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to_o who_o those_o prophecy_n have_v relation_n either_o the_o christ_n or_o elias_n or_o that_o prophet_n or_o one_o of_o the_o prophet_n as_o some_o of_o the_o jew_n conjecture_v our_o saviour_n to_o be_v who_o be_v far_o enough_o from_o believe_v in_o he_o as_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o the_o live_a god_n mat._n 16._o 6._o 2._o nor_o in_o that_o that_o be_v christ_n whereby_o it_o be_v not_o in_o josephus_n his_o thought_n to_o acknowledge_v jesus_n of_o nazareth_n for_o the_o christ_n but_o only_o to_o distinguish_v he_o by_o that_o appellation_n from_o other_o his_o coetanians_n who_o be_v call_v jesus_n as_o the_o son_n of_o ananus_fw-la who_o for_o seven_o year_n together_o before_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o city_n denounce_v woe_n against_o it_o bel._n jud._n 7._o 12._o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o damneus_n who_o albinus_n make_v high_a priest_n in_o room_n of_o ananus_fw-la the_o young_a the_o murderer_n of_o st._n james_n our_o lord_n brother_n which_o james_n josephus_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n call_v the_o brother_n of_o jesus_n christ_n to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o that_o other_o jesus_n jud._n antiquit_n 20._o 7._o there_o mention_v as_o also_o from_o jesus_n the_o captain_n of_o those_o cutthroat_n who_o the_o imperialist_n of_o sephorim_n hire_v to_o surprise_n josephus_n vita_fw-la josephi_fw-la and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o saphias_n that_o fire-fling_a who_o incense_v the_o galilean_n against_o josephus_n ibid._n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o tobias_n that_o captain_n of_o robber_n who_o near_o tiberias_n surprise_v five_o of_o valerian_n soldier_n bel._n jud._n 3._o 16._o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o thebath_n to_o who_o titus_n give_v quarter_n at_o the_o take_n of_o the_o upper_a part_n of_o the_o city_n jerusalem_n belgiosa_n jud._n 7._o 15._o and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o gamaliel_n who_o succeed_v that_o other_o jesus_n already_o name_v in_o the_o high_a priesthood_n antiq_n jud._n 20._o 7._o so_o that_o beside_o our_o jesus_n there_o be_v six_o who_o in_o that_o age_n bear_v that_o name_n and_o two_o of_o they_o mention_v in_o the_o same_o chapter_n where_o he_o be_v name_v jesus_n christ_n ant._n jud._n 20._o 7._o brief_o so_o ambiguous_a be_v the_o name_n jesus_n in_o that_o age_n as_o the_o jewish_a exorcist_n that_o they_o may_v not_o leave_v the_o unclean_a spirit_n which_o they_o adjure_v in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n in_o doubt_n who_o that_o jesus_n be_v annex_v to_o it_o in_o their_o form_n of_o conjuration_n this_o discriminate_a circumstance_n who_o paul_n preach_v without_o which_o they_o may_v have_v plead_v they_o neither_o know_v jesus_n nor_o paul_n there_o be_v jesuss_n many_o and_o paul_n many_o but_o no_o paul_n that_o preach_v jesus_n save_v the_o apostle_n nor_o any_o jesus_n who_o paul_n preach_v but_o jesus_n christ_n and_o therefore_o the_o spirit_n be_v force_v to_o confess_v jesus_n
to_o give_v a_o form_n of_o law_n to_o their_o action_n as_o be_v that_o person_n without_o who_o previous_a juridical_a sentence_n pilate_n will_v not_o have_v proceed_v against_o our_o saviour_n so_o it_o perfect_o reconcile_v the_o evangelist_n without_o put_v we_o upon_o the_o miserable_a shift_n of_o crowd_v pilate_n and_o caiaphas_n or_o caiaphas_n and_o annas_n into_o one_o joint_a habitation_n 4._o notwithstanding_o that_o annas_n though_o depose_v be_v adhere_v to_o by_o the_o faction_n as_o the_o lord_n be_v high_a priest_n in_o conformity_n to_o which_o notion_n st._n luke_n