[14.36] Matt, xxiii. 13.

[14.37] Jos., Ant., XX., vii. 1, 3; Compare XVI., vii. 6.

[14.38] Ibid. XX., ii. 4.

[14.39] Ibid. XX, ii. 5, 6; iv. 1.

[14.40] Jos., B. J., II., xx. 2.

[14.41] Seneca, fragment in St. Augustin. De civ. Dei, vi. 11.

[14.42] Jos., Ant., XX., ii.-iv.

[14.43] Tacitus, Ann., xii. 13, 14. The greater part of the names of this] family are Persian.

[14.44] The name of “Helen” proves this. Still, it is remarkable that the Greek does not figure upon the bi-lingual inscription (Syriac and Syro-Chaldaic) of the tomb of a princess of the family, discovered and brought to Paris by M. de Saulcy. See Journal Asiatique, Dec., 1865.

[14.45] Cf. Bereschith rabba, xlvi. 51 d.