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BCCLESI AS I 'CAL HISTORY. 129 But the Jews of Gyrene being deprived of their assistance, after laying waste the country of Egypt, also proceeded to destroy its districts, under their leader Lucuas. Against these the emperor sent Marcius Turbo, with foot and naval forces, besides cavalry. He, however, protracting the war a long time against them in many battles, slew many thousand Jews, not only ofCyrene, but also of Egypt that had joined them, together with their leader Lucuas. But the emperor suspecting that the Jews in Mesopo tamia would also make an attack upon those there, ordered Lu cius Quietus to clear the province of them, who also led an army against them, and slew a great multitude of them. Upon which victory, he was appointed governor of Judea by the emperor. These things are recorded by the Greek writers of the day, in nearly the same words. CHAPTER III. The authors that wrote in the defence of the faith, in the reign of Adrian. BUT Trajan having held the sovereignty for twenty years, want ing six months, is succeeded in the imperial office by ^Elius Ha drian. To him, Quadratus addressed a discourse, as an apology for the religion that we profess ; because certain malicious persons attempted to harass our brethren. The work is still in the hands of some of the brethren, as also in our own, from which any ont may see evident proof, both of the understanding of the man, and of his apostolic faith. This writer shows the antiquity of the age in which he lived, in these passages : " The deeds of our Saviour," says he, " were always before you, for they were true miracles ; those that were healed, those that were raised from the dead, who were seen, not only when healed and when raised, but were always present They remained living a long time, not only whilst our Lord was on earth, but likewise when he had left the earth. So that some of them have also lived to our own times." Such was Quadratics. R