23 Exod. xi. 5. [Lxx., both altered and abridged.]

24 Luke xvii. 34.

25 Matt. xxiv. 42.

26 Matt. xxiv. 43, 44. [R. V., "if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming,

to be broken through

in an hour ye think not," etc.]

27 The future tense is peculiar to this citation, also the addition of "their."-R.]

28 See last note.

29 Matt. xxiv. 45-47. [R. V., "that he will set him overall that he hath." The translator has made a similar change in verse 45.-R.]

30 John xxi. 16.

31 John xi. 34.

32 Gen. iii. 9.

33 Gen. xviii. 20, 21.

34 Ezek. ii. 5.

35 Luke xx. 13. [in Homily LXVIII. this form of the saying is cited as occurring in Matthew (xxi. 37).-R.]

36 [R. V., "when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not."]

37 [R. V. margin, "severely scourge him."]

38 Matt. xxiv. 48-51. [The textual variations are slight, and are indicated in the emendations of the A. V. appearing in the above rendering.-R.]

39 Phil. iv. 5, 6.

40 Heb. x. 37.

41 Matt. xxiv. 50.

42 1 Cor. x. 24.

43 Rom. xv. 2, 3.

44 1 Cor. xiii. 3.

45 Philip. i. 23,24.

46 John xxi. 15-17.

47 Luke xii. 32.

48 Acts x. 4.

1 [The passage, as here given, corresponds with that prefixed to the Homily in Field's text. There are some omissions, and some variations from the received text. It seemed unnecessary to annotate it to any extent, since the variations appear in the rendering. In Migne's edition, the citation ends with the words, "while the bridegroom tarried. "-R.]

2 Matt. xix. 12.

3 1 Cor. vii. 25.

4 ai9 de/.

5 ai9 /ikhqei=sai.

6 1 Thess. iv. 16 (comp. 1 Cor. xv. 52.)

7 Luke xvi. 26.

8 Matt. xxv. 12.

9 See Matt. vii. 23.

10 Matt. xxv. 13.

11 1 Cor. vii. 34, 35.

12 Matt. xxv. 23.

13 Matt. xxv. 24, 25.

14 Matt. xxv. 27. [R. V., "bankers."]

15 [R. V., "the ten talents."]

16 Matt. xxv. 28, 29.