Ἐ αὐτῇ εἰρηκότων· ὅθεν εἰσέτι νῦν ἀπὸ τόδε Χριςιανών ἐκ ἐπέλιπε τὸ φῦλον. τοίνυν καὶ ἢ ἱςορικὸν μαρτυρείν, 3 μόνον τῆς δώδεκα αποςόλους, ἐδὲ τὰς ἑβδομήκοντα μας θητὰς ἐξωκειωμέν@, ἀλλὰ πολλοὺς μὴὺ τὸ Ιεδαϊκό, πολλὲς ἢ το Ελληνικό προσαγόμα, δῆλο ἂν εἴη πειτε τόν τι κεκτημλύο d της λοιπες ανθρώπες. Πῶς ἂν ἄλλως προσήγετο το 18δαϊκό και το Ελληνικό πλείες, εἰ μή τισι θαυμαςοῖς ή παραδόξοις έργοις, κ ξηνιζέση κέχρητο διδασκαλία; μαρίνβει ἢ καὶ ἡ 7 πράξεων αποςόλων γραφὴ, ὅτι πολλαὶ μυριάδες ἦσαν Ιεδαίων ανὁρῶν πεπεισμβρίων αὐτὸν εἶ και 7 Χριςόν τ8 Θε8, Η υπό προφητῶν κατηγγελμλύον. loved him at firft did not forfake him: for he appear'd to them alive again the third Day, as the divine Prophets had spoken of thefe, and a vaft Number of other wonderful Things concerning him. Whence *e Tribe of Chriftians, fo amed from him, are not extinct at this Day. If therefore we have this Hiftorian's Teftimony, that he not only brought over to himself the Twelve Apoftles, with the Seventy Difciples, but many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles allo. He muft' manifefly have had fomewhat in him extraordinary, above the reft of Man kind. For how otherwise could he draw over fo many of the Jews, and of the Gentiles, unlefs he perform'd ad mirable and amazing Works, and used a Method of Teaching that was not common? Moreover, the Scripture of the Acts of the Apostles bears witness, that there were many Myriads of Jews who were perfuaded that he was the Chrift of God, who was foretold by the Prophets. [As xxi. 20.] About A. D. 330. Hift. Ecclef. I. 11. Τι Βαπις, Ιωάννη ὑπὸ το νέο Ηρώδε * κεφαλήν dποιμηθέν μνημονεύει με ἡ θεία 7 βαγίελίων γραφή. Συνιςορεῖ γε μὴν καὶ ὁΙώσηπ, όνομας, σ' τε Ηρωδιάδα μνήμην πεποιημώς, ή ως ἀδελφέ γυναῖκα ἦσαν αὐτὴν ἠδάγετο Now the divine Scripture of the Gofpels makes mention of John the Baptif, as having his Head cut of by the younger Herod. 7ofephus allo concurs in this Hiftory, and makes mention of Herodias by Name, as the Wife of his Brother, whom Herod a γυ δια Γάγετο πρὸς γάμον Ηρώδης, αἰθετήσας μου Η προτέρων αυτῷ καὶ νόμω γεγαμη μην ναῖκα. Αρέτα δ' αὐτὴ το Πετραίων βασιλέως θυγάτης. Τὴν ἢ Ηρωδιάδα ζῶν ζήσας τὸ ὁ δρός, δι ̓ ἣν * * Ιωάννην ἀνελῶν πόλεμον αἴρες πρὸς * Αρέταν, [ f. πρὸς αὐτὸν Αρέτας ] ὡς ἂν ἠτιμασμλύης αυτό η θυγατρός· ἐν ᾧ που λέμῳ μάχης γυομβύης πάντα Φησὶν * Ηρώδη sealὸν διαsegítáv φθαρῆναι· καὶ ταῦτα πεπονείναι η επιβολῆς ἕνεκεν τs και Ιωάννης γεγυημθύης. Ὁ δ ̓ αὐτὸς Ιώσηπ@· ἐν τοῖς μάλιςα δικαιότατον και βαπιτήν ὁμολογὼν γε[ονέναι * Ιωάννην, τοῖς πεὶ αὐτὸ καὶ + = dar γελίων γραφὴν ἀναγεγραμμένοις συμμαρτυρεῖ. Ισορες ἢ καὶ ὶ Ηρώδην η βασιλείας ἀποπεπτωκέναι διὰ Ἡ αὐτὴν Ηρωδιάδα, μεθ ̓ ἧς αὐτὸν καὶ εἰς ἢ ὑπερορίαν ἀπεληλάσαι Βιένναν - Γαλλίας πόλιν