Spinoza, Jewish philosopher, on miracles, I, 40-44 Standards, apocryphal miracle of, at trial of Christ, II, 354 _seq._ Starkie on the credibility of testimony, I, 12 Stephen, St., stoning of, I, 365 Stephen, Sir James F. J., on the Roman treatment of Christianity, II, 76 on Pilate's trial of Jesus, II, 159-164 Stoicism, among the Romans, II, 231 resemblance of, to Christian precepts, II, 331 Stoning of criminals under Hebrew law, I, 92, 99 Strangling of criminals under Hebrew law, I, 91, 99 Strauss, David, on the behavior of Jesus before Herod, II, 126 on the character of Christ, II, 187 Stroud on the physical cause of death of Christ, I, 61, 62 Suetonius, Roman historian, on the labeling of criminals before execution, I, 57 on divination, II, 213 narrative of, of dreams presaging reign of Augustus, II, 214 account of, of belief of Augustus in omens, II, 215 Suicide, attitude of Stoics toward, II, 232 Suspension, death by, II, 61, 62 Sweat, bloody, historical instances of, I, 59, 60 T Tacitus, Roman historian, on slavery, II, 253 Talmud, the, definition of, I, 74 recensions of, I, 81 contents of, I, 82 relation of Mishna to, I, 83, to Gemara, I, 83; to Pentateuch, I, 83; to Mosaic Code, I, 84, 85 efforts of Christians to extirpate, I, 87, 88 message and mission of, I, 89 See also Gemara and Mishna Telemachus, St., death of, in arena, II, 261 Temples, a resort of immorality in Rome, II, 269 Tertullian, Latin father, on the character of Pilate, II, 89 on the resort of vice to temple precincts, II, 269 reference of, to the "Acts of Pilate," II, 329, 333 _seq._, 347, 348 Tertullus, his prosecution of Paul, II, 299 Testimony, under Hebrew Criminal Law, of each witness required to cover entire case, I, 132 vain, I, 145 standing, I, 146 adequate, I, 147 of accomplices, I, 228-230, 235, 236 Theodota, the courtesan, counseled by Socrates, II, 243 Theophilus, son of Annas, Jewish high priest, biographical note on, II, 296 Theresa, Maria, Austrian empress, codex of, II, 54 Three, Jewish Courts of, jurisdiction of, I, 124 Tiberius Cæsar, Roman emperor, sway of, II, 27 character of, II, 70 prosecutions of, for treason, II, 70, 71 marriage of, to Julia, II, 83 legendary desire of, to deify Christ, II, 329, 330 _seq._ Tischendorf, Constantine, on the authenticity of the "Acts of Pilate," II, 345 _seq._ Tissot, account of, of the bloody sweat of a sailor, I, 59 Trajan, Roman emperor, correspondence of, with Pliny, II, 78 Trials, Roman criminal, right of appeal, II, 28 during the regal period, II, 35 Roman, mode of, in the Comitia Centuriata, II, 37-43 mode of, in the Permanent Tribunals, II, 43-52 prosecutor, rôle and selection of, II, 43, 44, 49