Apion, incites Alexandrians against the
Jews, i. 64, 65
Apocryphal Literature, origin of, i. 31;
influence of, 33
Apostles, the Twelve, calling of, i. 521-
523; mission of, 640; Christ's discourse
to them on it, 640-653; eat the ears of
corn on the Sabbath, ii. 53-56; their
question about feeding the 4000, 66; the
miraculous always new to them, 66, 67;
the leaven of the Pharisees and Saddu-
cees, 70, 71; effect on them of the
challenge of a sign, 76, 77; Christ's
question to them at Cæsarea Philippi,
78-80; His teaching as to His death,
86, 92, 110, 111, 345; the high point in
their faith, 91, 92; fail to cure the luna-
tic, 106, 109; dispute on the way to Ca-
pernaum, and Christ's teaching thereon,
115-125; the betrayal would not finally
break up their circle, 504; the question
as to the betrayer, 505; persecutions
predicted, 523; perplexity about Christ's
departure and coming again, 525–527 ;
Christ's prayer for them, 528-531;
breaking up and reforming of their
circle, 533, 534; they flee on Christ's
arrest, 534; power delegated to them,
643; Christ's last commission, 649;
they witness the Ascension, 649, 650
Arabia, Jews in, i. 12
Aramaan, language spoken, i. 10, 130
Archelaus, son of Herod, i. 126; acces-
sion of, 219; mission to Rome, 220;
made ethnarch, 220; banished to Gaul,
220, 236; wealth confiscated, 236;
changes high-priests, 240
Archisynagogos, i. 63
Aristaas, letter of, i. 25; symbolism in,
34, 36
Aristobulus, of Alexandria, commentary
of, i. 36
Aristobulus II., disputes of, with Hyr-
canus, i. 123
Aristobulus, brother of Mariamme, i. 124;
made high-priest, and murdered, 125
Aristobulus, son of Herod, history of, i.
126, 127
Artapanus, i. 36
Arzareth, i. 14
Ascension of Christ, ii. 649, 650
Asia Minor, privileges of Jews in, i. 73
Astrology among the Jews, i. 209-211
Athens, Jewish inscriptions at, i. 70
Atonement, Day of, i. 229
Baba ben Buta, advises Herod, i. 120;
brings sacrificial animals into the
Temple, 370, 372
Babas, sons of, murdered, i. 126
Babylonian Jews, how esteemed, i. 7, 9;
seats of, 7, 8; genealogies, 9; relations
to Palestinians, 10-12; academies of,
12; trade and commerce of, 13, 14
Bankers, Jewish and Roman, ii. 463;
interest charged by, 463, 464
Baptism, difference between the Baptist's
and Christian, i. 272; Levitical and
proselyte baptism, 273; the Baptist's
rite, 274; the Baptism of Christ, 283,
284; not expected for Jews in Rabbinic
writings, 285
Bar-Abas, released, ii. 574, 575
Bar-Cochab, coinage of, ii. 385
Bar-Timaeus, healing of, ii. 355, 356
Baruch, Apocalypse of, i. 31; age and
contents of, 81, 82; the Messiah in,
175
Bath-Kol, declares for Hillel, i. 128; was
such at Christ's Baptism? 285, 286;
declares for Elieser, ii. 69
Batlanim. See Synagogues
Beelzebul and Beelzibbul, i. 648
Bel and the Dragon, i. 31
Ben-Lakish, saying of, i. 141, 142
Bethabara, or Bethany, i. 264; John the
Baptist at, 278
Bethany, Christ at, ii. 144-147; journeys
to raise Lazarus, 314, 315; leaves it,
326; the journey and supper there,
358, 359; Mary anoints Christ, 358-
360 leaves it for Jerusalem, 364;
returns at night, 373; leaves it next
morning, 374; ecclesiastically included
in Jerusalem, 480; place of Christ's
Ascension, 649
Bethesda, Pool of, name, i. 462; the
troubling of the water, 463, 464; the
miracle there, 467-469
Beth ha Midrash, i. 23
Bethlehem, Messiah's birthplace, i. 181,
206; description of place, 184; the
Birth in the stable, 184, 185; the shep-
herds in the plains, 186, 187; the ado-
ration of the shepherds, 189
Bethphage, identification of, ii. 364; the
colt loosed at, 365; ecclesiastically in-
cluded in Jerusalem, 480
Bethsaida, of Galilee, probable situation
of, ii. 3; house of Peter and Andrew,
4; Christ lands there, 6; woe on,
138, 139
Bethsaida-Julias, built, i. 88, 262, 676;
the feeding of the 5000 there, 677-685;
the multitude sent away, 687; healing
of one blind at, ii. 47, 48
Betrothal. See Marriage.
