THE DEATH WARRANT OF JESUS CHRIST

Excerpt from the End Notes of the The Electric Mirror on the Pharos Lighthouse and Other Ancient Lighting by Larry Radka

*Page 130-“The Lord” of whom Arculf was speaking is Jesus Christ. In his 1875 unabridged edition of Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature, Dr. C. C. Bombaugh shared with us some astounding archaeological evidence of his unwelcome presence on this planet by quoting a document - engraved on a copper artefact - that led to his miserable dismissal. He wrote: Of the many interesting relics and fragments brought to light by the preserving researches of antiquarians, none could be more interesting to the philanthropist and believer than the following - to Christians the most imposing judicial document ever recorded in human annuals. It has been faithfully transcribed as follows:

THE DEATH-WARRANT OF JESUS CHRIST

Sentence rendered by Pontius Pilate,
Acting Governor of Lower Galilee,
Stating that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer Death on the Cross.

In the year Seventeen of the Emperor Tiberius Caesar, and the 27th Day of March, the City of the Holy Jerusalem - Annas and Caiphas being priests, sacrificators of the People of God - Pontius Pilate, Governor of Lower Galilee, sitting in the Presidential Chair of the Praetory, Condemns Jesus of Nazareth to die on the cross between two thieves. The great and notorious evidence of the people saying:

I. Jesus is a seducer.
II. He is seditious.
III. He is the enemy of the Law
IV. He calls himself falsely the son of God
V. He calls himself falsely the King of Israel
VI. He entered into the Temple followed by a multitude bearing palm branches in their hands.

Orders the first centurion, Quilus Cornelius, to lead him to the place of execution.
Forbids any whomsoever, either poor or rich, to oppose the death of Jesus Christ.

The witnesses who signed the condemnation of Jesus are-

I. Daniel Rabani, a Pharisee
II. Joannus Robani.
III. Raphael Robani
IV. Capet, a Citizen

Jesus shall go out of the city of Jerusalem by the Gate of Struenus.


The foregoing was engraved on a copper plate, on the reverse of which is written: 'A similar plate is sent to each tribe.' It was found in an antique marble vase, while excavating the ancient city of Aquila, in the kingdom of Naples, in the year 1810, and was discovered by the Commissioners of Arts of the French Army. At the expedition of Naples it was enclosed in a box of ebony, and preserved in the sacristy of the Carthusians. The Commissioner's of Arts made the French translation. The original is in the Hebrew language.

References

Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature by Dr. C. C. Bombaugh

The Electric Mirror on the Pharos Lighthouse and Other Ancient Lighting by Larry Radka