16. "When Salome asked the Lord, How long shall men die? he said. As long as women bear children. Then Salome answered, I have done well that I did not bear {kcCKwq ovv iiroi^aa fit) TeicoiKrct'); but the Lord replied, Thou maj-est eat of every herb, but of that which has bitterness do not eat." And further on (p. 540) he states, "I am come to make an end to the works of the woman — of the woman, viz. the lust ; to the works, viz. to the birth and death."
17. " He that wanders shall reign, and he that reigns shall rest" (Clem. Alex. Strom, i, 453), from the Hebrew Gospel.
18. " I came to put an end to sacrifices ; and unless ye cease from sacrificing, God's anger will not cease from you" {Evang. Ebion, ap. Epiph. Hceres. xxx, 16).
19. " My mj-stery is lor me and for the sons of my house" (Clem. Alex. Strom, v, 684).
20. "In the Gospel according to the Hebrews, the Saviour himself says, Just now my mother, the Holy Spirit, took me by one of my hairs, and bore me away to the great mountain Thabor." This verj- singular saying is quoted by Origen, in Jonnn. tom. ii (ed. De la Rue, iv, 64) ; Jerome, Comment, in Jes. 11, 2, lib. ii; in Hicham, vii, 6. That the Holy Ghost should be present- ed here as a (/enus feminiimm must not be looked for in the Gnostic idea of the Holy Ghost as female principle (comp. Fabricius, Cod. Apocr: i, 362 sq.), but finds its explanation in the words of Jerome {Comment, in Jes, 40, 11), "Nemo autem in hac parte scandalizari debet, quod dicatur apud Hel)r:ros spiritus gonerc feminino, cum nostra lingua aiipcllafiir gcuere mascidino, et (ira;co sermone neutro; in divinit.'ite enim nulliis est sexus."
21. "Never be joyful except when ye shall look on
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your brother in love"— so from the Hebrew Gospel by Jerome {Comment, ml Ephes. v, 4),
See Grabe, Spicileyium, i, 12 sq. ; Fabricius, Codex Apucr. N. T. i, 321 sq. ; Kiirner, De Sermunibus Christi uypiKpoii; (Lips. 1776) ; HotFraaun, Das Leben Jesu nach dm Apokryphen (ibid. 1851), p. 317 sq. ; Westeott, In- trodiiithm to the Study of t lie Gospels (Boston, 1867), p. 44.^ sii. (B. P.)
Sayutsliiam, in Hindu mythology, is a degree of blessedness or godliness which relieves man from the necessity of being born again on earth. It may be at- tained by solitude, virtue, and self-examination, and is at all times assured to such Brahmins as become Yogis, their state being so exalted as to make them more than equal to the gods and to exempt them from every form of trial. — VoUraer, Wurterh. d. Mylhol. s. v.
Sazoma, in Lamaism, is one of the two legal wives of Cio Conciva or Xaka, the second person in the trini- ty of Lamaism.
Scab (3"i5, garah, Deut. xxviii, 27 ; elsewhere "scurvy," a diseased scurf on the skin; nPISp'O, mis- pdc/iat/i, Lev. xiii, 6, 7, 8 ; a harmless cutaneous erup- tion; nnSO, sappdchath, ver. 2; xiv, 56, the mamje in the hair causing it to fall out; kindred with these last two is nS'.;3 for H30. s('»/;ac^, to "smite with a scab," Isa. iii. 17, i.e. premature baldness; ns^^, ?/flW(J- pheth, Lev. xxi, 20; xxii, 22, an itching or tetter in the skin). See Disease ; Leprosy.
Scabbard ("i?P, tdur, Jer. xlvii, 6 ; elsewhere "sheath"). See Swokd.
Sceeus, in (ireek mythologj', was one of the twelve sons of HippocoJin, who expelled Icarius and Tyndareus from Lacedffimon, but were afterwards themselves over- come and slain by Hercules.
Scaffold ("li'3, kiycir, 2 Chron. vi, 13; elsewhere used of the "laver" and "pans" for the sacred service), a. platform or pulpit (q. v.) for public speaking; proba- bly raised from the floor, but whether round (as the name would seem to denote) or square (as the dimen- sions would imply) is uncertain.
Scala Santa (Ital. for holy stair), a celebrated staircase, consisting of twenty-eight white marble steps, in a little chapel of the Church of St. John Lateran at Korae. Romanists assert that this is the staircase which Christ several times ascended and descended when he appeared before Pilate, and that it was carried by angels from Jerusalem to Rome. IMultitudes of pil- grims creep up the steps of tlie Scala Santa on their knees with roses in tlieir hands, kissing each step as they ascend. (Jn reaching the top, they repeat a prayer. The performance of this ceremony is regarded as being particularly meritorious, entitling the de- vout pilgrim to plenary indulgence. It was while thus ascending these holy stairs that Luther thought he heard the words "The just shall live bj- faith," and, mortilicd at the degradation to which his superstition had brought him. tied from the spot.
Certain churches in England had similar staircases, which enjoyed the privilege of affording composition for a visit to Rome — at Westminster Abbey, in 1504; St. Mary's Chajjcl, at Boston; St. Mary's Chapel in the Austin Canons' Church, Norwich ; and at A\'indsor, with a college often i)riests, until 1504.
Scale : 1, of fishes (ncpbp, kaskeseth. Lev. xi, 9. 10, 12; Deut. xiv, 10; Kzek. xxix, 4; so of the htminn of a coat of " mail," 1 Sam. xvii, 5) ; similarly Xf Tr/f (a Jliik-c) of incrustations from the eyes (Acts ix, 18); but in Job xli, 15 (Ileb. 7) the scaly armor of the crocodile is figuratively denoted (CiJ^ '^I^'^S^i stro7ig ones of shields, A. v. "scales"); 2, of balances (Obs, peles, in the sing, only, "weight," Prov. xvi, 11 ; "scales," Isa. xl, 12; always associated with D^JTX^, the balance