Chapter III

CREDIBILITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES.--The number
of the witnesses who testify to the facts detailed in the
New Testament. How the credibility of a historical book
is to be ascertained. The rule as applied to Christian
writings. Their genuineness proves their credibility. The
writers of the New Testament could not have falsified the
facts relative to Jesus Christ. The objection on the ground
that the Jews rejected the claims of Jesus Christ. Its confutation.
The conduct of the Jewish nation in rejecting
Christ accounted for. The conversion of many of the
Gentiles proves the credibility of the book. The character,
circumstances, and conduct of the men who testify of
Jesus prove their credibility. Difficulty to be surmounted
by those who maintain that the apostles and evangelists
were impostors. Summing up of the argument on the
credibility of the witnesses 125