Are there any Roman accounts of the crucifixtion of Jesus?

Question

I know of Flavius and Josephus but their accounts are very broad. Are there any more specific accounts, excluding, of course, those found in the Bible?
Thanks.

Answer 1

No, there are not. The accounts written by both Flavius and Josephus were recorded at least 30 years after the supposed ascension to heaven, and are therefore not trustworthy, simply because they are hearsay. Josephus' accounts are even more subject to skepticism because his sponsor, a bishop by the name of Eusebius, who penned a book titled "Ecclesiastical History". In his Ecclesiastical History, he writes, "We shall introduce into this history in general only those events which may be useful first to ourselves and afterwards to posterity." (Vol. 8, chapter 2). In his Praeparatio Evangelica, he includes a chapter titled, "How it may be Lawful and Fitting to use Falsehood as a Medicine, and for the Benefit of those who Want to be Deceived" (book 12, chapter 32).

Answer 2

The following is a list of extra-biblical accounts of either Jesus' impact on society, or His crucifixion:

Roman historians Cornelius Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, and Suetonius, and by non-Roman historians Thallus and Phlegon, by the satirist Lucian of Samosata, by the Jewish Talmud, and of course, as you mentioned, Flavius Josephus.

Answer 3

Sorry Jesus is a myth based on earlier myths. Besides think about it, a man is publically executed and then returns from the dead if it happened today it would be world wide news. The fact that no one even mentions it at the time and that events are only transcribed over sixty years later makes marks it allegory which is exactly what the Catholic church says the bible is.

Answer 4

There are no first century accounts of Jesus outside of Flavius Josephus and the New Testament manuscripts that I'm aware of.

Answer 5

No - and you should also mention that any of those accounts are at least 60 years after the supposed death of Jesus; and have been "edited" multiple times over the past 2000 years.


Can you imagine how a history of Elvis will look 2000 years from now?

Answer 6

No. ... Outside the Gospels, there is no written information about Jesus.

The reference to Jesus in Josephus is thought to have been added centuries later by Catholic monks. (Read the introduction to any copy of Josephus and you can get the details.)

Answer 7

To clarify, only recently has there been any evidence found to support the existence of Pontius Pilate in Judea at the time, and even what has been unearthed is flimsy.

Answer 8

In the eyes of 1st Century Rome, Jesus was an unimportant radical in a remote, unimportant outpost of the Roman Empire, and he was just one of thousands of executions carried out by the Romans, so you would not expect the Romans to take note of the crucifixion of Christ.

Answer 9

yes, Pontius Pilot wrote a letter to the emperor describing him having to crucify Jesus under intense jewish pressure, he also describes how the sky turned black when Jesus died.

Answer 10

Many