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die Juden unter ihrem Anführer Chrestos [Christus] beständig Unruhe stiften, vertrieb er [Claudius] sie aus Rom." (Leben der Cäsaren, Claudius, 25.4) "Da<br />
Greek satirist Lucian von Samosata (120-180 AD) refers to <strong>Jesus</strong> only as "the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified that account."<br />
•Similarly,<br />
was a Greek satirist and playwright of the second century, who wrote the play "The Passing of Peregrinus." The hero of the tale, Peregrinus, was a Cynic philosopher who became a Christian, rose in Lucian<br />
in the Christian community, and then returned to prominence<br />
Lucian points to <strong>Jesus</strong> as the founder of the religion of Christianity. He confirms the method and place of <strong>Jesus</strong>' execution. He mentions <strong>Jesus</strong> as a sage and a teacher of some worth whose Cynicism.<br />
to him are absurd. belifs<br />
THE HISTORIC JESUS<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
disturbances ... at the instigation of Chrestus".[ "persistent<br />
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