Scripture: Luke 23:1–25; Acts 28:14–16
Jesus is executed under Pontius Pilate, yet his movement spreads as far as Rome.
In his (15.44), the Roman historian Tacitus explains that Nero blamed the Great Fire of Rome (64 CE) on 'Christians'. Their name came from 'Christus, who suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our , Pontius Pilate'. He calls the movement a 'deadly superstition' that started in Judea and reached Rome.
