He was [the] Christ; and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, for he appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him; and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day. ” ​ — Josephus — ​ The Complete Works, translated by William Whiston.
Viņš bija [tas] Kristus; un, kad Pilāts, paklausot dažu mūsu vadītāju prasībai, notiesāja viņu uz nāvi pie krusta, tie, kuri viņu bija mīlējuši, viņu neatstāja. Jo viņš tiem trešajā dienā parādījās dzīvs, kā jau to un vēl tūkstošiem citu brīnišķīgu lietu, kas attiecas uz viņu, iepriekš bija pasludinājuši Dieva pravieši.