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* JESUS CHRIST. 198 JETTISON. the cross, through Pilate's permission, and buried in a sepulchre near at hand. On the Sunday following, upon the visit of certain of the women disciples to the tomh for the purpose of embalm- ing the body, it was found that the stone had been rolled away and the sepulchre itself was empty. Later .lesus Himself appeared to the women, and then to other of the disciples in various places and to varying numbers. These a|ii)earances were repeated at intervals during forty days, .lesus seems to have given Himself in them- to interpreting to His disciples the mean- ing of His death in the light of the Old Testa- ment Scriptures, and to further instructing them in "the things pertaining to the kingdom of God" (Acts i. 3). At some time within this period He laid upon them the specific commission to go out into all the world as His representatives and bring men into His discipleship (Matt. xxviii. 18-20). Finally, in a company of the disciples whom He had led out from the city to Bethany, He was taken from them into heaven. (See Resurrection, in the article Gospel.) From Bethany the disciples returned to .Jerusa- lem, where they waited until the day of Pente- cost, at which time, under manifestations of spe- cial inspiration from heaven, they began their work of the proclamation of Jesus' religion to the world. Bibliography. Consult, among the more re- cent books: (1) For General Survey of Narra- tive: Keini, Gesehichte Jcsu von Xazara (Eng. trans., Edinburgh, 1876-81); SUlker, The Life of Jesus Christ. (Edinburgh. 1880); B. Weiss, Das Ijeben Jesu (Eng. trans., Edinburgh, 1883) ; Edersheim, Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (London, 1883) ; Andrews, The Life of Our Lord (New York, 1892) ; Bevschlag, Das Lehen Jesu (Halle, 1803) ; Gilbert, The Student's Life of Jesus (New York, 1896) ; Reville, Jesus de a- zareth (Paris, 1897) ; Rhees, The Life of Jrsus of Nazareth (New York, 1901); O. Holtzinann, Lehen Jesu (I^ipzig, 1901) ; Didon, Jesus Christ (trans., New York. 1901); Fouard, The Christ the Son of Cod (trans., I^ndon, 1890). (2) For .Tewish background: Schiirer, Gesehichte des jiidischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu ChrisH (Eng. trans.. New York, 1896) ; Baldensperger, Das Selbstheicusstsein Jesu im Lichte der ines- sianischen Hoffnunfjen seiner Zeit (Strassburg, 1892). (3) For history of the land: G. A. Smith, The Bistorienl Geoip-aphy of the Holy Land (New York, 18961. (4) For teachings of .Tcsus: Wendt. Die Lrhre Jesu, (Eng. trans, of 2d vol. only, Edinburgh. 1892) ; Dalman. Die Worte Jesu (f.na. trans., Edinburgh, 1902). JESTTS COLLEGE. A college of Cambridge Ihiiversitv. It was founded in 1496 by .John .lcock. Bishop of Ely. on the site, and in part with the property, of the nunnery of Saints Mary and Rhadegimde, which dated from 1133. and had beoome bankrupt in revenues, reputation, and numbers. The buildings of the college, which date from the twelfth to the nineteenth cen- tury, are among the most attractive in Cam- bridge, comprising as they do the old nun- nerv buildings and church, as well as the later colleciate additions. The almost monastic se- clusion of the college and its quiet charm well warrant to-day the title bestowed on it by .James I., Musarum Cantahriqiensium 3/«.<te«m, the house of the Cambridge muses. The college consisted. ill 1902, of a master, 16 fellows, and 32 scholars, with college ollicials and some S,'5 undergraduates. It presents to 16 livings. .4mong the worthies of .Jesus College are Archbishops Cranmer, Ban- croft, and Sterne, Bishops Pearson, Fox, and Fisher, .lohn Strype, .John Bale, Laurence Sterne, and S. T. Coleridge. See Cambkidge, University OF. JESUS COLLEGE. A college of Oxford Uni- versity. It was llic first college fuunded aft<'r the lleformation, aiul owes its cstaliHshmcnt to Dr. Hugh ap Rice, or Price, who in 1571 was granted a charter for its foundation l)v Queen Elizabeth. Later the Queen added a gift of part of the land on which the college now stands, and timber from the royal forests, and took the title of founder. The college was intended for Welsh students, who still form the largest part of its membership, and it has always been closely asso- ciated with Wales and the Welsh marches. The earls of Pembroke are its hereditary visitors. 'I he college was greatly increased in the seven- teenth century by the benefactions and influence of two of it.s masters. The first of these. Sir Eubule Thellwall. obtained a new charter from (James I., added in 1621 to the buildings, and doubled the endowment. The second was the distinguished diplomat Sir IjColine .Jenkins, who became master of the college in 1661, and added greatly to its resources by bequest in 18.5. Its buildings, chiefly of the sixteentli and seventeenth centuries, have been lestored since 1850, and are now very attractive. The library is rich in scarce books and manuscripts, particularly those con- nect«l with the history and literature of Wales. See Oxford University. JET (OF. jet. jaet, jayet. fiayet. Fr. )nyet, jais, from Lat. gagates. Gk. yaydTT)s, gagates, jet, from Tiyris, (lages, r<i7oi, Gagai, a town and river of Lycia. in Asia Minor, where the mineral abounded). A black variety of liiluminous cnal that is easily cut and carved, and takes a high polish. It occurs at various places in Bavaria, i?ohemia; Aude, France; Germany; near Villa- viciosa, Spain : also in the Tertiary clays along the coast of Yorkshire, England, especially at Whitby, where it is found mixed with fragments of bituminized wood of coniferous trees in the upper lias or alum shale of that district. Owing to the high jiolish that it takes, it is extensively used as material for dress-trimmings and mourn- ing jewelry, .mong the Greeks it was consid- ered a remedy for toothache when powdered and mixed with wine, and was applied, with bees- wax, to tumors. Popular belief attributed to it a power of revealing faithlessness. JETSAM (corrupted form of jet son, jettison) . Goods which go down with the ship on which Ihey are carried, or which are ca.st overboard from a vessel in peril of storm or capture, and then sink and do not come to the surface. See Flot.sam ; Derelict; Wreck. JETTISON (OF. getnison, gettaison, from Lat. jartatio, a throwing', from jactare. frequenta- tive of jacere, to throw). In maritime law, the throwing overboard of a ship's cargo, either in whole or in part, in cases of necessity, so as to lighten the vessel in a storm, or to prevent cap- ture, or for other justifiable cause. The power to jettison a cargo is lodged by the law in every master of a ship while upon the high seas and in extremity of danger. The loss sustained by