1249 John actually did write to Theophilus of Alexandria giving a full account of the controversy from his (John's) point of view. (Ag. J. of Jerus., §37.)
1250 Matt. xviii. 8, Matt. xviii. 9.
1251 First Principles, i. 1; ii. 4.
1252 1 Cor. vi. 15, 1 Cor. vi. 19.
1253 yuxai apo tou yuxesqai. The etymology is right, but the explanation of it wrong.
1255 demaj as if from dew, "I bind."
1256 ptwma, from piptein: cadaver, from cado.
1260 Ps. cxix. 67. From memory, or perhaps from the old Latin version.
1263 Ps. cxvi. 9. This form of the verse is peculiar to Jerome.
1264 Epiphanius had written a book "against all the heresies."
1265 In his note on Gen. iii. 21.
1267 Gen. ii. 21, Gen. ii. 22.
1273 Gen. ii. 10, Gen. ii. 11, Gen. ii. 13.
1274 Jer. ii. 18, LXX. and Vulg.
1276 2 Cor. xii 2, 2 Cor. xii 4.
1277 In his note on Gen. i. 7.
1278 Fortitudines angelicae potestatis.
1288 LXX. The Heb. text which A.V. follows gives "an hundred and thirty years."
1289 Gen. iv. 25; Gen. v. 3; Gen. i. 26.
1290 According to the LXX. The chronology of the Hebrew text gives a period of 1656 years (Gen. v.).
1291 Gen. ix. 4-6; substantially as in A.V.
1294 This calculation appears to be based on the LXX.
1295 Acc. to the Vulg., which Jerome here follows, the thirty-eighth.
1296 Ps. 39, 6. "In a vain show," R.V.
1304 Exod. xxxiv. 29 sqq.; 2 Cor. iii. 7.
1308 Words added by this writer.
1312 Velum ...tinctum atque depictum.
1316 Virgil, Ec. ix. 51, 54, 55.
1319 So called because first devised in the Oscan town of Atella.
1321 The name Solomon means "man of peace."