26 See Acts iii. 22, iii. 6, iv. 14, vi. 14, etc.

27 John i. 46.

28 John vii. 52. [R. V. text: "Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet."R.]

29 Matt viii 10.

30 Rom. xi. 28. [The Oxford edition reads: "for the Fathers sake;" a misprint, conveying an incorrect sense.-R.1

31 Heb. xi. 14, 15.

32 Heb. xi. 13. [R. V., more correctly: "having seen them and greeted them from afar."-R.]8.

33 Matt. iii. 9.

34 Rom. ix. 6-8.

35 [a0kri/beisan, "strictness."-R.]

36 [prostasi/an, "advancement." -R.]

37 skai=oj.

38 [th=| palaia=|, without a substantive, the technical term inecclesiastical Greek for the Old Testament.-R.]

39 John i. 12.

40 Gal. v. 2.

41 Luke xvi. 24.

42 The words in italics are omitted in several Mss. [In four Mss and two versions the clause is wanting; see note at close of this Homily.-R.]

43 Ecclus. xii. 13.

44 [!a#nqrwpe.]

45 Om. in one or two Mss. [The clause in brackets is wanting in four Mss. and in two Versions; the identical authorities which omit the clause in sec. 8. The Oxford editor estimates the facts differently in the two instances, without any adequate reason.-R.]

1 Matt. xxiv. 3.

2 Matt. xxiv. 23.

3 Matt. iii. 15.

4 Luke iii. 2.

5 John i.33.

6 John i. 31.

7 Luke iii. 3.

8 Col. ii. 12; Rom. vi. 4.

9 1 Cor. vi. 11.

10 Acts xix. 4.

11 [zhtou=ntej,"seeking," R V.]

12 Rom. x. 3.

13 kate/labe [R.V., "attained."]

14 e!fqase [R. V., "did not arrive."]

15 Rom. ix. 30 32. [See R. V. The text of Chrysostom follows one of the readings accepted by the Revisers, omitting no/mou at the close of the citation; but it inserts dikaiosu/nhj (with Rec.) a second time in verse 31.-R.]

16 Matt. iii. 8.

17 Acts xix. 4.

18 h9 tou= pra/gmatoj u9po/qesij.

19 qe/atron.

20 o0neiropolei=n.

21 Is. xl. 3.

22 Mait. iii. 8.

23 Luke iii. 5, 6.

24 Matt. xxi. 31.

25 Isa. xi. 6.

26 to\ a0nw/malon tou= h!qouj.

27 Isa. xi. 10; see also Rom. xv. 12. [ "Hope" instead of "trust ;" see foot-note on Hom. vii. 2, p. 45.-]

28 Matt. iii. 4.

29 As in refusing to be supported (in several cases) by those to whom he preached the gospel. See his account of his views in so doing, 1 Cor. ix., especially towards the end of the chapter.

30 John xxi.7.

31 Acts xxi. 11.

32 2 Kings i. 8.

33 Matt. xi. 8.

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