 I spoke about Josephus just a few moments ago, and he wrote this, quote, When Pilate, upon hearing him, that's Jesus, accused by men of the highest standing among us, and who are those people? Men of the highest standing? Those are the religious leaders of Jerusalem. Pilate had him condemned to be crucified. Now, Josephus lived in the first century between A.D. 37 and A.D. 100.