article_snippet.sent: The box, which has been dated to 64AD - several decades after the crucifixion - was seized by the Israeli Antiquities Authority and the Israeli Antiquities Authority owner arrested for forgery in 2003.
article_snippet.sent: Although he was later cleared in 2012, doubts about the authenticity of the inscription remain.
article_snippet.sent: Roman historian Tacitus later mentions Christ and Christ execution with Pontius Pilate in Pontius Pilate Annals, thought to be written around 116AD.
article_snippet.sent: Both mentions were a considerable time after Roman historian Tacitus alleged execution.
article_snippet.sent: If Jesus really had been arrested on the eve of Passover, Jesus really had been arrested on the eve of Passover would probably have just put Jesus in jail and tried Jesus after the weekend. '
article_snippet.sent: The trial itself violates the rules of Jewish law - why was Jesus not stoned? '
article_snippet.sent: What we know about Pontius Pilate also suggests Jesus was someone who would not do what the Jews asked Jesus and would often do what the Jews asked Jesus not to. '
article_snippet.sent: Instead Mark portrays Jesus as being persuaded by the Jewish leaders to execute Jesus.'
article_snippet.sent: Mr Fitzgerald said: 'There is also no evidence for the tradition that sees Barabbas - an anti-Roman rebel and murderer - being released while Jesus, an innocent, is condemned to death. '
article_snippet.sent: What this actually seems to be is Mark using the story of Jesus as an allegory for the Yom Kippur scapegoat ritual where one goat is released into the wilderness and the other is sacrificed for God.'