User blog comment:Skeith9/Heroic Spirits Speculation/@comment-24183810-20160202212313/@comment-25951993-20160204032954

No we're looking for individuals who were jewish/Israelite from the Bible/Torah. Longinus was a Roman. Although, a majority of since all Jews were technically suppose to be citizen of Roman during his time. Seeing as it is the Romans often encouraged may of the citizens of conquered or occupied territories to join and enlist in the roman army to help maintain order as well as get proper privilages and equallity as other Roman citizens, Longinus could have been a nd since scholars didn't specify exactly where he came from. He could have been maybe a Roman Jew who was one of the local Legionary. He was in Roman Judea/Palestine at the time.