Sure it can, would one passage be enough? How about from one of the greatest Roman historians, who is not a Christian? This is from Tacitus Annals:
"Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judæa, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind."
This fire of Rome was in 64A.D. He says the Christians got their name from Christ. Christ was executed during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of Pontius Pilate. Sound familiar? So if you want deny Christ you have to deny the fire of Rome, Emperor Nero, Emperor Tiberius, Pontius Pilate, and the mischievous superstition that broke out(the resurrection). Since he mentions all of these as history