Crucifixion of Jesus Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Josephus=== In the ''[[Antiquities of the Jews]]'' (written about 93 AD) Jewish historian [[Josephus]] stated ([[s:The Antiquities of the Jews/Book XVIII#Chapter 3|Ant 18.3]]) that Jesus was crucified by Pilate, writing that:<ref name=Theissen81 /> <blockquote>Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, ... He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles ... And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross ...</blockquote> Most modern scholars agree that while this Josephus passage (called the ''[[Testimonium Flavianum]]'') includes some later [[Interpolation (manuscripts)|interpolations]], it originally consisted of an authentic nucleus with a reference to the execution of Jesus by Pilate.<ref name="Kostenberger104"/><ref name="Evans, Craig A. 2001 page 316"/> [[James Dunn (theologian)|James Dunn]] states that there is "broad consensus" among scholars regarding the nature of an authentic reference to the crucifixion of Jesus in the ''Testimonium''.<ref>Dunn, James (2003). ''Jesus remembered''. {{ISBN|0-8028-3931-2}}. p. 141.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page