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1
. Not extant.

 

2
. A much debated point, cf. e.g. Plat,
Men
., 86ff; Arist,
Eth
.
Nic
, 2,1, 3.

 

3
. cf. Bk XIV, 2.

 

4
. ‘The first things according to nature’ in the Stoic phrase, cf. Oc,
De Fin
., 2.

 

5
. cf. Bk IV, 30n.

 

6
. cf. Bk XIV, 20n.

 

7
. Antiochus of Ascalon (
ft
.
c
.80
B.C.
) tried to reconcile Platonism and Stoicism, and claimed to have restored the Old Academy.

 

8
. Hab. 2,4; Rom. 1,17; Gal. 3,11; Hebr. 10,38.

 

9
. Ps. 94,11.

 

10
.1 Cor. 3,20.

 

11
. Only fragments remain of Cicero’s
Consolatio
on the death of Tullia in 45
B.C.

 

12
. Wisd. 9, 15.

 

13
. Gal 5, 17.

 

14
. cf. Bk 1, 22n.

 

15
. cf. Bk 1, 5n.

 

16
. Rom. 8, 24f.

 

17
. Ter.,
Adelph
., 5, 4, 13f.

 

18
.
Eun
., 1, 1, 14f.

 

19
. Cic.
In Verr
., 2, 1, 13.

 

20
. Matt. 10, 36.

 

21
. Ps. 25, 17.

 

22
. Job 7, 1 (LXX. The Hebrew reads: ‘What is man’s life but warfare?’).

 

23
. Matt. 18, 7.

 

24
. Matt. 24, 12.

 

25
. cf. Bk DC, 23.

 

26
. cf. 1 Cor. 11, 14.

 

27
. Ps. 147, 12ff.

 

28
. A fanciful etymology. ‘City of Peace’ is possible.

 

29
. Rom. 6, 22.

 

30
. cf. Virg.,
Aen
., 8, 190–305 for the story of Cacus and Hercules.

 

31
. Virg.
Aen
., 1.195.

 

32
. cf. 2 Cor. 5, 6f.

 

33
.1 Tim.5,8.

 

34
. Gen.1,26.

 

35
. Gen.9,25.

 

36
. A mistaken derivation generally accepted in antiquity.

 

37
. Dan.9,3–15.

 

38
. John 8,34.

 

39
.2 Pet.2,19.

 

40
. cf.Eph.6,5.

 

41
.1 Cor.15,24;28.

 

42
. Wisd. 9, 15.

 

43
. cf.Bks IV, VI, VII.

 

44
. cf. Hab. 2, 4; Rom. 1, 17 etc.

 

45
. cf. Bk IV, 301l

 

46
. 1 Cor. 13, 9.

 

47
. cf. ch. 1.

 

48
. Ecd. 1, 14 etc.

 

49
. cf. ch. 14.

 

50
.1 Tim. 3,1.

 

51
. 1 Cor. 15, 28.

 

52
. cf. Bk II, 21.

 

53
. cf.the argument of Thrasymachus in Plat. Rp. 339A-341A.

 

54
. Aristotle’s ‘distributive justice’ (Eth.Nic, 5, 5, 2).

 

55
. Exod. zz, 20.

 

56
. Gen. 22, 18.

 

57
. cf. Bk VII, 25n.

 

58
. Extensive fragments of this work remain (J. O’Meara, Porphyry’s Philosophy from Oracles, 1959).

 

59
. Lactantius quotes part of this oracle in Greek (De
Ira Dei
, 2,312).

 

60
. Part of the Greek is quoted in Euseb., Dem.Ev., 3, 6.

 

61
. Photinus, bishop of Sirmium, deposed 351. He seems to have taught a kind of Sabellianism. The Photinians, his followers, were condemned at the Council of Constantinople, 381.

 

62
. Exod.22,20.

 

63
. Ps.96,5, in the LXX.

 

64
. Ps.16,2.

 

65
. cf.esp.Bk X, 5; 6; 20.

 

66
. Hab.2,4etc.

 

67
. Gal.5,6.

 

68
. Ps.144,15.

 

69
.1 Tim.2,2.

 

70
.1er.29,7.

 

71
. cf.2 Cor.5,7.

 

72
. Matt.6,12.

 

73
. Jas.2,17.

 

74
. Gal.5,6.

 

75
. Wisd. 9, 15.

 

76
. Job 7,1; cf. ch. 8n.

 

77
. Jas.4, 6; 1 Pet. 5, 5.

 

1
. cf.2 Pet 2,4.

 

2
. cf.Bk VII, 14.

 

3
. cf.Matt.8, 19.

 

4
. Rom.9, 4.

 

5
. Rom.11, 33.

 

6
. Ps. 144, 4.

 

7
. cf. Rom. 11, 33.

 

8
. cf. Eccl. 2, 13f. ‘Vanity’ means ‘emptiness’, ‘futility’, ‘nonsense’. It seems best, failing a word to convey these shades of meaning, to retain the familial translation.