call_v he_o high_a priest_n as_o moses_n in_o compliance_n with_o vulgar_a apprehension_n style_v the_o moon_n one_o of_o the_o great_a light_n though_o she_o be_v the_o least_o of_o those_o god_n have_v set_v in_o the_o firmament_n yet_o caiaphas_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o john_n ministry_n and_o at_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v indeed_o the_o lawful_a high_a priest_n as_o be_v put_v into_o that_o office_n by_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n the_o roman_a power_n ordain_v of_o god_n over_o the_o jew_n to_o this_o josephus_n give_v his_o suffrage_n ant._n l._n 18._o c._n 3._o and_o 6._o valerius_n gratus_n take_v the_o high_a priesthood_n from_o annas_n and_o give_v it_o to_o ishmael_n a_o while_n after_o he_o bereave_v ishmael_n of_o it_o and_o bestow_v it_o on_o eleazar_n but_o depose_v eleazar_n after_o he_o have_v enjoy_v that_o honour_n a_o year_n and_o set_v up_o joseph_n surname_v caiaphas_n in_o which_o office_n he_o leave_v he_o when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o his_o own_o and_o of_o which_o caiaphas_n hold_v possession_n till_o vitellius_n governor_n of_o syria_n turn_v he_o out_o and_o put_v in_o jonathan_n at_o what_o time_n he_o receive_v order_n from_o tiberius_n to_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o artabanus_n so_o near_o the_o death_n of_o tiberius_n as_o pilate_n who_o vitellius_n turn_v out_o of_o office_n and_o send_v at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o rome_n to_o answer_v for_o his_o male-administrations_a find_v he_o dead_a when_o he_o arrive_v there_o josephus_n indeed_o do_v not_o write_v caiaphas_n the_o son-in-law_n of_o annas_n it_o not_o be_v his_o wont_a to_o set_v down_o any_o relation_n but_o that_o of_o father_n and_o son_n in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o high_a priest_n but_o he_o write_v anna_n old_a enough_o to_o have_v be_v his_o father-in-law_n in_o his_o mention_v eleazar_n the_o son_n of_o annas_n to_o have_v be_v high_a priest_n before_o caiaphas_n so_o that_o hitherto_o the_o chronology_n of_o st._n luke_n keep_v time_n perfect_o with_o the_o foreign_a and_o secular_a account_n instance_n 3._o lysanias_n that_o lysanias_n be_v then_o tetrarch_n of_o abilene_n appear_v from_o the_o story_n of_o josephus_n ant._n 15._o 13._o thus_o translate_v by_o the_o judicious_a dr._n heylin_n in_o his_o palestine_n this_o tract_n make_v up_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o calchis_n possess_v by_o ptolemy_n the_o son_n of_o menneus_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o herod_n rise_n who_o die_v leave_v it_o to_o lysanias_n his_o elder_a son_n murder_v about_o seven_o year_n after_o by_o m._n antony_n at_o the_o instigation_n of_o cleopatra_n but_o m._n antony_n and_o cleopatra_n have_v leave_v the_o stage_n lysanias_n the_o son_n of_o the_o murder_a prince_n enter_v upon_o his_o father_n estate_n by_o the_o permission_n of_o augustus_n during_o who_o time_n zenodorus_n lord_n of_o the_o town_n and_o territory_n of_o paneas_n farm_v the_o demesne_n of_o lysanias_n and_o pay_v a_o very_a great_a rent_n for_o they_o not_o only_o permit_v the_o trachonite_n to_o play_v the_o robber_n and_o to_o infest_v the_o merchant_n of_o damascus_n but_o himself_o receive_v part_n of_o the_o booty_n with_o they_o augustus_n upon_o complaint_n hereof_o commit_v the_o whole_a country_n of_o trachonitis_n batanea_n gaulonitis_n and_o auramitis_n to_o herod_n late_o create_v king_n of_o jewry_n that_o he_o may_v quell_v the_o robber_n and_o bring_v the_o country_n into_o order_n leave_v unto_o lysanias_n nothing_o but_o the_o city_n abila_n of_o which_o he_o be_v the_o natural_a lord_n whereof_o and_o of_o the_o adjoin_a