The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-10-24


showed the disciples the nail holes in his
hands. Whyf To convince them that
he was the Christ, as he professed to be, ii
having been said in the scriptures "They
shall look on him whom they pierced
We believe Mr.. Denton will not deny
because we are talking to him now from
doubter's stand-point--that the Evangcl-
lists wrote the account Of tho betrayal,
trial, death and resurrsct on Of Jesus 80
ss to make those events ts,ly with the
prophecies which had been made
concerning Christ, whom Jesus protested
TO be. But, Mr.. Denton will claim that
this can in no manner help us in proving
what he denies, that neither Of the Evange-
list declares that the feet Of Jesus were
pierced. Let US see. Mr.. Denton will si-
NIT that if the Evsngelis.s did ste npi TO
make the pierced body Of Jesus fulhll the
prophecy, they would 70, be likely 70
make it falall only portion Ct the Pm
pheey, or, IS Mr.. Den,on will say, rreien-
ded prophecy. ose prophecy Vas ;si'
They shall look 90 him ,msssi=e Cst,,i'
whom they piersti, se3 ,As:stSss .y
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10 their secsszs - ne sr'asi.
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prophecy rs.Auss isC4-asa g 3; ,s,s 10.
lieved BY tie Evs-st,ss - -y,,., .,
Christ: The assembly - :Ns ~t,sr4
have enclosed ne ,s,y -.,--ss: ~ tszls
and my feet' Now, OF course. ihe Evas.
CYCLISTS, who were endesvoriag 70 make
Jesus "fll the bill Of the prophecied
Christ, could not have overlooked this
feet piercing prophecy, and they did not
Luke has covered this point by saying
And he jesus said unto them,
behold my hands and my feet, that it is
! myself; handle IN: and see, for y spirit
has not assh and bones, ard
when he had thus spoken he showed
them his hands and his feet" Now, we
believe this 10 an assertion by Luke
that Jesus, to prove that he
was Jesus and the Christ, showed his
hands and feet convincing the disciples
that they had been pierced in accordance
with the prophecy. But Mr.. Denton says
that Jesus showed his hands and his feet
for no other purpose thar to satisfy the
disciples that he was flesh and bone, and
not "a spirit. Luke don't say so. lie says
IN subtance: "The disciples were fright
ened. They did not believe Jesus stood
before them, but that spirit did. Jesus
TO assure them, said Look at my hands
and my feet. Do not the wounds in
them convince you that it is l myself
Or, il looking at these wounds does not
convince you that am no spirit, handle
me and ascertain if / am not flesh and
bones" 1t will not do to say that Jesus
,aid "Look at my hands and feet, for
no other purpose than to convince his dis
ciples lie was flesh and bones. That
proof was furnished by feeling him with
these matchmaking him, and not by
looking at his hands and feet. The Evan
gelsts remembered that it had been
prophocied that Christ should be pierced,
that his hands and feet should be
and he showed his hands
and feet to the disci Piles to prove to them
the Scripture, a. the Evsngelsts say, had
been full illed.
But there is other evidence beside this.
A writer Of erudition at least equal to that
of Mr.. Denton says: "There is reason to
suppose that the feet of our Savior were
partly supported by block placed be-
neat them, and to which they were nail
ed" The reason for this supposition is
not given but il i. a well-known fact that
cruciHxes were used by the Christians OF
the time Of Constantine, lin tho third and
fourth centuries) the emperor WHO sbol.
ished crucih1tion. There is avery reason
to believe that the Christians Of that time
knew how to cruelty. and that their cru
cifIes-crosses with efIigies of Jesus fxec
to thsm--represented Jesus fastened to thu
cross in the manner of his death. Anan
cient form Of q cruciflx ono of tho old
timers, . Constantine crucifix-representi
Jesus fastened with four nails, one through
each hand and each foot Which littlt
item 10 submitted to the calm considera
tion Of our friend, Mr.. Denton.
Of course our explanation will not sat
isfy Mr.. Denton, but we have given NOR
and better reasons for believing Jesus wa
nailed through his feet to the cross thai
he has given for the assertion he make
above that Jesus was only nailed through
the hands. Let US pray.
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