118 [This explanation is at variance with many of the healthy expressions regarding inspiration which abound in Augustin's expository writings.-R.]

119 See Jer. xxxii.

120 Reading delineanda. Four Mss. give delibanda = proper to touch upon.

121 Matt. xxvii. 11-26.

122 Mark xv. 9.

123 Or, Christs, Christos.

124 The text gives: et qui dixit illum an illum.

125 Or, Christs, Christos.

126 Mark xv. 2-15.

127 Luke xxiii. 2, 3.

128 Luke xxii. 4-12.

129 Luke xxiii. 13, 14.

130 The words, and of the chief priests, are omitted in the text. [So the Greek text, according to the best authorities. Comp. Revised Version.-R.]

131 Luke xxiii. 15-23.

132 Luke xxiii. 24, 25.

133 John xviii. 28-30.

134 John xviii. 31-34.

135 John xviii. 35-37.

136 John xviii. 37-xix. 7.

137 John xix. 8-12.

138 John xix. 13-16.

139 [Many harmonists, in view of the fact that Jesus had been scourged before the events narrated in John xix. 2-16, place these occurrences after the delivery of Jesus to be crucified. In § 36 Augustin defends the view that Matthew and Mark have varied from the order. See also chap. xiii.-R.]

140 Matt. xxvii. 27-31.

141 Mark xv. 16-20.

142 John xix. 1-3.

143 Matt. xxvii. 30, 31.

144 Mark xv. 20.

145 Matt. xxvii. 32.

146 Mark xv. 20, 21.

147 Luke xxiii. 26. [This probably implies that the afterpart of the cross was laid upon Simon, not the whole of it. This obviates the necessity for the explanation given by Augustin.-R.]

148 John xix. 16-18.

149 Matt. xxvii. 33.

150 Vinum. [So the correct Greek text. Comp. Revised Version.-R.]

151 Matt. xxvii. 34.

152 Mark xv. 23.

153 Matt. xxvii. 35, 36. The words, "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots," are omitted [So the Greek text, according to the best authorities. Comp. Revised Version.-R.]

154 Mark xv. 24.

155 Luke xxiii. 34, 35.

156 John xix. 23, 24.

157 Matt. xxvii. 37. [No notice is taken of the different forms the "title" on the cross, recorded by the evangelists.-R.]

158 Mark xv. 25.

159 John xix. 13-16.

160 Luke ix. 28.

161 Matt. xvii. 1; Mark ix. 1.

162 Matt. xxvii. 45; Mark xv. 33; Luke xxiii. 44.

163 Mark xv. 25.

164 John xix. 23.

165 John xviii. 29-31.

166 Matt. xxvii. 19.

167 Luke xxiii. 16, 18.

168 Luke xxiii. 20, 21.

169 Luke xxiii. 22, 23.

170 John xix. 4, 5.

171 John xix. 6.

172 John xix. 6-12.

173 John xix. 12-14.

174 John xix. 15.

175 John xix. 15, 16.

176 [The arrangement of the various details is open to discussion; but the probability is, that the virtual surrender of Pilate to the demand of the Jews took place about the third hour (9 A.M.), and that it was nearly two hours before the crucifixion took place.-R.]

177 Mark xv. 13, 14.

178 Dixit.

179 Dicebat. (The Greek also has the imperfect, e/legen. But in the use of this verb in the New Testament the continuous force of the imperfect cannot be insisted upon, as many examples will show. The conclusion of Augustin is correct, despite the insufficiency of this argument.-R.]

180 Fluitat = floats.

181 2 Cor. iv. 3.

182 2 Cor. ii. 16.

183 John ix. 39.

184 Rom. ix. 21.

185 Rom. ix. 20.

186 Rom. xi. 34.

187 Rom. i. 24-28.