The Written Record... Eyewitness Accounts...
The eyewitness accounts of Peter and Paul are recorded in The Holy Bible. Both Peter and Paul have been proven to have existed by historical evidences and archaeological evidences outside the Bible. One may find evidences for Peter at the Vatican and for Paul in Cyprus archaeology as well as in Rome.
Jack Finegan's research indicates that relatives of Jesus were still alive and living in Israel, he believes at Nazareth, The Archaeology of the New Testament, Jack Finegan, Princeton University Press, 1992. The fact that relatives of Jesus were still living in the area becomes significant because they could verify the birthplace of Jesus, the family living in Nazareth, and the circumstances of the death and resurrection of Christ.
But what happened to the descendents of the family of Jesus?
An excerpt from the text,
“With respect to the possible resemblance of any particular location in Nazareth associated with the life of Jesus, it is possible to recall that, according to positive evidences, members of the family of Jesus were still living in Palestine, some of them perhaps in Nazareth, until the end of the first century and the beginning of the second, and further descendants were probably there much longer than that. ... Symeon (who succeeded James, the brother of the Lord, as head of the church in Jerusalem, and was himself a cousin of Jesus, being son of Clopas who was brother of Joseph) lived to the age of 120 and suffered martyrdom... that two grandsons of Jude, the brother of Jesus ... In their examination before the emperor these two men admitted that they were indeed of the house of David, but declared possession between them of only a piece of land thirty-nine quarter-acres (nXéeewv Xo')... Upon release the two men also became leaders of the churches, both because they were witnesses (ýtagrveas) and because they were relatives...”
It becomes more important to know that descendents of the family of Jesus were still living in the area when the excavations of Nazareth begin to reveals such things as inscriptions.
Nazareth is rich with inscriptions and references to Conon which, according to the written record (and which Finegan writes)... was a descendent of the family of Jesus.
Finegan writes:
"... who come from both towns and kept the records of their descent with great care. Also a martyr named Conon, who died in Pamphylia under Decius (249-251), declared at his trial: "I belong to the city of Nazareth in Galilee, and am a relative of Christ whom I serve, as my forefathers have done" (Kopp 1959, p. 90; SWDCB I, p. 621)"
Along with speaking of Nazareth and Cochaba as Jewish villages, Africanus in the same passage also tells of the (greek symbols) or relatives of the Lord, who come from both towns and keeps the record of their descent with great care.¨
The Vatican and Paul’s Grave
February 19, 2005
The Vatican will make a public announcement soon that archeologists have positively identified the tomb of St. Paul the apostle, according to Catholic World News. (WorldNetDaily via Considerettes.)
From Catholic World News:
“A sarcophagus which may contain the remains of St. Paul was identified in the basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, reports Giorgio Filippi, an archeology specialist with the Vatican Museums. The sarcophagus was discovered during the excavations carried out in 2002 and 2003 around the basilica, which is located in the south of Rome.
~serapha~
Jack Finegan's research indicates that relatives of Jesus were still alive and living in Israel, he believes at Nazareth, The Archaeology of the New Testament, Jack Finegan, Princeton University Press, 1992. The fact that relatives of Jesus were still living in the area becomes significant because they could verify the birthplace of Jesus, the family living in Nazareth, and the circumstances of the death and resurrection of Christ.
But what happened to the descendents of the family of Jesus?
An excerpt from the text,
“With respect to the possible resemblance of any particular location in Nazareth associated with the life of Jesus, it is possible to recall that, according to positive evidences, members of the family of Jesus were still living in Palestine, some of them perhaps in Nazareth, until the end of the first century and the beginning of the second, and further descendants were probably there much longer than that. ... Symeon (who succeeded James, the brother of the Lord, as head of the church in Jerusalem, and was himself a cousin of Jesus, being son of Clopas who was brother of Joseph) lived to the age of 120 and suffered martyrdom... that two grandsons of Jude, the brother of Jesus ... In their examination before the emperor these two men admitted that they were indeed of the house of David, but declared possession between them of only a piece of land thirty-nine quarter-acres (nXéeewv Xo')... Upon release the two men also became leaders of the churches, both because they were witnesses (ýtagrveas) and because they were relatives...”
It becomes more important to know that descendents of the family of Jesus were still living in the area when the excavations of Nazareth begin to reveals such things as inscriptions.
Nazareth is rich with inscriptions and references to Conon which, according to the written record (and which Finegan writes)... was a descendent of the family of Jesus.
Finegan writes:
"... who come from both towns and kept the records of their descent with great care. Also a martyr named Conon, who died in Pamphylia under Decius (249-251), declared at his trial: "I belong to the city of Nazareth in Galilee, and am a relative of Christ whom I serve, as my forefathers have done" (Kopp 1959, p. 90; SWDCB I, p. 621)"
Along with speaking of Nazareth and Cochaba as Jewish villages, Africanus in the same passage also tells of the (greek symbols) or relatives of the Lord, who come from both towns and keeps the record of their descent with great care.¨
The Vatican and Paul’s Grave
February 19, 2005
The Vatican will make a public announcement soon that archeologists have positively identified the tomb of St. Paul the apostle, according to Catholic World News. (WorldNetDaily via Considerettes.)
From Catholic World News:
“A sarcophagus which may contain the remains of St. Paul was identified in the basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, reports Giorgio Filippi, an archeology specialist with the Vatican Museums. The sarcophagus was discovered during the excavations carried out in 2002 and 2003 around the basilica, which is located in the south of Rome.
~serapha~
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