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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[652] i.e., Joshua the son of Nun, as he is generally called. [Justin, vol. i. pp. 174, 266.]
[653] Ambureretur. The word is applied to anything which is partly burned, burnt around, scorched. Hence Cicero jestingly speaks of Munatius Plancus, at whose instigation the people set fire to the senate-house, as tribunus ambustus. Cic., pro Milone
[654] i.e., the word titio, “a firebrand,” is thus used.
[655] i.e., authority to judge. [Ps. lxxii. 1 and John v. 22.]
[656] After these words some editions, “principem angelorum,” the chief of angels.
Chap. XV.—Of the Life and Miracles of Jesus, and Testimonies Concerning Them.
[657] Cum primus cœpit adolescere.
[658] Aboleret.
[659] Not of His own flesh, but of human nature. Our Lord Himself gives a better explanation of His baptism, in His reply to the Baptist, who at first forbade him: “Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness” (Matt. iii. 15).
[660] Perfusione.
[661] Compare Matt. iii. 17 with Ps. ii. 7.
[662] [“A brilliant dove” is the idea. Ps. lxviii. 13. Comp. Justin, vol. i. note 6, p. 243.]
[663] Portentificas.
[664] Pedum vitio afflictos.
[665] In eloquium sermonemque solvebat.
[666] Insinuabat auditum.
[667] Aspersos maculis, i.e., lepers.
[668] Except in the case of the blind man, whose eyes He anointed with clay. John ix. 9.
[669] Isa. xxxv. 3-6. The passage is quoted from the Septuagint. The authorized English version follows the Hebrew, “Strengthen ye the weak hands,” etc.
[670] Pusilli animi.
[671] Plana erit, “shall be intelligible.”
[672] Quantos secum cibos gestarent. See Matt. xiv.; Mark vi.; Luke ix.; John vi.
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