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20 of the Jewish courts on all Jewish questions. This is the reason Herod Antipas was tried by the Roman Senate: he had executed John the Baptist without a trial. Then we see why the Jews and Romans worked together on all questions of law; hence the great excitement of both nations. This is the reason why Pilate made his report to Cæsar.

Now I say no event creating so much excitement could take place without more or less record being made of it; for if the Scripture is true — and I believe it is — there never was a man on earth who had so many followers in so short a time. Caiaphas says Jesus had been preaching three years, and he then had more followers than Abraham. This causes me to say again that if the New Testament records are true, then the historical items contained in this book must be true; and if these items, or items like them, be not true, then the items of the New Testament are not true; that is, no man dare to say these are the identical items, but items like these, and why not these? They came from the right place. The parchments and scrolls upon which they are written are such as were used in those days, but to say these are the same is to say what no man dare to say. The time has been too long and the distance to the place where the records are kept is too great for all men to make the examination for themselves, hence I ask all to consider this question fairly.

Let me invite the attention of the reader to the