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Luke 13:1-3

Pilate mixes the blood of Galileans with that of sacrifices

Luke 1:67-80

The Benedictus of Zechariah

Luke 21:7-28

The trampling of Jerusalem by the Gentiles

Luke 23:1-7

Jesus before Pilate

Luke 23:13-25

Jesus is sent back to Pilate

Luke 23:46-47

The centurion testifies to Jesus’s innocence

Luke 23:8-12

Jesus before Herod

Luke 2:1-4

A census is ordered by the emperor Augustus

Luke 3:12-14

Tax collectors and soldiers are advised by John the Baptist

Luke 7:1-10

The healing of the centurion’s servant

Luke 8:26-33

The Gerasene demoniac

Marcus Minucius Felix, Octavius VI

Roman religious practice is specifically tailored towards its expansionist aims

Marcus Minucius Felix, Octavius XXV

Roman success is due to ferocity, not religious piety

Mark 10:42-45

Jesus contrasts the rule of the Gentiles with the Son of Man

Mark 11:7-11

Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Mark 15:1-15

Jesus before Pilate

Mark 15:16-24

Jesus is mocked and paraded to his crucifixion

Mark 15:33-39

The centurion recognises Jesus as the son of God

Mark 1:1

Jesus in the language of the empire?

Mark 2:14-17

Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners

Judaism and Rome