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ST. JOHN ANSWERS A. L. GRIFFITH's
EXTRA ARTICLE.

TO MT. uElul III bAbId 3A eLSAV'
l. For following reasons | know
there are no discrepancies between
Matthew, Mark and John about the
time of Jesus death or crucihxiou, as
Mr.. G. so falsely asserts: ~ Matt. @7
As, does not try to hx the time at which
Christ was sentenced or the time at
which he was crucihed, but rather the
time at which the darkness occurred,
and it is unfair and cruelty false in any
one to try to make out contradiction
between Matthew and the other three
writer's about the time OF Jesus death,
for there is nothing of the sort-noth-
ing of that kind, in any sense, for Luke
23:44 speaks of same darkness from 9th
to 9th hour OF which Matthew speaks.
w Mark 1925 does not say they cruci-
fed Jesus at the 3rd hour as MIR. q.
wrongly asserts, but on the contrary
says, And it was the third hour, and
they crucified him." this and" and It's
Greek word "kai," being conjuncttons
knocks all Of Grifith's theory to atoms,
for they clearly show the crucihxion
death followed after the third hour
here spoken OF, and this exactly agrees
with Marks Greek word zen" made
quately translated was" In this verse,
for it shows, being in the imperfect
tense OF the verb "eimi,' to be, that
Christ's crueihxion was not finished
up to beginning OF 9th hour, as will
more fully appear in next item. C3)
The English Of John 1914 to which G.
refers in order to try to make it appear
that John contradicts Mark, says, 'and
about the 9th hour" 1t does not say at
the 9th hour, but only about it," and
when we understand, according to the
time ia BILE" laid down in our English
Bible, which Mr.. G. says is correct and
according to all the authorities we have
the hours spoken Of by both Mark and
John were the day hours which took
the places in the day Of the night
watches, both of which were al long as
three OF our English hours, so that the
third hour began at our o'clock in the
morning and ended at 9 a. M, which
was the hour spoken Of by Mark, while
Johns 9th hour began at 8 8. m. Just
as Marks ended, and ran to IL o'clock
noon, and therefore when John says
about the sixth hour" we as certainly
know that both he and Mark mean
about o'clock as anything else we
know, and so we also know there is nc
sort of contradiction between them
The only contradiction is in Mr.. G.''
own mind. ~ Johns Greek WORD
! "hosei," rendered "about," means IA
it," and as the Roman custom was in ur
gent cases to proceed with such senten
ces "as if" the usual sixth hour had ar
rived, we know the urgent importuni
ties of the mob democratic Jews urgeC
him to give sentence just before Mark
third hour ended at 8 o'clock, and jus
= "as il" the 9th had begun at a. m., an,
50 we know Mark and John were righ
. and Mr. G. alone is wrong, for it was ex
t actly at the ending Of Marks thir
watch hour, and about the beginning O
a Johns sixth watch hour.
At Jerusalem, at the time Of Christ
Q crucifxion, the night watches ran thus
First watch, evening, 8 to 9 p. m; ST
}. cond watch, midnight, 9 to IL p. Il
third watch, cock growing, ~ to 3 y. n
= Fourth watch, morning, to a. m
and day hours took their places just :
l have said. The third hour began I
6 in the morning, just as the mornin
night watch ended, or ran to a. 10
and the 9th hour began at a. M, an
= ended at noon, and so we know Mr.. {
l. is entirely wrong,
n No, Mr.. G., the prediction of Chri
that "the sun shall be darkened an
o the stars fall from heaven and tt
% moon shall not give her light, ar
N the powers of the heavens shall be sh
it ken, Matt. "a: 29) has never yet bee
Ie fulfilled, neither has that generate
II yet passed, as he said it should not
verse 94 for as long as one person
1 that generation still lives in the fle.
e. this generation has not passed." al
Z. that John the Revelator, the discip
Or whom Jesus loved, and to whom Jes
s. alluded in this generation" is ST
living in the flesh, this scripture in Il
is saith verse of the oath chapter of Ma
a. and Matt 10: 2S Matt l6, .2S) al
ut John 21-22 make very clear for the ol
" says: There be some Greek, "tis" OF
ar certain one) standing here, which sh;
n not taste of death, till they (he) sh;
70 see the Son of man coming in His kin
dom" and the other says: "If l W
that he (John) tarry till come what
that to thee?" So, we know John st
lives and according the Rev. II: Z
At and Elijah will, at the coming Of Chri
~ be killed as the two witnesses, and il
s. before he passes all the predictions
be the gath chapter of Matthew will be +
70 filed including those about which "
be Mr.. G., inquire. and so Christ was I
be mistaken, but you Mr.. G., are bi
ly mistaken, or badly wrong.
No, Mr.. G., Adam was not a gia