Biccurim, i. 9
Binding and Loosing, power of, ii. 84, 85;
Church's power of, 643
Boraithas, i. 103; in the Babylon Talmud,
104, 105
Botnah, fair at, i. 117
Brethren of the Lord, question concern-
ing the, i. 251, 364; live in Capernaum,
364; their visit to Christ, 576, 577;
challenge Him to show Himself, ii.
129, 130
Burial, orations at, i. 555; the mourners,
555; ii. 317, 318; coffins and biers, i.
555, 556; ii. 317; procession to the
grave, i. 556, 557; duties connected
with, ii. 133; time of burying, ii. 315;
cemeteries and tombs, 316-320; mourn-
ing of relatives, 320, 321; visiting the
grave, 323; Jewish ideas about corrup-
tion, 324; Christ's woe on hypocrisy
in whitening tombs, 413; burial and
grave of Christ, 615-617
Cæsar, tribute to, the question of, ii. 383-
386
Cæsarea, i. 88, 119; residence of Roman
Procurator, 236
Cæsarea Philippi, built, i. 88, 262; Christ
journeys to, ii. 70-74; description of
locality, 74; Christ's question and
Peter's confession there, 78-85; the
teaching and temptation by Peter
there, 86-88; Christ leaves it, 110
Caiaphas, appointed high-priest, i. 242;
character and policy of, 262, 263, ii.
545; his unconscious prophecy, ii. 326;
Christ before him: the private inter-
view, 548-552; the trial before the
Sanhedrists, 556-560; the condemna-
tion, 560
Calirrhoe, baths of, i. 217
Cana of Galilee, marriage in, 344; site of
town, 355, 356; home of Nathaniel,
356, 423; the first miracle in, 357-363;
the second miracle in, 423-429
Canon, Old Testament, i. 27, 35
Capernaum, home of Christ, His Mother,
and brethren, i. 364, 457; site of town,
365, 366; Synagogue at, 366; cure of
court-officer's son at, 424, 429; centre
for preaching, 458, 460; cure of the
demonised in the Synagogue at, 478-
485; cure of Peter's wife's mother and
of siek at, 485-488; Christ heals the
paralytic at, 501-506; cure of cen-
turion's servant there, 542-549; raising
of Jairus' daughter at, 616–634; healing
of the woman with the bloody flux,
620; Christ leaves it, 635; teaches
near it. 654; His discourses on His
return there, ii. 4-26; His teaching in
the Synagogue there, 27-35; deserted
by some disciples there, 36; He leaves
Capernaum, 37, 75; teaching on His
return to Capernaum, 115-125; Christ's
woe on, 139
Capua, Jewish tombstones at, i. 70
Carmel, view of, i. 146
Census, that of Cyrenius, i. 181-183;
excitement consequent on, 236, 237,
241
Chaber. See Pharisees
Chanina ben Dosa, cure by, i. 424, 425,
ii. 116
Chasidim, rule of, i. 96; distinguished
from Pharisees, 323
Chazzan, generally also teacher, i. 231; his
part in the Synagogue services, 438, 443
Cheber, under the Maccabees, i. 97
Chija, R., restores the Law, i. 12
Children, how regarded by the Jews, i.
227, 252; what they see before being
born, ii. 325
Chizonim, Sepharim, or outside books, i.
