xx., xxi.). Completely different from any of these narratives is the account of the resurrection contributed by Paul. It is somewhat confused and difficult to understand. Christ, he says, rose on the third day according to the Scriptures, and was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve; after that by more than five hundred brethren; after that by James; next by all the apostles; and lastly by himself (1 Cor. xv. 3-8). It is to be noted that since Paul does not say that Christ appeared _first_ to Cephas, we may if we please combine with this account one of those which make him appear first to Magdalene, or to her and other women. But even then the difficulties do not disappear. For how could so notorious an event as the manifestation of Christ to five hundred people be passed over _sub silentio_ in all the Gospels and in the Acts? And granting that Paul may by an oversight have put "the twelve" for "the eleven," are we not compelled to suppose that "all the apostles" are distinct from "the twelve," and if so, who are they? What, again, are we to think of the appearance to James, of which nothing is said elsewhere? Above all, what are we to think of the fact that the purely spiritual vision granted to Paul, which was not even seen by his traveling companions, is placed by him exactly on a level with all the other reappearances of Christ, the physical reality of which so much trouble has been taken to prove? Comparing now the several narratives of the resurrection with one another, we find this general result. In Mark, Jesus is said to have appeared three times:— 1. To Mary Magdalene. 2. To two disciples. 3. To the disciples at meat. Two such appearances only are recorded in Matthew:— 1. To the women. 2. To the eleven in Galilee. In Luke he appears:— 1. To Cleopas and his companion. 2. To Peter. 3. To the eleven and others. In the two last chapters of John the appearances amount to four:— 1. To Mary Magdalene. 2. To the disciples without Thomas. 3. To the disciples with Thomas. 4. To several disciples on the Tiberias lake. Paul extends them to six:— 1. To Peter. 2. To the twelve. 3. To more than 500. 4. To James. 5. To all the apostles. 6. To Paul.