The death of Jesus

[searchinmyroots]

Hmmm, a Roman historian that lived from 55-117 AD.

So how did he ever interact with Jesus when he supposedly died in 30 AD?

Plus, unless I don't understand, he wrote that in 64 AD, when he was 9 years old?

Or was he writing about the persecution of Christians that happened in the year 64 AD?

So how old was Tacitus when he wrote this?



I don't know of any writings from people who were alive when Jesus was.

He's just repeating history.  He didn't have to be there at the time.

Like an historian now who might research and write about history in the past.

SMR, weren't you brought up Christian or am I thinking of someone else?

As you may know, "repeating" history does not mean all of the events actually happened. You'll see time after time where "history" was corrected.

It's different if you're writing about a letter that George Washington wrote as you have seen and may have the actual letter.

What's very striking is that, unless I'm mistaken, none, I repeat, none of the historians that were alive at the time of when Jesus is said to have lived ever wrote about him.

Why not? If Jesus made such a big impression on the world when he is said to have lived why wouldn't one, just one person who wrote about history and was alive at the time write about him?

Here are a "few" well know historians who wrote a lot and were alive during the time Jesus was said to have lived that never mentioned a peep about him -

Apollonius Persius
Appian Petronius
Arrian Phaedrus
Aulus Gellius Philo-Judaeus
Columella Phlegon
Damis Pliny the Elder
Dio Chrysostom Pliny the Younger
Dion Pruseus Plutarch
Epictetus Pompon Mela
Favorinus Ptolemy
Florus Lucius Quintilian
Hermogones Quintius Curtius
Josephus Seneca
Justus of Tiberius Silius Italicus
Juvenal Statius
Lucanus Suetonius
Lucian Tacitus
Lysias Theon of Smyran
Martial Valerius Flaccus
Paterculus Valerius Maximus
Pausanias


Plus, if I'm not mistaken, there is no mention of Jesus in the Roman records either.

Now that is history!

To answer your other question, no, you may be mistaking me for someone else. I was born a Jew and have been on a journey searching my roots.