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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
1881. Comp. 1 Cor.iv. 16.
1882. Comp. Col.iv. 18.
1883. 1 Pet.v. 2.
1884. 2 Tim.iv. 6.
1885. Phil.iii. 8.
1886. Comp. 1 Pet.iii. 6.
1887. Eph.vi. 1, 3.
1888. Literally, “If I did despise.”
1889. Or, “judgment.”
1890. Job xxxi. 13, 14.
1891. Comp. 2 Thess.iii. 10.
1892. Eph.v. 3.
1893. 1 Tim.v. 6, 11.
1894. Literally, “the name desirable to me,” referring to Hero the deacon.
1895. A class of persons connected with the church, whose duty it was to bury the bodies of the martyrs and others.
1896. Such as voluntarily confessed Christ before Gentile rulers.
1897. Some insert here a clause referring to widows.
1898. Or, as some read, “Demas.”
1899. 2 Cor.xiii. 12.
1900. Literally, “before ages.”
1901. Gal.i. 4.
1902. Gal.vi. 2.
1903. Literally, “have leisure for.”
1904. Literally, “cast thyself down.”
1905. Isa.i. 19.
1906. Gen.ix. 3.
1907. Ps.civ. 15.
1908. Eccles.ii. 25 (after LXX.); Zech. ix. 17.
1909. Comp. 1 Tim.iv. 13.
1910. Literally, “athlete.”
1911. 2 Tim.ii. 4.
1912. Comp. Matt.vii. 15.
1913. 1 Cor.xiii. 2.
1914. 1 Tim.v. 3.
1915. Ps.lxviii. 5.
1916. The term ἱερουργέω, which we have translated as above, is one whose signification is disputed. It occurs once in the New Testament (Rom. xv. 16), where it is translated in our English version simply “ministering.” Etymologically, it means “to act as a priest,” and we have in our translation followed Hesychius (Cent. iv.), who explains it as meaning “to offer sacrifice.”
1917. Specially, assemblies for the celebration of the Lord’s Supper.
1918. 1 Tim.iv. 12.
1919. 1 Cor.xi. 11.
1920. Jas. iv. 6; 1 Pet. v. 5.