That is, under Tigellinus and Sabinus, in the last year of the Emperor Nero; but some think Helius and Polycletus referred to; and others, both here and in the preceding sentence, regard the words as denoting simply the _witness_ borne by Peter and Paul to the truth of the gospel before the rulers of the earth. Footnote 30: Some suppose these to have been the names of two eminent female martyrs under Nero; others regard the clause as an interpolation. Footnote 31: Literally, “have reached to the stedfast course of faith.” Footnote 32: Gen. ii. 23. Footnote 33: Some insert “Father.” Footnote 34: Gen. vii.; 1 Pet. iii. 20; 2 Pet. ii. 5. Footnote 35: Jonah iii. Footnote 36: Ezek. xxxiii. 11. Footnote 37: Ezek. xviii. 30. Footnote 38: Comp. Isa. i. 18. Footnote 39: These words are not found in Scripture, though they are quoted again by Clem. Alex. (_Pædag._ i. 10) as from Ezekiel. Footnote 40: Isa. i. 16-20. Footnote 41: Some read ματαιολογίαν, _vain talk_. Footnote 42: Gen. v. 24; Heb. xi. 5. Literally, “and his death was not found.” Footnote 43: Isa. xli. 8; 2 Chron. xx. 7; Judith viii. 19; James ii. 23. Footnote 44: Gen. xii. 1-3. Footnote 45: Gen. xiii. 14-16. Footnote 46: Gen. xv. 5, 6; Rom. iv. 3. Footnote 47: Gen. xxi. 22; Heb. xi. 17. Footnote 48: Gen. xix.; comp. 2 Pet. ii. 6-9. Footnote 49: So Joseph. _Antiq._ i. 11, 4; Irenæus, _Adv. Hær._ iv. 31. Footnote 50: Literally, “become a judgment and sign.” Footnote 51: Josh. ii.; Heb. xi. 31. Footnote 52: Others of the fathers adopt the same allegorical interpretation, _e.g._ Justin Mar. _Dial. c. Tryph._ n. 111; Irenæus, _Adv. Hær._ iv. 20. Footnote 53: Jer. ix. 28, 24; 1 Cor. i. 31; 2 Cor. x. 17. Footnote 54: Comp. Matt. vi. 12-15, vii. 2; Luke vi. 36-38. Footnote 55: Isa. lxvi. 2. Footnote 56: Prov. ii. 21, 22. Footnote 57: Ps. xxxvii. 35-37. “Remnant” probably refers either to the memory or _posterity_ of the righteous. Footnote 58: Isa. xxix. 13; Matt. xv. 8; Mark vii. 6. Footnote 59: Ps. lxii. 4. Footnote 60: Ps. lxxviii. 36, 37. Footnote 61: Ps. xxxi. 18. Footnote 62: These words within brackets are not found in the MS., but have been inserted from the Septuagint by most editors. Footnote 63: Ps. xii. 3-5. Footnote 64: The Latin of Cotelerius, adopted by Hefele and Dressel, translates this clause as follows: “I will set free the wicked on account of His sepulchre, and the rich on account of His death.” Footnote 65: The reading of the MS. is τῆς πληγῆς, “purify, or free Him, from stripes.” We have adopted the emendation of Junius. Footnote 66: Wotton reads, “If He make.” Footnote 67: Or, “_fill_ Him with understanding,” if πλῆσαι should be read instead of πλάσαι, as Grabe suggests. Footnote 68: