Tacitus on the execution of Christus
A hostile Roman historian records the execution of Christus under Pilate in the reign of Tiberius, and the movement's spread to Rome within a generation.
Названо поза БіблієюДавній авторc. AD 116
Writing about Nero's blaming of the Christians for the fire of Rome, the Roman senator and historian Tacitus explains where the name came from. He is contemptuous of the movement — he calls it a pernicious superstition — which is precisely what makes the passage useful: he has no motive to confirm anything.
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.
- Знайдено
- Transmitted in medieval manuscripts
- Зберігається
- Laurentian Library, Florence (Medicean II)
- Мова
- Latin
- Як це дійшло до нас
- Ніколи не було в землі — переписувалося від руки, покоління за поколінням, аж до друкарства.
Що вона показує
The passage's authenticity is accepted by the overwhelming majority of classicists. Whether Tacitus drew on official records or on report is unknown, and he uses the later title procurator rather than prefect.
Як це використовують історики
Routinely cited in secular ancient history as evidence for the historical existence and execution of Jesus.
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Джерела
- Tacitus, Annals 15.44 — text and translation
- Van Voorst, Jesus Outside the New Testament (2000)
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