opportunity given by the death of the procurator Festus, and before the arrival of Albinus, his successor, brought before the Sanhedrin a man by the name of “James, the brother of Jesus who was called the Christ,” and, with others, had him stoned to death. Some of the Jews lodged complaint against Annas for this illegal act, and he was deposed by Agrippa II and Albinus. This passage bears no evidence of Christian influence. The phrase, “who was called the Christ,” sounds like a prejudiced Pharisee,