948 Luke i. 26-31, Luke i. 39.
950 1 Sam. xviii. 6, 1 Sam. xviii. 7.
951 1 Chron. xxi. 15, 1 Chron. xxi. 18; 2 Chron. iii. 1.
953 Mysterium christianum in salvatoris sanguine et corpore dedicavit.
954 Cant. ii. 4 b, Vulg. Hebrew = A.V.
955 I.e. the place of a skull (Latin, Calvaria).
956 One of Jerome's fanciful ideas. Haddam srh
is the Hebrew for "the blood."
957 o prwtoplastoj = "the first-formed." The word is applied to Adam in Wisd. vii. 1.
959 Cf. Hymns Ancient and Modern, No. 235. "Truly Jerusalem name we that shore Vision of peace that brings joy evermore."
960 Hebrew, Shelomoh, connected with shalem, peace.
962 Ps. lxxxvii. 1, Ps. lxxxvii. 2.
963 Matt. xxiii. 37, Matt. xxiii. 38.
973 John xx. 6, John xx. 7, John xx. 12.
974 I.e. Joseph of Arimathaea.-Joh. xix. 38 sqq.
976 Rev. xi. 7, Rev. xi. 8, R.V.
987 Matt. xxvii. 51, Matt. xxvii. 53.
988 E.g. Origen in his commentary on the passage.
994 Cicero of Caecilius (in Q. Caec. xii.).
1002 Otherwise called the capitol. Here stood the great temple of Jupiter, which was to the religion of Rome what the Parthenon was to that of Athens.
1003 Rev. xvii. 4, Rev. xvii. 5, Rev. xvii. 9; Rev. i. 15; Rev. xvii.; Rev. xviii.
1009 Joh. xi. 43, Joh. xi. 44.
1013 "Who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa"-Am. i. 1.
1014 Sarah, Rebekah, Leah-Gen. xlix. 31.
1017 1 K. xviii. 3, 1 K. xviii. 4.
1018 Lit. "sprout." In Isa. xi. 1 it is rendered by A.V. "branch."