Tacitus (A.D. c. 55-A.D c.117, Roman historian mentions "christus" "Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its orgin, suffered the extreme penalty a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular." Ref. from
http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.mb.txt*I might also add I got this on a apologist site so consider the source.
I dont know if this text is verified or not, but it is a non source mention of Christ and In my own opinion can be considered evidence. However meager it may be. The story of The Passion contains Jews as well as Romans and IMO any antisemitic messages are not the focus of the story, Just as the Indians massacred the 7th Cav is not Anti Indian when the story of Gen. Custer is told. Anytime a story is told there is usually a antagonist and protagonist . Some one is bound to get offended que no?
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