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Apocrypha of the New Testament
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Introductory Notice to Apocrypha of the New Testament.
[1628] Corresponding with the fifteen Songs of Degrees, Ps. cxx.-cxxxiv. See Smith’s Dict.—art. Songs of Degrees. Another reading is: And there were about the temple, according to the fifteen Psalms of Degrees, fifteen steps of ascent: the temple was on a mountain, and there had been there built the altar of burnt-offering, which could not be reached but by steps.
[1629] For the hours of prayer, see Apost. Const., ch. xl.; Jerome’s letters to Læta, Demetrias, etc.
[1630] One of themss. has: She was anxious about her companions, lest any of them should sin even in one word, lest any of them should raise her voice in laughing, lest any of them should be in the wrong, or proud to her father or her mother.
[1631] Or, by the first of all.
[1632] Or, twelve.
[1633] One of themss. adds: Seeing that he had not a wife, and not wishing to slight the order of the high priest.
[1634] One of themss. inserts: To the number of three thousand.
[1636] Another and more probable reading is: And this was Joseph’s rod; and he was of an abject appearance, seeing that he was old, and he would not ask back his rod, lest perchance he might be forced to receive her.
[1637] Or, hyacinth.
[1639] Another reading is: The Holy Spirit.
[1642] See Alford’s Greek Testament on Luke ii. 14. [So Rev. Version, following the weight of manuscript authority.—R.]
[1643] Or Zelemi.
[1646] Hab. iii. 2, according to the LXX. reading, שְׁנַיִם תִיִיס two living creatures, for שָׁנִיִם תַיַיוּ years make alive.
[1648] This shows the extent of the writer’s, or transcriber’s knowledge of Greek.
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