“Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.
"Niro akakazia Wakristo hatia na kuachilia mateso zaidi juu kile kikundi kilichochukiwa kuwa katili, kwa jina walilojulikana kwalo sana na watu ni Wakristo. Kristo, asili ya jina lao, walipata adhabu kubwa mno wakati wa utawala wa Tiberio kwa mikono ya mmoja wa maliwali, Pontio, mkatili mbaya zaidi, kwa muda alikoma kidogo, tena kukatokea maovu katika Uyahudi pekee, chanzo cha kwanza na ubaya, bali hata katika Roma, ambapo mambo yote maovu na ya aibu kutoka kila sehemu ya dunia yalipata kituo na kuwa maarufu.