Robert Van Voorst states that the scarcity of Jewish references to Jesus is not surprising, given that Jesus was not a prominent issue for the Jews during the first century, and after the devastation caused by the Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70, Jewish scholars were focusing on preserving Judaism itself, rather than paying much attention to Christianity.
罗伯特·范·沃斯特（Robert Van Voorst）指出，犹太文献很少提到耶稣，这并不奇怪，因为在一世纪耶稣并不是一个犹太人的突出问题，当耶路撒冷在70年被毁灭后，犹太学者侧重于保存犹太教本身，而不是更多地关注基督教。