Mr. Cuninghame says that “Mr. Gresswell produces a mass of quotations from the Fathers, scarcely two of whom entirely agree, to prove that they nearly all held that our Lord’s death was in one of the years 29 or 30, [A. M. 5507 or 5508], or some of them in 31, [A. M. 5509]; yet with respect to some of his witnesses, he is obliged to exclaim, ‘_So little solicitous do these writers seem to be about verifying their dates, before they allowed them to remain on record_.’ If he were to give us 100 volumes of such passages to wade through, which is merely wading through a mass of contradictions, they can avail nothing against the unequivocal testimony of St. Luke, that in the 15th of Tiberius our Lord was 30 years of age, and was therefore born in B. C. 3, [A. M. 5476]; and the other fact, founded on the unerring principles of Astronomy, that from the year 28 to 33, [A. M. 5506 to 5511], no Passover could possibly have fallen on a Friday; and, therefore, the death of our Lord is pinned down to A. D. 33, [A. M. 5511].” “Season of the End,” p. 85. Footnote 31: Jerome even went further than this, and adopted the curtailed system of the Jews in some of his writings, if not in all. Footnote 32: The Birth of Christ took place according to _The Septuagint._ In the 5476th year from Creation; the 3215th from the Deluge; the 2143d from the birth of Abraham; the 1637th from the Exodus; and the 1068th from the accession of David; the 65th prophetic week of Daniel; the 193d Olympiad; the 751st year of Rome; and the 42d of Augustus. _The Hebrew Text._ In the 4000th year from the Creation; the 2344th from the Deluge; the 1992d from the birth of Abraham; the 1487th from the Exodus; and the 1051st from the accession of David; the 65th prophetic week of Daniel; the 193d Olympiad; the 749th year of Rome; and the 40th of Augustus. Footnote 33: Rabbi _Salomon Jarchi_, qui nous a donné l’explication de cette tradition, dit que les deux mille ans de _Tohu_, ou d’_Inanité_, ont duré depuis la création du monde jusque vers la cinquante ou soixantième année d’Abraham, et que les deux milles ans de Loi ont commencé vers ce tems-la, lorsque Dieu le fit sortir de Chaldeé, et lui donna des lois pour lui et pour toute sa posterité, principalement celle de la circoncision; et qu’ils ont fini vers la destruction de Jérusalem par Titus. Il ajoute enfin ces paroles: _Mais nos péchés sont la cause que le Messie n’est point venu au bout des quatre mille ans_. p. 1527. Footnote 34: