Historical Jesus

Writer of the Histories and the Annals, he told the story of the fire of 64 CE and how Nero blamed the Christians.

• Tacitus
• Suetonius
• Pliny the Younger
• Flavius Josephus

The author of the Lives of the Caesars. He told the story of the expulsion of the Jews but mistakenly thought that Christ was present in Rome.

• Suetonius
• Tacitus
• Pliny the Younger
• Flavius Josephus

A governor in Asia Minor. He wrote to the Emperor Trajan to ask how to deal with rebellious Christians.

• Pliny the Younger
• Suetonius
• Tacitus
• Josephus

A Jewish historian. He tried to persuade the Romans of the long history of Israel. He names John the Baptist, James the Just, and Jesus.

• Flavius Josephus
• Pliny the Younger
• Tacitus
• Suetonius

Jesus almost certainly spoke this language.

• Aramaic
• Latin
• English
• Spanish

This is another language Jesus knew. He would have needed it to read from the Scriptures.

• Hebrew
• Classical (Homeric) Greek
• French
• English

This feast was occurring when Jesus went to Jerusalem--and ultimately to his death.

• Passover
• Hannukah
• Purim
• Easter

The governor of Judea at the time of the death of Jesus.

• Pontius Pilate
• Herod
• Quirinius
• Caesar

The "hometown" of Jesus.

• Nazareth
• Sepphoris
• Jerusalem
• Bethlehem

The woman who goes to the tomb in every gospel telling.

• Mary Magdalene
• Mary, the Mother of Jesus
• Joanna
• Mary, the sister of Lazarus