¹⁹⁶ Eph. v. 5.

¹⁹⁷ So Jerome, although the Vulg. has "is."

¹⁹⁸ Col. iii. 5, Col. iii. 6.

¹⁹⁹ Matt. xxvi. 15.

²⁰⁰ Publicarum libidinum victimae; words borrowed from Tertullian, de C. F. II. 12.

²⁰¹ Rom. xii. 1.

²⁰² Acts v., Ananias and Sapphira.

²⁰³ Luke xiv. 33.

²⁰⁴ Matt. iv. 18-20.

²⁰⁵ Matt. ix. 9.

²⁰⁶ Matt. viii. 20.

²⁰⁷ Rom. viii. 17.

²⁰⁸ Matt. xix. 21.

²⁰⁹ Matt. xix. 12.

²¹⁰ Wisd. i. 11.

²¹¹ Luke xvi. 13.

²¹² Luke ix. 23.

²¹³ 1 Joh. ii. 6.

²¹⁴ Matt. xiii. 58.

²¹⁵ Luke iv. 24.

²¹⁶ Joh. vi. 15.

²¹⁷ In the sacrament of baptism.

²¹⁸ 1 Cor. ix. 13, 1 Cor. ix. 14.

²¹⁹ Matt. iii. 10.

²²⁰ Luke xxi. 1-4.

²²¹ Cf. Letter CXLVI.

²²² 1 Cor. v. 5.

²²³ Deut. xvii. 5, Deut. xvii. 12.

²²⁴ 1 Tim. iii. 1.

²²⁵ 1 Tim. iii. 2, 1 Tim. iii. 3.

²²⁶ 1 Tim. iii. 8-10.

²²⁷ Matt. xxii. 11-13.

²²⁸ Luke xix. 23.

²²⁹ 1 Tim. iii. 13.

²³⁰ 1 Cor. xi. 27.

²³¹ Rev. ii. 6.

²³² 1 Cor. xi. 28.

²³³ Susannah 45 sqq.

²³⁴ Amos vii. 14.

²³⁵ 1 Sam. xvi. 11-13.

²³⁶ Luke xiv. 10.

²³⁷ Isa. lxvi. 2.

²³⁸ Luke xii. 48.

²³⁹ Wisd. vi. 6.

²⁴⁰ Matt. xii. 36.

²⁴¹ Matt. v. 21, Matt. v. 22.

²⁴² Matt. xxvii. 51.

²⁴³ Rev. ii. 5.

²⁴⁴ Luke xiv. 28.

²⁴⁵ Matt. v. 13.

²⁴⁶ Rev. xxi. 19, Rev. xxi. 20.

²⁴⁷ From Cyprian, Letter I. 14 (to Donatus).

²⁴⁸ Luke vi. 20.

²⁴⁹ From Cyprian, Letter LXXVII. 2 (to Nemesianus).

²⁵⁰ Joh. xiii. 10.

²⁵¹ Rom. viii. 18.

²⁵² 1 Cor. xv. 53.

²⁵³ Matt. xxiv. 46.

²⁵⁴ 1 Thess. iv. 16.

²⁵⁵ Luke ii. 7.

²⁵⁶ From Tertullian, de Spect. xxx.

²⁵⁷ Matt. xxvii. 28, Matt. xxvii. 29.

²⁵⁸ Joh. viii. 48.

²⁵⁹ Matt. xxvii. 64.

²⁶⁰ Joh. xix. 23.

²⁶¹ Cant. ii. 15.

²⁶² Cant. iv. 12.

²⁶³ Rom. i. 8: I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

²⁶⁴ I.e. holy baptism; cf. Gal. iii. 27.

²⁶⁵ Matt. xiii. 46.

²⁶⁶ Matt. xxiv. 28.

²⁶⁷ Matt. xiii. 22, Matt. xiii. 23.

²⁶⁸ Mal. iv. 2.

²⁶⁹ Luke x. 18.

²⁷⁰ Isa. xiv. 12.

²⁷¹ Matt. v. 14.

²⁷² Matt. v. 13.

²⁷³ 2 Tim. ii. 20.

²⁷⁴ Rev. ii. 27.

²⁷⁵ Matt. xvi. 18.

²⁷⁶ Ex. xii. 22.

²⁷⁷ Gen. vii. 23.

²⁷⁸ I.e. the bread of the Eucharist, at this time sent by one bishop to another in token of communion; or possibly the allusion is different, and what Jerome means to say is: "You are the oracle of God, but owing to my present situation I cannot consult you."

²⁷⁹ Certain bishops banished from their sees by Valens. See Letter III.

²⁸⁰ The three rival claimants of the see of Antioch. See note on Letter XVI.

²⁸¹ Matt. xii. 30.