Construction workers in Israel uncover what might be the earliest reference to Jesus as God.

[Wolseley]

As workers carefully cleared away centuries of accumulated soil, colorful geometric patterns began emerging from the dirt—not random fragments, but an intact, sprawling mosaic floor measuring approximately 54 square meters (581 square feet), roughly 16 feet by 32 feet. It was an early Christian worship space.

The western inscription contained a phrase that sent shockwaves through the academic world. "The god-loving Akeptous has offered the table to God Jesus Christ as a memorial”. Those three Greek words, meaning "to God Jesus Christ," represented the earliest known archaeological evidence explicitly declaring Jesus' divinity.

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[LynnMaria]

That's really interesting, thanks for sharing!!

 

[prodromos]

Not to seem like a wet blanket, but this is from decades ago. The Church was first uncovered in 2004.

 

[Wolseley]

Not to seem like a wet blanket, but this is from decades ago. The Church was first uncovered in 2004.

Very true---but I'd never heard of it before.

 

[JSRG]

Not to seem like a wet blanket, but this is from decades ago. The Church was first uncovered in 2004.

True, but for whatever reason it seems like it only got attention more recently.

 

[prodromos]

True, but for whatever reason it seems like it only got attention more recently.

It actually received quite a bit of publicity at the time. It has been brought up in quite a few threads on CF over the years, and has had a Wikipedia entry for over a decade.

 

[JSRG]

It actually received quite a bit of publicity at the time. It has been brought up in quite a few threads on CF over the years, and has had a Wikipedia entry for over a decade.

Fair, I missed that back then. Still, something or other caused it within the last year to get a bunch of new attention.