Footnotes
Project Gutenberg EPUB edition
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
1561. Gentle. For they were few and useful to us.—Vat.
1562. By His own wisdom and providence. By His mighty power.—Vat., Pal.
1563. Holy omitted by Lips.
1564. Removes. He will remove.—Vat.
1565. See 2 Pet.iii. 5.
1566. Be strong, or be made strong.—Vat.
1567. Country; lit.to the villages. From Cumæ.—Vat. While I was journeying in the district of the Cumans.—Pal.
1568. Going ... letter. Now taking the book, I sat down in one place and wrote the whole of it in order.—Pal. In the ancient MSS. there was nothing to mark out where one word ended and another commenced.
1569. God ... against, omitted in Vat.
1570. Not, omitted in Vat.
1571. Make known. Rebuke with these words.—Vat.
1572. Let her restrain her tongue.—Vat.
1573. For ... you. For she will be instructed, after you have rebuked her with those words which the Lord has commanded to be revealed to you.—Vat.
1574. Doubt not. And so act.—Vat.
1575. Passage. Your journey.—Pal.
1576. And whosoever shall not deny his own life.—Vat.
1577. Those ... coming. The meaning of this sentence is obscure. The Vat. is evidently corrupt, but seems to mean: “The Lord has sworn by His Son, that whoever will deny Him and His Son, promising themselves life thereby, they [God and His Son] will deny them in the days that are to come.” The days that are to come would mean the day of judgment and the future state. See Matt. x. 33.
1578. Became gracious. Will be gracious.—Pal.
1579. The Vat. adds: but forgetfulness of them, eternal life.
1580. Personal. Worldly.—Vat.
1581. You ... careless. You neglected them as if they did not belong to you.—Vat.
1582. But you will be saved for not having departed from the living God. And your simplicity and singular self-control will save you, if you remain stedfast.—Vat.
1583. Now you will say: Lo! great tribulation cometh on.—Vat. Lo! exceedingly great tribulation cometh on.—Lips.
1584. Eldad (or Eldat or Heldat or Heldam) and Modat (Mudat or Modal) are mentioned in Num.xi. 26, 27. The apocryphal book inscribed with their name is now lost. Cotelerius compares for the passage Ps. xxxiv. 9.
1585. The church. The church of God.—Vat.
1586. Grapte is supposed to have been a deaconess.
1587. Fifth. Sixth.—Vat.
1588. My elders. Perhaps the translation should be: the presbyter.
1589. Others had been made too short, not in Vat.
1590. That ... glory. And that they may be made more joyful, and, hearing this, may greatly glorify the Lord.—Vat.
1591. God. Lord.—Vat.
1592. I said to you before, that you were cunning, diligently inquiring in regard to the Scriptures.—Vat. You are cunning in regard to the Scriptures.—Lips. In some of the MSS. of the common Latin version “structures” is read instead of “Scriptures.”
1593. The Lord. God.—Vat.
1594. The building. When therefore the building of the tower is finished, all.—Vat.
1595. Not because you are better. Are you better?—Vat.
1596. Are those. They are those who have already fallen asleep, and who suffered.—Vat.
1597. Cast away. Placed near the tower.—Vat.
1598. Use ... God. Then will they be of use for the building of the Lord.—Vat.
1599. For ... stones. For you yourself were also one of these stones.—Vat.
1600. The words “draw back” are represented in Greek by the word elsewhere translated “repent;” μετανοεῖν is thus used for a change of mind, either from evil to good, or good to evil.