Person
Suetonius
c. 69-after 122
Roman biographer, non-Christian source
Hostile source. Calls Christianity a 'new and mischievous superstition'.
Disputed. Text attested; reference to Jesus DISPUTED.
Suetonius says Claudius expelled Jews from Rome because they kept rioting 'at the instigation of Chrestus' (c. 49), and that Nero punished the Christians.
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- Rome · imperial secretary and biographer · c. 100-122 · attested
Is 'Chrestus' Christ?
A garbled reference to Christ and disputes about him among Roman Jews (common view)
- John P. Meier (cautious)
- John Granger Cook
A local agitator named Chrestus (a common slave name)
- minority view, discussed by Cook
Places
Councils
No council in this list names them as a participant.
Sources
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