Footnotes
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Clement I, Pope, Hermas, active 2nd century, Ignatius, Saint, Bishop of Antioch, Papias, Saint, Bishop of Hierapolis, Polycarp, Saint, Bishop of Smyrna, Crombie, Frederick, Donaldson, James, Sir, and Roberts, Alexander
Source notes
1361. Or, “assessors.”
1362. Literally, “worthy of God.”
1363. Literally, “in freedom from care of God.”
1364. Some read, “in the resurrection.”
1365. Literally, “most befitting God.”
1366. Literally, “God-runner.”
1367. Literally, “at leisure for.”
1368. Literally, “to Him.”
1369. Literally, “in freedom from care of God.”
1370. Literally, “most befitting God.”
1371. Literally, “God-runner.”
1372. Literally, “at leisure for.”
1373. Some suppose the reference to be to the soldiers, or perhaps to God Himself.
1374. Or, “as possessed of the judgment.”
1375. Literally, “men on foot.”
1376. Some have the plural “ye” here.
1377. Literally, “an eternal work.”
1378. Some propose to read, “and of the bishop.”
1379. Literally, “name desired by me.”
1380. Some suppose the reference to be to the soldiers, or perhaps to God Himself.
1381. Or, “as possessed of the judgment.”
1382. Literally, “an eternal work.”
1383. Literally, “name desired by me.”
1384. The inscription varies in each of the three Syriac MSS., being in the first, “The Epistle of my lord Ignatius the bishop;” in the second, “The Epistle of Ignatius;” and in the third, “The Epistle of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch.”
1385. For “vindicate thy place” in the Greek.
1386. Literally, “draw out thy spirit.”
1387. Cureton observes, as one alternative here, that “the Syrian translator seems to have read παράξυσμα for παροξυσμοὺς.”
1388. Or, “flatter,” probably meaning to “deal gently with.”
1389. Thus the Syriac renders ἀντίψυχον in the Greek.
1390. The Greek has ἄκμων, “an anvil.”
1391. The Greek has μετά, “after.”
1392. Or, “constant,” “regular.”
1393. i.e. “in celibacy.”
1394. Or, “corrupted himself.”
1395. Literally, “make the contest.”
1396. Literally, “sons of His house.”
1397. These are the only parts of chaps.vii. and viii. in the Greek that are represented in the Syriac.
1398. Another inscription is, “Epistle the second, which is to the Ephesians.”
1399. Literally, “separated.”
1400. Literally, “bound from actions.”