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Apocrypha of the New Testament
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Introductory Notice to Apocrypha of the New Testament.
[1589] Six mss. have sixteen; one, fourteen; two, fifteen; and one, seventeen.
[1590] The Latin translation has hung down.
[1591] Ezek. xxi. 12; Jer. xxxi. 19.
[1592] Two mss.: her.
[1593] Another reading is: As Adam was in Paradise, and in the hour of the singing of praise (doxology) to God was with the angels, the serpent, etc.
[1595] Lit., angelic; one ms. has holy; the Latin translation, following a slightly different reading, that it would not be fair to her.
[1597] Three mss. have high priest.
[1598] Num. v. 11, ff.
[1600] Or: On this day of the Lord I will do, etc.
[1601] Another reading is: And his son Samuel led it, and James and Simon followed.
[1602] Bethlehem…used to be overshadowed by a grove of Thammuz, i.e., Adonis; and in the cave where Christ formerly wailed as an infant, they used to mourn for the beloved of Venus (Jerome to Paulinus). In his letter to Sabinianus the cave is repeatedly mentioned: “That cave in which the Son of God was born;” “that venerable cave,” etc., “within the door of what was once the Lord’s manger, now the altar.” “Then you run to the place of the shepherds.” There appears also to have been above the altar the figure of an angel, or angels. See also Justin, Tryph., 78.
[1603] Two mss. here add: And thou Bethlehem, etc., from Mic. v. 2.
[1604] Matt. ii. 1-12. One of the mss. here adds Matt. ii. 13-15, with two or three slight variations.
[1605] Four mss. have all the male children, as in Matt. ii. 16.
[1606] Another reading is: And Herod, enraged at this, ordered him to be slain in the midst of the altar before the dawn, that the slaying of him might not be prevented by the people. [This incident was probably suggested by the reference to “Zacharias the son of Barachias” in Matt. xxiii. 35, Luke xi. 51; but comp. 2 Chron. xxiv. 20-22.—R.]
[1607] Lit., the blessing of Zacharias did not come forth, etc.
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