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The Trial

An imagined lawsuit, reported in full, in which the evidence that Christ rose from the dead is argued before judge and jury over twelve sittings.

Robert Roberts · undated reprint with the preface of the first edition (1882) · about 120,000 words

Transcribed from the scans at antipas.org and proofread against the page images. The text keeps the original spelling, the printer’s misprints and the Bible references as they were printed. These are historical texts in the language of their day; the teaching of this site is set out in its own beliefs and Bible studies.

  1. Preface to First Editionp. iii
  2. In the Court of Common Reasonpp. 1–20
  3. Second Sittingpp. 21–50
  4. Third Sittingpp. 51–85
  5. Fourth Sittingpp. 86–110
  6. Fifth Sittingpp. 111–144
  7. Sixth Sittingpp. 145–166
  8. Seventh Sittingpp. 167–188
  9. Eighth Sittingpp. 189–214
  10. Ninth Sittingpp. 215–250
  11. Tenth Sittingpp. 251–277
  12. Eleventh Sittingpp. 278–304
  13. Twelfth Sittingpp. 305–331
  14. The Verdictpp. 332–333
  15. The Individual Verdicts of the Jurypp. 334–339