Theissen and Merz state that Tacitus gives us a description of widespread prejudices about Christianity and a few precise details about "Christus" and Christianity, the source of which remains unclear.
Theissen和Merz认为，塔西佗描写了当时对基督教的普遍偏见，并且给出了“Christus”和基督教的精确细节，他的信息来源仍然不清楚。