I have an idea of what your response would be, so for the benefit of lurkers:
“A godless and lawless heresy had sprung up from one Jesus a Galilean deceiver, whom we crucified; but his disciples stole him by night from the tomb, where he was laid when unfastened from the cross, and now deceive men by asserting that he has risen from the dead and ascended to heaven.”
- A circular letter issued by the Sanhedrin (mentioned by Justin Martyr (2nd C) and Eusebius)
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, a Carthaginian theologian and writer (c. 155 - c. 200 C.E.) repeats the accusation.
“’This is He,’ I will say, ‘the son of the carpenter and the harlot, the sabbath-breaker, the Samaritan who had a devil. This is He whom you purchased from Judas, this is He who was struck with reed and fist, defiled with spittle, given gall and vinegar to drink. This is He whom the disciples secretly stole away to spread the story of His resurrection, or whom the gardener removed lest his lettuces be trampled by the throng of curious idlers.’”
- Tertullian, De Spectaculis, 30:6 (197 C.E.)
Hey, like the fact that you came up with those citations.
However, and this is not directed at you,
I AM OUTRAGED WHEN I SEE “C.E.” OR “B.C.E.” -
post-modern attempts to remove CHRIST as the delineator of history.
BC - before CHRIST
AD - anno DOMINE, “year of OUR LORD”
These bastards think that they’ll just start using this “Common Era” BULLSH... ER...
and that eventually, no one will notice.