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.
پیلاتُس او را به خواست رؤسای ما محکوم کرد و به صلیب سپرد .‏ آنانی که او را از ابتدا دوست می‌داشتند ترکش نکردند ،‏ زیرا او در روز سوم بر آنان زنده ظاهر شد ؛‏ درست همان طور که پیامبران الٰهی این امر و ده‌ها هزار امر فوق‌العادهٔ دیگر را در مورد او پیشگویی کرده بودند .‏