²⁹ i.e. His Crucifixion.

³⁰ al. "then again."

³¹ al. "a certain irresistible and divine."

³² Or "of their whole nature."

³³ ou\toi ka0kei=noi (G. T.).

³⁴ al. "how."

³⁵ prostasi/a.

³⁶ There are places where he allows that the prayers of others may avail a man in the Judgment, when they are the consequence of his good deeds. See on Statues, Hom. ii. § 17.

¹ al. "nothing."

² al. "is."

³ al. "shall be."

⁴ al. "this may he learnt from Ezekiel."

⁵ al. "in a far greater way."

⁶ Lit. "wipe out."

⁷ al. "very much a servant."

⁸ al. "and others again with these."

⁹ politei/aj.

¹⁰ lh/mh, al. lu/mh, "defilement."

¹¹ al. "said to."

¹² No such passage is extant in Josephus. Probably the place alluded to is Antiq. b. xviii. c. 5, § 2, where the destruction of the troops of Herod the tetrarch by Aretas is attributed to the death of John the Baptist.

¹³ Ben. "the war through which the city of the Jews, which was once the mother city, is no city."

¹⁴ al. "raises."

¹⁵ Morel. kai\ pa/nta ta\ au0tou= o@ntwj a0nezh/th, w/j kai\ peri\ th=j a0w/rou h9liki/aj th=j sfattome/nhj.

¹⁶ al. "produce."

¹⁷ Morel. inserts "hence, away with the thought."

¹⁸ al. "of babes."

¹⁹ al. "would not so."

²⁰ al. "because the many."

²¹ ge/gonen.

²² al. "those therefore."

²³ Morel. "as obeying it in all things: but they who yet moved below, needed also many other (things), because of their groveling on the ground, and being wrapt."

²⁴ al. "all the."

²⁵ al. "men for inst."

²⁶ u9postolh;.

²⁷ Lit. "shaded over."

²⁸ Morel. and ms. Savile reads prostiqe/asi th=| pth/sei pa/lin kai;...plei/ona suna/ptousin.

²⁹ al. "make believe."

³⁰ Matt. iii. 11, and Luke iii. 16.

³¹ Some mss. add, "but being able to possess the souls of the many with much fearlessness."

³² al. "Christ Himself."

³³ sxh=ma.

³⁴ Ben. "provoked (to curiosity) by."

³⁵ Matt. iii. 11 not verbally quoted.

³⁶ Not found In Matt.

³⁷ geno/menoj e@mprosqen.

³⁸ prw=toj h!n.

³⁹ u9pa/rcewj.

⁴⁰ ou0siw/sewj.

⁴¹ al. "the reference is."

⁴² al. "has magnified."

⁴³ al. "not much ground."

⁴⁴ al. "more soaring."

⁴⁵ lit. "flourished."

⁴⁶ e@leon. St. Chrysostom plays on the word, which was pronounced nearly as e@laion, "oil." Thus on 2 Tim. ii. 25, Hom. vi.

⁴⁷ the "service," leitourgi/a.

⁴⁸ al. "only such."

⁴⁹ ta\ deuterei=a prosenegkw/n. St. Chrysostom implies, that the offering of Cain was not of his best.

⁵⁰ ei\doj.

⁵¹ e0lehmosu/nh, (lit "mercifulness,") whence our alms.

⁵² Morel. "sit down in the heavenly bride-chamber."

¹ meqekth9n dwrea\n.

² al. "little."

³ or, "just so much."

⁴ lit. "salt."

⁵ or, "sight," e0kei=qen.

⁶ in Orig. "the house of Israel and Judah."

⁷ in Orig. "their."

⁸ al. "with black on white colors."

⁹ or, "from above."

¹⁰ a0nastoixeiwqe/ntej, made up of fresh elements.

¹¹ So Morel. Ben. and ms. in Bodleian. Savile reads ou0 pollh\n.

¹² mei/zonoj palitei/aj.

¹³ or, "purify yourselves," foiba/sesqe.

¹⁴ Perhaps from Deut. xviii. 10.

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