quaternions : four soldiers, heavy security

raca : from the heb. means worthless

rue : aromatic plant

sophistry : a imaginable but misleading discussion, fallacious reasoning.

succor, succour : help, to relieve in time of distress, to assist and deliver from suffering

" For in that he himself suffered, and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.—Heb. ii."

suffer(ed) : allow(ed), permit(ed) (even suffer)

superfluity : excess, overabundance, indulgence

superfluous : unnecessary; being beyond what is required or sufficient.

staunched : To stop the flow of blood from (a wound) Luke chap. 8