Abram Herbert Lewis - Spiritual Sabbathism

214 SPIRITUAL SABBATHISM
Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre."
Matthew, a Jew, could not possibly have
regarded the Sabbath as lasting later than sunset
much less as lasting till Sunday at dawn. The
passage should be read in the light of Matt, xii,
40, where the prophecy distinctly states three days
and three nights, a prophecy which could not have
been fulfilled if Christ was crucified on Friday.
p. 123. Pontus.—Pliny's letter to Trajan (112) reports
that the native shrines are almost deserted, and
that Christianity is of long standing; some con
verts of twenty years ago have deserted it. This
clearly shows that, though Paul and Silas had
been diverted from their desire to visit Asia
(Acts xvi, 6) the Gospel had made its way into
Eastern Pontus by the middle of the first century.
The matter is well discussed in Ramsay's article
on Pontus, in Hastings, iv, 17-18.
p. 123. The Sacaea.—See Frazer: Golden Bough, sec.
ed., ii, 24, 151, 157, 176, 178; iii, isoflf.
p. 123 Anahita.—See Ency. of Ethics and Religion,
vol. i.
p. 123. Frazer: Golden Bough, sec. ed., ii, 195-198.
p. 127. Harnack: Expansion of Christianity in the First
Three Centuries, i, I27ff; History of Dogma, i,
118, 147.
p. 127, See Origen: Ante-Nicene Library: Against
Celsus, III, xxiv.
p. 127. Appolonius of Tyana.—See art. in Ency. of
Ethics and Religion; Reville : Appolonius of Tyana;
Robertson: Pagan Christs; Whittaker: Appolonius
of Tyana.
p. 128. Alexander of Abonoteichos.—See art. in Ency.
of Ethics and Religion; Lucian : Alexander;
Gregorovius: Hadrian, ii, ch. 15.
p. 128. Elagabalus.—See Gibbon's Rome, \, ch. 6.