Born of the Virgin Mary.
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He was pierced by the Jews,
He died and was buried:
The third day He rose again:
He ascended into Heaven.
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He is about to come to judge.[165]
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This Apology of Aristides is a most valuable contribution to Christian evidence, and raises high hopes as to what we may yet recover when the treasures of the East are explored. The Diatessaron of Tatian was a wondrous find, but the recovery of the long-lost Apology of Aristides endows us with a still more ancient document, bringing us back close upon the very days of the Apostles. As this discovery has only been published when these pages are finally passing through the press, I must reserve a farther notice of it for the preface to this volume.