be slower in saying that Jesus was just a copy of other beings for the simple fact that the Jews were indeed surrounded by pagan societies in ancient times. Hence, it is VERY possible that the pagans actually BORROWED some of the Old testament's contents when running into the kingdom of Israel, and painted them on THEIR religious figures.

Another interesting thing to see is that during the time of Jesus, Israel was under Roman occupation. These individuals were also very much Pagan. Yet when Jesus was seen as being crucified or resurrected, NOT ONE OF THE ROMANS thought to themselves that this was similar to their pagan beings. The same can be said about his miracles! In fact, some of his miracles were ALSO prophesied in the Old Testament as well. Matthew 8:17 and Luke 4:18. Rather, the people viewed his teachings and actions as something being UNHEARD OF. John 9:32 and John 7:46.

Something else that is important to see is that when people were trying to figure out who Jesus was, they said that he was Elijah, John the Baptist or other prophets of old. Matthew 16:14. Wouldn't it be logical, then, to conclude that IF Jesus was doing something similar to the pagan deities of the Romans, that they would have ALSO said things like " he is JUPITER!" etc etc.