 

9
. Eccl. 8, 14.

 

10
. Eccl. 12, 13f (LXX).

 

11
. Rom. 3, 20ff.

 

12
. Matt 13, 52.

 

13
. Matt. 11, 22.

 

14
. Matt. 11, 24.

 

15
. Matt. 12, 41f.

 

16
. Matt. 13, 37–43.

 

17
. Matt. 19, 28.

 

18
. Matt. 12, 27.

 

19
. cf. Acts 1, 25f. On the significance of numbers cf. Bk XI, 30f; XV, 20; XVII, 4; ch. 7.

 

20
. 1 Cor. 15, 10.

 

21
. 1 Cor. 6, 2f.

 

22
. Ep., 199, the second of two letters written to Hesychius, bishop of Salona (Split, in Dalmatia), in answer to a query about the apocalyptic chronology in Dan. 9, 24ff.

 

23
. Matt. 25, 34–45.

 

24
. John 5, 22–24.

 

25
. John 5, 25f.

 

26
. Matt. 8, 22.

 

27
. 2 Cor. 5. 14f.

 

28
. cf.Rom. 4, 25.

 

29
. cf.Rom. 4, 5.

 

30
. Ps. 101, 1.

 

31
. John 5, 27–9.

 

32
. Rev. 20 1–6.

 

33
. 2 Pet. 3, 8.

 

34
. Matt. 12, 29.

 

35
. Matt.19, 29. On significant numbers cf. ch. 5, and references there.

 

36
. 2 Cor. 6, 10.

 

37
. Prov. 17, 6 (LXX).

 

38
. Ps. 105, 8.

 

39
. Eph. 1, 4.

 

40
. 2 Tim. 2, 19.

 

41
. Ps. 123, 2.

 

42
. Rev. 20, 9f.

 

43
. cf. Rev. 12, 12; 11, 2; 12, 6; 13, 5.

 

44
. Matt. 12, 9.

 

45
. 1 John 2, 19.

 

46
. Tit.3, 5.

 

47
. cf.Matt.24,12.

 

48
. Matt. 25, 34.

 

49
. Matt. 28, 20.

 

50
. Matt. 13, 52.

 

51
. Matt. 13, 39ff.

 

52
. Matt. 5,19.

 

53
. Matt. 23, 3.

 

54
. Col. 3, If.

 

55
. Phil. 3, 20.

 

56
. cf. Phil.2, 21.

 

57
. Rev. 20 ,4.

 

58
. Matt. 18 ,18.

 

59
. 1 Cor. 5, 12.

 

60
. Rev. 20, 4.

 

61
. Rev. 14, 13.

 

62
. Rom. 14, 9.

 

63
. Rev. 20, 4.

 

64
. cf.2 Cor.6, 14. The Apocalypse, in fact, is speaking of the Emperor’s image.

 

65
. Rev.20, 5.

 

66
. John 5, 25; cf. ch.6.

 

67
. Rev. 20, 6.

 

68
. Rev. 20, 5.

 

69
. Col. 3, If.

 

70
. Rom. 6, 4.

 

71
. Eph. 5, 14.

 

72
. Ecclus.2, 7.

 

73
. Rom.14,4.

 

74
. 1 Cor. 10,12.

 

75
. Rev. 20, 6.

 

76
. 1 Pet. 2, 9.

 

77
. Phil. 2, 7.

 

78
. cf. Ps.110, 4; Hebr.7, 17–21.

 

79
. cf. Bk XVI, 22; XVII, 17–20.

 

80
. Rev. 20, 7f.

 

81
. Impossible etymologies.

 

82
. cf. ch.7.

 

83
. Rev. 20, 9; cf. ch.8.

 

84
. Matt. 25, 41.

 

85
. Ps. 69, 9.

 

86
. Is. 26, 11 (LXX).

 

87
. cf. 2 Thess. 2.8.

 

88
. cf. ch.8; Dan.12, 7.

 

89
. Rev.
20, 6f.

 

90
. Rev. 6, 9.

 

91
. Bk XVI, 24.

 

92
. Rev. 20, 10.

 

93
. ch.9.

 

94
. Rev. 20, 11.

 

95
. 1 Cor. 7, 31f.

 

96
. Rev. 20, 12.

 

97
. cf.Rom.2,15.

 

98
. cf.Bk XVI, 5; 15.

 

99
. Rev.20, 13.

 

100
. Col.3,3; Matt 8,33.

 

101
. Rom.8, 10.

 

102
. Matt.25,46.

 

103
. Rev.21,1.

 

104
. Rev.20,11; cf.ch.14.

 

105
. Rev.4,6; 15,2.

 

106
. Rev. 20, 2-j.

 

107
. Is.45,8 (LXX).

 

108
. Tit.3,5.

 

109
. cf.1 Cor.15, 53f.

 

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