3) F.F.Bruce ("Christian Origins" pp.29,30) draws attention to the fact that there are references to a history of the Eastern Mediterranean written by a historian called Thallus about 52AD. Bruce shows elsewhere ("The New Testament Documents", p.113) that a scholar named Julius Africanus quoted from Thallus, mocking his description of the darkness at the crucifixion of Jesus as due to the eclipse of the sun.
3.) F.F. Bruce ("Mwanzo wa Ukristo"uk. wa 29, 30) unavuta macho kuangalia ukweli kwamba kuna ushahidi wa historia ya Mashariki mwa Bahari ya Mediterania iliyoandikwa na mwandishi wa mambo ya kale aliyeitwa Thallus kuhusu mwaka 52 B K. Bruce anaonyesha kila mahali ("Hati za Agano Jipya", uk. 113) ya kuwa mwanafunzi aliyeitwa jina Julius Africanus alinukuu toka kwa Thallus, akifanya mzaha maelezo yake ya giza Yesu aliposulubiwa ilikuwa sababu ya kupatwa kwa jua.