What did Romans say about Jesus?

To the Romans, Jesus was a troublemaker who had got his just desserts. To the Christians, however, he was a martyr and it was soon clear that the execution had made Judaea even more unstable. Pontius Pilate – the Roman governor of Judaea and the man who ordered the crucifixion – was ordered home in disgrace.

What did the Romans say after Jesus died?

THE CONFESSION OF THE ROMAN CENTURION Jesus “cried with a loud voice” right before He died. “And when the centurion…saw that He so cried out [with a loud voice] he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.” Why would Jesus’ “loud voice” cause the centurion to say, “Truly this man was the Son of God?”

What happened to the centurion who crucified Jesus?

As the “Lance of Longinus”, the spear figures in the legends of the Holy Grail. Christian legend has it that Longinus was a blind Roman centurion who thrust the spear into Christ’s side at the crucifixion. Some of Jesus’s blood fell upon his eyes and he was healed.

Did Romans crucify Roman citizens?

Crucifixion in Roman times was applied mostly to slaves, disgraced soldiers, Christians and foreigners–only very rarely to Roman citizens.

How did the Romans react to Jesus’s crucifixion?

This outburst enraged religious leaders and threatened to destroy the fragile peace imposed by Rome. Jesus was arrested on a charge of treason and was crucified, a common form of execution for condemned criminals. To the Romans, Jesus was a troublemaker who had got his just desserts.

Was the resurrection of Jesus destined to cause enduring problems?

The resurrection of Jesus was destined to cause enduring problems for Roman and Jewish leaders, and it would have been worth their every effort should they have been able to disprove it. (Imagine the effect of being able to produce the body of Christ and parade the “stolen” corpse through the streets of Jerusalem.)

What was the Roman Empire like at the time of Jesus?

By the time of Jesus, the Roman Empire was enjoying the “Pax Romana,” a time of unity, flourishing trade, and general peace and stability in the empire. Augustus nearly doubled the size of Rome.

What does the Bible say about the resurrection?

(Belleville, Illinois) A. I am happy for this question on the resurrection, because our Christian faith stands or falls on the fact that Jesus rose from the dead. Paul says, “If Christ has not been raised, then empty is our preaching; empty, too, your faith” (1 Cor 15:14).