SIGNS AND MIRACLES

1. Darkness at Calvary
The Bible records that during Jesus' crucifixion, darkness covered the land, but this truly was a miracle, not just a solar eclipse. Why? Because there was a full moon at the time, making it impossible.

2. Darkness at Calvary Confirmed by Historical Writings
Julius Africanus, a writer from the 3rd century comments on a passage from another, earlier writer named Thallus: "Thallus, in the third book of his histories, explains away the darkness as an eclipse of the sun--unreasonably, as it seems to me."
Julius Africanus also writes about the works of Phlegon (a first century historian) concerning the darkness at Calvary: "during the time of Tiberius Caesar an eclipse of the sun occurred during the full moon."
Origen, another writer, also talks about Phlegon's account in Contra Celsum.
Yet another writer, Philopon, mentions Phlegon's account: "And about this darkness...Phlegon recalls it in the Olympiads...Phlegon mentions the eclipse which took place during the crucifixion of the Lord Christ, and no other, it is clear that he did not know from his sources about any eclipse in previous times...and this is shown by the historical account itself of Tiberius Caesar."

3. Miracles of Christ Recorded Under Pontius Pilate
Justin Martyr, a writer, referred to the 'Acts of Pontius Pilate' (which were still available at that time), which contained references to Jesus' miracles. "That He performed these miracles, you may easily be satisfied from the 'Acts' of Pontius Pilate." - Apology 1.48

4. Jewish Records
Even the Jewish records admitted that Jesus performed great signs, but they dismissed it as "sorcery".

5. Tosefta
A Talmudic reference in Tosefta reads that a man named Rabbi Elazare ben Damah was offered a healing by a man named Jacob "in the name of Yeshu".

6. Sorcery
In the days of Jesus and the early church, hardly anyone (if anyone at all) disputed that Jesus performed miracles. In fact, all of the earlist, most trustworthy non-Christian sources acknowledged that Jesus did indeed do miraculous wonders. Only they just downplayed His miracles by calling them magic tricks or "sorcery."

7. Lying
If the disciples had been lying about Jesus' miracles, how could Christianity have taken root in Jerusalem, the city where Jesus was said to have done these miracles? If people in Jerusalem who had known and seen jesus, knew that the disciples were overstating or lying, Christianity would not have been as influential (let alone even have survived).