(3) The Jews affirm that the word virgin [_almah_] does not of necessity mean a maiden or unmarried woman. If Isaiah in the text referred to his wife, she was already mother of at least one child two years old. Joel, i., 8, applies the word to a _widow_ advanced in life: “Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth,” _see_ Prov., xxx., 19. Matthew, v., 1. Luke, vi., 17. Jesus “seeing the multitude went Jesus came down with his up into a _mountain_, and when he disciples, and _stood_ in the was _set_, he opened his mouth _plain_, and said: &c. [Here and taught the people.” [Here follow the beatitudes.] follow the beatitudes.] Matt., viii., 28. Mark, v., 1, 2; Luke, viii., 26, 27. “When [Jesus] was come to the other side [of the lake] into the “When they came over unto the country of the _Gergesenes_, other side of the sea into the there met him _two_ possessed country of the _Gadarenes_, there with devils, coming out of the met him out of the tombs a tombs.” certain man which had devils a long time.” Matt, xx., 20, 21. Mark, x., 35–37. “The _mother_ of Zebedee’s “James and John the _sons_ of children . . . said unto [Jesus], Zebedee came unto [Jesus] saying, grant that these my two sons may grant unto us that we may sit one sit, the one on thy right hand on thy right hand and the other and the other on the left in thy on thy left in thy glory.” kingdom.” Matt., xxii., 46. Mark, xii., 34. Here we are told that Jesus Mark gives a different version. puzzled the Pharisees with the He says a certain scribe asked question, “How can Christ be Jesus, “Which is the first David’s son, seeing that David commandment of all?” And when calls him _lord_?” “And no man,” Jesus answered the scribe well, adds the writer, “from that day adds, “No man after that durst forth, durst ask him any more ask him any question.” questions.” Luke, xx., 40.