Why Eusebius insists that Jesus was not crucified in the 7° year of Tiberius

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Why Eusebius insists that Jesus was not crucified in the 7° year of Tiberius

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3 For the things which they have dared to say concerning the passion of the Saviour are put into the fourth consulship of Tiberius, which occurred in the seventh year of his reign; at which time it is plain that Pilate was not yet ruling in Judea, if the testimony of Josephus is to be believed, who clearly shows in the above-mentioned work that Pilate was made procurator of Judea by Tiberius in the twelfth year of his reign.

http://www.clerus.org/bibliaclerusonline/en/d1x.htm

The reason of a so such insistence should be the clear embarrassment by Eusebius about a possible confusion of characters...
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