οικεῖν καταδικασθέντα. ταῦτά γε αὐτῷ ἐν ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ το Αρχαιολογίας δεδήλων· ἔνθα συλλαβαίς αὐτοῖς πεὶ τὸ Ιωάννα ταῦτα γράφει. Τισὶ ἢ 7 Ιεδαίων ἐδόκει όλῳλέναι * Ηρώδη τραlὸν ὑπὸ τῆ Θεῖ, καὶ μάλα δικαίως τιν νυμφών, και ποινὴν Ιωάννη τῷ καλεμ ώς Βαπις κτείνει ~ τᾶτον Ηρώδης, ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ τοῖς Ιεδαίοις κελεύοντα Καὶ ἀρετὴν Herod had married, upon divorcing his former lawful Wife. She was the Daughter of Aretas, King of the Herodias he had parted from Petrean Arabians; and which her Hufband while he was alive. On whose Account alfo, when he had flain John, he made War with Aretas [f. Aretas made War with him] becaufe his Daughter had been ufed difhonourably. In which War, when it came Herod's Army was deftroy'd; to a Battle, he fays, that all and that he fuffer'd this be caufe of his wicked Contrivance againft John. Moreover the fame Jofephus, by acknowledging John to have been a moft righteous Man, his Tefimony with what is and the Baptift, confpires in written in the Gofpels. He allo relates, that Herod loft his Kingdom for the Sake of the fame Herodias; together with whom he was himfelf condemned to be banim'd to Vienna, a City of Gall. And this is his Account in the XVIII Book of Antiqui ties; where he writes thus of john verbatim: Some of the fews thought that the Deftruction of Herod's Army came from God, and that very juftly, as a Punithment for what he did againft John that was called the Baptif for Herod few him, who was a good Man, and one that commanded the Jews to exer αρετὴν ἐπασκῆσαι, καὶ τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλες δικαιοσύνη, καὶ πρὸς τὰ Θεὸν οὐσεβεία χρωχρει μερες, βαπλισμό συνιέναι [f. συνεῖναι. ] ἔτω δ' δὴ καὶ βάπλισιν ἀποδεκλὴν αὐτῷ φανέος, μὴ ἐπί τινων άμαρ τάδων παραθήσει χρωμβρύων, ἀλλ' ἐφ ̓ ἁγνείᾳ τὰ σώμα @ ἅτε δὴ καὶ τὸ ψυχῆς δικαιοσύνη προεκκεκαθαρμβύης. Καὶ * άλλων συςρεφομβρίων, καὶ મળે η ήσθησαν διπλείςον τῇ κροάσει 7 λόγων, δείσας Ηρώτης τὸ ὑπὶ τοσόνδε πειθανὸν αύτες τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, μὴ δὲ ἀποςάσει φέροιτο· πάντα η ἐῴκεσι σαν συμβολῇ τῇ ἐκείνη πράξονες· πολὺ κρέτίον ήγείται πρίν τι νεώτερον απ' αυτός γενέσθαι προλαβών αναιρεῖν, ή μεταβολῆς γενομθύης εἰς πράγματα εμπεσών με τανοεῖν. Καὶ ὁ μπω εποψίας το Ηρώδες δέσμιο εἰς + Μαχαιρένια πεμφθείς, το προειρημβύου Φρέριον, τάυλη κτίννυ). Ταῦτα πεὶ τῇ Iwρίννει διελθών, και τι Σωτής καὶ @ ἡμῶν καὶ αὐτὴν τε συγ. γράμματα Ισορίαν ώδέ πως μέμνην· Γίνεται ἢ καὶ τόπον * χρόνον Ιησές τις, σοφός ἀνὴρ, εἶχε ἄνδρας αὐτὸν λέγειν χρήν η το ραδόξων ἔργων ποιητής, διδάσκαλο ανθρώπων - σὺν ἡδονῆ τα ληθῆ δεχομλύων. καὶ πολλὲς μελι ο Ικδαίων, πολλές και 1 exercife Virtue, both as to Righteoufnels