The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
A Jews Point al View,

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To THE EDITOR or THE SrN Sir: InTHE SrN
OF the 18th Mr.. :. X. Waters refers TO the varia-
ton in the Gospels of Christ : answer 10 the High
Priests question. II adjure you whether
thou he the Christ. the Son of God?" Now. from
the New Testament it is to DO assumed that no
disciple was present at the trial. therefore none
was qualified as an eyewitness 10 report from
his own knowledge the exact answer Christ had
given, for when Christ was led to the trial all the
disciples forsook Him and fedNlatthew. xvii.
56), and Peter alone followed him afar on $50
went in and sal with The servants 10 see the end.
his object being to get Information Of the pro-
ceedingS and rcsIl, OF the trial. through the
medium OF the servants, but he was susl eCtcd
and identified before the end. and was just able
10 save himself by his stout denial, and left
the palace. Where, then. did the Information of
what took place at the trial come from?
II Is obvious that the record in the Gospels on
this point is founded on Information which
leaked out from the council chamber. reaching
in some way presumably not directly-th the ear
Of the disciples. and was The best account they
could procure. hence The diversion in the record.
Even the description they give of what they
actually Witnessed Is not always correct. owing
10 the distance OF The place OF their obser-
walton, for instance. when the soldiers took
Christ into the common hall the disciples surely
would not approach that place for fear Of vio-
lcnce, but they informed the writers OF the
Gospels Of what they had seen at such "A dis
lance that they saw the robe put on Him. but
we're not certain OF the color. In Matthew II Is
a scarlet robe. in st John a purple, Those
Of the disciples who watched the cruciflXion
must have seen II also from a safe distance
Only many women are recorded a. beholding
It afar of. In the Gospel Of Matthew. xviii. SO,
Mary Magdalene Is reported among this group,
but ST John. xix IS. says that she stood by the
cross with His mother; the different re-
ports being traccable to the different impress
sions the disciples al the distance received.
Some supposed Mary sta ndinG near the cross.
some placed her among the women standing
far of. and each reported what he supposed to
be a true fact.
The New Testament begins the book of the
generation Of Christ, the Son OF David, litaken
literally this statement conflicts with the pas
sage usJ in which Mary is described as with
child by the Holy Ghost before she and
Joseph met Ii Joseph was not his physical
father he cannot be a descendant of David.
II j. "A strange coincidence that Elisha, long
before Christ was born. had performed most, IL
not all, Of those miracles We read of in the New
Testament Christ's miracles are, therefore,
not original. They seem more n repetition of
the miracles recorded of Elisha. Elisha
healed Naaman. the leper, bv having him
dipped seven times in the Jordan, and his flesh
was clean" Elisha refused the present of
Naaman. SO did Christ cnioin the apostles 10
go out and heal AND not receive money, &c.
Elisha brought back to life the dead enid of
II - ~. A
pie on twenty barley loave, of bread. "and they
did eat and left thereof as the Lord said. "
Elisha caused the resurrection Of "A dead man
who was cast into the sepulchre of Elisha.
When the man was let down ana touched the
bones Of Elisha he revived and stood up
Proof Of the resurrection of Chri,t is said 10
be afforded by the fact that the stone before
the door of the sepulchre was so great that its
removal could not be- accomplished by human
hands or by any natural agency. and, more
over. considering the seal the High Priest had
set on the stone ard the watch at the sepulchre.
the impossibility OF removing the stone without,
having been noticed by the watch /, alleged.
But the argument is not tenablc, because it was
not necessary for an angel 10 remove the stone
Joseph. the Arithmathean who laid Christ in
his sepulchre, rolled a great stone 10 the door,
and If human hands could do tina, they could
roll away the stone, Regarding he watch set
to prevent interference with the body of Christ,
we must remember that The body was laid in
the sepulchro Friday afternoon before the night
and "th" next day the High Priest provided
the watch. Therefore, between the time of the
putting the body in the 'epulchrr to the time of
setting the watch there wa, ample time for
human agencies 10 roll AWAY the stone and re-
move the body Of Christ. = BLACK.
New YORK, May H.