territory_n he_o be_v afterward_o create_v tetrarch_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o tetrarch_n of_o abilene_n which_o he_o enjoy_v till_o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n for_o his_o tetrarchate_n be_v not_o dispose_v of_o till_o caligula_n give_v it_o to_o herod_n agrippa_n josep_n antiq._n 18._o 19_o 13._o from_o lysanias_n the_o city_n of_o his_o residence_n and_o from_o whence_o his_o tetrarchate_n be_v call_v abilene_n be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o the_o phoenician_n abala_n scal._n in_o notis_fw-la eusebeanis_n chron._n ex_fw-la ptolomeo_n §_o 7._o there_o be_v one_o passage_n in_o josephus_n which_o have_v find_v the_o great_a wit_n work_v enough_o to_o reconcile_v it_o to_o sacred_a chronology_n and_o give_v a_o better_a ground_n for_o vossius_fw-la his_o distinction_n of_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n with_o augustus_n and_o alone_o than_o i_o elsewhere_o meet_v with_o as_o seem_v to_o force_v upon_o we_o either_o the_o reject_v of_o josephus_n his_o authority_n or_o the_o conclude_v that_o st._n luke_n calculate_v tiberius_n his_o year_n from_o tiberius_n his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n the_o place_n of_o josephus_n antiq._n 18._o 8._o be_v this_o at_o this_o time_n die_v philip_n the_o brother_n of_o herod_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o tiberius_n his_o empire_n after_o he_o have_v just_o and_o prudent_o manage_v his_o tetrarchate_n thirty_o seven_o year_n the_o knot_n this_o if_o herod_n have_v be_v dead_a thirty_o seven_o year_n in_o the_o twenty_o of_o tiberius_n and_o our_o saviour_n but_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n in_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o christ_n thirty_o seven_o fall_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o second_o and_o by_o that_o acount_n he_o must_v be_v bear_v two_o year_n after_o herod_n death_n at_o which_o philip_n his_o son_n enter_v upon_o his_o tetrarchate_n if_o in_o solution_n hereof_o it_o be_v say_v that_o josephus_n reckon_v the_o year_n of_o tiberius_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n alone_o but_o st._n luke_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n that_o will_v make_v christ_n thirty_o seven_o fall_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o and_o give_v room_n to_o date_n his_o birth_n about_o half_a a_o year_n before_o herod_n death_n for_o if_o christ_n be_v thirty_o year_n of_o age_n in_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o from_o his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n he_o must_v be_v thirty_o two_o and_o almost_o a_o half_a at_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o from_o his_o reign_n alone_o and_o by_o consequence_n thirty_o seven_o at_o the_o twenty_o of_o tiberius_n alone_o five_o add_v to_o christ_n thirty_o two_o make_v he_o thirty_o seven_o and_o five_o add_v to_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o make_v his_o empire_n twenty_o year_n old_a but_o then_o we_o contract_v a_o worse_o snarl_v and_o must_v be_v force_v to_o date_n our_o saviour_n baptism_n before_o pilat_n presidencie_n which_o so_o palpable_o contradict_v st._n luke_n give_v this_o as_o one_o of_o the_o character_n of_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n baptism_n that_o it_o be_v when_o pontius_n pilate_n be_v precedent_n of_o judaea_n as_o we_o break_v the_o evangelist_n head_n in_o thus_o plaster_v josephus_n and_o yet_o we_o need_v not_o with_o scaliger_n here_o whole_o reject_v the_o authority_n of_o josephus_n but_o rather_o salve_v it_o by_o suppose_v that_o the_o number_n twenty_o in_o josephus_n be_v falsify_v by_o the_o inadvertency_n of_o the_o transcriber_n