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He goes on to say: After him, his son Tiberius became Caesar in Rome, and the Messiah was fifteen years old at the time. This Caesar had a friend named Pilate, from a village on the coast of the sea lying below Constantinople—a body of water known as the Suts—hence he was called “Pilate the Nabataean.” Caesar appointed him governor over the land of Judah.
He continues: In the fifteenth year of this Caesar Tiberius’s reign, John son of Zechariah—the Baptist—appeared and baptized the Jews in the Jordan for the forgiveness of sins. The Messiah then came to John son of Zechariah, and John baptized him in the Jordan,
قَالَ:
وَمَلَكَ بَعْدَهُ ابْنَهُ
" طِيبَارْيُوسُ "
قَيْصَرُ بِرُومِيَّةَ، وَلِلْمَسِيحِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.
وَكَانَ لِقَيْصَرَ هَذَا صَدِيقٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ
" بِلَاطِسُ "
مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ عَلَى شَطِّ الْبَحْرِ الَّذِي تَحْتَ
" قُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةَ "
وَيُسَمَّى ذَلِكَ الْبَحْرُ
" السُّطْسُ "
وَلِذَلِكَ يُسَمَّى
" بِلَاطِسُ النَّبَطِيُّ "
فَوَلَّاهُ عَلَى أَرْضِ
" يَهُوذَا "
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قَالَ:
وَفِي خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً مِنْ مُلْكِ
" طِيبَارْيُوسَ "
قَيْصَرَ هَذَا ظَهَرَ
" يَحْيَى "
ابْنُ زَكَرِيَّا الْمَعْمِدَانِيُّ، فَعَمَّدَ الْيَهُودَ فِي الْأُرْدُنِّ لِغُفْرَانِ الْخَطَايَا.
فَجَاءَ الْمَسِيحُ إِلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا فَعَمَّدَهُ يَحْيَى فِي الْأُرْدُنِّ،