“I have been referring to a man named Apollonius, who came from the town of Tyana. He was a pagan – that is, a polytheistic worshiper of the many Roman gods – and a renowned philosopher of his day. His followers thought he was immortal. We have a book written about him by his later devotee Philostratus.”

“I have been referring to a man named Apollonius, who came from the town of Tyana. He was a pagan – that is, a polytheistic worshiper of the many Roman gods – and a renowned philosopher of his day. His followers thought he was immortal. We have a book written about him by his later devotee Philostratus.”

— Bart D. Ehrman