¹⁷ [Comp. Recognitions, x. 17-19, 29-36, 41, for statements similar to those in chaps. 12-19.-R.]

¹⁸ This is Wiesler's conjecture.

¹⁹ [Comp. chap. 2, and Recognitions, 40, 41.-R.]

²⁰ The Latin ta,es "moira" in the sense of "district," and trnslates, "these props of the districts of the sky."

²¹ This is Wieseler's conjecture for reading of the mss.. "contrived."

²² This is Schwegler's restoration of the passage. Davisius proposes, "He is in the bloom of life, at which time if any one desires", etc.

²³ [Compare with the arguments here, Recognitions, x. 35-38.-R.]

²⁴ [Comp. v. 23, and Recognitions, x. 24.-R.]

²⁵ [Comp. Recognition, x. 25, where these facts are also used.-R.]

²⁶ [The conclusion of the discussion is noteworthy, not only from the fairness of the argument, but from the skill with which the position of Clement, as a heathen inquirer, is maintained.-R.]

¹ [The historical details of this Homily also have not parallel in the Recognitions.-R.]

² [With this discourse respecting Simon, compare Recognitions, ii. 6-18. But the statements respecting Simon's power and the design of are much stronger than here.-R.]

³ We have adopted Wieseler's emendation. The text may be translated thus: "And after that, among his other wondrous deeds, all the rest (who had not been baptized) sat down," etc.

⁴ [Compare with this chapter the recently discovered "Teaching" and Apostolic Constitutions, book vii. chap. 1, in Vol. vii. pp. 377, 405.-R.]

⁵ [Comp. Recognition, iv. 36. The language recalls Acts xv. 20 and I Cor. x. 21.-R.]