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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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with <strong>the</strong> birth <strong>of</strong> a Jewish king.<br />

' <strong>The</strong> evidence on this point is for-nished by J. Q,<br />

MUUer in Heraog's Recd-Snc^ ToL viii. p. 682.<br />

<strong>The</strong> whole subject ol <strong>the</strong> visit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Magi is<br />

treated with <strong>the</strong> greatest ability <strong>and</strong> learning (as<br />

against Sirauit) by Dr. Mill ('On <strong>the</strong> Mythical<br />

Interpretation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gospels/ part ii. pp. 275 &c.)-<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y are variously stated as twelve (Ang,<br />

Chiysost.) <strong>and</strong> three, <strong>the</strong> latter on acooont <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

number <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> gifts. O<strong>the</strong>r legends on <strong>the</strong> subject<br />

need not be repeated.<br />

* MiU, u. s., p. 303.<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re is no historical evidence that at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong><br />

Christ <strong>the</strong>re was among <strong>the</strong> nations any<br />

widespread expectancy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Advent <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Messiah</strong><br />

in Palestine. Where <strong>the</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> such a hope<br />

existed, it must have been entirely derived from<br />

Jewish sources. <strong>The</strong> allusions to it by TacUvs<br />

(Hist. v. IS) <strong>and</strong> Sve-taniui (Yesp. 4) are evidently

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