33; probably the Essenes, 331-333;
books denounced by Rabbis, 333, 334
Chol ha Moed, ii. 148, 156
Chorazin, Christ's woe on, ii. 138, 139
Church, the, disputes in early, i. 7;
foundation laid on 'the Petrine,' ii. 82-
85; discipline to offenders in, 123, 124;
authority bestowed by Christ on, 140-
142; its union, communion, and dis-
union, 518-523; rule and ordination
in the early Church, 554; its com-
mission and power given by the Risen
Christ, 642, 643
Clement of Alexandria, on Aristobulus,
i. 36
Coponius, Procurator of Syria, i. 242
Costobarus, Governor of Idumaea, mur-
dered, i. 126
Crassus, spoils Temple Treasury, i. 369
Crucifixion of Christ, preparations for, and
procession to, ii. 580-584; Simon the
Cyrenian bears the Cross, 585; Christ
and the women of Jerusalem, 586, 587;
the crucifying, 587; the draught re-
fused, 587, 588; the titulus, 588, 589;
the lots for the garments, 589-591;
the Utterances of Christ, and the mock-
ing, 591-605; His death, 607; the rend-
ing of the veil and the earthquake, &c.,
608-610; the crurifragium, 610, 611;
Christ's side pierced, 612, 613
Cyrene, Jews in, i. 62, 63, 119; Simon of,
ii. 585
Cyrenius, notices of, in St. Luke, i. 181,
182; orders a census, 236; Governor of
Syria, 242
Dalmanutha, probable derivation of name,
ii. 67, 78; its site, 72; the challenge
of the sign from heaven at, 68-70; its
effect on the disciples, 71, 79
Darshan, studies of, i. 11
Dead, the offices for, i. 554, 555.
the Gan Eden and Gehinnom after, ii.
Death, Jewish ideas of its cause, i. 166 ;
279-281; invocation of Abraham after,
ii. 279, 281, 282
Debtors, bonds or writings of, ii. 268, 271,
272; various kinds of such legal docu-
ments, 272, 273
Decapolis, cities of the, i. 87; Christ
heals one deaf and dumb there, ii. 44-
47; Sabbath controversies in, 52-62;
feeding of 4000 in, 63-67; Christ
journeys through it towards Jerusalem,
132; certain there who would follow
Him, 132-134
Dedication of the Temple, Feast of, i. 121;
how celebrated, 229, ii. 227, 228;
names for it, ii. 226, 227; Christ's
teaching at, 229-232
Defilement, Rabbinic, degrees of, i. 493, 494;
from entering a heathen house, ii. 565
Demetrius, Hellenist historian, i. 36
Demetrius Phalereus, i. 24, 25
Demonised, in N. T., i. 479; views of
Christ and of His contemporaries on,
480; character and probable rationale
of the phenomenon, 480-485, 607-612;
Jewish remedies for, 482; cure of the
demonised at Capernaum, 484-485; at
Gerasa, 607-614
Demonology of N. T., whence derived?
i. 142; Jewish idea of Beelzebul, ii.
200, 201
Dispersion, the, union with Jerusalem in
worship and hope, i. 5, 6, 77, 78, 82,
83; in all lands, 70; persecutions suf-
fered by them of the, 75; places of
worship, 76; Palestinian views of their
present and future, 78-82
Dispersion, Eastern, or Trans-Euphratic,
nations of, i. 6; political and religious
standing, 7-12
Dispersion, Western. See Hellenists
Divorce, Christ's teaching to the Pharisees
on, ii. 331, 332,334-336; Rabbinic views
on the subject, 332-334
Dorshé Reshumoth, allegoric interpreta-
tions of the, i. 35
Dreams, how regarded, i. 155
Dress, etiquette in, i. 620; articles of
clothing, 621-623; probable dress of
Christ, 624-626; byssus and purple, ii.
278
Eden, Gan, ii. 280, 281. See Death
Egypt, Holy Family in, i. 214, 215, 217
Eleazar, high-priest, letter to, i. 25;
Aristaeas' account of, 34, 35
Eleazar, son of Boethos, High-Priest, i. 241
Eleazar, son of Judas the Nationalist,
i. 241, 242
Eleazar the Mede, i. 12
Elieser ben Hyrcanos, R., i. 15; his stone,
106; signs in confirmation of his
teaching, ii. 69; questioned as to the
shepherd and sheep, 193, 194
Elijah, Jewish ideas concerning, i. 142,
143; at the Transfiguration, ii. 97, 98;
the disciples' question about his
coming, 104, 105
Elisabeth, character and home of, i. 135-
137; her retirement, 143; greets the
Virgin, 152, 153; gives the name John,
158
Elisha ben Abujah, R., the apostate, i. 23
Emmaus, Moza, or Colonia, ii. 157; the
walk to Emmaus on Easter Day, 635-640
Emora, part of, in Synagogue services, i.
