Thursday, October 30, 2014

Any information on claim about 1st century Latin text?

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A few recent web articles have mentioned a Latin text that records a miracle of Jesus. Supposedly the text is from a Marcus Velleius Paterculus from the first century. However, usable pictures of the text do not seem to be available and what is posted doesn't seem to fit the description. http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/newly-found-document-holds-eyewitness-account-of-jesus-performing-miracle/ Any updates on this? Thanks

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  1. Richard Wilson10/30/2014 8:58 am

    The site itself says that it makes up its stories. http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/disclaimer/

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  2. Yes, it appears that was even a fraud, not just unconfirmed.

    http://www.relevantmagazine.com/slices/no-nobodys-discovered-new-eyewitness-account-jesus-miracles

    Which is why the internet still needs a lot of double checking and triple checking.

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  3. Seems to be a fake story: http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/miraclewitness.asp

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  4. In the first century, there was no latin alphabet, nor latin language.

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  5. world news daily is the internet answer to the "world weekly news" that used to run with stories like "batboy born" or "satan's skeleton found in Kansas"

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