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Thank you, rgp. I'm not there yet but I have various different versions, including Aramaic and some versions that are all over the charts. I'm still going with the identification of Nero here. There is a lot of Claudius in the NT and this aligns with this idea. The Gnostics et. al. are on an entirel...

John 8: 44 (RSV): [44] You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of...

So, the devil takes Jesus to the Temple, tells him to throw himself off, and then Jesus is whisked back to Galilee. A bit of a stretch. As a descriptive story that is supposedly True as written, yes. As a Symbolic Story where events are representative of events, NO! The Key is "Back to Galilee...

Quick note as I pass the computer: The Story in Matthew of Herod and the Safe Harbor at Caesarea is found in Josephus. I believe that it is plausible that the genealogy found in Matthew can be traced to Nicholas of Damascus preparing a fake genealogy for Herod's father Antipater. This is also found ...

rgp -- Most of this is hidden fairly well but there is a good Clue here: Matthew 4: 3 - 4 (RSV): [3] And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." [4] But he answered, "It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alo...

Thank you, lsayre. I know that you have considered what I have offered.
'Preciate it ("N a few others as well...).

CW

Lane -- I don't mind that you are not convinced. That's OK. I am concerned that the Thesis has not been considered. I have provided what I consider Evidence based on Historical Readings. You are so invested in your narrative that you cannot see how truly unlikely it really is Compared with what? Giu...

Note: The extrapolation from the Data would imply that from the Roman Records, there was no "Mucianus died here" Statement. Acts is constructed from these records and therefore a simple statement of Paul preaching in Rome is built. Mucianus is enamored with Titus. Thus, verses 30 - 31. YMM...

William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , 1867, https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfGreekAndRomanBiographyAndMythology/Dictionary%20of%20Greek%20and%20Roman%20Biography%20and%20Mythology%20-%20Vol%202/page/n1123/mode/2up : "...When Vespasian was on his way to It...

https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7888&p=122851&hilit=piso#p122851 "Stephen" turns out to be Frugi Piso, the 4 day emperor. You are being given History here again, Giuseppe, not pie in the sky. Act 6: 1 - 6: (RSV): [1] Now in these days when the disciples were...