Tacitus (AD 56 – AD 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire.
In his Annals, in book 15, chapter 44, written c. 116 AD, there is a passage which refers to Christ, to Pontius Pilate, and to a mass execution of the Christians after a six-day fire that burned much of Rome in July 64 AD by Nero.
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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."
Atheists, you are again confirming your stupidity..While I never quoted any bible verse, see majority of the answers received..
Nous and Everard, do you people know the meaning of the word "history"? A history is an account of events that happened in the past..a historical record is the work of human beings who collect data from reliable sources and present it without causing faults as much as possible. The gospel according to Luke is a fine work of history; but you do not accept it because of your obsession to immoral life..Tacitus is a known historian and if you reject even his words, just imagine what you are really doing!
In his Annals, in book 15, chapter 44, written c. 116 AD, there is a passage which refers to Christ, to Pontius Pilate, and to a mass execution of the Christians after a six-day fire that burned much of Rome in July 64 AD by Nero.
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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."
Atheists, you are again confirming your stupidity..While I never quoted any bible verse, see majority of the answers received..
Nous and Everard, do you people know the meaning of the word "history"? A history is an account of events that happened in the past..a historical record is the work of human beings who collect data from reliable sources and present it without causing faults as much as possible. The gospel according to Luke is a fine work of history; but you do not accept it because of your obsession to immoral life..Tacitus is a known historian and if you reject even his words, just imagine what you are really doing!