31 al. "a certain irresistible and divine."
32 Or "of their whole nature."
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.
4 al. "this may he learnt from Ezekiel."
8 al. "and others again with these."
10 lh/mh, al. lu/mh, "defilement."
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."
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.
17 Morel. inserts "hence, away with the thought."
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."
28 Morel. and ms. Savile reads prostiqe/asi th=| pth/sei pa/lin kai;...plei/ona suna/ptousin.
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."
34 Ben. "provoked (to curiosity) by."
35 Matt. iii. 11 not verbally quoted.
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.
49 ta\ deuterei=a prosenegkw/n. St. Chrysostom implies, that the offering of Cain was not of his best.
51 e0lehmosu/nh, (lit "mercifulness,") whence our alms.
52 Morel. "sit down in the heavenly bride-chamber."
6 in Orig. "the house of Israel and Judah."
8 al. "with black on white colors."
10 a0nastoixeiwqe/ntej, made up of fresh elements.
11 So Morel. Ben. and ms. in Bodleian. Savile reads ou0 pollh\n.