Who was that they killed last Friday?
“Who was that man they killed last Friday?” Narrator: My name is Fabius. I am a Roman citizen and a captain in the Third Roman Division under General Octavius. I am Roman born of a Roman father, (a Captain in Caesar’s Palace Guard) and a Jewish mother. Although I honor Caesar as Lord and am not a believer in the Jewish god, I do honor my mother’s heritage and have attempted to be fair in my dealings with the Jews. I have been commissioned to come here to Jerusalem and convene a panel to investigate the death of a young Jewish teacher who was reported to have claimed a throne in violation of Roman law and who was said by his Jewish leaders to have violated Jewish law. The disturbances that have been reported since last Friday’s execution have brought about conflicting accounts of who this teacher was. Jesus the Nazarene, I believe was his name. Our purpose here today is to listen to several people who witnessed the execution and might help us to sort out some of the rumors that have dis
