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Paley, William, 1743-1805

"Evidence of Christianity"

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Suet. Domit. cap. x. And in Dio Cassius we have the following: "Having
led him through the midst of the court or assembly, with a writing
signifying the cause of his death, and afterwards crucifying him." Book
liv.
Ib. "And it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin." That it was also
usual about this time in Jerusalem to set up advertisements in different
languages, is gathered from the account which Josephus gives of an
expostulatory message from Titus to the Jews when the city was almost in
his hands; in which he says, Did ye not erect pillars with inscriptions
on them, in the Greek and in our language, "Let no one pass beyond these
bounds"?
XXV. [p. 352.] Matt. xxvii. 26. "When he had scourged Jesus, he
delivered him to be crucified."
The following passages occur in Josephus:
"Being beaten, they were crucified opposite to the citadel." (P. 1247,
edit. 24 Huds.)
"Whom, having first scourged with whips, he crucified." (P. 1080, edit.
45.)
"He was burnt alive, having been first beaten." (P. 1327, edit. 43.)
To which may he added one from Livy, lib. xi. c.


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