Chapter 18

Notes

1. 1

   Or, “purpurates.”

2. 2

   [Not us Christians, but us Roman citizens.]

3. 3

   Or, “white-men.”

4. 4

   Or, “consistency.”

5. 5

   i.e., Official character.

6. 6

   Or, “free” or “good” “birth.”

7. 7

   Or, “during.”

8. 8

   i.e., the dress was the sign that they had obtained it.

9. 9

   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.

10. 10

    See 1 Cor. ix. 19.

11. 11

    St. Paul in his epistle glories in the title, “Paul, a slave,” or “bondman,” “of Christ Jesus.”

12. 12

    Luke ix. 58; Matt. viii. 20.

13. 13

    Matt. xi. 8; Luke vii. 25.

14. 14

    Isa. liii. 2.

15. 15

    See John xiii. 1–17.

16. 16

    See John xviii. 36.

17. 17

    John vi. 15.

18. 18

    In baptism.

19. 19

    i.e., From your birth and means, you will be expected to fill offices which are in some way connected with idolatry.

20. 20

    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.