There was assuredly no excuse for these men. They had before them in their very own scriptures all the detailed predictions and prophecies concerning the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Indeed there will be no excuse for any man who acknowledges that the line of prophets recorded in the Old Testament is correct, for their writings are recorded for all history and the truth of the Christian doctrine of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his resurrection from the dead is a subject not for debating but plainly for believing.