The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
4 claims
Philostratus's biography of Apollonius records him apparently restoring a recently deceased Roman senator's daughter to life in Rome -- a miracle explicitly paralleled to Gospel resurrection accounts by later commentators.
Philostratus's biography of Apollonius records him apparently restoring a recently deceased Roman senator's daughter to life in Rome -- a miracle explicitly paralleled to Gospel resurrection accounts by later commentators.
The 16th-century Russian monastic founder's relics, seized by Soviet authorities in 1918, survived a Bolshevik examination that expected to expose fraud, and were returned to his monastery in 1998 after rediscovery in a Leningrad anatomical museum.
The 16th-century Russian monastic founder's relics, seized by Soviet authorities in 1918, survived a Bolshevik examination that expected to expose fraud, and were returned to his monastery in 1998 after rediscovery in a Leningrad anatomical museum.
The 1st-century CE Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was credited with healings, exorcisms, prophecy, and a resurrection in a biography by Philostratus written c. 220-235 CE.
The 1st-century CE Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was credited with healings, exorcisms, prophecy, and a resurrection in a biography by Philostratus written c. 220-235 CE.
Roman Emperor Vespasian reportedly healed a blind man and a man with a withered limb in Alexandria c. 69 CE, as recorded by Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio.
Roman Emperor Vespasian reportedly healed a blind man and a man with a withered limb in Alexandria c. 69 CE, as recorded by Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio.