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twelve emperors in recent years and on average each one ruled for just three
years -- all of them died in a mysterious manner. But, neither the Nazarenes nor
the followers of Paul had anything to do with these mysterious deaths, they were
peaceful people, but Constantine felt he could not leave anything to chance. The
Emperors had been murdered by greedy Romans, some of whom wanted to
become the next Emperor and needless to say Constantine wanted to be the
Emperor of Rome for a very long time!"
Jabel continued, "The Nazarenes were people who obeyed Allah and didn't much
care about the Emperor, all they wanted to do was worship their Creator in
peace. Emperors of Rome before Constantine had trouble accepting both of the
parties and would throw them to hungry lions just because they refused to
worship the pagan gods of Rome." Oh, how cruel!" exclaimed Sarah. "Yes," said
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Jabel, "those emperors were not nice people at all."
"However, Constantine had noticed that both Christians and Nazarenes had a
years -- all of them died in a mysterious manner. But, neither the Nazarenes nor
the followers of Paul had anything to do with these mysterious deaths, they were
peaceful people, but Constantine felt he could not leave anything to chance. The
Emperors had been murdered by greedy Romans, some of whom wanted to
become the next Emperor and needless to say Constantine wanted to be the
Emperor of Rome for a very long time!"
Jabel continued, "The Nazarenes were people who obeyed Allah and didn't much
care about the Emperor, all they wanted to do was worship their Creator in
peace. Emperors of Rome before Constantine had trouble accepting both of the
parties and would throw them to hungry lions just because they refused to
worship the pagan gods of Rome." Oh, how cruel!" exclaimed Sarah. "Yes," said
6
Jabel, "those emperors were not nice people at all."
"However, Constantine had noticed that both Christians and Nazarenes had a