BOOK III

XLII.—Naomi’s Story, 333

XLIII.—Before Masada, 339

XLIV.—Among Roman Soldiers, 346

XLV.—The Reign of the Sword, 353

XLVI.—A Cry of Wo, 358

XLVII.—The Struggle for Supremacy, 362

XLVIII.—The Sting of a Story, 372

XLIX.—Salathiel’s Strange Quarters, 377

L.—After the Struggle, 383

LI.—A Man of Mystery, 389

LII.—The Prophecy of Evil, 396

LIII.—A Fatal Sign, 401

LIV.—Concerning Septimius, 411

LV.—Salathiel a Prisoner, 417

LVI.—A Narrow Escape, 425

LVII.—Onias, the Enemy of Salathiel, 435

LVIII.—Eleazar the Convert, 445

LIX.—The Clemency of Titus, 455

LX.—The Treatment of a Prisoner, 466

LXI.—A Steward’s Narrative, 474

LXII.—A Prisoner in the Tower, 487

LXIII.—A Minstrel’s Power of Speech, 496

LXIV.—The Destruction of Jerusalem, 512

APPENDIX

Annotations, 537

Jesus of Nazareth from the Present Jewish Point of View—Letters from over Thirty Representative Jewish Scholars, 551

Other Testimony to Jesus, 570

The Second Coming of Christ—A Succinct History, by D. S. Gregory, D.D., LL.D., 574

Reasons for the Belief that Christ may Come Within the Next Twenty Years, by Arthur T. Pierson, D.D., 582

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“Tarry thou till I come!” _Frontispiece_

“All in the Temple was confusion,” 20

“The archer dropped dead, with the arrow still on his bow,” 64

“‘Read the Scriptures. I have prayed for you. Read—’” 104

“‘Let your guard come,’ cried I,” 136

“I heard the gnashing of his white fangs above me,” 168

“The lions, made more furious by wounds, sprang upon the powerful horses,” 208

“I gave the word—fell upon the guard at the gate, and cast it open!” 240

“‘Now for glory!’ they cried,” 268

“The solitary voyager of the burning trireme,” 318

“I had rescued Constantius!” 356

“The Roman rushed at him with his drawn falchion,” 396

“‘Esther is gone!’ was her answer,” 424

“‘Now, my beloved brothers, beloved in the Lord, go forth,’ said Eleazar,” 452

“Titus rode at the head of his stately company, himself the most stately of them all,” 488

“Judea must fall,” 508

“I heard the shouts of the conquerors, and the fall of the pillars of the Temple,” 532

TARRY THOU TILL I COME

The superior numbers appearing throughout the text refer to “Explanatory Notes” in the first pages of the Appendix.