The sun., 1900-06-10
The Resurrection Of Christ.

OH Ill Iecoo a. - ScLAAN"""">-'
MAY 30.
The Resurrection Of Christ.
To rHs EDITOR OF TIE sUN-Sir: In last
Sundays Sun there are some objections put
forta In letter entitled: "A Jews Point OF
View" which will notice In order:
Now, from the New Testament II is 80 be assumed
that disciple was present 81 th- uial therefore,
none was quallned as an eyewitness 70 report
soos Him and ned tMaiIhew IITlL. s6J and Peter
alone followed Him afar on
St. Matthew does not say that Peter alone
folio wed, The word "alons' is inserted by the
writer of this letter. st. John tells US that he
also was there.
And Simon Peter followed Jesus. and 80 did an
other disciple. And that Disciple vas known 10 the
ihs Hish Priest But peter stood al the door Without
The oher disciple, therefore, who was known TO the
High Priest went out and spoke 10 the FORTRESS and
brought, In Peter John xvii, 1870
The Jewish critic continues:
Where, then, did the Information OF what took
place at the thal come from'
From Jesus. during the forty days that He
spent on earth after His Resurrection; from
Joseph OF Arimathea, a Senator. a noble coun-
sellor. member Of the Sanhedrim Matthew.
xvii, 81; Mark, Nv. AZ Luke, xiii so: John. xix.
Jol, llOIH -NtOucnue, VI tucocNs "Ohht
xix, 30; ILL.,. %; from John, who knew the High
Priest. and went into the court Of the high priest
and was present at the trial. who went with Jesus
to Pilates house. walked with Him along the
road to Calvary and stayed with Him to the
end when Christ died he was there at the foot
of the cross. Information might also be had.
II there was any need OF it. from other persons
present. who were aftcrward converted and
Chriet nd frnr ~ tha
other Jews present who were never converted.
but were willing to give truthful account Of
what had happened. The writer continues:
mysn The Ss'sPGn they give Of What they actually
stance, they saw the robe rut on Him. but
were not certain Of the color. In Matthew II Is .
scarlet robe, In John purple
The word In John can be translated Just a.
correctly red. scarlet or crimson. for that Is
what it means Our English word purple has
two meanings. 1t now usually means that color
made bv mixing red and blue but II also stu
means in English red without the blue: e. e..
we speak Of a cardinals elevation to the purple
when we mean that he receives his red OF scarlet
robe, II the writer looks In Greek dictionary
he will find that the word used by St John.
propuroun, means red. or II he does not under
stand Greek let him look for the meanings OF
the word purple In Webster's. or in the Stand
ard or in some other English dictionary
Purple in ancient times the color
obtained from the murex. properly crimson"
tStandard Dictionary The following Is prob
ably original
Afforded by the fact that the stone before the door Of
the sepulche was so great that It's removal could not
agency
Who ever offered this as a proof Of the Resur-
rection' If any one did he was fool I never
heard OF It before. VIII the writer be kind
enough to tell US where he got it' Perhaps he
dreamed 1t. The proof Of Christ's Resurrection
is that many saw Him die. and few days
| after saw Him again alive. On one occasion
| after His Resurrection He was seen by 500 peo-
| pie q. Corinthians. Nv, o. .
The Jewish critic continues:
But the argument {, not tenable, for it was no,
| necessary for an angel 10 remove the stone.
Who ever said that It WASP Three or four
men could have done II, but why should the
angel hunt around for some men to do II when
he could do It so easily HIMSELF
The critic finishes with this argument
Regarding the watch Sc, to prevent Interference
with the body Of Christ we must remember that the
body was laid 10 the sepulchre Friday afternoon be-
fore the night and the next day the Hig Priest pro-
vided the watch Therefore between the time OF the
putting Of the body In the sepulchre to the time Of
| setting the watch there ample time for human
agencies 10 roll away the stone and remove the body
| OF Christ
All right anything to oblige you Let us
brush the facts aside for the present. Suppose
| that the Apostles stols the dead body OF Christ
on Friday night, and see how that will help out
| your case. We will then also have TO suppose
that the chief priests and Pharsees. notwith-
standing all their precautions and all their
astuteness. were so stupid as not to know
enough carefully to examine the sepulchre in
| side and out before sealing the stone: but
besides explaining this miracle OF stupidity, II
will be necessary to explain how the Apostles
brought the dead body Of Christ. with spear
thrust through His heart back to life again; for
that He was seen alive after His death by many.
Is n historical fact as certain as that there is a
war between the British and Beers going on in
Africa to-day.
The actual fact Of Christs Resurrection is
easier TO believe than the ridiculous con-
sequences Of the various anti-C Christian hypoth-
eses. J.F. SHEAHAN.
PocANrIco HILLS. N. Y. Nays