445, 449, 450
Enoch, Book of, date and character, i. 38:
restoration of Israel according to, 79;
presentation of Messiah in, 173; angel-
ology of, 330
En-Soph. See Kabbalah
Ephraim, city of, ii. 127; Christ there,
326, 327
Esdras, Fourth, age and character of, i.
80, 81; Messiah in, 175
Esebonitis built, i. 88, 119
Essenes, dress of, i. 119; manner of life,
237; number and separation of, 324,
325, 328, 329; was John the Baptist
one? 325, 334; customs and grades in
the order, 326-328; angelology of, 330;
derivation of the name Essene, 331-
333; Rabbinic views of the sect, 334
Eupolemus, i. 36
Excommunication, Jewish, kinds of, ii.
183, 184; what involved in, 184
Execution, Jewish modes of, ii. 582
Ezekias, rising of, i. 238, 241
Ezekiel, Hellenist poet, i. 36
Ezra, return under, i. 8; activity of, 9,
10, 12
Fasting, Jewish views on, i. 662, 663
days of, ii. 291
Fathers, Jewish, duties of, i. 230
Feasts, attendance at, when obligatory,
i. 235
Fig-tree, value of, ii. 246, 247; parable
of, 246-248; Christ curses the barren
tree, 374-377
Flocks at Bethlehem, for what purpose
there, i. 187
Gabinius, rebuilds Samaria, i. 398
Gabriel, angel, how regarded by the Jews,
i. 142; sent to Nazareth, 150, &c.
Galileans, character and dialect of, i.
225; despised by Rabbis, 225, 226;
slaughter of some by Pilate, ii. 221,
Galilee, country of, exports and character
of, i. 117, 223, 224; the stronghold of
the Nationalists, 238; Christ withdraws
there, 393; His first ministry there,
422, 423, 458, 459; His second journey
through Galilee, 490; once more there :
heals two blind men, ii. 49, 50; returns
there from Cæsarea Philippi, 110; last
commission to apostles there, 649
Galilee, Lake of, i. 225; the call of
disciples by, 472-476; fishing in the
Lake, 473, 474; calming the storm on
it, 599-605; walking on the waters of,
687-695; Christ's appearance after the
Resurrection by it, ii. 645-649
Gamaliel I.,i. 22; healing of his son, i. 424
Gamaliel II., knowledge of Greek of, i.
22; his arguments about the Resurrec-
tion, i. 315, 316, ii. 402, 403
Gaza, fair at, i. 117
Gehenna, Jewish ideas of, i. 271, 550, ii.
