Some Christian writers considered the possibility that pagan commentators may have mentioned this event, mistaking it for a solar eclipse - although this would have been impossible during the Passover, which takes place at the full moon. Christian traveller and historian Sextus Julius Africanus and Christian theologian Origen refer to Greek historian Phlegon, who lived in the 2nd century AD, as having written "with regard to the eclipse in the time of Tiberius Caesar, in whose reign Jesus appears to have been crucified, and the great earthquakes which then took place" COUNT 5
QSN1 As what was the event mistaken by some pagans? ANS1 a solar eclipse QSN2 Why was a solar eclipse impossible? ANS2 the full moon QSN3 Which Greek historian wrote about these natural occurrences? ANS3 Greek historian Phlegon QSN4 Who reigned Rome during the Crucifixion of Jesus? ANS4 Tiberius Caesar QSN5 What other event supposedly took place that shook people? ANS5 earthquakes