Neptune, Roman deity, II, 208 Nero, Roman emperor, deification of, II, 234 Golden House of, II, 246 Ney, Michel, French marshal, compared with St. Peter, I, 64 Nicodemus, Jewish elder, presence of, at trial of Christ, I, 282-286 defense of Christ before Sanhedrin, I, 305 presence and conduct of, at second trial of Jesus by Sanhedrin, I, 364 biographical note on, II, 319 apocryphal account of pleading of, for Jesus before Pilate, II, 360 Gospel of. See "Acts of Pilate" Nordau, Max, on Jewish pride in Jesus, II, 188 O Oaths, not administered to witnesses, under Jewish law, I, 134 Octavian. See Augustus Omens, belief of Romans in, II, 215 Onkelos, Jewish scribe, biographical note on, II, 305 Oracle, Delphic, consulted by Romans, II, 210 Osiris, Egyptian deity, the cross a symbol of, II, 66 Ovid, Roman poet, on unnatural practices in temples, II, 269 P Paganism, Græco-Roman, conflict of, with Christianity, I, 16; II, 76-79 Hellenization of Roman religion, II, 199 importation of foreign gods, II, 200 origin and multiplicity of Roman gods, II, 198-204 Roman priesthood, II, 204, 205 Roman forms of worship, II, 205-209 perplexity of worshipers regarding deities, II, 207 prayer, II, 207, 208-210 augury and divination, II, 210-215 omens, II, 215, 216 decay of Roman faith, II, 217-220 Roman skepticism, II, 220-229 sacrilege among Romans, II, 221 disbelief of Romans in immortality, II, 228, 229 Epicureanism among the Romans, II, 229-231 stoicism, II, 231-233 deification of Roman emperors, II, 233-235 base deities of Romans, II, 265 effect of religion in Greek and Roman social corruption, II, 269 Palace of Herod, description of, II, 96, 97 Paley, William, on the discrepancies of the Gospels, I, 32, 33 Pan, Græco-Roman divinity, feasts of, II, 265 Paul, St., on the depravity of Rome, II, 284 delivery of, to Felix, II, 299 Pericles, Greek tyrant, and the divination of Lampon, II, 226 Pentateuch, the, a basis of Hebrew jurisprudence, I, 73 Permanent Tribunals (quæstiones perpetuæ), mode of trials before, at Rome, II, 43-52 Peter, St., at the sepulcher, I, 37 compared with Marshal Ney, I, 64 and Malchus, I, 36, 226 Pharisees, and the Talmud, I, 87 attitude of, toward the law, I, 338 dominant in priestly order, II, 302 their conception of the Messiah, II, 324 characteristics of, II, 324 Philip, St., and the feeding of the five thousand, I, 35 Phillips, Wendell, on Hindu swordsmanship, I, 48 Philo, Jewish philosopher, on the character of Pilate, I, 21; II, 89-91 Phryne, mistress of Praxiteles anecdote of, II, 242