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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[570] The Hebrews are said to have derived their name from Heber the descendant of Noah by Shem; or more probably from Abram the Hebrew, that is, the man who had crossed the river,—a name given to him by the Canaanites. See Gen. xiv. 13.
[571] Examinis.
[572] There seems to be no authority for this derivation of the name. They were doubtless called Jews from Judah. As those who returned from the captivity at Babylon were principally of the tribe of Judah, though some from the other tribes returned with them, they were called Jews after the captivity.
[573] There appears to be no reasonable doubt that the day on which our Lord suffered was the 14th of Nisan, that is, April 7. See Gresswell’s Dissertations, vol. iii. p. 168; also Ellicott’s Lectures on the Life of Christ [Gresswell is not to be too readily accepted in this. See the learned inquiry of Dr. Jarvis, of whom, vol. ii. p. 477.]
Chap. XI.—Of the Cause of the Incarnation of Christ.
[574] Testamentum, properly the solemn declaration of a will.
[575] Converteret, “turn to.”
[576] Alienigenis. Comp. Eph. ii. 12: “Aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise.”
[577] Exquisitis.
[579] From generation to generation.
[580] Neh. ix. 26. The book of Nehemiah is called by the Greek writers the second book of Ezra. The words quoted are spoken by the Levites.
[581] 1 Kings xix. 10. The 1st and 2d Samuel are in the Septuagint 1st and 2d Kings, and 1st and 2d Kings are 3d and 4th.
[582] I have been jealous with jealousy—Æmulando æmulatus sum,—a Hebraism. So Luke xxii. 15; John iii. 29.
[583] Fathers were said to disown (abdicare) and cast off degenerate sons.
[584] Thus Col. i. 18, “who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead.”
[585] The nations.
[587] In the Septuagint δεδόξασται, “has been glorified.”
[588] Ps. xviii. 43. The quotation is from the Septuagint, καταστήεις; our version reads, “Thou hast made me.”
[589] Isa. lxvi. 18, 19. The quotation is again taken from the Septuagint.
[590] See Ezek. xli., where an angel measures the temple; and Rev. xi., where an angel directs John to measure it.
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