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Irudzii rweutsigiro hwenhoroondo hweshoko rechiKristu hwatinofanira kutarisira kuwana kubva kune zvisiri zvechiKristu?

Hatingambovawana vachiti Jesu ndiye aiva Mesiya, Kana kuti akamuka kubva kuvakafa. Izvi zvingaita sezviri pachena: asi zvinoshamisa kuti kangani munhu anonzwa vamwe vanhu vakangwara vachiti zvinhu izvi hazvifanirwe kutendwa, nokuti vanhu vanotaura izvozvo chete ndivo vaKristu!

Kutenda kwechiKristu kwaipesana zvakakomba nezvitendero zvinogamuchirwa muchiJudha, Sangano reRoma nerechiGiriki. VaJudha vaiti Jesu akaita zvishamiso zvake kubudikidza nen’anga (c.f. Luke 11:14-5). VaRoma vaiona vaKristu ‘sevasingatendi kuti kuna Mwari’, nokuti vakaramba vamwari vavo noumwari hwaMambo. Nokudaro, tinofanira kutarisira kuti mashoko akadaro ari muzvinyorwa zvisiri zvechiKristu ashore. Sezvatichaona gare gare munyaya yeTestimonium Flavianum, chero chisiri chinofanirwa kubatwa nekuchenjerera.

Kushomeka Kwezvinhu Zvenyika.

Zvinosuruvarisa, hatingatarisiri kuwana tsinhiro dzepamazuva ano dzeTestamende Itsva zvachose, sezvo zvinyorwa zvenyika zvishomanene zvikuru zvenguva ino zvakapukunyuka kusvikira nhasi. Saizvozvo, kune vashoma zvekuti tinokwanisa kupa runyoro rwakakwana rwavo mumitsetse mishoma:

• Philo, akagara muIjipiti uye akafiramo 40 Ad, yainyanya kukoshesa uzivi uye ukama huri pakati petsika dzechiJudha nedzechiGiriki.
• Pane chikamu chenhoroondo yeRoma naVelleius Paterculus, dated 30 Ad.
• Pane chinyorwa chinobva kuKesariya chine zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvezita raPirato, dated between 30 uye 40 Ad.
• Kune dzimwe ngano dzakanyorwa naPhaedrus dzemazuva 40-50 Ad.
• Kubva ku50 uye 60 kune zvishoma chete zvinhu, yakawanda yacho yakanyorwa nevakabva kuSpain vaigara muRoma.

Kunze kweizvi kune:

• Nhetembo yaLucan, Muzukuru waSeneca, pahondo pakati paJulius Caesar naPompey.
• Bhuku rekurima naColumella.
• Zvimedu zvenovel 'Satyricon', naGayo Petronicus.
• Mazana mashoma mitsara kubva kune satirist, ChiPersian.
• Natural History,’ (nhoroondo yechisikigo) naMukuru Pliny.
• Zvimedu zveChinyorwa paCicero naAsconius Pedianus.
• Nhoroondo yaAlexander Mukuru naQuintus Curtius.
• Zvinyorwa zvakasiyana-siyana zveSeneca.

Ava, vaviri chete vangave vakanyora chero chinhu, Philo naSeneca.

• Philo aigara muAlexandria kuEgypt; asi zvimwe angadai akanzwa nezvaJesu nevateveri vake. Iye pachake akanga ari muJudha anoita tsika, uye kufarira kwake zvinhu zvechiJudha. Anonyora kwenguva yakati nezvedzidziso dzevaEssene. Asi kuvaJudha vakawanda venguva yake (kusanganisira St Paul, asati atendeuka!) vaNazareta vaive bato renhema; uye angave akafuratira nokuda kweichi chikonzero.
• Seneca ingadai yakavewo mukana: asi chiKristu chaingove chichingotanga kudzika muRoma mukati mekupera kwema50 uye kutanga kwema60.; uye haana kukwidziridzwa kusvikira kutambudzwa kwaNero muna 64 Ad. Seneca akanga ari mudambudziko guru naNero pachake (akazviuraya mukati 65 Ad); saka hazvibviri kuti waita mamwe matambudziko nekubata nyaya yakaoma kudaro, kunyanya kana ainzwira vaKristu tsitsi.

Mamwe manyuko aivapo, vakadai saThallus naPhlegon, nokuti vanodudzwa muzvinyorwa zvaMadzibaba echechi yokutanga, asi kubva ipapo vakarasika. Izvi zvichakurukurwa nekufamba kwenguva, pamwe chete nedzimwe nongedzero dzapashure dzakabva mumanyuko enyika neechiJudha.

Zvakadini naJusto weTibheriasi?

Semagumo, tinomanikidzwa kutsamira pamanyuko enyika enguva yapashure zvishoma.

Zviri nyore sei!

Asi, kunyangwe hazvo pasina zvakawanda zvinotsigira zvekutanga zvenhoroondo yenhoroondo yaJesu, izvo zviripo ndezvemhando chaiyo uye nhamba inofungidzirwa inotarisirwa. Tacitus naJosephus, semuyenzaniso, tipe chete rudzi rweuchapupu hwatingatarisira. Kunyangwe asiri iwo ega masosi ari pakati peakanakisa, sezvo zvose zviri zviviri zvinopupurirwa zvakanaka uye zvine mukurumbira savaongorori vanongwarira.

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