[384]. Gr. “Manæmus” (throughout).
[385]. Text doubtful. Perhaps “will begin happily.”
[386]. Lit. “laid claim to the laws.” But the text is doubtful. Others read, “... observance of the laws of their fathers, and pretended that the Deity took delight in them (the Pharisees).”
[387]. Cf. Rom. ii. 18 (“knowest the will”).
[388]. That is, apparently, the women of Herod’s family. The word denotes the harem of a prince.
[389]. Text and meaning doubtful.
[390]. Herod’s brother.
[391]. Herod’s sister.
[392]. Or “had associated themselves with.”
[393]. Gr. “Pharisee’s.”