(14) Τῶν Θείων προς φητῶν ταυλα Πολλὰ ἢ * χαλεπά Απίωνος ειρηκότα. XVIII. 10. Τῶν κατηγόρων ὅτι νεώταῖόν ἐσιν ειρηκότων. Contr. Ap. * άλλα μυ εία θαυμά σια πει αυτ ἔτι τε νῦν] Χρισιανών Σποτ δε ώνομασμένων (17) Ουκ έπέλειπε τὸ φύλον Ἔτι τὸ καὶ νῦν διαμλύει. Ι. 22. ult. Από ἢ τη Σεβας » Αγρίππα Σεβαςὴ καὶ Αγριππίας πόλεις ἕτεροι μετωνομάσθησαν. De Bell. I. 4. Καὶ τρισὶ τοῖς ἡδίσοις προσώποις αφ' ὧν ὠνόμασε τῆς πύργος. — ἀπὸ τὸ φίλε προσω αγορευθείς. VI. 13. Τόνδε τὸν Σέθων, τ κ Ραμέσην, ἀπὸ Ραψηῖς τὸ παρὸς ὠνομασμλύον. Contr. Ap. I. Οὐκ ἐπέλειπε δ ̓ ἐδὲν αὐτὲς τέτων. Antig. VIII. 7. Ιδαίον φύλον. ΙΙΙ. 24, & alibi fæpiffime. N. B. Since Tanaquil Faber pretended that Eufebius, who twice alleges this Teftimony of Jofephus, as we fhall fee presently, did himself forge it out of his own Head: Hear what this our accurate Examiner of its Style, Mr. Daubuz, fays as to that Matter, and judge what little Reafon Faber had on his Side, when, on Account of its Style, he not only denied the Paffage to belong to Jofephus, but fuppofed it to be the Compofition of Eufebius. His Words in Engli/h are thefe: « I affirm, that I "have found the Style of Eufebius to be intirely "unlike to this Teftimony in Jofephus; and that "there is fcarce one Phrafe in this whole Paffage "which expreffes the genuine familiar Language of ss Eufebius. Sub finem. -The The ancient CITATIONS of the Teftimonies of Jofephus from his own Time, till the End of the XVth Century: (including the remarkable Attestations of Suetonius and Dio to Jofephus's Veracity) [See moft of these Testimonies, in part or in whole, prefixed before the two laft Editions of Jofephus.] About A. D. 147. Juft. Mart. Dialog. cum Tryph. P. 234. Εγνώκατε [ Ιεδαίοι ] αυτ τὸν ἀνασάντα ἐκ νεκρῶν, καὶ ἀναβάντα εἰς ὃ ἐρανὸν ὡς αἱ προφητείαι προεμύνον ai Χρησόμθυον. Eπ You [Jews] knew that Jefus was rifen from the Dead, and afcended inta Heaven ; as the Prophecies did foretell was to happen... About About A. D. 230. Origen. Comment. in Matth. Ρ. 230. Επὶ τοσᾶτον ἢ διέλαμπεν τῷ ὁ Ιάκωβο ἐν τῷ λαῷ ἐπὶ δικαιον. ὄνης ὡς Φλάβιον Ιώσηπον αναγράψαντα ἐν εἴκοσι βιβλίοις * Ιεδαϊκὴν Αρχαιολογίαν, * αἰτίαν παρατῆσαι βελόμθμον τῷ τὰ τοις αῦτα πεπονθέναι ΐ λαὸν, ὡς καὶ ναὸν καλασκαφῆναι, εἰρηκέναι καὶ μῆνιν Θεῖ ταῦτα αὐτοῖς ἀπηντηκέναι, διὰ τὰ εἰς Ιάκωβον, ἢ ἀδελφὸν Ιησέ το λεγομώς Χρις, ὑπ ̓ αὐτῶν τετολμημία· καὶ τὸ θαυμαςόν ἐσιν, ὅτι * Ιησῖν ἡμῶν ἐ κατατ δεξάμα είναι Χρισόν, ἐδὲν ἧτον Ιακώβῳ δικαιοσύνην ἐμαρτύρησε τοσαύτην· λέγει 3, ὅτι καὶ ὁ λαὸς ταῦτα ἐνόμιζε διὰ ἢ Ιάκωβον πεπονθέναι. This James was of fo fhining a Character among the People, on Account of his Righteoufners, that Flavius Books of the fewih AntiJofephus, when, in his XX quities, he had a mind to fet down what was the Caufe why the People fuffer'd fuch Miferies, till the very Holy Houfe was demolifhd, he faid, that there Things befel them by the Anger of God, on account of what they had dared to do to James, the Brother of Jefus who was called Chrif. And wonderful it is, that, while he did not receive Jefus for Chrift, he did neverthelefs bear witnefs that Fames was fo righteous a Man. He fays farther, that the People thought that