Jesus

A 2,000-year-old limestone bone box found in a Jerusalem tomb may carry the name of the son of the man who helped Jesus carry his cross, according to a New Testament scholar who has revisited its long-debated inscription. The ossuary, found in a rock-cut family tomb in the Kidron Valley in 1941, is scratched in Greek with the words "Alexander, son of Simon" — the same father-and-son pairing recorded in the Gospel of Mark. Dr Jeremiah Johnston, author of The Jesus Discoveries, now believes the evidence tips towards a genuine link. The case was set out in a report by the Daily Mail, which spoke to Johnston about the clues he says point to a real connection: "So we have