Slide 28

In A.D. 59, the Emperor Nero orders the death of his mother.
In A.D. 60, Nero murders his wife.
In A.D. 62, we have the murder of “James the Just”, who was Christ's brother.
In A.D. 64, the Great fire of Rome broke out, and Nero blamed Christians for starting it.
In A.D. 65, Nero murders his second wife.
In A.D. 66, the Roman procurator of Judea, Gessius Florus, murders 3,600 Jews (crucifying about 2,000) in May. Christians flee Judea.