towards one God, fo to come to another and Pi towards d Baptifm, for that by this means the washing with Water] would appear acceptable to him, when they made ufe of it, not in order to the putting away [or the Remiflion] of fome Sine [only] but for the Purification of the Body: fuppofing fill that rified before-hand by Righte the Soul were throughly puouinels. Now when [many] others came in Crouds about him, for they were greatly delighted in hearing his Words, Herod was afraid that this fo great Power of perfuading Men might tend to fome Sedition or other, for they every thing he should advife seemed to be difpofed to do them to, fo he fuppofed it better to prevent any Attempt for a Mutation from him, by cutting him off, than after any fuch Mutation Dhould be brought about, and the Publick fould fuffer, to repent of fuch Negligence.] Αc. cordingly he was fent a Pri Toner, out of Herod's fufpicious Temper, to Macharus, the Cattle I before mention ed, and was there put to Death. When Jofephus had faid this of John, he makes mention_alfo of our Saviour in the fame Hiftory, after this Manner: Now there was about this Time one D Jefus, Σπό ξ Ελληνικό ἐπηγάγετο. ὁ Χριστὸς ἔτι ἦν. » αυτόν, ἐδείξει * πρώτων ἀνδρῶν παρ' ἡμῖν, ςαυρῷ ὑππτετιμηκότα Πιλάτε, ἐκ ἐξεπαυσαντο οι τὸ πρῶτον αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσαντες ἐφάνη ἢ αὐτοῖς τρίτην ἔχων ἡμέραν, πάλιν ζῶν. Τῶν θείων προφητῶν ταῦτά τε καὶ άλλα μυρία πει αύτε θαυμάσια εἰρηκότων. εἰσέτι τε νῦν - χριςιανῶν, ἀπὸ τόδε ὠνομασμένων, ἐκ ἐπέλιπε το φύλον. Ταῦτα τὸ ἐξ Εβραίων συγγραφέως ανέκαθεν τῇ ἑαυτά γραφή είτε Βαπτις8 Ιωάννε, και το Σωτήρ ἡμῶν παραδεδωκότα, τις ἂν λίποιτο αποφυγή, κ. τ. λ. αν Jefus, a wife Man, if it be lawful to call him a Man ; for he was a Doer of wonfuch Men as receive the derful Works, a Teacher of Truth with Pleafure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles alfo. He was the Chrift. And when Pilate, at the Suggeftion of the principal Men among us, had condemned him to the Crols, thole that loved him at the firft did not forfake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third Day, as the Divine Prophets had foretold thefe and a vaft Number of other wonderful Things concerning him. And ftill the Tribe of Chriftians, fo named from him, are not extinct at this Day. And fince this Writer, fprung from the Hebrews themfelves, has delivered thefe Things above, in his own Work, concerning John the Baptift and our Saviour, what Room is there for any farther Evafion, &c. II. 23. Οντως άρχ Ï θαυμάσιος τις ἦν ν α τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν επί δικαιοσύνη βεβόητο ὁ Ιάκωβο, ως ἢ τὰς Ιωδαίων ἔμφρονας δι ξάζειν ταύτην εἶναι + αἰτίαν πραχήμα με το μαρτύριον αυτες πολιορκίας το