Show PEOPLE OF GHRIST'S TIME TIME-I HAD AD TO PAY i V INCOME E TAX J 2 t i 1 CH IP C-IP cAd M May y 6 6 NEW ew w Were f wn en bH bit Bible hist f bS by b ReV Itc d d. M M. professor of at the English Bi Bible tn- tn ble an am and literature at t i e college ge Meadville 1 P Pa pi l sp before r ra the hJ th i al ts' ts assO- assO ss elet tl d existing beliefs and added much of interest in- in In Interest ter terest st to the common knowledge of the Bo Book k of Books The New Testament nt Was written not in in- a a. heavenly language but in tha the language of the people he be said not in Hebraic Greek as we were taught to believe benevee but in the lan language age of the streets the Greek vernacular of the first century of the Christian era era Dr Cobern told of th the following conclusions he had halt reached as the re result result re- re sult suIt of at his Investigations That most of the th-e sermons of ot are recorded in Matthews Matthew's gospel be be- caus Matthew went about with a a. pen behind his ear ar was a a. good writer ahda a man of exceptional m memory mOry I That shorthand was in common use usein usein usein in the days of Christ a at 4 least three having been found Th That f ap apartment hO sell were in in use USI I as Indicated by an n ancient m mortgage I Ion on two-fifths two of third one of ot a a. three- three story house with celar privileges That an income tax was levied Inthe in inthe the the- ye year r 4 A D D. against all nIl persons person With A it satar salary salar or of Income me bf 1000 1000 a ay a y year t. t Drs Dr read transcripts of f personal personal per per- sanat fetters letters writt written n ir In hi th the time of Christ Chrit in she one of which a a. matt man is shown to have spent in decorating his bis house noue and a another another- othel to f spent nt for for a sin le party I |