³¹ S. Luke ii. 36, Luke ii. 37.

³² Sus. 63.

³³ S. Luke ii. 37.

³⁴ S. Luke i. 28.

³⁵ S. Luke ii. 41.

³⁶ S. Luke xxi. 3.

³⁷ 1 [3] Kings xvii. 16.

³⁸ S. Matt. ii. 11.

³⁹ 2 Cor. iv. 7.

⁴⁰ Gal. iv. 18.

⁴¹ 1 Cor. xii. 31.

⁴² Exod. xxxiv. 20.

⁴³ Ruth ii. 2.

⁴⁴ S. Luke vi. 21.

⁴⁵ Ps. cii. [ci.] 9.

⁴⁶ Judith viii. 11 ff.

⁴⁷ 1 Cor. x. 31.

⁴⁸ Judith x. 3 ff

⁴⁹ S. John i. 30.

⁵⁰ Jud. iv. 4 ff.

⁵¹ St. Jerome agrees with St. Ambrose in believing that Deborah literally was a judge, as indeed seems conclusive from the Scriptural account, but doubts whether she was a widow and mother of Barak, and is probably right in the latter case. Whether Lapidoth, however, was still alive is not so clear. St. Jerome, Ep. ad Furiam, §17.

⁵² Jud. iv. 8 [LXX.].

⁵³ The word Barak signifies lightning. It is probably the same as the Punic Barca, the surname of Hamilcar, father of Hannibal, or possibly was a family name.

⁵⁴ S. Matt. xxv. 34.

⁵⁵ 2 Cor. x. 4.

⁵⁶ 1 Tim. v. 16.

⁵⁷ S. Luke iv. 39.

⁵⁸ S. Luke iv. 38.

⁵⁹ Phil. iii. 20.

⁶⁰ S. Matt. xxv. 40.

⁶¹ 1 Tim. v. 5.

⁶² 1 Tim. v. 6.

⁶³ Isa. i. 17.

⁶⁴ S. Luke iv. 18.

⁶⁵ S. Luke iv. 38.

⁶⁶ S. John ix. 6.

⁶⁷ S. Luke v. 14.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.