Suetonius on Claudius expelling the Jews from Rome
The expulsion of Jews from Rome under Claudius that Acts mentions in passing is recorded by a Roman biographer.
Citado fora da BíbliaAutor antigoc. AD 121
In his life of Claudius, the Roman biographer Suetonius notes that the emperor expelled the Jews from Rome because they were making constant disturbances "at the instigation of Chrestus". Acts mentions Paul meeting Aquila and Priscilla at Corinth, recently arrived from Italy "because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome".
Since the Jews constantly made disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome.
- Encontrado
- Transmitted in medieval manuscripts
- Conservado em
- Various manuscript collections
- Língua
- Latin
- Como chegou até nós
- Nunca enterrado — copiado à mão, geração após geração, até à imprensa.
O que mostra
Whether "Chrestus" is a garbled reference to Christ or a separate agitator is genuinely debated, though the former is the common reading. The expulsion itself is not in doubt.
Como os historiadores o usam
A standard source on Claudius's policy and on the early presence of Christianity in Rome.
Na Escritura
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Fontes
- Van Voorst, Jesus Outside the New Testament (2000)
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