[294]. Cf. Deut. xxi. 22 f.; John xix. 31.

[295]. Lit. “cosmical,” meaning either “open to the whole world” or perhaps “emblematic of the mundane system” (Traill); cf. Jos. Ant. III. 6. 4 (123); 7. 7 (the Tabernacle a symbol of the universe), with Westcott’s note on Heb. ix 1.

[296]. According to other MSS “Bariscæus” or “Baruch.”

[297]. The Gr. word (ἀπόλυσις) means both “acquittal” and “death.”

[298]. Lit. “civic rights.”

[299]. Another reading, “as mere barbarians.”

[300]. The tower or “castle” adjoining the Temple from the stairs of which St. Paul delivered the speech recorded in Acts xxii.

[301]. The daily, morning and evening, sacrifice (ἐνδελεχισμός: Heb. Tamid); cf. Numb. xxviii. 6.

[302]. John of Gischala.

[303]. Many MSS insert “standing” (“standing where he might be heard,” etc.).