CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH

1. Cornelius Tacitus
Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman historian who was born around A.D. 53, told about Jesus' death in one of his writings: "Christus (Christ), the founder of the name ("Christians"), was put to death by Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea in the reign of Tiberius: but the pernicious superstition (Christianity), repressed for a time broke out again, not only through Judea, where the mischief originated, but through the city of Rome also." - Annals XV. 44

2. Lucian
Lucian of Samosata, a satirist of the second century, though holding a strong hatred against Christ and His followers did admit to Jesus' crucifixion in some of his writings: "...the man who was crucified in Palestine because he introduced this new cult into the world...Furthermore, their first lawgiver persuaded them that they were all brothers one of another after they have transgressed once for all by denying the Greek gods and by worshipping that crucified sophist himself and living under his laws." - The Passing Peregrinus

3. Justin Martyr
Justin Martyr, from his Defence of Christianity commentated on the report of Pilate when Christ was crucified: "They pierced my hands and my feet are a description of the nails that were fixed in His hands and His feet on the cross; and after He was crucified, those who crucified Him cast lots for His garments, and divided them among themselves; and that these things were so, you may learn from the 'Acts' which were recorded under Pontius Pilate." - Apology 1.48

4. Babylonian Talmud
In the Babylonian Talmud, part of the Jewish Talmuds, it is written about Jesus, "...and (they) hanged him on the eve of Passover."