Excerpt from Advent and Ascension: Or How Jesus Came and How He Left Us The four evangelists. Matthew's incidents in keeping with his purpose, 183. Mark's incidents looking at the facts from another point of view, 185. Luke's specific purpose shown in the incidents he records, 187. John's testimony given with peculiar vividness, 189. Peter's testimony not only through Mark, but in his Epistles, 191. The contradictory theories and their failure, 193-197. The completed resurrection in the ascension, 198. Summary of the evidence for the resurrection (1) Former miracles prepare for this, 199. (2) Gives him especial memory in the thought of the world, 200. (3) He promised it, 201. (4) Seen repeatedly by those who best knew him, 202. 5) Witnesses not credulous at outset, 205. (6) The multitude of the witnesses, 206. (7) Immediate article of faith in the churches, 207. (8) Gave rise to vital doctrine, 208. All these arguments for the ascension as the completion of the resurrection, 211. The whole career from advent to ascension compels a peculiar intervening life, 212-214. The coming Christ, 215. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.