The Lost Gospel and Its Contents eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 197 pages of information about The Lost Gospel and Its Contents.

The Lost Gospel and Its Contents eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 197 pages of information about The Lost Gospel and Its Contents.
“And when Herod succeeded Archelaus, having received the authority which had been allotted to him, Pilate sent to him by way of compliment Jesus bound; and God, foreknowing that this would happen, had thus spoken, ’And they brought Him to the Assyrian a present to the king.’” (Ch. ciii.)

His silence before Pilate, also quoted by Justin, in fulfilment of Psalm xxii.:—­

“And the statement, ’My strength is become dry like a potsherd, and my tongue has cleaved to my throat,’ was also a prophecy of what would be done by Him according to the Father’s will.  For the power of His strong word, by which He always confuted the Pharisees and Scribes, and, in short, all your nation’s teachers that questioned Him, had a cessation like a plentiful and strong spring, the waters of which have been turned off, when He kept silence, and chose to return no answer to any one in the presence of Pilate; as has been declared in the Memoirs of His Apostles.” (Dial. ch. cii.)

His crucifixion: 

“And again, in other words, David in the twenty-first Psalm thus refers to the suffering and to the cross in a parable of mystery:  ’They pierced my hands and my feet; they counted all my bones; they considered and gazed upon me; they parted my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.’  For when they crucified Him, driving in the nails, they pierced His hands and feet; and those who crucified Him parted His garments among themselves, each casting lots for what he chose to have, and receiving according to the decision of the lot.” (Ch. xcvii.)

The mocking of Him by His enemies:—­

“And the following:  ’All they that see Me laughed Me to scorn; they spake with the lips; they shook the head:  He trusted in the Lord, let Him deliver Him since He desires Him;’ this likewise He foretold should happen to Him.  For they that saw Him crucified shook their heads each one of them, and distorted their lips, and, twisting their noses to each other, they spake in mockery the words which are recorded in the Memoirs of His Apostles, ’He said He was the Son of God:  let Him come down; let God save Him.’” (Ch. ci.)

His saying, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (reported only in SS.  Matthew and Mark):—­

    “For, when crucified, He spake, ’O God, my God, why hast Thou
    forsaken me?’” (Ch. xcix.)

His saying, “Father, into Thy hands I commend My Spirit,” reported only in St. Luke:—­

    “For, when Christ was giving up His spirit on the cross, He said,
    ‘Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit,’ as I have learned also
    from the Memoirs.” (Ch. cv.)

His Resurrection and appearance to His Apostles gathered together (found only in SS.  Luke and John), and His reminding the same Apostles that before His Death He had foretold it (found only in St. Luke):—­

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