CHRIST’S DEATH WARRANT
A document which archaeologists believe to be the Roman military order under which Jesus Christ was tried has just been discovered by the French Government’s ethnological mission in Southern Tunisia (says the 1 Sunday Express ’), Ghrist was executed, it appears from this document, because He was called “King of the Jews a claim that implied disloyalty towards Caesar. The document is worded as follows To all Colonial Governors of the Roman Empire in Palestine and Near and Further Arabia : _ . Prophets and religious revolutionists have arisen among the people. These prophets are not to be interfered with under the Roman law except when their teachings are of such nature as to cause disturbances among the people. In such oases they are to be effectively suppressed. It is particularly desirable that these prophets be not allowed to interfere witn the collection of taxes or with any other political affairs. The edict was signed by Augustus, ,Gossan
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Evening Star, Issue 18627, 7 May 1924, Page 2
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157CHRIST’S DEATH WARRANT Evening Star, Issue 18627, 7 May 1924, Page 2
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