Leper, healed by Christ, i. 491-497;
Rabbinic precautions regarding, 492-494;
how morally viewed by Jews, 494, 495;
Christ heals ten lepers, ii. 329-331
Lord's Supper, the accounts of its institution, ii. 509, 510;
the words, 510;
probable time of the Paschal Supper, 511
Luke, St., Gospel by, its character, i. 54, 55;
the Prologue, 202,
narrative peculiar to it, ii. 126-128;
was he one who went to Emmaus? 638
Lysanias, governor of Abilene, i. 261
Maccabee, Judas, political history of, i. 5, 121, 122
Maccabees, or Asmonæans, the rising and government of, i. 96, 97, 121-123;
the Palace of the Maccabees, 112, 118;
supposed derivation of their name, 237;
the coinage of, ii. 385
Maccabees, Fourth Book of, i. 32
Machærus, built, i. 120;
description of the site, 658-661
Magadan, borders of. See Dalmanutha
Magi, the meaning of the designation, i. 203;
their home, 203, 204;
their mission, 204-207;
their adoration and gifts, 207-214
Magdala, i. 571, ii. 5;
its dyeworks, i. 571
Malchus, smitten in Gethsemane, ii. 544
Mamon, ii. 266, 269
Manahem, son of Judas the Nationalist, fate of, i. 241
Manasseh, priest at Samaria, i. 396
Manna, to be brought down by Messiah, i. 176
Marcus Ambivius, Procurator, i. 242
Mark, St., character of his Gospel, i. 54, 499, 500;
presentation of Christ in it, ii. 127, 128;
probably was the young man in Gethsemane, 545
Mariamme I. wife of Herod, history of, i. 124-126
Mamage and betrothal, in Judæa and in Galilee, i. 148;
groomsmen, 148, 663, 664;
betrothal of Joseph and Mary, 148-150;
Jewish views on betrothal, 352-354;
the marriage ceremony, 354, 355;
marriage processions, ii. 455
Martha, of Bethany, Christ in her house, ii. 145-147;
her bearing at the time of the death and raising of Lazarus, 312, 313, 321, 322-324;
serves at the feast in Bethany, 358
Mary of Bethany, sits at Christ's feet, ii. 145-147;
her bearing at the time of the death and raising of Lazarus, 312, 313, 322-323;
she anoints Christ's feet, 358-360
Mary, wife of Clopas, ii. 602, 603, 618
Mary Magdalene, i. 570, 571;
under the Cross, ii. 602;
watches the burying, 618;
at the empty tomb on Easter Day, i. 572, ii. 631;
tells Peter and John, ii. 633;
sees the Angels and Christ, 634, 636
Mary the Virgin, her descent, i. 149;
betrothal, 149, 150;
the annunciation to, 150-152;
visits Elizabeth, 152;
Mary's hymn, 153;
is married to Joseph, 154-156;
journeys to Bethlehem, 183, 184;
birth of Christ there, 185;
her inner history and development, 191-193, 249-250;
her Purification, 197;
flees into Egypt, 214;
returns to Nazareth, 221;
her conduct at Christ's first visit to Jerusalem, 236, 248;
her request at the marriage of Cana, 359-362;
lives at Capernaum, 364;
her visit to Christ, 576, 577;
under the Cross is entrusted to St. John, ii. 601-603
Masada, i. 120, 124;
last siege of, 242
Matthew, St., character of his Gospel, i. 54;
presentation of Messiah in it, 54, ii. 127, 128;
Old Testament quotations in i. 206, 458, 459;
Christ calls him, 514-519;
he makes a feast for Christ, 519-521, 663
Matthias, R., executed by Herod, i. 217, 218
Meals, among the Jews, attitude at, i. 564;
the principal meal, ii. 205, 206;
food of the Babylonian and Palestinian Jews, 206;
the benedictions, 206;
the morning meal, 206, 207;
position of guests at, 207, 208;
wines and articles of diet at, 208, 209;
etiquette at, 209, 210
Measures, kinds of, i. 593, 594, ii. 268;
dry measure, ii. 269
Meir, R., treatment of lepers by, i. 495
Memra, the, in the Targumim, i. 47, 48
Menelaus, High?Priest, i. 121
Messiah, the, fiction of the two Messiahs, i. 78-80, ii. 434, 435;
names of the Messiah, i. 151, 154, 155, 175;
0. and N.T. view of Him, 160-162,
O.T. passages Messianically applied by the Synagogue, 163;
Rabbinic ideal of Him, 164, 165;
the sufferings and woes of Messiah, 165, 205; ii. 433, 434;