Sublime

Justin Martyr (c.100–c.165), who employed the Stoic conception of a divine ‘Reason’ (Logos) pervading all things – partially present in all rational intellects – to explain who the eternal Son of God, incarnate in Jesus, was.

As to invoking the justice of Rome against his acts of violence or his crimes, the provincials could not do this unless they could find a Roman citizen who would act as their patron,631 for, as to themselves, they had no right to demand the protection of the laws of the city, or to appeal to its courts.

‘Socrates is an evil-doer, and a curious person,

As a prophet, Jesus staked his reputation on his prediction of the Temple’s fall within a generation; if and when it fell, he would thereby be vindicated.

from those who are the "righteous generation". One might reasonably ask, if there is no one in the world who is righteous, then how can there be an entire righteous generation? It seems Paul is making the verse say something it was not intended to say.

the coming extinction of the Jews.

He ranked truth above custom, and justice above the law.

For some modern historians the most important sentences are the couple that report the results of his censuses of Roman citizens, recording a total head count of 4,063,000 in 28 BCE, rising to 4,937,000 in 14 CE. These are the most reliable data we have for the size of the ancient Roman citizen body at any time, largely because, inscribed on stone,