[Uncle Chip]

In the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad (i.e., AD 33) there was ‘the greatest eclipse of the sun’ and that ‘it became night in the sixth hour of the day [i.e., noon] so that stars even appeared in the heavens. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea.’ Phlegon identifies the year and the exact time of day. In addition, he writes of an earthquake accompanying the darkness, which is specifically recorded in Matthew’s Gospel.

Jesus died in Jerusalem not Bithynia or Nicaea. Your link is confused.

[MarkBsnr]

I see. So eclipses of the sun or moon, and earthquakes would be limited to the immediate vicinity of Jerusalem, and not extend to a place a couple of hundred miles away.

I guess they made these phenomena a little different in those days.