¹ Cf. Esdras. Ante-Nicene Lib., viii., 571.

² Cf. 4 Esdras viii. 15ff.

³ Cf. Esdras, Ante-Nicene Lib., viii., p.572

⁴ Cf. Esdras, Ante-Nicene Lib., vol. viii., p. 571.

⁵ Undefiled hands. Cf. Esdras, p. 571.

⁶ Angels. Cf. Esdras, p. 571.

⁷ Compassion. Cf. Esdras, p. 571.

⁸ Passage corrupt; the above appears to be the best sense it admits of as it stands

⁹ Cf. iv. Esdras v. 23ff.

¹⁰ Cf. iv. Esdras iv. 4-11, v. 36.

¹¹ Cf. Esdras, p. 574

¹² Cf. Apoc. Of Esdras, in Ante-Nicene Lib., vol. viii., p. 574, and Testament of Abraham, Rec. A., Chaps. vii. And xvi.

¹³ Cf. Test. of Abraham, Rec. A. §§xiv., xviii.

¹⁴ Rom. ii 4.

¹⁵ Cf. Esdras, p. 574

¹ So the text ; perhaps "prayer " ought to be read.

² Psalm 142, 4.