 | William Paley - 1800 - 446 pagina’s
...hiftorian's account as belongs to our prefent purpofe : " They had their denomination from Chriftus, who, in the reign of Tiberius, was put to death as...by the procurator Pontius Pilate. This pernicious fuperftiticn, though checked for a while, broke out again, and fpread not only over Judea, but reached... | |
 | William Paley - 1800 - 418 pagina’s
...multitude of Chridians were condemned at Rome ; that they derived stheir denomination from Chrift, who, in the reign of Tiberius, was put to death, as a criminal, by the procurator Pontius Pilate ; that the fuperftition had fpread not only over Judea, the fource of the evili but had reached Rome... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - 1801 - 366 pagina’s
...first in his own words, when speaking of the Christians, " They had this denomination from Cbristus, who, in the reign of Tiberius, was put to death as...procurator Pontius Pilate. This pernicious superstition, though checked for a while, broke out again and spread not only over yudea, but reached this city (meaning... | |
 | William Paley - 1803 - 334 pagina’s
...our prefenc purpofe. 44 They had their denomination from Chriftus, who, in the reign i oTTiberius, was put to death as a criminal by the procurator Pontius Pilate. This pernicious fuperftition, though checked for a, while, broke out again, and fpreacl not only over Judea, , but... | |
 | Thomas Wood - 1805 - 296 pagina’s
...thereof, brings in the Chriftians, of whom he fays, — They had their denomination from Chriftus, who, in the reign of Tiberius, was put to death as...by the procurator Pontius Pilate. This pernicious fuperftition, though checked for a while, broke out again, and fpread not only over Judea, but reached... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - 1807 - 700 pagina’s
...were then extant." f Tacitus lays, " They, (the Chriftians), had their denomination from Chrillus, who, in the reign of Tiberius, was put to death as a criminal by the Pro* curator, Pontius Pilate." Suetonius allures us, that the Emperour Claudius, who % reigned from... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 436 pagina’s
...multitude of Christians were condemned at Rome ; that they derived their denomination from Christ, who, in the reign of Tiberius, was put to death, as a criminal, by the Procurator Pontius Pilate ; that the superstition had spread not only over Judea, the source of the evil, but had reached Rome... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 416 pagina’s
...narrative, the following is so much of the historian's account, as belongs to our present purpose : " They had their denomination from Christus, who, in...procurator Pontius Pilate. This pernicious superstition, though checked for a while, broke out again, and spread not only over Judea, but reached the city also.... | |
 | 1831 - 492 pagina’s
...refers to " the Christ" by name. Tacitus, the Roman historian, says that the Christians were so named from Christus, who in the reign of Tiberius was put to death as a criminal by Pontius Pilate. Suetonius, Martial, Juvenal, Pliny the younger, the emperor Hadrian, and others, speak... | |
 | 1818 - 494 pagina’s
...that Tacitus had thrown one particular more into his testimony, and that his sentence had run thus, " They had their denomination from Christus, who, in...death as a criminal by the procurator Pontius Pilate, and who rose from the dead on the third day after his execution, and ascended into heaven.'1'' Does... | |
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They had their denomination from Christus, who in the reign of Tiberius was put to death as a criminal by the procurator Pontius Pilate. This pernicious superstition though checked for a while, broke out again, and spread, not only over Judea, the source... 
