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Galilean
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Galilean
a. the. an epithet of Jesus Christ (?4 bc--?29 ad), the founder of Christianity
b. a Christian


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This may have influenced the last pagan emperor, Julian (361-363), whose pamphlet Against the Galilaeans has a strong Old Testament focus.
And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
This, by the way, would later give Ibsen the inspiration for one of his most rarely produced plays, Emperor and Galilaean.
 
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