its language, 102, 103
Money, drachm, ii. 257;
stater, 114;
sela, 258;
talent, 294, 459;
perutah, 388;
mina, 466
Morning Sacrifice, i. 133, 134
Moses, at the Transfiguration, ii. 97, 98
Mothers in Israel, i. 229, 230
Noeoeman. See Pharisees.
Nain, description of locality, i. 553;
Christ raises the young man at, 554-556
Nard, price of, ii. 358
Nathanael, or Bartholomew, call of, i. 348-350
Nationalists. See Zealots.
Nazareth, description of, i. 144-148;
the Holy Family return there, 221;
no learned Rabbis there, 233;
can any good come out of Nazareth? 349, 350;
Christ's first visit there, 430, 456;
He is cast out of the city, 456, 457;
Christ's second visit to the place, 635-640;
He leaves it for ever, 640
Nehardaa, Jews of, i. 7, 8, 14
Nestorians, the, i. 15
New Year's Day, i. 229
Nicodemus, Christ's teaching to, 381-388;
St. John's retrospect on the interview, 389;
Nicodemus remonstrates with the Sanhedrists at the Feast of Tabernacles, ii. 162, 163;
brings spices to embalm Christ, 617
Nisibis, i. 8
Oil, value of, ii. 268, 269
Olives, Mount of, Christ's last discourse on, ii. 431, 432
Onkelos, the proselyte, repelled by Shammaltes, i. 239
Ophel, i. 111, ii. 157
Ordination among the Rabbis, ii. 381, 382
Orpheus, spurious citations from, i. 36
Palestine, the land' i. 7;
its boundaries, and gradations of sanctity, 84-86, 87;
Hellenic and Herodian cities in, 87, 88;
political government of, at time of Christ, 87, 88, 236, 237;
the ideal state in Messianic days, ii. 438, 439
Parables of Christ, characteristics of, and reasons for, i. 579-586;
meaning of the term, 580;
the sower, 586-588, 594, 595;
the seed growing secretly, 588, 589;
the tares, 589-592;
the mustard?seed and leaven, 592-594;
the treasure hid and pearl of great price, 595, 596;
the drawnet, 596, 597;
the watching servants, ii. 218, 219;
the good Samaritan, 234-239;
the importunate neighbor, 239-242;
the foolish rich man, 243-246,
the barren fig tree, 246-248;
the great supper, 248-252;
the lost sheep, 254-256;
the lost drachm, 256, 257;
the lost son, 257-263;
the unjust steward, 266-274;
Dives and Lazarus, 275-283;
the unjust judge, 284-289;
the Pharisee and the Publican, 289-293;
the unmerciful servant, 293-297;
the laborers in the vineyard, 415-421;
the two sons, 421, 422;
the evil husbandmen, 422-425;
the marriage feast and wedding?garment, 425-430;
the ten virgins, 453-459;
the talents, 459-465;
the minas, 465-467;
the three series of Parables, i. 579-580;
character of first and second series, ii. 233, 234
Paracletes, the two, ii. 515-518.
See also Holy Spirit
Parashah, i. 29
Passover, Feast of, pilgrims at, i. 229, 242-243;
the two first days of the Feast, 246;
the first Passover in Christ's Ministry, 366, 367, 378;
Christ's last Passover, ii. 479;
the preparations for the Feast, 479, 480;
the Paschal meal, the benedictions, 496, 497;
the first cup and the hand washing, 497;
the first cup and the hand washing, 497;
the ritual at table, 504, 505;
the sop, 506, 507;
time of the Paschal Supper, 507;
the midnight preparation in the Temple, 508;
end of the Paschal meal, 511-513;
what rendered unfit to eat the Passover, 566-568;
the Chagigah as Pesach, 568;
the ceremony of the wavesheaf and second Paschal day, 613, 618, 619
Patræ, Jewish inscriptions at, i. 70
Paul, St., in Arabia, i. 14;
his journey to Rome, 69, 70
Peræa, seat of Herod's government, i. 395;
Christ's Ministry there, ii. 127, 128;
time and character of it, 195, 196;
Christ's miraculous power there, 197, 223-225;
He is warned to leave Peræa, 301;
Christ's final journey through it, 328
Peshat, i. 21, 41
Peter, Simon, in Babylonia, i. 14;
first call of, 347, 348;
final call of, 474-477;
Christ cures his wife's mother, 485, 486;
Peter sees the raising of Jairus's daughter, 629;
he walks on the water, 693, 694;
is taught concerning clean and unclean, ii. 23, 34;
his dispute with St. Paul, 24;