Jesus of Nazareth: His life and teachings; founded on the four Gospels, and illustrated by reference to the manners, customs, religious beliefs, and political institutions of His times . jurisdiction out of the hands of Fes-tus (v. 12), he is brought before the court again on the arrival of Agrippa,e%idently not for an honest trial, since, after the appeal, no judgment, even ofacquittal, can be rendered (xx^^., 32), but for the mere amusement of the kingand queen. * Mai. i., 10. t Luke X,, 31, 32. % Hosea y\., 9. § Mark vii., 13. 1.] CORRUPTION OF THE CHURCH. 47 form, but, without the lif
Jesus of Nazareth: His life and teachings; founded on the four Gospels, and illustrated by reference to the manners, customs, religious beliefs, and political institutions of His times . jurisdiction out of the hands of Fes-tus (v. 12), he is brought before the court again on the arrival of Agrippa,e%idently not for an honest trial, since, after the appeal, no judgment, even ofacquittal, can be rendered (xx^^., 32), but for the mere amusement of the kingand queen. * Mai. i., 10. t Luke X,, 31, 32. % Hosea y\., 9. § Mark vii., 13. 1.] CORRUPTION OF THE CHURCH. 47 form, but, without the life of piety, resembled a tree in win-ter, stripped of its foliage and frozen at its roots. The worldwaited a new and better revelation, while Herod uncon-sciously fulfilled the prophecy of the ancient patriarch, Thesceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver frombetween his feet until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall thegathering of the people be.* When the blossom drops we know the fruit is once beautiful but now faded and withered blossom ofJudaism dropped from its stalk that the fruit of Christianitywhich it foretold might take its j^lace. * Gen. xlix., 48 JEWISH CIVILIZATION. [Chap. IV.
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