Seventhly, subjective visions do not occur to different persons _simultaneously_. A man's private illusions (like his dreams) are his own. A number of men do not simultaneously dream the same dream, still less do they simultaneously see the same subjective vision--at least a vision like that here referred to, of a person moving about among them, and speaking to them. This is quite different from Constantine's army thinking that they saw a luminous cross in the sky, or a body of Spanish troops that they saw their patron (St. James) riding at their head, or anything of that kind; several instances of which are known. But a subjective vision, at all resembling what is described in the Gospels, is extremely rare. It may perhaps happen to one person in ten thousand once in his life. It is difficult to believe that even two persons should have such an experience at the same time, while the idea that a dozen or more men should simultaneously see such a subjective vision is out of the question. And the Gospels, it may be added, always imply that Christ was visible _to all present_ (though some of them doubted as to His identity), which was not, as a rule, the case in other alleged visions. Eighthly, how are we to account for visionary _conversations_? Yet these occurred on _every_ occasion. Christ never merely appeared, and then vanished. He always spoke, and often for a considerable time, giving detailed instructions; and can we imagine anyone believing a mere vision to have done all this? Is it possible, for instance, for St. Thomas to have believed that Christ conversed with him, and for the other Apostles, _who were all present_, to have believed it too, if the whole affair was only a vision? Indeed, conversations _in the presence of others_ seem peculiarly hard to explain as visions, yet they are mentioned more than once. For all these reasons then--because the appearances are not described in suitable language, did not occur on suitable occasions, began and ended too soon, were not expected, were not recognised, were not believed, occurred simultaneously, and always included conversations as well--the Vision Theory is to say the least extremely improbable. (3.) _Its failure to account for the facts._