280, 281, 440; children of, ii. 551, ii. 440
Gennesaret, Land of, beauty of, ii. 5
Gentiles, how regarded by Jews, i. 90–92,
547, ii. 15; their future according to
the Rabbis, i. 271, ii. 440, 441
Genusim, Sepharim, i. 33. See Apocrypha
Gerasa, i. 606, 607; healing of the
demonised at, 607–615
Gethsemane, site and name of, ii. 532,
533; Christ's agony in, 537-540
Golah. See Dispersion
Golgotha, site and name of, ii. 583, 584
Gospels, order of, and presentation of
Christ in, i. 54, 55
Grecian philosophy, influence on Jews of,
i. 22, 23, 31; views on immortality by,
257
Greek language, influence on Palestinian,
i. 22; price of Greek MSS., 24; not the
language of Christ, 130; understood
by Him, 252
Haggadah, character of, i. 11, 12, 35, 94,
102; occurrence of in Mishnah, 103;
authority of, and contrast to Christ's
teaching, 105, 106
Halachah, authority of, i. 11, 94, 99–102;
growth and object of, 97, &c.; contrast
to the teaching of Christ and of Scrip-
ture, 105, 106, ii. 17
Hallel, the, i. 230; at Feast of Taber-
nacles ii. 159; after Paschal Supper, 532
Hebrew, by whom spoken, i. 10, 130;
price of MSS., 23, 24; spoken by
Christ, 252
Hellenic cities of Palestine, i. 87-89
Hellenism, character of, i. 32-34; modes
of interpreting Scripture of, 34-36;
Philo's exposition of these methods, 40,
&c.; completion of Hellenism in him, 57
Hellenists, or Grecian Jews, character of,
i. 6, 7, 18-22; origin of name, 17; re-
ligious views of, 18, 19; studies of,
20-23; those in Egypt, 62
Heretics, how regarded, i. 91
Hermon, distant view of, i. 146; descrip-
tion of ascent to, ii. 93-95; the Trans-
figuration on, 96-98; the descent from,
102-104; healing of the lunatic be-
low, 106-109
Herod I. (Great), orders genealogies to
be burnt, i. 9; architectural works of,
88, 90, 118-120, 127; conduct towards
the priesthood and Sanhedrin, 120, 123,
238, 240; political history of, 123–125;
murders by and family troubles of, 124-
127; his death, 127, 217, 218; hatred
of the people for him, 127; his attitude
towards Judaism, 127; conduct towards
the Magi, 204-207; murder of the Inno-
cents by, 214; will of Herod, 219; his
opposition to Nationalism, 240
Herod II. (Antipas), political history of,
i. 126, 219, 220, 673; his character,
261, 393, 394; builds Tiberias, 261;
probable alliance with the Pharisees of,
393, 658; residence in Peræa, 657: im-
prisons and murders the Baptist, 656–
674; his marriage with Herodias, 673;
desires to see Christ, 675, ii. 75; his
threat to kill Christ, ii. 301, 302, 384;
Christ before him in Jerusalem, 570
Herod Philip, i. 219; marries Herodias,
672, 673
Herodeion, built, i. 119; burial of Herod
I. at, 218
Herodias, her hatred of the Baptist, i.
658, 672; history of, 673
Herodians, or Boethusians, character and
views of, i. 237-240, ii. 384; seek a
sign from Christ, ii. 67-70; their ques-
tion about tribute, 384
High-priests at the time of Christ, cha-
racter of, i. 263
Hillel, activity of, i. 12, 95; life of, 116,
128, 129; how he attained authority,
248, ii. 381; character and tendency of
his school, i. 238-240; many of his
school murdered by Shammaites, 239, ii.
13, 14; the eighteen decrees, ii. 14; his
teaching on divorce, 333, 334; charac-
ter of ordinances imposed by his school,
407
Holy Spirit, the, descent of, at Christ's
Baptism, i. 284-287; blasphemy against,
ii. 199; the promised Paraclete, 514-
517, 524, 525
Homeros, Siphré, i. 23
Homes, Jewish, character of, i. 227, 252
Houses, Jewish, large and small, i. 501,
502
Hyrcania, built, i. 119
Hyrcanus I., breaks with Pharisees, i. 97;
conquers Idumæa,
122;
Samaritan Temple, 398
destroys
Hyrcanus II., history of, i. 122-126
Idumaa (S. Palestine), conquered, i. 122
Incensing, ceremonial of, i. 137, 138
India, Jews in, i. 12
Inheritance, Jewish law of, ii. 243, 259;
gifts, and testaments, 259
Innocents, murder of the, i. 214-216
Ishmael, son of Elisha, vision by, i. 138
Israel, unity of, i. 3; merits of, 84, 86:
their sufferings, to what ascribed, 167,
168; conditions of their deliverance
by Messiah, 169, 170; future of, 271
Italy, Jewish settlements in, i. 70
Jairus, raising of his daughter by Christ,
i. 617-634
James, son of Alphæus, call of, i. 521; a
cousin of Christ, ii. 601
James, brother of Christ, character of, i.
