-08-Footnotes:
1. This assertion is sufficient for the writer’s purpose. -- The fact, however, is that the Almighty hath, in this respect, as well as in every other, done for man "exeeding abundantly above that ’he’ can ask or think. " -- The scheme of that evidence which demonstrates the divine authority of the Bible could only have been constructed by Him "who knoweth all things," and who seeth the end from the beginning.
2. Luke 19:42-44 3. Matt. xxiii, 37---39.
4. This is not the Theudas mentioned in Acts 5:36.
5. The original word signifies that, in Scripture language, there is a clear distinction betwixt giving a sign and the sign itself, is sufficiently proved by Deuteronomy 13:1-2
6. Luke 21:11.
8. The conclusion which the Jews drew from this event was, that the security of the temple was gone.
9. It is admitted that the phrase "to all the world," "every creature," &c. are hyperbolical, but then, taken in their connexion, they evidently import the the universality of the preaching and spread of the. Gospel, previously to the destruction of Jerusalem, which is the point to be proved.
10. Such was our Lord’s admonition. . .: "Let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains," &c.Matthew 16:1-28;Matthew 22:1-46.
11. Not only was the temple and the mountain on which it stood accounted holy, but also the whole city of Jerusalem, and several furlongs of land round about it. Nehemiah 11:1-36 : I, Isaiah 53:1-12 : I; Daniel 9:24; and Matthew 27:53.
12. From its first foundation by king Solomon, until its destruction tinder Vespasian, were one thousand and thirty years, seven months, and fifteen days; and from its re-erection by Haggai, to the same period, six hundred and thirty-nine years and forty five days. It has been already hinted, that, by a very singular coincidence, it was now reduced to ashes in the same month, and on the same day of the month, on which it had formerly been burnt by the Babylonians. These two, eras are distinguished also by another extraordinary coincidence, which Josephus, in one of [its addresses to the Jews, pointed out to them as one of the signs which foreboded the destruction of their city.
"The fountains," said he, "flow copiously for Titus, which to you were dried up; for, before he came, you know that both Siloam failed, and all the springs without the city, so that water was bought by the amphora [a vessel containing about seven gallons;] but now they are so abundant to your enemies, as to suffice, not only for themselves and their cattle, but also for their gardens. This wonder you also formerly experienced when, the king of Babylonians laid siege to your city. "
13. Three times his life was preserved as by a miracle.
14. Decline and Fall, vol. 4, Sec. page 107.