...received the truth with pleasure. He drew over to Him many of the Jews and many of the Greeks. He was Christ, and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the...principal men amongst us, had condemned Him to the cross, those who loved Him at the first did not forsake Him, for He appeared to them alive again the third...

...(Antiquities, book 20, 200). A much more detailed reference to Jesus appears in book 18 of the Antiquities: Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man,...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 at the third...

...statement appears in connection with a description of the procuratorship of Pilate. Josephus says: Now, there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man,...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...

...put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as has this one solitary life. ANON. Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if...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 at the third...

...history that are no longer available. In Jewish Antiquities, this is what Josephus wrote about Jesus: "Now, there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man,...Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principle men among us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at first did not forsake...

...was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He won over many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was...when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the beginning did not forsake him;...

...many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was (the) Christ; and when Pilate, at the instigation of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those who had first loved him did not fall away. For he appeared to mem alive again on the third day,...

...and others. As an example, let me cite the well-known Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (born 37 AD): "Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man,...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...

...it is, in Whiston's translation (Bk. xviii, ch. iii, 3): JESUS AND THE WITNESS OF THE JEWS ro5 Now about this time, Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful...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...

...time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works... He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many...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...