Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
They may not have been perfect, but the Romans were pretty damned good at killing people. That was the purpose of the spear in the side, to make sure the person was dead.
Then maybe they did in fact make sure that he died quickly - maybe to get it over with and avoid any more riots than neccesary.

Josephus' text was written some 60 years or more after the death of Jesus, and would have relied heavily upon Christian documents.
Why? he was a historian, simply, not a religious person.

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Some of the writings of Josephus regarding Jesus have been questioned, since they don't seem to be of the same quality of writing that he used.
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I am not sure what you mean by 'quality'? But it seems to be just a short notice, anyway.