and_o shall_v be_v twenty_o two_o at_o least_o as_o scaliger_n himself_o write_v it_o out_o of_o josephus_n twice_o in_o less_o than_o two_o line_n if_o the_o printer_n have_v not_o serve_v he_o as_o the_o scribe_n serve_v josephus_n canon_n isag._n 309._o which_o i_o suppose_v he_o have_v because_o otherwise_o scaliger_n argument_n be_v not_o cogent_a for_o the_o twenty_o second_o of_o tiberius_n concur_v with_o our_o saviour_n thirty_o seven_o even_o according_a to_o st._n luke_n account_n who_o reckon_v christ_n thirty_o full_a at_o the_o begin_n of_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o as_o scaliger_n himself_o with_o strenuous_a reason_n assert_n the_o emend_v lib._n 6._o de_fw-la natali_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la canon_n isag._n l._n 3._o pag._n 306._o and_o be_v manifest_a from_o the_o text_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o beginning_n to_o be_v of_o the_o age_n of_o thirty_o year_n which_o no_o man_n in_o common_a speech_n can_v be_v say_v to_o do_v till_o he_o be_v thirty_o complete_a the_o difference_n of_o which_o phrase_n from_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v begin_v the_o thirty_o of_o his_o year_n be_v so_o manifest_a as_o every_o schoolboy_n understand_v it_o beside_o the_o incongruousness_n
in_o his_o treatise_n upon_o st._n matthew_n chap._n 35._o affirm_v and_o st._n jerom_n upon_o eusebius_n his_o chronicle_n note_n give_v this_o testimony_n of_o that_o miraculous_a defection_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 202_o olympiad_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n this_o olympiad_n concur_v with_o the_o 18_o of_o tiberius_n gualter_n chronolog_n bullenger_n in_o daniel_n happen_v the_o great_a and_o most_o famous_a eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n that_o ever_o be_v the_o day_n be_v at_o the_o six_o hour_n turn_v into_o night_n so_o as_o the_o star_n appear_v which_o eclipse_n be_v accompany_v with_o such_o a_o earthquake_n as_o many_o house_n of_o nice_a in_o bythinia_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n of_o which_o earthquake_n phlegon_n out_o of_o the_o history_n of_o apollonius_n the_o grammarian_n give_v this_o further_a account_n that_o by_o it_o be_v overthrow_v many_o and_o the_o most_o famous_a city_n of_o asia_n which_o tiberius_n afterward_o repair_v in_o memorial_n whereof_o be_v stamp_v those_o silver-piece_n that_o have_v on_o one_o side_n the_o image_n of_o tiberius_n on_o the_o other_o of_o asia_n with_o this_o motto_n civitatibus_fw-la asiae_n restitutis_fw-la one_o of_o which_o scaliger_n see_v in_o the_o custody_n of_o william_n gorlaeus_n scal._n in_o euseb_n chron_n and_o pliny_n this_o description_n maximus_fw-la terrae_fw-la memoriâ_fw-la mortalium_fw-la extitit_fw-la motus_fw-la tiberii_n principatu_fw-la 12_o urbibus_fw-la asiae_n unâ_fw-la nocte_fw-la prostratis_fw-la there_o be_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n the_o great_a earthquake_n that_o have_v fall_v out_o in_o the_o memory_n of_o man_n whereby_o in_o one_o night_n 12_o city_n of_o asia_n be_v ruin_v tacitus_n this_o twelve_o of_o the_o famous_a city_n of_o asia_n fall_v that_o year_n by_o a_o earthquake_n of_o which_o many_o man_n be_v swallow_v up_o by_o which_o the_o high_a mountain_n be_v level_v the_o low_a valley_n elevate_v lib._n 2._o where_o he_o mention_n most_o of_o the_o city_n that_o undergo_v this_o sad_a accident_n and_o seneca_n this_o hint_n upon_o occasion_n of_o that_o which_o afterward_o happen_v in_o campania_n asia_n duodecim_fw-la urbes_fw-la simul_fw-la perdidit_fw-la asia_n lose_v twelve_o city_n at_o once_o by_o earthquake_n natur._n quest_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 1._o whether_o tacitus_n