Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... Jesus gave to his character and pretensions in their remonstrances with Pontius Pilate . And Justin Martyr , about a hundred years afterwards , complains that the same mis- take prevailed in his time ; " ye having heard that we are ...
... Jesus gave to his character and pretensions in their remonstrances with Pontius Pilate . And Justin Martyr , about a hundred years afterwards , complains that the same mis- take prevailed in his time ; " ye having heard that we are ...
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... Jesus Christ . We have a history taking up the narrative from his death , and carrying on an account of the propagation of the religion , and of some of the most eminent persons engaged in it , for a space of nearly thirty years . We ...
... Jesus Christ . We have a history taking up the narrative from his death , and carrying on an account of the propagation of the religion , and of some of the most eminent persons engaged in it , for a space of nearly thirty years . We ...
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... Jesus Christ , the founder of the religion , was , in con- sequence of his undertaking , put to death , as a malefactor , at Jerusalem . This point at least will be granted , because it is no more than what Tacitus has recorded . They ...
... Jesus Christ , the founder of the religion , was , in con- sequence of his undertaking , put to death , as a malefactor , at Jerusalem . This point at least will be granted , because it is no more than what Tacitus has recorded . They ...
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... Jesus , that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body- knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus , and shall present us with you -- For which cause we faint not ; but , though our ...
... Jesus , that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body- knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus , and shall present us with you -- For which cause we faint not ; but , though our ...
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... Jesus , whom the rulers and inhabitants of that place had so lately crucified , was , in truth , the person in whom all their prophecies and long expectations terminated ; that he had been sent amongst them by God ; and that he was ...
... Jesus , whom the rulers and inhabitants of that place had so lately crucified , was , in truth , the person in whom all their prophecies and long expectations terminated ; that he had been sent amongst them by God ; and that he was ...
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