they fuffer'd these things for the Sake of James. About A. D. 250. Contr. Cell. L. I. p. 35, 36. ων. Εν ἢ τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ος cation to those that were Book of Jewih Antiquities, that John was the Baptif; and that he promifed Purif baptized. The fame foeplus alio, altho' he did not believe in Jefus as Chrif when he was enquiring after the Caule of the Deftru&tion of ferufalem, and of the Demolition of the Temple, and ought to have faid, that their Machinations against Jefus were the Caufe of thofe Miseries coming on the People; becaufe they had fain that Chriβ, who was foretold by the Prophets, he, thol as it were unwillingly, and yet as one not remote from the Truth, fays, Thefe Miferies befel the Jews by way of Revenge for James the fult, who was the Brother of Je us that was called Chrift; fus becaufe they had flain him who was a moft righteous. Perfon. Now this fames was he whom that genuine Difciple of Jefus, Paul, faid he had feen as the Lord's Bro lation implies not fo much ther, [Gal. i. 19.] which Renearnefs of Blood, or the fameneis of Education, as it does the Agreement of Manners and Preaching. If therefore he fays the Defolation of Jerufalem befel the Jews for the Sake of James, with how much greater Reason might he have faid, that it happened for the Sake of Jefus? &c. Τίτο L. II. p. 69. Τίτω καθεῖλε Η Ιερουσαλήμ, ὡς μελὺ Ιώσηπο γράφει, διὰ Ιάκωβον * δίκαιον, * ἀδελφὸν Ιησῶ τῇ λεγομβών Χρις ώς αλήθεια παρίς τησι, διά Ιησεν Θεό. Χρισὸν τὸ Titus destroyed Jerufalem, according to fofephus, on account of fames the ful, the Brother of Jefus, who was called Chrift : but in Truth, on Account of Jefus, the Chrift of God. About A. D. 324. Eufeb. Demonftr. Evan. L. III. . p. 124. ̓Αυτάρκης μοὺ ἦν καὶ ἡ τῶνδε τυχχάνει πεὶ το Σωτῆς @ ἡμῶν μαρτυρία· ἐδὲν ἢ οἷον ἐκ τειγσίας καὶ τῷ ἐξ Εβραίτων Ιωσήπω μάρτυρι χρήσα παι· ὃς ἐν τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ - Ιεδαϊκής Αρχαολογίας, τὲς Πιλάτε χρόνες, ἱςορῶν, μέμνη) το σωτῆς ἡμῶν ἐν τέτοις· Γίνε ἢ κατ' ἐκεῖνον - χρόνον Ιησές, σοφὸς ανήρ, εἶχε ἄνδρα αὐτὸν λέγειν χρή. ἦν η παραδόξων ἔργων ποιητῆς, διδάσκαλο ανθρώπων τἀληθῆ σεβομβύων· καὶ πολλὲς μὺ τὸ Ιεδαϊκό, πολλὲς ἢ * Ελληνικό ἐπηγάγετο. Ὁ Χριτὸς ἔτι ἦν. Καὶ αὐτὸν ἐνδείξει * παρ' ἡμῖν ἀρχόντων, σαυρῷ πιτετιμηκότα Πιλάτ8, ἐκ ἐπαύσαντο οι τὸ πρῶτον ἀγαπήσαντες· ἐφάνη δ αὐτοῖς τρίτην ἡμέραν πάλιν ζῶν. Τῶν θείων προφητών ταῦτά τε, καὶ ἄλλα μυρία σε αύτες . Certainly the Atteftation of thore I have already produced concerning our Saviour may be fuficient. However, it may not be amiss if, ufe of Jofephus the few for over and above, we make a farther Witnefs. Who in the XVIII Book of his Antiquities, when he was writing the Hiftory of what happened under Pilate, makes mention of our Saviour in thefe Words. Now there was about this Time Jefus, to call him a Man: for he a wife Man, if it be lawful was a Doer of wonderful Works, a Teacher of fuch Men as had a Veneration for Truth. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. when Pilate, at the SuggeHe was the Chrift. And fion of the principal Men among us, had condemned him to the Crofs, thole that loved |