[6] Believed to date from about 853 B.C. The inscription records the victories of King Mesha over the Israelites.
[7] Erected in honour of Ptolemy Epiphanes, 106 B.C. Famous as having furnished the first key for the interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
[8] Encyclopædia Biblica, art. “Messiah,” p. 3058, par. 2.
[9] Ibid, p. 3063, par 10.
[10] In Studies in the Character of Christ, by Rev. C. H. Robinson, Hon. Canon of Ripon and Editorial Secretary to the S.P.G.
[11] Enc. Bib., art. “Nativity,” par. 10, 11, 12.
[12] The late Rev. A. B. Bruce, D.D., Professor of Apologetics and New Testament Exegesis, Free Church College, Glasgow.
[13] See Enc. Bib., art. “Gospels,” par. 139.
[14] See Enc. Bib., art. “Gospels,” par. 138, where the reasons for this conclusion are explained. See also par. 108.
[15] Author of various theological works, Hulsean Lecturer, Cambridge, 1876; Select Preacher, Oxford, 1877.