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[289] Because it was called toga virilis—“the manly toga.”
[290] [1 Cor. viii. The law of the inspired apostle seems as rigorous here and in 1 Cor. x. 27-29.]
Chapter XVII.—The Cases of Servants and Other Officials. What Offices a Christian Man May Hold.
[291] This is Oehler’s reading; Regaltius and Fr. Junius would read “liberti” = freedmen. I admit that in this instance I prefer their reading; among other reasons it answers better to “patronis” ="patrons.”
[292] Majores. Of course the word may be rendered simply “ancients;” but I have kept the common meaning “forefathers.”
[293] “The judge condemns, the legislator fore-condemns.”—Rigaltius (Oehler.)
Chapter XVIII.—Dress as Connected with Idolatry.
[294] Or, “purpurates.”
[295] [Not us Christians, but us Roman citizens.]
[296] Or, “white-men.”
[297] Or, “consistency.”
[298] i.e., Official character.
[299] Or, “free” or “good” “birth.”
[300] Or, “during.”
[301] i.e., the dress was the sign that they had obtained it.
[302] I have departed from Oehler’s reading here, as I have not succeeded in finding that the “stola” was a boy’s garment; and, for grammatical reasons, the reading of Gelenius and Pamelius (which I have taken) seems best.
[303] See 1 Cor. ix. 19.
[304] St. Paul in his epistle glories in the title, “Paul, a slave,” or “bondman,” “of Christ Jesus.”
[305] Luke ix. 58; Matt. viii. 20.
[306] Matt. xi. 8; Luke vii. 25.
[308] See John xiii. 1-17.
[309] See John xviii. 36.
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