National Republican., 1881-07-25
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tia that tho crss uas ouui ongravrd IN me "a
cfud temple of Te-apir On Zee than zen ytau
ancf Adrian aoutc that ieiief 1afll1n of puuius
came 10 Rome hrnriar raurs epif1ci. ten lu
number. and Gospel uhish began thus "tn thc
nncenih year Of Tie reign of Iibcfins Crsaf ioaus
came down o. fom heaFtu-to Canefudulu.
lake ii, ~ w.. aiI A. the sane Time fusiiu. 0i
satnsra, proclaimcd ~ Rome q Jesus hrrn of q
virgin ln a cave, and be- tld not recozuirr Paul,
wdtlnri nor Manions G1sueL Marci1n vss tho
champion ~ Gnosticism. which fscornInd Jesus
~ a man only In appearance. Who odiy seemed 10
suffer Gnosiicism existed hlf1fr ths Christian
era. and va al prevalent On ihc second century
In the year ic The worship of -rrarit was intro.
duoed into the city n Rono hy Auioniuus riu'.
Meanwhile the belief be- a real Jesus christ began
TO prevail over Guosiiclsm. and ne length Cstholi
eism triumphcd and became the Stale rei.sion.
a. b." denies that the syuoptics-L O.. che arsi
three Gospels--dctcribc the crucinxl1n o. takiug
place on The great Passover Day, snd appeals ~
the Gospels 10 prove that it on the day befofc
the Passover. Tho only pfoof ho adducss from the
synoPtcs.i Is an cquiyuCai passage iu Mathew
which he erroneoutly inicfpreis bT John. Iahu .
admit, dcscubcs the event a. occurring On TIE day
before the Passover; bat In this hs hauy contra.
diets the synonilcs.
LEr v rRAcE rHs onnrB ov rvsvrs
as described by Lake. THEN came ths day of uu.
leayened bread when the Passover must be KILLED
And he sent Peter and John. saying. 90 and
prepare Us the Passover. that Nc may sai.fts
Aud when the hour was come he sat down ana me
twelve Apostles with him. and he said unto them
with desire have desired 10 eat this Passover
with you before suffer" Unko xxil, 7.GtAIf.
That, therefore, was Passover supper. and b /, 70
also described by Matthew and Luke. a. wha
time in the day
WAS THE PASSOVER EArENf
AT even" (ES. xii, is) That evening, a,
every Jew will tell you, was the beginning Of 90,
Jewish day. "The evening and the morning wers
the first day" Gen. g., - Prom even 10 ever
shall ye celebrate your Sabbath" Qsv. xKlH.
S2) So then Jesus and his disciples. who wen,
Jews, celebrated the Passover by a supper at even
ing and before the close ofthatday, which begat
at evening, Jesus hung lifelen on the cross d
was the 18th and not the 18th Of Nlsan; the ertol
In calling Il the 10Th arises from dsregarding the
Jewish division Of time.
THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH.
Is called "the preparation" MARK xy., a. Luke
xiii, 81 Matt xvii, G2) Preparation fOi
what? Mark and Luke say for the Sabbath, while
Matthew does not say for what. But he tells "a
that on the day afer the preparation the chile
priests requested PLATE to guard well the sepul
chre. That request was made on the Sabbath nc
cording to Matthew, and not ON the Passover Day
which was already ended. John alone speaks o
"the preparation of the Passover" whyY Re
cause he has Christ Scruclfed on the day before
Tho supper which John describes Is not n pascha
meal, and he expressly says that Il was eaten "bc
fore the feast OF the Passover" (xiii l, ~ Johl
makes the passover and Sabbath come together
the Synoptics do not.
| CELSIUS, AS REPORTED ny oRiGES
dlscredits the story Of the massacre OF the infant
by Herod and the resurrection of Jesus lie ad
mits that Jesus went into Egypt, but says that III
there hired Himself out as a servant, and, havinl
acquired some miraculous powers. He returned {,
His own country to practice them, aud pro
claimed Himselfa God (orig. agt CELSIUS, L. 2s)
| This agrees with the Talmud and not with tn
Gospels. The Rev. s. Barring Gould translates al
that the Talmuds contain about Jesus, and admit
that they do not refer to the Jesus of the Gospels
He also believes that in the reign OF Alexande
Jann@us Q06-79 b. C) certain Jesus went dow
into Egypt, where lie learned magic, and that IL
returned to Judea and practlced 1t, but was ar
rested, and, by order of the sanhedrin,
STONED TO DEATH FOR soRCERY.
| This Jesus was the son of Stada, or Mary, an
| Pandira according to the Talmud, and Of Mar
| and Joseph Pandora accor ding TO the Toldot
| Jeshu. Here again is nearer agreement with tn
Jesus of CELSIUS, namely, an illegtimate son OF
carpenters wife bya soldier named Pantherp Obi
l., 32) ct. b." asks for "a sample copy of a Ser
mon on the Mount"
| lie WILL FIND IT IN
the Toldoth Jeshu story Revelations of Antichrs
p. $751; The parallel precepts purport to be given
Simon Kepha venerable rabbi, who became
disciple of Jesus about thirty years after his deaf
by stoning and hanging. lie lived six years on
tower, and dying, was buried within It. "Aftel
ward" continues the story, "they devised mo-
| abominable fraud, ana at this very time thi
tower is to be seen at Rome, and they call II Pete
that is the name Of stone"
Kcpha, in the language of the Jews, meal
"rock" f." or stone" Kephas, the Greek form (En
Cephas), has no meaning; but Petros eng. Pete
Is translation, meaning stone" Paul f.,
quently mentions fellow apostle Kephas, who
name in several instances has been changed /
transcribers to Petros, but In the Syriac version
is always Kepha. Having found that Paul lived
early az G3 b. c., and that he had fellow -apost
Kepha, infer that there is a grain of truth In tn
Toldoth Jeshu legend about Simon Kepha,
whom find no historical trace In the first centur
Dunbar" will please excuse me. l have I
taste for metaphysical questions STUDENT.
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