[6.27] Paul calls them his συγγενεῖς; but it is difficult to say whether that signifies that these were Jews, of the tribe of Benjamin or of Tarsus, or really relations of Paul. The first sense is the most probable. Comp. Rom. ix. 3; xi. 14. In any event, this word implies that they were Jews. [6.28] _Acts_ vi. 1-5; II. Cor. xi. 22; Phil. iii. 5. [6.29] _Acts_ ii. 9-11; vi. 9. [6.30] The Talmud of Jerusalem, Megilla, fol. 73 d, mentions four hundred and twenty-five synagogues. Comp. Midrasch _Eka_, 52 b, 70 d. Such a number would appear by no means improbable to those who have seen the little family mosques which are found in every Mahommedan village. But the Talmudic information about Jerusalem is of mediocre authority. [6.31] _Acts_ vi. 1. [6.32] The Epistle of St. James was written in moderately pure Greek. It is true that the authenticity of this Epistle is not certain. [6.33] The savants wrote in ancient Hebrew, somewhat altered. [6.34] Jos. _Ant._ last paragraph. [6.35] This proves the transcriptions of Greek into Syriac. I have developed here in my _Eclaircissements sirés des Langues Sémitiques sur quelque points de la Prononciatian Grecque_. (Paris, 1849.) The language of the Greek inscriptions of Syria is very bad. [6.36] Jos. _Ant._ loc. cit. [6.37] Sat. I. v. 105. CHAPTER VII. [7.1] See the accounts collected and translated by Eugene Burnouf. _Introduction to the History of Indian Buddhism_, i. p. 137, and following pages, and particularly pp. 198, 199. [7.2] See _Life of Jesus_. [7.3] _Acts_ ii. 45; iv. 34, 37; v. 1. [7.4] _Acts_ v. 1, and following verses. [7.5] Ibid. ii. 45; iv. 35. [7.6] Ibid. vi. 1, &c. [7.7] See chapter vi. [7.8] _Acts_ xxi. 8. [7.9] Phil. i. 1; I. Timothy iii. 8, and following. [7.10] Romans xvi. 1, 12; I. Tim. iii. 11; v. 9, and following. Pliny Epist. x. 97. The Epistles to Timothy are most probably not from the pen of Saint Paul; but are in any event of very ancient date. [7.11] Rom. xvi. 1; I. Cor. ix. 5. Philemon 2. [7.12] I. Tim. v. 9, and following. [7.13] Constit. Apost. vi. 17. [7.14] Sap. ii. 10; Eccl. xxxvii. 17; Matthew xxiii. 14; Mark xii. 40; Luke xx. 47; James 27. [7.15] Mischna, _Sota_, iii. 4. [7.16] Talmud of Babylon, Sota 22 a; Comp. I. Tim. v. 13. [7.17] Acts vi. 1. [7.18] Ibid, xii, 12. [7.19] I. Tim. v. 9, and following. Compare Acts ix. 39, 41. [7.20] I. Tim. v. 3, and following. [7.21] Ecclesiastes vii. 27; Ecclesiasticus vii. 26, and following; ix. 1, and following; xxv. 22, and following; xxvi. 1, and following; xiii. 9, and following.