as he was then in Asia, and Jerusalem de∣stroyed) that at the sixth hour, that is, six o'clock in the morning, he brought Jesus out to them again, the last time, and strove to mitigate the rage of the Jews, and save the life of Christ: but as this was what he could not do, he washed his hands before them all, to let them know he was not the author of the innocent man's death, and after that, de∣livered him up to the soldiers, to be cruci∣fied, when they had scourged him.
When all this was done, (says St. Mark, reckoning in the Jewish manner), it was the third hour, that is, nine o'clock in the morn∣ing, and they crucified him. This perfectly reconciles the two evangelists. There is no sign of a contradiction in the places.
The testi∣mony of St. Matthew and St Mark's ac∣counts of the resur∣rection of Jesus. As to St. Matthew and St. Mark's ac∣counts of the resurrection of Jesus, they are not so free from obscurity, but I can see no inconsistency in them. If St. Matthew says, the Lord appeared to Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, that might be, without a contradiction, tho' St. Mark says, he ap∣peared first to Mary Magdalene. The case to me appears to be this. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and the other women, went with spices and ointments to embalm the body, Sunday the 28th of April, early in the morning, about six and