[177] Döllinger, vol. ii. p. 208. [178] Livy, b. xxxix. Chaps. VII.-XX. [179] "----non possum ferre, Quirites, Græcam urbem." (Sat. III.) [180] Romans i. 29-31. [181] Döllinger, vol ii. pp. 155, 156. [182] Matthew Arnold's Poems--"Obermann Once More." [183] Cicero, "De Fin." v. pp. 24, 69. [184] Eclogue IV. [185] Matt. ii. 4; xxi. 15; xxvi. 3, 47, 59; Mark xi. 18; xv. 11; Luke xix. 47; xx. 1; John xi. 47; xii. 20. [186] Dérembourg, "Essai sur l'histoire et la géographie de la Palestine," p. 231, note 1. [187] Josephus, "Ant.," Book XX. Chap. X. 1; XV. III. 1. [188] Josephus, "Ant." Book XV. Chap. III. 1. [189] Josephus, "Ant.," Book XVIII. Chap. II. 3; Book XX. Chap. IX, 1, 4. [190] See "Talmud," "Yoma," or "the Day of Atonement," fol. 35, recto; also Dérembourg, work above quoted, p. 230, note 2. [191] "Essai sur l'histoire et la géographie de la Palestine," p. 232. [192] Jos., "Ant.," XX. VIII. 8. [193] "Talmud," "Pesachim," or "of the Passover," fol. 57, verso. [194] The high priests designated under the name of the descendants of Eli are those who, as sons of the high priest Eli, polluted the Temple by their immorality. (See 1 Kings iii. 22-25.) [195] This Issachar was a priest of such a dainty nature that in order to touch the sacrifices he covered his hands with silk. ("Talmud," "Pesachim," or "of the Passover," fol. 57, verso.) [196] Rabbi Nathan, son of Rabbi Yechiel, was the disciple of the celebrated Moses, the preacher and first rabbi of the synagogue at Rome in the ninth century. His work forms a large folio volume, and contains some minute explanations of the most difficult passages in the "Talmud." [197] I. e., lord. [198] "Talmud," Jerus., "Horayoth," or "Regulations of Justice," fol. 84. recto. [199] "Talmud," Jerus., "Shevuoth," or "of Oaths," fol. 19, verso. [200] "Tanchumah," or "Book of Consolation," fol. 68, recto. [201] "Tanchumah," or "Book of Consolation," fol. 68, recto. [202] "Tanchumah," or "Book of Consolation," fol. 68, recto, and "Sanhedrin," fol. 110, verso. [203] "Talmud," "Shabbath," or "of the Sabbath," fol. 119, recto. [204] Luke xx. 46; Matt. xxiii. 5-7; Mark xii. 38, 39. [205] Some remarkable pages respecting the pride of the Jewish scribes and doctors may be found in Bossuet's "Meditations on the Gospel." [206] Jos., "Ant.," XVIII. I. 4. [207] Jos., "Ant.," XVIII. I. 4. [208] Munk, "Palestine," p. 515. [209] Psalms. [210] Acts xxiii. 6. [211] Matt. vi. 2, 5, 16; ix. 11, 14; xii. 2; xxiii. 5, 15, 23; Luke v. 30; vi. 2, 7; xi. 39, etc.; xviii. 12; John ix. 16; "Perkeh Avoth," or "Sentences of the Fathers," I. 16; Jos., "Ant.," XVII. II. 4; XVIII. I. 3; "Vita," 38; "Talmud," Bab., "Sotah," fol. 22, recto. [212] "From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes." (Matt. xvi. 21.)