Chapter XLV: Section I: Collateral testimony of the truthfulness of

the writers of the New Testament. Testimonies to the
truthfulness of St. Matthew's statement concerning Herod
and Archalaus. Testimony to the truthfulness of the statement
of Luke concerning Herod, Tetrarch of Galilee, and
his brother Phillip, Tetrarch of Itruria. Testimony to the
truthfulness of the evangelists relative to Herod marrying
Herodias. Josephus corroborates Luke's account of the
death of Herod Agrippa. Testimonies of the truthfulness
of the statements in the Acts concerning Felix. A number
of notices, by profane authors, of Pilate, confirmatory of
the truthfulness of the evangelists. Testimonies to the
truthfulness of the evangelists in their statements of the
treatment of Jesus Christ upon trial and when crucified.
Testimonies confirming statements of the evangelists concerning
the burial of Jesus Christ. Notice taken of John
the Baptist by Josephus. What he says concerning Jesus
Christ. Notices of Jesus Christ from the ancient Jewish
Talmudical writings. Testimony of the heathen adversary
to the leading facts detailed by the evangelists. Summing
up of the argument 140