historical record
"About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man ... He was [called] the Christ. And when Pilate ... had condemned him to be crucified, those who had first come to love him did not cease."
Source
Josephus — Antiquities (Testimonium Flavianum)
Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.63
Author
Flavius Josephus
Date
c. 93–94 CE
Credibility & evidentiary value

Non-Christian historical reference to Jesus. Most scholars judge the passage to contain an authentic core with later Christian interpolations.

Citation · Chicago

Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.3.3 (18.63–64), trans. W. Whiston.

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