[A] For example, it is an entire misconception of Luke’s Gospel to conclude from it that the ascension was the same day as the resurrection; and his account in Acts makes this certain, it being conceded that both works were by the same writer.
[7] Paul seems to have grouped appearances. We may paraphrase thus: “And that he was seen of Cephas; then of the twelve on three occasions.”
[8] Defence, etc., p. 105.
[10] The Gospel Miracles, etc., p. 48.
[11] As quoted by Dr. Taylor, p. 41.
[12] The Bible, etc., p. 51; Renan, p. 135.
[B] See Rev. vii. 9-17.
[13] Those who came out of the tombs “after his resurrection,” it may be presumed, had recently deceased (for they were recognized, as it would seem), and they appeared only to those who, like Simeon and Anna the Prophetess, had been looking “for the consolation of Israel;” and not to those who had rejected him. Their coming was so overshadowed by the principal events to which it was merely an incident, that it is mentioned only by Matthew, and even he gives no information of who they were, or anything of their subsequent history.
[14] The Apostles, by Ernest Renan, p. 227.