53- The historicity of the New Testament - Fr. Tony's Homilies

In ancient times eclipses (total or partial) were regarded as a supernatural sign, often associated with the wrath of a god. For example, the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus records that a lunar eclipse occurred on the same night as Herod the Great burnt alive Matthius and some other Jews for sedition (Antiquities 17:167). ................
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