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
Gaba, i. 88
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, 651
Galilee, Lake of, i. 225;
the call of disciples by, 472-476;
fishing in the Lake, 473, 474;
calming the storm on it, ii. 599-605;
walking on the waters of, 687-695;
Christ's appearance after the Resurrection by it, ii. 647-651
Gamaliel I., i. 22;
healing of his son, i. 424
Gamaliel II., knowledge of Greek of, i. 22;
his arguments about the Resurrection, i. 315, 316, ii. 402, 403
Gaza, fair at, i. 117
Gehenna, Jewish ideas of, i. 271, 550, ii. 280, 281, 440;
children of, i. 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. 533, 534;
Christ's agony in, 538-541
Golah. See Dispersion
Golgotha, site and name of, ii. 585, 586
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, 253
Haggadah, character of, i. 11, 12, 35, 94, 102;
occurrence of in Mishnah, 103;
authority of, and contrast to Christ's teaching, 105, 106
Halakhah, authority of, i. 11, 94, 99-102;
growth and object of, 97, &c.;
contrast to the teaching of Christ and of Scripture, 105, 106, ii. 17
Hallel, the, i. 230;
at Feast of Tabernacles, ii. 159;
after Paschal Supper, 533
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. 31-34;
modes on 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;
religious views of, 18, 19;
studies of, 20-23;
those in Egypt, 62
Heretics, how regarded, i. 91
Hermon, distant view of, i. 146;
description of ascent to, ii. 93-95;
the Transfiguration on, 96-98;
the descent from, 102-104;
healing of the lunatic below, 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 Sanhedrim 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 Innocents 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;
imprisons and murders the Baptist, 656-674;