Chapter 19

Notes

1. 1

   Elucidation II.

2. 2

   “Sacramentum” in Latin is, among other meanings, “a military oath.”

3. 3

   “Virgam.” The vine switch, or rod, in the Roman army was a mark of the centurion’s (i.e., captain’s) rank.

4. 4

   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).

5. 5

   As soldiers with belts.

6. 6

   Matt. xxvi. 52; 2 Cor. x. 4; John xviii. 36.

7. 7

   See Luke iii. 12, 13.

8. 8

   Matt. viii. 5, etc.; Luke vii. 1, etc.