[263:4] "And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said unto them: 'Peace be unto you.' But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them: 'Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is myself; handle me and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." (Luke, xxiv. 36-39.)
[264:1] See Philostratus, p. 342.
[264:2] Ibid. p. 5.
[264:3] Justin Martyr's "Quæst." xxiv. Quoted in King's Gnostics, p. 242.
[264:4] Acts, viii. 9, 10.
[265:1] See Mosheim, vol. i. pp. 137, 140.
[265:2] Irenæus: Against Heresies, bk. iii. ch. xi. The authorship of the fourth gospel, attributed to John, has been traced to this same Irenæus. He is the first person who speaks of it; and adding this fact to the statement that "it is impossible that there could be more or less than four," certainly makes it appear very suspicious. We shall allude to this again.
[265:3] Eusebius: Eccl. Hist. lib. 2, ch. xiv.
[265:4] Apol. 1, ch. xxiv.
[266:1] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. ii. pp. 241, 242.