Dear Claudius,

[The Irish Ram]

When Christ showed up 3 days after He died, it rattled more than a few. One that wasn't at all happy was Pontius Pilate. When he heard Jesus' was back he sent word to the Jews that brought Jesus to him, that he was heading for the Temple and there was going to be a little meeting. When he got there, he locked the doors, and asked if they had a sacred Temple Bible. They did. It was covered in gold. Pilate then made them swear on that Bible, and to the fathers and to the God of their fathers, to tell the truth in a judicial testimony.

Then Pilate asked them one question: "Did you know Jesus was the Son of God when you brought Him to me?" They admitted they did know, and that they agreed to tell no man to prevent a divide in the Jewish community. Then they asked Pilate, since he forced them to tell him, not to tell any man what they said.

A letter from the Archives of Rome:

Pontius Pilate unto Claudius, greeting.

There befell of late a matter which I myself brought to light (or made trial of): for the Jews through envy have punished themselves and their posterity with fearful judgements of their own fault; for whereas their fathers had promises (al. had announced unto them) that their God would send them out of heaven his holy one who should of right be called their king, and did promise that he would send him upon earth by a virgin; he, then (or this God of the Hebrews, then), came when I was governor of Judaea, and they beheld him enlightening the blind, cleansing lepers, healing the palsied, driving devils out of men, raising the dead, rebuking the winds, walking upon the waves of the sea dry-shod, and doing many other wonders, and all the people of the Jews calling him the Son of God: the chief priests therefore, moved with envy against him, took him and delivered him unto me and brought against him one false accusation after another, saying that he was a sorcerer and did things contrary to their law.

But I, believing that these things were so, having scourged him, delivered him unto their will: and they crucified him, and when he was buried they set guards upon him. But while my soldiers watched him he rose again on the third day: yet so much was the malice of the Jews kindled that they gave money to the soldiers, saying: Say ye that his disciples stole away his body. But they, though they took the money, were not able to keep silence concerning that which had come to pass, for they also have testified that they saw him arisen and that they received money from the Jews. And these things have I reported for this cause, lest some other should lie unto thee (lat. lest any lie otherwise) and thou shouldest deem right to believe the false tales of the Jews.

 

[indiajo]

When Christ showed up 3 days after He died, it rattled more than a few. One that wasn't at all happy was Pontius Pilate. When he heard Jesus' was back he sent word to the Jews that brought Jesus to him, that he was heading for the Temple and there was going to be a little meeting. When he got there, he locked the doors, and asked if they had a sacred Temple Bible. They did. It was covered in gold. Pilate then made them swear on that Bible, and to the fathers and to the God of their fathers, to tell the truth in a judicial testimony.

They had no bible that time. Case closed.