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[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.
[311] In baptism.
[312] i.e., From your birth and means, you will be expected to fill offices which are in some way connected with idolatry.
[313] i.e., Martyrdom (La Cerda, quoted by Oehler). For the idea of being “a magistrate in the heavens,” [sitting on a throne] compare such passages as Matt. xix. 28; Luke xxii. 28, 30; 1 Cor. vi. 2-3; Rev. ii. 26-27; iii. 21.
Chapter XIX.—Concerning Military Service.
[314] Elucidation II.
[315] “Sacramentum” in Latin is, among other meanings, “a military oath.”
[316] “Virgam.” The vine switch, or rod, in the Roman army was a mark of the centurion’s (i.e., captain’s) rank.
[317] To fasten the ephod; hence the buckle worn by soldiers here referred to would probably be the belt buckle. Buckles were sometimes given as military rewards (White and Riddle).
[318] As soldiers with belts.
[319] Matt. xxvi. 52; 2 Cor. x. 4; John xviii. 36.
[320] See Luke iii. 12, 13.
[321] Matt. viii. 5, etc.; Luke vii. 1, etc.
Chapter XX.—Concerning Idolatry in Words.
[322] Neither Oehler nor any editor seems to have discovered the passage here referred to.
[324] Ex. xxiii. 13. [St. Luke, nevertheless, names Castor and Pollux, Acts xxviii. 2., on our author’s principle.]
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