As for Jesus, other than a different account of the Nativity, the Basilidians believed in the events of Jesus' life as they are described in the Gospels.[15] They believed the crucifixion was necessary, because by the destruction of Jesus' body the world could be restored.[16][17] The Basilidian belief was thus that someone other than Christ was crucified instead i.e. Simon of Cyrene [18][19]