[woodbutcher1963]

I thought there was evidence that Pontius Pilot wrote about the trial of Jesus of Nazareth. That there were letters and records from the Romans?

[laplata]

I thought there was evidence that Pontius Pilot wrote about the trial of Jesus of Nazareth. That there were letters and records from the Romans?

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I’ve heard that.

[Antoninus]

I thought there was evidence that Pontius Pilot wrote about the trial of Jesus of Nazareth. That there were letters and records from the Romans?

It's pretty much accepted by patristics scholars that the works ascribed to Pontius Pilate are apocryphal.

That said, there are tons and tons of extra-Biblical accounts of Jesus and early Christians.

Maybe start here:


I Am A Christian: Authentic Accounts of Christian Martyrdom and Persecution from the Ancient Sources

[daniel1212]

See post https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4291597/posts?page=19#19

[linMcHlp]

William Dennes Mahan
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
1824 - 1906

http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/MahanWilliamDennes.htm

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STRANGE NEW GOSPELS

by Edgar J. Goodspeed

https://www.tertullian.org/articles/goodspeed_strange_new_gospels.htm

Scroll down to:

“V. PILATE’S COURT, AND THE ARCHKO VOLUME”

“IN 1879, the Rev. W. D. Mahan, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, of Boonville, Missouri, published a pamphlet of thirty-two pages, entitled ‘A Correct Transcript of Pilate’s Court.’”

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Look for works by Isaac M. Wise

The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth
A Historic-Critical Treatise of the Last Chapters of the Gospel

A Defense of Judaism
Versus
Proselytizing Christianity

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William Dennes Mahan aka Dr. Mahan, had a vivid imagination. He studied the works of Isaac M. Wise, and thereby “knew” some history of the middle East.

IIRC, Mahan and Wise communicated by mail, and might have met in person, once or twice (I forget).

Anyway, Mahan “published a pamphlet of thirty-two pages, entitled ‘A Correct Transcript of Pilate’s Court.’” That was also included in a much-expanded form, published as The Archko Volume.

That can be downloaded at:

https://archive.org/download/archkovolume00mahaiala/archkovolume00mahaiala.pdf

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Mahan’s work was believeable for many, and still is. But Goodspeed investigated, and discovered errors in Mahan’s works.