LETTERS TO THE EDITOTt .
WHO WROTE THE FOURTH. GOSPEL i
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sia,—There seems to me to be one insuperable objection to the very attractive and ably argued theory of Mr. 'Fleming. The Chief Priests, we read, had, even before our Lord's arrest, been planning. " to put Lazarus also to death " on account of his influence with the people. Is it likely that he would have been admitted to the Palace ? It is certain that he would not have been allowed near. the Cross. As the sad hours lingered on, reaction must have set in, and Lazarus, known by sight to many of the Jews and With the mysterious awe that' clang to him, would surely have seized the psychological inonient to turn the tables on the Chief Priests who had delivered to be crucified " the King of the Jews." The guard would have been overpowered and a Very short period would have sufficed for the disciples carrying Jesus in their midst to be away in the hills and Out of reach of pursuit. Hence we may assume that pre- cautions were taken to keep Lazarus out of the way till all was over. Probably he was confined to his house.--
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