It is generally conceded by orthodox critics that it occurred neither in the country of the Gergesenes nor in the country of the Gadarenes, but in the country of the Gerasenes. It could not have occurred in the country of the Gadarenes because it is said to have occurred on the sea shore and Gadara was situated several miles from the sea. Voltaire says the story is disproved by the fact that the event is alleged to have taken place in a country where no swine were kept. 149 Do the Evangelists all agree in regard to the expulsion of demons by Jesus? The Synoptics abound with these miracles: Matthew viii, 28-34; ix, 32-34; xv, 22-28; xvii, 14-21; Mark i, 21-28; v, 1-20; vii, 24-30; ix, 20-29; Luke iv, 31-37; viii, 26-39; ix, 37-42. John never mentions them. 150 What great miracle did Jesus perform at Nain? Luke: "Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother" (vii, 12-15). The other Evangelists were certainly ignorant of this miracle; for if they had known of it they could not have omitted it, as it is the most important miracle related by a Synoptist, and, with one exception, the most important of all Christ's miracles. A miracle almost identical with this is related of Apollonius. Referring to the two, Baur says: "As according to Luke, it was a young man, the only son of a widow, who was being carried out of the city; so, in Philostratus, it is a young maiden already betrothed, whose bier Apollonius meets. The command to set down the bier, the mere touch, and a few words, are sufficient here, as there, to bring the dead to life" (Apollonius of Tyana and Christ, p. 145). 151 In their accounts of his curing the paralytic what parenthetical clause is to be found in each of the Synoptics? "(Then saith he to the sick of the palsy)" (Matthew ix, 6; Mark ii, 10; Luke v, 24). As the clause is superfluous, this agreement, instead of furnishing proof of divine inspiration, tends to prove what has already been affirmed, that these books are not original, but copied, for the most part, from older documents. 152 What effect had the teachings of Jesus upon the people? Matthew: "They were astonished at his doctrine" (xxii, 33). Mark: "They were astonished at his doctrine" (i, 22). Luke: "They were astonished at his doctrine" (iv, 32). 153 What did he say to the people in regard to letting their light shine? "No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candle stick" (Luke, Old Ver., xi, 33).