have_v state_v this_o earthquake_n so_o long_o before_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o lord_n as_o he_o seem_v to_o do_v at_o the_o first_o and_o overlie_fw-mi sight_n and_o whether_o he_o have_v then_o state_v it_o right_n and_o may_v not_o be_v mistake_v in_o that_o as_o he_o be_v frequent_o in_o his_o chronology_n or_o how_o the_o state_v it_o so_o early_o stand_v with_o his_o interweave_v it_o with_o the_o story_n of_o artabanus_n which_o fall_v out_o so_o near_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o tiberius_n i_o shall_v leave_v to_o the_o sceptic_a to_o discuss_v and_o be_o content_a to_o shake_v out_o of_o the_o lap_n of_o my_o discourse_n these_o testimony_n concern_v this_o earthquake_n when_o he_o shall_v have_v disprove_v my_o opinion_n that_o this_o be_v it_o which_o happen_v at_o that_o time_n when_o the_o veil_n of_o the_o temple_n rend_v and_o the_o rock_n tremble_v vide_fw-la scal._n de_fw-fr emend_v l._n 6._o pag._n 564._o §_o 2._o of_o this_o same_o miraculous_a darkness_n write_v thallus_n the_o chronographer_n who_o testimony_n the_o most_o learned_a and_o ancient_a christian_a antiquary_n affricanus_fw-la cite_v in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thallus_n call_v that_o darkness_n which_o overshadow_a the_o sun_n at_o christ_n crucifixion_n a_o eclipse_n but_o without_o all_o reason_n as_o i_o conceive_v for_o it_o happen_v at_o the_o full_a of_o the_o moon_n when_o she_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v perpendicular_a under_o the_o sun_n as_o she_o be_v in_o opposition_n to_o he_o in_o so_o much_o as_o the_o moon_n herself_o suffer_v a_o eclipse_n that_o day_n at_o sunsetting_a as_o scaliger_n have_v demonstrate_v by_o astronomical_a calculation_n de_fw-la emendat_fw-la 6._o of_o which_o also_o as_o well_o as_o of_o this_o twofold_a heathen_a testimony_n s._n tertullian_n take_v notice_n in_o his_o apology_n for_o the_o christian_a religion_n eodem_fw-la momento_n dies_fw-la medium_n orbem_fw-la signante_fw-la sole_a subducta_fw-la est_fw-la deliquium_fw-la utique_fw-la putaverunt_fw-la qui_fw-la id_fw-la quoque_fw-la super_fw-la christo_fw-la praedicatum_fw-la non_fw-la sciverunt_fw-la at_o the_o minute_n of_o time_n when_o our_o lord_n suffer_v the_o sun_n in_o the_o mid_a heaven_n day_n withdraw_v itself_o so_o as_o they_o that_o never_o know_v how_o it_o have_v be_v prophesy_v of_o christ_n that_o while_o that_o shepherd_n be_v smite_v it_o shall_v be_v neither_o day_n nor_o night_n but_o betwixt_o both_o a_o nucthemeron_n of_o god_n own_o create_v think_v that_o diminution_n of_o light_a to_o have_v be_v a_o eclipse_n §_o 3._o the_o roman_a archive_v and_o public_a record_n into_o which_o be_v enter_v and_o ingross_v among_o other_o strange_a accident_n this_o also_o of_o darkness_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n where_o this_o wonder_n be_v to_o be_v read_v in_o tertullian_n time_n as_o himself_o testify_v in_o his_o apology_n eum_fw-la mundi_fw-la casum_fw-la relatum_fw-la in_o archivis_fw-la vestris_fw-la habetis_fw-la sane_n egregium_fw-la tam_fw-la celebris_fw-la diei_fw-la monumentum_fw-la scalig._n de_fw-fr emend_v 6._o a_o excellent_a monument_n of_o so_o famous_a a_o day_n as_o that_o be_v whereon_o the_o darkness_n be_v so_o great_a and_o universal_a as_o to_o be_v think_v worthy_a of_o a_o intrado_n into_o the_o public_a record_n among_o the_o portentous_a contingency_n of_o that_o age._n but_o pilat_n letter_n to_o tiberius_n concern_v our_o saviour_n crucifixion_n with_o what_o past_a thereupon_o at_o rome_n preserve_v till_o tertullian_n day_n in_o the_o same_o record_n be_v a_o more_o remarkable_a piece_n of_o roman_a antiquity_n for_o 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