To: Antoninus
The writings of Philo and Josephus proved nothing about Pilate’s existence, the doubters said. Those two were just repeating stories they heard. Pilate was probably a mythical character, made up to advance the Jesus story.
The discovery of the Pilate Stone changed all that.
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04/20/2019 7:59:20 AM PDT by
Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right
The writings of Philo and Josephus proved nothing about Pilate’s existence, the doubters said. Those two were just repeating stories they heard. Pilate was probably a mythical character, made up to advance the Jesus story. The discovery of the Pilate Stone changed all that.
The doubters who cast aspersions on documentary evidence from antiquity find themselves perplexed with some regularity.
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04/20/2019 8:15:10 AM PDT by
Antoninus
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