- Jesus put to death by Pontius Pilate
(Tacitus)
- Darkness at the cruxifixion
(Julius Africanus)
- Early Christians reject the gods of greece
(Lucian of Samosata)
- Early Christians prepared to die for their firm belief that Jesus rose from the dead
(Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan)
- James the brother of Jesus and John the Baptist
(Flavius Josephus)
- Emperor Claudius and the Jews
(Suetonius)
- EARLY CHURCH FATHERS
(Clement of Rome, Polycarp and Ignatius)
6: EMPEROR CLAUDIUS AND THE JEWS (Suetonius)
The author:
Suetonius was a Roman historian and he wrote the following in around 120 A.D.
What Seutonius wrote:
“Because the Jews at Rome caused continuous disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus he [Emperor Claudius] expelled them from the city.”
(Suetonius, Claudius, quoted from Gary R. Habermas, The Historical Jesus (1996), page 191. Word in brackets added.)
What the writing confirms about the bible:
“… Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome” (Acts 18:2).
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Reference
“He Walked Among Us”, Josh McDowell, Here’s Life Publisher, San Bernardino, Third Printing 1989.
This book is full of excellent information with regards to the historical accuracy of the bible.
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