Ιεςεσαλήμ· ἣν δι ἐδὲν ἕτερον αὐτοῖς συμβῆναι, ἢ age τὸ ที่ κατ' αυτε τολμηθὲν ἄγω. ὁ χεν Ιώσηπο ἐκ απώκνησε κα τέτ' ἐγγράφως μαρτύρα παι, δι' ὧν φησι λέξεων Ταῦτα Now James was fo wonderful a Perfon, and was fo celebrated by all others for Righteoufners, that the judicious Jews thought this to have been the Occafion of that Siege of Jerufalem,which came on prefently after his Martyrdom ; and that it befel them for no other Reafon, than that impious Fact they were guilty of againft him. Jofephus therefore did not refuse to atteft thereto following. There Miferies in Writing, by the Words befel el Ταῦτα ἢ συμβέβηκεν Ιεδαίοις κατ' ἐκδίκησιν Ιακώβε το δικαίς, ὃς ἦν ἀδελφὸς Ιησέ το λειομένα Χρις, ἐπειδήπερ δικαιότατον αὐτὸν ὄντα οι Is δαῖοι ἀπέκτειναν. Ὁ δ' αὐτὸς καὶ * θάνατον αυτε εν εἶκος, το Αρχαιολογίας δηλοῖ λαὶ τέτων Πέμπει ο Καίσαρ Αλβῖνον εἰς + Ιεδαίαν ἔπαρχον, Φής τελευτὴν πυθόμενα. ὁ ἢ νεώτερα Αναν, ὃν * χιερωσύνην έπομεν παρειληφέναι, θρασὺς ἦν ἳ τρόπον, καὶ τολμητὴς Δαφερόντως, αίρησιν ἢ μελῄει Σαδδοκαίων, οἱπέρ εἰσι πεὶ τὰς κρίσεις ὠμοι παρὰ πάνας της Ισδάιος, καθώς ήδη δεδηλώκαμεν· ἅτε δὴ ἔν τοῦτος ὢν ὁ ΑνανΘ, νομίσας ἔχειν και ρὸν ὑπιτήδειον, [οὶ τὸ τεθνάκαι μη φῆσον, Αλβῖνον ἢ ἔτι και ἢ ὁδὸν ὑπάρχειν, καθ. ίζει συνέδριον κριτῶν, καὶ παραγαγὼν εἰς αὐτὸ * αδελφὸν Ιησᾶ τὸ Χρις λεγομένω, (Ιάκωβο ὄνομα αὐτω) και τινας ἑτέρες, ὡς τρανομησάντων καλη ορίαν ποιησάμι, παρέδωκε λάπησομένες. σοι δ' ἐδόκων υπεκέςατοι καὶ Ἡ πόλιν εἶναι, ἢ τὰ πεὶ τις νόμος ἀκριβεῖς, βαρέως ἤνεγκαν ὅπὶ τέτῳ· κ πέμπεσι πρὸς ἢ βασιλέα κρύφα, παρακαλῶντες αὐτὸν πιςεκαὶ τῷ Ανάνω μηκέτι τοι αυτα befel the Jews by way of Revenge for James the Full, who was the Brother of feus that was called Chrif; had flain him who was a on this Account, that they moft righteous Perfon. The fame Jofephus declares the Manner of his Death in the XX Book of Antiquities in there Words : Cafar fent Albinus into 7udea, to be Procurator, when he had heard that Feftus was dead. Now Ananus junior, who, as we faid, had been admitted to the High-Priefthood, was in his Temper bold and daring in an extraordinary Manner. He was alfo of the Set of the Sadducees, who are more favage in Judgment than any of the other Jews, as we have already fignified. Since there fore this was the Character of Ananus, he thought he had now a proper Opportu nity [to exercife his Autho rity:] becaufe Feftus was dead, and Albinus was but upon the Road. So he af fembles the Sanhedrim of Judges, and brings before ihem Fames, the Brother of Jefus,who was called Chrif; and fome others of his Companions:] and when he had formed an Accufation againft them, as Breakers of to be foned. the Law, he delivered them to be stoned. But as for thole who feemed the moft equitable of the Citizens, |