● Although secular accounts say little about the nature of Jesus ’ death, respected Roman historian Tacitus, born about 55 C.E., wrote that “Christus, from whom the name [Christians] had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus. ”
* وتنسجم كلمات تاسيتوس تماما مع روايات الاناجيل التي تذكر ايضا طيباريوس قيصر وبنطيوس بيلاطس وغيرهما من الرسميين .‏ —‏ لوقا ٣ :‏ ١ ؛‏ ٢٣ :‏ ​ ١ -‏ ٣٣ ؛‏ يوحنا ١٩ :‏ ​ ١ -‏ ٢٤‏ .‏