(September 3, 2012 at 4:40 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:You are arguing against something I didn't say. I didn't say that Chrestus was Christ, that was your idea.(September 3, 2012 at 4:16 pm)Atom Wrote: "As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome." Life of Claudius by SuetoniusAlso what makes you think "Chrestus" is at all a reference to Jesus? When did Jesus ever go to Rome? When did Jesus ever call an "instigation" and how did it get to Rome? And how does the reference in Acts confirm at all that this talking about Jesus?
This confirms the accuracy of Luke's account in Acts 18:2 "There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome."
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The quotes provided referred to early Christians, so named because they thought Jesus was the Christ predicted by the Jews. The names Jesus and the title Christ are knit together in so many ancient texts that it may as well be Jesus' last name.
Christianity is grounded in history, the facts of science, the rules of logic, and verifiable biblical truths.