Newly-Found Document Holds Eyewitness Account of Jesus Performing Miracle
Rome| An Italian expert
studying a first century document written by the Roman
historian Marcus Velleius Paterculus that was recently discovered in the
archives of the Vatican, found what is presumed to be the first eyewitness
account ever recorded of a miracle of Jesus Christ. The author describes a scene
that he allegedly witnessed, in which a prophet and teacher that he names Iēsous
de Nazarenus, resuscitated a stillborn boy and handed him back
to his mother.
Historian and archivist Ignazio Perrucci, was
hired by the Vatican authorities in 2012, to sort,
analyze and classify some 6,000 ancient documents
that had been uncovered in the gigantic archive vaults. He was already very
excited when he noticed that the author of the text was the famous Roman
historian Velleius, but he was completely stunned when he realized the
nature of the content.
Professor Perrucci found the text in the archives of
the Vatican, while searching amongst a bundle of personal letters and other
trivial documents dating from the Roman era.
The text as a whole is a narrative of the
author’s return journey from Parthia to Rome that occurred
in 31 AD, recorded in a highly rhetorical style of four sheets
of parchment. He describes many different episodes taking place during his
trip, like a a violent sandstorm in Mesopotamia and visit to a temple in
Melitta (modern day Mdina, in Malta).
The part of the text that really caught M.
Perrucci’s attention is an episode taking place in the city of Sebaste (near
modern day Nablus, in the West Bank). The author first describes the arrival of
a great leader in the town with a group of disciples and followers,
causing many of the lower class people from neighbouring villages to
gather around them. According to Velleius, that great man’s name was Iēsous
de Nazarenus, a Greco-Latin translation of Jesus’ Hebrew name, Yeshua haNotzri.
Upon entering town, Jesus would have visited the
house of a woman named Elisheba, who had just given birth to a stillborn
child. Jesus picked up the dead child and uttered a prayer in
Aramaic to the heavens, which unfortunately the author describes as
“immensus”, meaning incomprehensible. To the crowd’s surprise and
amazement, the baby came back to life almost immediately, crying and
squirming like a healthy newborn.
Marcus Velleius Paterculus, being a Roman officer of
Campanian origins, seems to perceive Jesus Christ as a great doctor and miracle
man, without associating him in any way to the Jewish concept of Messiah.
Many tests and analysis have been realized over the last weeks to determine the authenticity of the manuscript. The composition of the parchment and ink, the literary style and handwriting have all been carefully scrutinized and were considered to be entirely legitimate. The dating analysis also revealed that the sheepskin parchment on which the text is written, does indeed date from the 1st century of this era, more precisely from between 20-45 AD.
This new text from an author known for his reliability, brings a brand new perspective on the life of the historical character that is Jesus of Nazareth. It comes to confirm the Gospels on the facts that he was known for accomplishing miracles and that his sheer presence in a town was enough to attract crowds of people.
A complete and official translation of the document should be made available online in many different languages over the next few weeks, but the impact of the discovery is already felt in the scientific community. Many scholars have already saluted the finding as one of the greatest breakthrough ever realized in the study of the historical life of Jesus, while others have expressed doubts about the conclusions of Professor Perrucci and demand for more tests to be performed by other scientific institutions before drawing any conclusions.
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