Roman historian Tacitus' ancient manuscripts called Annals have surfaced online. They discuss the persecution of Christians and mention Jesus Christ. Tacitus references Jesus' crucifixion by Pontius ...

How can we sure Jesus existed? Who did he think he was? What were his intentions? A look at what we know about what happened ...

Jesus in Non-Christian Sources Six non-Christian sources are relevant to the question of whether or not Jesus was a historical figure: Tacitus, Josephus, Pliny the Younger , Suetonius, Lucian, and ...

Tacitus still treated the execution of Christ as historical fact, drawing connections to Roman events and leaders. (cf. Luke 3:1ff) Other secular witnesses to the historical Jesus include ...

The Bible's New Testament states that Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, sentenced Jesus to death by crucifixion. Tacitus discusses the persecution of Christ's followers, who were ...

In terms of the execution of Jesus, we know from the Roman historian Tacitus, and the Jewish historian Josephus, that there was a movement, that the founder was executed, and that the movement ...