 | Thomas Haweis - 1800 - 470 pages
...on thofe men, who under the vulgar appellation " of Chriftians, were already branded with deferred " infamy. They derived their name and origin " from CHRIST, who in the reign of Tiberius " had fuffered death, by the fentence of the pro" curator, Pontius Pilate. For awhile this dire " fuperftition... | |
 | 1812 - 586 pages
...Jesus. He says, " with this view he TOL. ii. o (Nero) inflicted the most exquisite torments on those men who, under the vulgar appellation of Christians,...Christ, who in the reign of Tiberius had suffered fleath by the sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilate."*' And Mr. Gibbon says, that " the most sceptical... | |
 | George Wilkins - 1816 - 234 pages
...therefore, the common " rumour, Nero laid the guilt, and inflicted the most " exquisite tortures on those men, who, under the " vulgar appellation of Christians,..." origin from Christ, who in the reign of Tiberius was " put to death, under the procurator Pontius Pilate. " For a while, this pernicious superstition... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...substituted fictitious criminals, and With that view inflicted the most exquisite tortures on those men, who, under the vulgar appellation of Christians, were already branded with deserved infamy. The confessions of those who were seized, discovered a great multitude* of their accomplices, and they... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...substituted fictitious criminals, and with that view inflicted the most exquisite tortures on those men, who, under the vulgar appellation of Christians, were already branded with deserved infamy. The confessions of those who were seized, discovered a great •multitude* of their accomplices, and... | |
 | James Sabine - 1820 - 656 pages
...fietitious •• eriminals and with this view he inflieted the most ex'• quisite tortures on those men, who under the vulgar " appellation of Christians,...branded with " deserved infamy. They derived their name from " CHRIST, who, in the reign of Tiberius, had suffered 11 death by the sentenee of the proeurator... | |
 | Elizabeth Lachlan - 1821 - 448 pages
...number of their gods. Tacitus, in describing the tortures inflicted by Nero on the Christians, says, they derived their name and origin from Christ, who...by the sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilate. The Jews, says Dr. Doddridge, in some of their earliest writings since those times, call Jesus by the... | |
 | Edward Irving - 1831 - 470 pages
...the imperial city. "With this view (says Tacitus) he inflicted the most exquisite tortures on those men, who, under the vulgar appellation of Christians,...suffered death by the sentence of the Procurator Pontius 5 s 3 1278 The Revelntion of Jesus Christ. [LECT. Pilate. For a while this dire superstition was checked;... | |
 | Origen Bacheler - 1833 - 388 pages
...men possessing a new and pernicious superstition."! Tacitus (about the same time) tells ua of " those men who, under the vulgar appellation of Christians, were already branded with deserved infamy ;" he adds, that they derived their name from Christ who was executed under Pontius Pilate, and he... | |
 | George Redford - 1837 - 702 pages
...the Jews. I shall only refer to the words of Tacitus, as quoted by Gibbon. "They" (the Christians) "derived their name " and origin from Christ, who,...sentence " of the Procurator, Pontius Pilate. For awhile, " this dire superstition was checked, but it again " burst forth, and not only spread itself... | |
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With this view," continues Tacitus,^ " he inflicted the most exquisite tortures on those men who, under the vulgar appellation of Christians, were already branded with deserved infamy. They derived their name and origin from Christ, who, in the reign... 
