"TEMPLE CLEANSED" =October 14 B.C. 450= 2300 =May 4 B.C. 141= 1290 END OF THE DOUBLE <----> NATIONAL DAY. <----> INDIGNATION. Note D. Days Note C. Days "PENTECOST" =May 24 A.D. 33= 45 =June 7 A. D. 39= THAT GREAT AND <----> THE HOLY SPIRIT BESTOWED NOTABLE DAY OF THE Days "ON THE GENTILES ALSO." LORD. Note F. Note C. _Examined and Found Correct, LAWRENCE E. BROWN & CO., Public Accountants for State of Pennsylvania._ Copyright 1905, by W. S. AUCHINCLOSS. The Holy Spirit's appearance to the Gentiles in the Summer of A.D. 39 was at a time peculiarly favorable for the conversion of Cornelius. The persecution of A.D. 36, following the dismissal of Pilate, was succeeded by a period of rest and rapid growth among the infant churches. There was, then, neither the marching of armies, nor even the rumor of war. True, these all came in the Fall of A.D. 40, when Petronius was sent to Syria with instructions to place the images of the Romans in the Temple at Jerusalem. It may be said in passing, that the expedition landed in Ptolemais and there wintered. But in the Spring of A.D. 41 the attitude of the Jews was so determined, that Petronius sent to Rome for additional instructions. The Emperor, however, died quite suddenly, and the expedition was finally abandoned. The year A.D. 39 was a time of peace and good order; a time most favorable to the all-important mission of the Holy Spirit. NOTE D. "TWO THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED DAYS." [DAN. VIII. 14.] In the vision of "the evening and the morning" it is evident that 2300 days must end with a complete cleansing of the sanctuary, and unquestionably this was accomplished by Simon Maccabeus on May the 4th B.C. 141. [I Mac. XIII. 51]; but at what time they should begin to count is not so evident. The 19th verse tells us: "I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation." We ask: what indignation? When was the first end? When the middle? and When the last end?