Paul preached the resurrection of the dead. Agreed. But did not all Pharisees do so, too? And was not Paul a Pharisee? And Jesus--had he not in all Pharisees so many opponents? And the real Christians, had they anywhere in his lifetime, any other opponent so acrid or so persevering as this same Paul? Paul preached the resurrection of the dead. Agreed. But _that_ resurrection of the dead which he preached, was it not a resurrection, that was to take place in the lifetime of himself and other persons then living? And--any such resurrection, did it accordingly take place?[84] FOOTNOTES: [83] "Were ye baptized," says he, speaking to his Corinthians, 2 Cor. ii. 13. "Were ye baptized in the name of Paul?--I thank God," continues he, "that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius,--Lest any man should say that I had baptized in mine own name.--And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I know not whether I baptized any other." For an experiment of this kind, it should seem from that Epistle, that motives were by no means wanting. For, among these same disciples, in the preaching of his doctrines, he had found himself annoyed by divers names more or less formidable: there was the name, though probably never the person--of _Cephas_, the real Hebrew name, of which, in the four Gospels, written as they are in Greek, _Peter_ is the translation: there was the name, and not improbably the person--of _Apollos_, whom, about three years before, Acts 18:18-26, two female disciples of Paul's, Aquila and Priscilla, had at Ephesus enlisted under his banners: there was, according to him, _the name of Christ_, though assuredly, never the person of _Jesus_. "For it hath been declared unto me of you, brethren," says he, 1 Cor. i. 11, "that there are contentions among you,--Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ." Thereupon follows immediately a short flourish of Paulian eloquence:--"Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" and so forth, as above.