At the end of the forty days he led the Apostles out over against Bethany, gave them his final charge, and lifted up his hands and blessed them. And it came to pass while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. (Luke xxiv. 50-53; Acts i. 1-12.) Such are some of the proofs of his resurrection. Their sufficiency as evidence of it, and its logical results, remain to be considered. [A] And hence there is no occasion to inquire whether the Evangelists agree precisely as to the details (as far as given) of his arrest, or trial, or crucifixion. That he was arrested and tried and crucified is admitted on all hands. [1] Alford on John’s Gospel. Lange, Vol. III., pp. 333, 334. Stroud on the Physical Cause of the Death of Christ. Friedlieb, p. 167. The Last Day of Our Lord’s Passion, by Rev. Wm. Hanna, LL.D., c. 13, and Appendix. Barnes’ Notes, Vol. II., p. 386. [2] 1 Corinthians xv. 3, 4; Acts xiii. 28, 29; Deuteronomy xxi. 22, 23; John xix. 31-39; Luke xxxiii. 50-54; Mark xv. 42-46; Matthew xxvii. 57-60. [3] It does not appear that there was a formal meeting of the Sanhedrim, and the act may have proceeded from the more violent members of it. The time may have been during their Sabbath, or at its close, which would have been in season. Lange, Vol. III., p. 343; Farrar, c. 62. [4] Matthew xxviii. 15; Dialogue, c. 108. [5] Mary, the mother of James, Salome, Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and other women from Galilee who beheld the sepulchre and where he was laid. They may not have come all at the same time, but in different companies. Matthew xvii. 55, 56, and xxviii, 1-7; Mark xv. 40, 41, 47, and xvi. 1-8; Luke xxiii. 49, 55, 56, and xxiv. 1-10; John xx. 1; Lange, Vol. III., pp. 362, 368. [6] The Forty Days after Our Lord’s Resurrection, by Rev. William Hanna, LL.D., p. 53. [7] The words “as they went to tell his disciples,” in our common version, are wanting in the Sinaitic and Vatican manuscripts. Their omission in the Revised Version removes a difficulty. The true text does not state _when_ it was, that Jesus met them. [8] Lange, Vol. III., p. 383. [9] All attempts to identify this with certainty, out of the numerous villages in the vicinity of Jerusalem, have failed. See Lange, Vol. III.; Robinson, Vol. III., pp. 146-150; Barnes’ Notes, Vol. II., p. 107. [10] 1 Corinthians xv. 6; Matthew xxviii. 7, 10, 16; Mark xvi. 7, 15, 18; Lange, Vol. III., p. 411; Farrar, c. 62; Hanna’s Forty Days, c. 8, p. 185; c. 9, p. 229; Geikie, c. 64. CHAPTER XVIII. SUFFICIENCY OF THE PROOFS (FALSE ASSUMPTIONS). Evidence which ought to convince a reasonable man should be deemed sufficient.