THESTORYOFJOSHUAOFNAZARETH, WHOMTHEGREEKSCALLEDJESUS
INtheautumnoftheyearofthecity783 (whichwouldbe62A.D., inourwayofcountingtime) AEsculapiusCultellus, aRomanphysician, wrotetohisnephewwhowaswiththearmyinSyriaasfollows:
MydearNephew,
, -suit, anappealfromoneofourprovincialcourts, "wildandviolent" .
, butwhichwereprobablyduetohisfever.
, IwantyoutofindoutsomethingaboutmyfriendPaulandthestrangeJewishprophet, -calledMessiah, andafewofthem, whoopenlytalkedofthenewkingdom (whateverthatmeans)
YourdevotedUncle,
AESCULAPIUSCULTELLUS.
Sixweekslater, GladiusEnsa, thenephew, acaptainoftheVIIGallicInfantry, answeredasfollows:
MydearUncle,
IreceivedyourletterandIhaveobeyedyourinstructions.
-morrowweshallcontinueourmarchtoPetra, , butpraydonotexpectadetailedreport.
, becausehisfatherhadtakenhimtoGolgotha (ahilljustoutsidethecity) toseetheexecution, , whohadbeenapersonalfriendoftheMessiahandtoldmethatIhadbettergoandseehimifIwantedtoknowmore.
, andfromhimatlastIgotafairlydefiniteaccountofwhathadhappenedduringthetroublesomedaysbeforeIwasborn.
THEHOLYLAND
Tiberius, ourgreatandgloriousemperor, wasonthethrone, .Intheyear755or756 (Josephhadforgottenwhen) (thesonofacarpenterofNazareth) , whoareusuallywellinformed, appeartohaveheardnothingaboutit, -fashionedleadersoftheJewishfaith, accordingtoJoseph, "Nazarene" (sotheytoldPilatus) hadpubliclyclaimedthataGreekoraRomanorevenaPhilistine, whotriedtoliveadecentandhonourablelife, , butwhenthecrowdsaroundthetemplethreatenedtolynchJesus, andkillallhisfollowers, hedecidedtotakethecarpenterintocustodytosavehislife.
, theyshouted "heresy" and "treason" , soJosephtoldme, PilatussentforJoshua (thatwasthenameoftheNazarene, buttheGreekswholiveinthispartoftheworldalwaysrefertohimasJesus) "dangerousdoctrines" ', whowasthefatherofalllivingbeings.
Pilatus, whoseemstohavebeenwellversedinthedoctrinesoftheStoicsandtheotherGreekphilosophers, , lashedintofurybytheirpriests, "fallenavictimtotheteachingsoftheNazarene." PetitionswerebeingcirculatedallthroughthecitytohavePilatusrecalled, , Pilatusfinallysacrificedhisprisoner, Joshua, .
ThatiswhatJosephtoldme, , , , PaulappearstohavetravelledmuchinAsiaMinorandinGreece, tellingtheslavesthattheywereallchildrenofonelovingFatherandthathappinessawaitsall, bothrichandpoor, , , andIam, asever,
Yourdutifulnephew,
GLADIUSENSA.
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