 | Thomas Baldwin Thayer - 1849 - 654 страници
...a common thing with the Romans, and easily explained. *Decline and Fall, c. xvi. 12 this Christ was put to death in the reign of Tiberius by the procurator Pontius Pilate. And lastly, the truth of these facts is endorsed by Suetonius, and admitted by Mr. Gibbon. 15. The exactness... | |
 | John Scott (of Colinsburgh.) - 1854 - 180 страници
...most cruel torments, certain men commonly called Christians. Christ, after whom they were named, was put to death in the reign of Tiberius, by the procurator, Pontius Pilate.' P. Yes, but your Tacitus is a Christian perhaps, and a Christian may very likely tell a falsehood to... | |
 | 1864 - 530 страници
...much-bated, much-enduring Christians. ' The originator ' of that name,' says Tacitus, ' was Christ, who was put to ' death in the reign of Tiberius, by the Procurator, Pontius ' Pilate.' Auctor nominis ejus Christus qui, Tiberio imperitante, per Procuratorem Pontium Pilatum supplicio affectus... | |
 | Samuel Cox, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt - 1881 - 488 страници
...whom the populace called Christians.1 Christ, the founder of that name, had been capitally punished, in the reign of Tiberius, by the Procurator Pontius Pilate ; and the deadly superstition, repressed for the present, began once more to break out, not only throughout Judaea... | |
 | Edward Backhouse - 1884 - 686 страници
...any heathen writer, we give the passage entire. " Christ," he says, " the founder of the sect, was put to death in the reign of Tiberius by the Procurator Pontius Pilate. But the pestilent superstition, repressed for a time, burst forth again, not only throughout Judea,... | |
 | 1897 - 918 страници
...history of this period. The only clear statement about him is contained in Tacitus' "Annals," xv. 44 : "They called them Christians. Christ, from whom the...had been put to death in the reign of Tiberius by tbe procurator Pontius Pilate." There are also some corroborating allusions to Jesus and his followers... | |
 | Bishop Samuel Fallows - 1904 - 638 страници
...history of this period. The only clear statement about him is contained in Tacitus' "Annals," xv -.44 : "They called them Christians. Christ, from whom the...reign of Tiberius, by the procurator Pontius Pilate." There are also some corroborating allusions to Jesus and his followers in other Roman writings. The... | |
 | Oskar Holtzmann - 1904 - 566 страници
...Messianic title is already taken to be a personal name. According to the historian, this Christ was put to death in the reign of Tiberius by the Procurator Pontius | Pilate — a precise note of time of great value. He goes on to say that by this act the spread of the pernicious... | |
 | Henry Melvill Gwatkin - 1909 - 332 страници
...people hated for their secret crimes, and called Christians. Christ, from whom they had that name, had been put to death in the reign of Tiberius by the procurator, Pontius Pilate, and the pestiferous superstition was checked for awhile. Afterwards it began to break out afresh, not only... | |
 | Herbert J. Rossington - 1911 - 96 страници
...report, Nero put in his own place as culprits and punished with every refinement of cruelty the men whom the common people hated for their secret crimes. They...Pilate, and the pestilent superstition checked for awhile. Afterwards it began to break out afresh, not only in Judaea, where the mischief first arose,... | |
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Christians. Christ, from whom the name was derived, had been put to death in the reign of Tiberius by the procurator Pontius Pilate. 