251, 254; Christ's appearance to him
after the Resurrection, ii. 649
James, son of Zebedee, first call of, i. 347,
348; final call of, 474-477; witnesses
raising of Jairus' daughter, 629; sees
the Transfiguration, ii. 93-98; his re-
quest to Christ, 346, 347; taken into
Gethsemane, 537
Jason, or Joshua, the high-priest, un-
Jewish conduct of, i. 118, 121
Jehudah the Holy, R., collates the Mish-
nab, i. 102; views on the Samaritans
of, 401
Jehudah ben Tabbai, i. 96
Jericho, imprisonment of principal Jews
by Herod in, i. 218, 219; site, history,
and commerce of, ii. 349, 350; Christ
stays with Zacchæus in, 351-354; heals
two blind men at, 355, 356
Jerusalem, description of, in time of
Herod, i. 111-113; shops and markets
in, 115, 117, 118; cost of living and
population in, 116; Synagogues and
academies of, 119; magistrates in, 129;
Grecianism in, 129; character and
morals of the people in, 130-132; the
dialect, 130; houses, letters, and news-
papers in, 131; Christ's last three visits
to Jerusalem, ii. 126, 127; His entry
into the city, 363-373; Jewish ideas as
to the Jerusalem of the future, 437
Jesus Christ, annunciation of, i. 150-152;
His Name, 155; His Nativity, 185-
189; His Divinity, why kept a mystery,
192; His circumcision and redemption,
193-197; Simeon and Anna, 199, 200;
adored by Magi, 207, 213; the flight
into Egypt, 214, 215; return to Naza-
reth, 221; the Nazarene,' 222, 223;
His child life, 226-234; first attend-
ance in the Temple, 236-249; His
youth and early manhood, 252-254;
His Baptism, 278-300; Temptation,
291-307; Christ the Lamb of God, 342-
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344; first week of His Ministry, 344'
345; first call of disciples and return
to Galilee, 345-352; the first Miracle
at Cana, 356-363; His home at Ca-
pernaum, 366; the first Passover in
His Ministry, 366; purification of the
Temple, 372-374; the sign asked, 374-
378; the signs done at the Passover,
378-380; Christ's teaching to Nico-
demus, 381-389; Christ's teaching and
His disciples' baptism in Judæa, 390,
393; Christ at Jacob's Well at Sychar:
the teaching of the woman, 395-420;
the two days in Samaria, 420-422; the
cure of the court officer's son at Ca-
pernaum, 423-429; Christ at Nazareth,
430, 431, 451-459; at the Unknown
Feast, 460-471; end of first stage of
Christ's Ministry: final call of dis-
ciples, and miraculous draught of fishes,
472-477; heals the demonised at Ca-
pernaum, 484, 485; cures Peter's wife's
mother and other sick, 485-488; second
Galilean journey, 489, 490; heals the
leper, 491-498; tracked by Scribes and
Pharisees, 498, 499, 574, ii. 51; heals
the paralytic at Capernaum, i. 501-
507; calls Matthew, 513 521; calls
the twelve, 522, 523; the Sermon on
the Mount, 524-541; in Capernaum:
visit of His friends, 542, 543; the charge
that He had a devil and Satanic power,
543, 575, 576, 609, ii. 9, 197, 198;
heals the centurion's servant, 544-551;
raises the young man at Nain, 552-
560; chronology of this period, 561,
562, 570; pardons the woman which
was a sinner, 563-569; the women who
ministered to Him, 570-573; heals two
blind men and one demonised dumb on
way to Capernaum, 573; the visit of
His mother and brethren, 576, 577;
His teaching by parables, 578-586;
the first series, 586-598; stills the
storm on the Lake of Galilee, 596-605;
heals the demonised at Gerasa, 606–
615; raises Jairus' daughter, and heals
the woman who touched Him, 616-
634; Christ's personal appearance, 620-
626; His second visit to Nazareth, 635,
640; sends forth the twelve, 640-
653; withdraws from Galilee, 656,
657; answers the Baptist's disciples
as to prayer and fasting, 662-665;
answers the Baptist's message, 668,
669; Christ's testimony to the Baptist,
669-671; feeds 5000 at Bethsaida, 677–
685; will not be made King, 686;
walks on the sea and stills the storm
on the lake, 687-695; at Gennesaret,
ii. 5; returns to Capernaum, 4-8; dis-
courses by the way, 9-24; the crisis in
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