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He sounds desperate, setting up diversionary straw men to knock down.

Like when I caught you in an error about Herod Philip and Herodias, confronted with the stark reality of Josephus being in Rome in A.D. 62-63 at the same time as Paul and the author of Luke/Acts, presumably Luke of Macedon, you retreat into a world of meaningless off-target "scholarship" a...

Josephus documents that certain Jewish priests lived to be over 100 years old.

What Bible translation are you using?

I disagree with the "after a few days" quotation in your source. Mind says "after certain days" which is very nebulous and can mean a great deal of time.

And there are other issues.

But I think you are dancing around things here.

Bad assumption.....

I re-read Hagan and the original material. With Festus assuming power in late A.D. 59, you can still put Paul in Rome in A.D. 61. There are time gaps in Acts. When did Festus arrive in Judea after being appointed by Nero? How long was it after Festus knew he had protect Paul in Caesarea after the &q...

There is debunking by commission and debunking by omission.

If you want a conduit linking the author of Luke to Josephus prior to his writings, this is it. And it is solid. Festus assumed power in A.D. 60. He sent Paul off to Rome in late A.D. 60. ACTS ends abruptly with Paul being in Rome for 2 years, which would be A.D. 63. Josephus was in Rome in A.D. 63...

If you want a conduit linking the author of Luke to Josephus prior to his writings, this is it. And it is solid. Festus assumed power in A.D. 60. He sent Paul off to Rome in late A.D. 60. ACTS ends abruptly with Paul being in Rome for 2 years, which would be A.D. 63. Josephus was in Rome in A.D. 63,...

The author of Luke/Acts was in Rome at the SAME time as the young Josephus was. So there is your explanation. Check it out. A.D. 63 or thereabouts. And , using his time machine, he employed some of the phrases and details that the young Josephus was going to make famous 30 years later. Are you bein...