National Republican., 1881-07-09
HISTORICAL JESUS.
" "sTupENTu ON BIBLICAL RESEARCH
More Quotations from the Fairly Writers Relative
TO the Saviour-liow the Historians Dis.
ngreo-Pauls Christ aud the
Jesus Of the Gospels.
The opinion of Renan that the passage

The opinion of Renan that the passage
| In Josephus concerning Christ Is, even in part
| genuine is worthy OF writer Of historical ro-
nance who pictures Jesus as a free.lover and
| treats his readers to much 1apdoodlc. All that
! Justin says about the "Acts of Patc" is; "And
that he Christ did those things" q C., miracles
| in nilfllment Of prophecy "you mny learn from
the acts Of Pontius PLATE H. Apo, ch. 48)" Tertul
linn, the next witnoS', says, "All these things
Plate did to Christ; and now, in fact, Christian
IN his own convictions, he sont word of him TO the
reigning Cesar, who was nj the time In Tiberius"
| tApol, section 2O) Lastly, EnsobiuS "a. d. 3l5)
| THAT nothing might escape him, Pontius
Pilato transmits to Tibctius an account Of
| the circumstances concerning the resurrection
Of our Lord from the dead" (Book H., ch ~.
All this accoris with what has como down to IFS
| rs the Acts Of PLATE" &C., which 1lschondorf
assigns 10 the second century, and the author of
| the article "Piato" In Smiths Bible Dictionary
| TO the third century. Precisely what Ruscbius
meant by the forgery aud circulation in the reign
of Mnximia a. d. sos and 3l3) Of certain acts Of
Plate respecting our Saviour, full of every kind
OF blasphemy against Christ" CBook TX, chapter
W, cannot understand. The earlier documents
Acts Of flate," &c, are all now generally con.
coded TO be fOrgeres and there is no evidence that
Justin or Tertullan referred to any other historical
record.
Justin "a. d 1907 is the earliest Christian father
WnOhpCnkS oil CnriSt OOrn Ola virgin ana cruClhed
under Pontius Pilatc. But Justin had q disciple
Tatian, who, aflcr the death Of his master, re.
nounccd the doctrine Of the incarnation and hui
| maniy Of Christ and established himself about A. .
D. 10 at Antioch as q Gnostic Being alcrwardad
| judged n hereto, most of his writings were de.
stroyed But he had gospel, says Thoodorot "a
| ID. i30), which omitted the gcnealoges and all
other passages showing that Christ was born Of
David according to the flesh. Such, also, was Mar.
| clon's gospel, A. d. 40.
All we know Of CELSIUS Is what origen "a. D. go
has transmitted to u.s. But In Orlgen's quotations
| from CELSIUS Jesus is quite different person from
what the Gospels describe, and the character
agrees more nearly with that portrayed IN the
Tamud and the Toldoth Jeshce.
There is O chronological difficulty about Cy.
| renius. Publlus sulpicus Quirinus became gov.
ernor ofsyra about A. D. G, and made a capitation
tax in syria and Judea about A. d. o. Smiths
Bible Dictionary tries to get over the difficulty in
| Luke H.. 2 by supposing that Quirlnus was twice
| governor of Syria, or that the text in Luke has
been corrupted But like reference is made by
| the same gospel writer in Acts and as there was
capitation tax about the time Of the rebellion Of
Judas, Of Galilcc referred to In Acts ", g. III Co.
about A. d. Git Is evident enough that Luke
himself made the chronological blunder which is
| only one Of a great many in Acts.
How could Annas and Caiaphns be high priests
Mt the same time? 1t is true that valerius Gratus
deposed Ananus and appointed in succession Ish-
mael, Eleazer, Simon, and Caiaphas. And II is
true that Ananus lived many years after his de-
position, 0nd had five sons who succeeded to the
high priesthood But, admitting the possibility
that his successors, especially his sonsl and
his son.in.law Caiophas, deferred to parental
authority, who will believe that Plate in formal
death sentence Of Jesus Christ, engraved on brass
and in Hebrew, recognized 1.-THE pontifcate Of
Anuas and CainphasT Why the Hebrew or
| Arnm0lc name was not Annas, but Anan, and the
| Roman equivalent would be Ananus, lust as the
name Joseph is changed to Josephus Look YOU
Mr. Bray, to the original brass plate and inform
| yourself OF Ito internal evidence of authenticity
tits probably no more genuine than the holy coat
OF TrGves or tho golden plates on which the sense.
| less Book Of Mormon is alleged and certified to
have been engraved.
The authorities cited to prove that Judea was
one of the provinces of Lower Galilee and that
Plate governed Samarla and Idumea are at vari-
ance with Smiths Bible Dictionary. (see articles
lIcrod and Pilate.)
The orucifXion. says Mr.. D., Is fixed by Dr.
Strong March IL. And he should have added from
McCintock Il S,rongs CyclopRdia that the year
was probably 10 But the fatal objection to March
| L. 4. ID. %, or any ether year. Is that the Jewish
Passover never occurs before March 20. (Cham.
| Enc)
But, says SIr. D., the word Friday" never occurs
In the New Testament True, nor the word "Satur.
day But will any one deny that the synoptcs de.
scribe the crncItlxiOn as occurring OH the great
Passover Day, and that the day following was
Saturday or the Sabbath
The two Hemarns (lIabylonian and Jerusaem),
says Mr. r., alludo to Christ and the apostles Not
so. commend TO him the Rev. 5. Barring Gould's
"Lost and Hostile Gospels" which translates all
the passages from the two Gemaras supposed to re-
fer to Jesus and then frankly confcsscs that they do
not refer 10 the Jesus Christ of the Gospels but 10
| another prior Jesus, who was stoned and hanged
for sorcery, being The son OF Mary and Joseph Pan.
dGra,
In regard to the King Aretas referred to by
TNul Ill Corinthians, XII, 81 Smiths Bible DCtion.
| AIRY says u quote from the abridged edition)
There Is somewhatdiffcult chronological ques.
tion respecting the subordnation of Damascus to
this Aretas' and the writer then goes on to argue
the possibility Of Aretas, the father.in-la law OF
Herod, tctrarch Of Galilec, having been permitted
| by tho Emperor Caliguln, A. ID. 49, to- exercise
power in Damascus G); or that 1.-THE governor
under Aretas" of Arabia Petra was only visiting
DamascusC But this chronological difficulty is
now solved BY the discovery that Paul was
disciple OF another Jesus than the one
described in the GospOls-a Jesus who was
stoned Nnd hanged on n tree prior to
| 63 D. Ca Jesus who had several dis.
ciplcs with names answering TO those in the
Gospels, tsce Lost and Hostile Gospels.O No
wonder. therefore, that Paul never mentions q
Roman emperor or an event occurring under any
emperor. 30 wonder commentators find such dlf-
0eulty In identifying Pauls Christ with the Jesus
| ofthc Gospels
What, though Paul says he WAS shipwrecked
three times and was night and a day in the deep
uI. Cor, Si 25l, will II be pretended that writing
thus A. D, 57 the date assigned to the Epistle) he
described shipwrcCk on the Island Of Nelta A..
D. 60 or % (Acs xviii, "
The Jesus Of the Gospels is a myth; but thcrcw
Jesus who was executed by the Jews for sorcory
about hundred years before, STUDENT,
|