False Christs, and false prophets] see on Matthew 24:5; Matthew 24:11. Signs and wonders] J. Lightfoot illustrates from the Talmud the magical practices of the Jews. 'The senior who is chosen into the council, ought to be skilled in the arts of astrologers, jugglers, diviners, sorcerers,' etc. 'The chamber of Happarva (in the Temple) was built by a certain magician by art magic' 'Rabbi Joshua outdoes a magician in magic and drowns him in the sea.'

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