Footnotes
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Source notes
41. Some read ματαιολογίαν, vain talk.
42. Gen.v. 24; Heb. xi. 5. Literally, “and his death was not found.”
43. Isa.xli. 8; 2 Chron. xx. 7; Judith viii. 19; James ii. 23.
44. Gen.xii. 1-3.
45. Gen.xiii. 14-16.
46. Gen.xv. 5, 6; Rom. iv. 3.
47. Gen.xxi. 22; Heb. xi. 17.
48. Gen.xix.; comp. 2 Pet.ii. 6-9.
49. So Joseph. Antiq.i. 11, 4; Irenæus, Adv. Hær. iv. 31.
50. Literally, “become a judgment and sign.”
51. Josh.ii.; Heb.xi. 31.
52. Others of the fathers adopt the same allegorical interpretation, e.g. Justin Mar. Dial. c. Tryph. n. 111; Irenæus, Adv. Hær. iv. 20.
53. Jer.ix. 28, 24; 1 Cor. i. 31; 2 Cor. x. 17.
54. Comp. Matt.vi. 12-15, vii. 2; Luke vi. 36-38.
55. Isa.lxvi. 2.
56. Prov.ii. 21, 22.
57. Ps.xxxvii. 35-37. “Remnant” probably refers either to the memory or posterity of the righteous.
58. Isa.xxix. 13; Matt. xv. 8; Mark vii. 6.
59. Ps.lxii. 4.
60. Ps.lxxviii. 36, 37.
61. Ps.xxxi. 18.
62. These words within brackets are not found in the MS., but have been inserted from the Septuagint by most editors.
63. Ps.xii. 3-5.
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.”
65. The reading of the MS. is τῆς πληγῆς, “purify, or free Him, from stripes.” We have adopted the emendation of Junius.
66. Wotton reads, “If He make.”
67. Or, “fill Him with understanding,” if πλῆσαι should be read instead of πλάσαι, as Grabe suggests.
68. Isa.liii. The reader will observe how often the text of the Septuagint, here quoted, differs from the Hebrew as represented by our authorized English version.
69. Ps.xxii. 6-8.
70. Heb.xi. 37.
71. Gen.xviii. 27.
72. Job i. 1.
73. Job xiv. 4, 5.
74. Num.xii. 7; Heb. iii. 2.
75. Some fill up the lacuna which here occurs in the MS. by “Israel.”
76. Ex.iii. 11, iv. 10.
77. This is not found in Scripture.
78. Or, as some render, “to whom.”
79. Ps.lxxxix. 21.
80. Or, “when Thou judgest.”