An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice; With an Account of the Trial of (Paperback)

Excerpt: ...and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.37 But last of all, he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.6 Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him .8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 236 10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 237 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.12 And they sought to lay hold on him, ...