31 S. Luke ii. 36, Luke ii. 37.

32 Sus. 63.

33 S. Luke ii. 37.

34 S. Luke i. 28.

35 S. Luke ii. 41.

36 S. Luke xxi. 3.

37 1 [3] Kings xvii. 16.

38 S. Matt. ii. 11.

39 2 Cor. iv. 7.

40 Gal. iv. 18.

41 1 Cor. xii. 31.

42 Exod. xxxiv. 20.

43 Ruth ii. 2.

44 S. Luke vi. 21.

45 Ps. cii. [ci.] 9.

46 Judith viii. 11 ff.

47 1 Cor. x. 31.

48 Judith x. 3 ff

49 S. John i. 30.

50 Jud. iv. 4 ff.

51 St. Jerome agrees with St. Ambrose in believing that Deborah literally was a judge, as indeed seems conclusive from the Scriptural account, but doubts whether she was a widow and mother of Barak, and is probably right in the latter case. Whether Lapidoth, however, was still alive is not so clear. St. Jerome, Ep. ad Furiam, §17.

52 Jud. iv. 8 [LXX.].

53 The word Barak signifies lightning. It is probably the same as the Punic Barca, the surname of Hamilcar, father of Hannibal, or possibly was a family name.

54 S. Matt. xxv. 34.

55 2 Cor. x. 4.

56 1 Tim. v. 16.

57 S. Luke iv. 39.

58 S. Luke iv. 38.

59 Phil. iii. 20.

60 S. Matt. xxv. 40.

61 1 Tim. v. 5.

62 1 Tim. v. 6.

63 Isa. i. 17.

64 S. Luke iv. 18.

65 S. Luke iv. 38.

66 S. John ix. 6.

67 S. Luke v. 14.