Perhaps, too, in this enlightened age, as his mind expands, and he takes a comprehensive view of this period of progress, the pupil of Moses may ask himself, whether all the princes of the house of David have done so much for the Jews as that prince who was crucified on Calvary.
In a political biography, this passage provocatively suggests that Jews might re-evaluate the historical impact of Jesus on their people.
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