Tyropoeon Valley, i. 112
Unknown Feast, Christ alone there, i. 461, 462;
the miracle at Bethesda, 462-469;
His teaching at the Feast, 465, 466, 469-471
Valerius Gratus, Procurator, i. 242
Venusia, Jewish tombstones at, i. 70
Vows, Rabbinic ordinances concerning, ii. 17-21;
the hand on the Qorban,' 19;
distinctions between vows, oaths, and ban, 19, 20;
Christ's woe on vows contrary to the fifth commandment, 412
Wages in Palestine, ii. 417
Washing of hands, Rabbinic ordinances of, ii. 9, 10;
the ceremony, 10-12;
Rabbinic teaching on the subject, 13, 15, 210;
Christ's attitude towards this tradition, and his teaching concerning it, 15, 205-211
Watches, night, how many, i. 687, 688
Weeks, Feast of, how kept, i. 229
Wheat, price of, ii. 269
Wines, various kinds of, ii. 208
Wisdom of Solomon, character of, i. 31-33;
allegorical interpretations in, 34
Woes of Christ, on Chorazin and Bethsaida, ii. 138, 139;
on the Pharisees, 212, 410-414;
on the Scribes, 213
Writing materials, ii. 270;
inks, 270, 271;
pens, &c., 271;
the tablet, 271, 272
Xystos, in Jerusalem, i. 118
Yemen, kings of, professed the Jewish faith, i. 203
Yetser ha Ra, i. 52, 167;
final destruction of, ii. 441
Yetser tobh, i. 52, 53, 167
Yoke of the Kingdom, ii. 142-144
Zacchæus, ii. 352-355
Zacharias, home, wife, and character of, i. 135-137;
the annunciation of John the Baptist to, 137-140,
is dumb till the naming of his son, 140-158;
an idiot' priest, 141;
his hymn, 158, 159
Zadok, disciple of Antigonus of Socho, i. 322
Zadok, High?Priest, did not give their name to Sadducees, i. 322, 323
Zealots, Nationalists, or Cananæans, rise and political history of, i. 237, 238-242;
the Sicarii, 241, 242;
their presence in Christ's family, 242;
how described by Josephus, 243;
their principles, ii. 383, 385
Zebedee, sons of, probably Christ's cousins, i. 251;
meaning of the name, 474;
request of the mother of his children, ii. 116, 346, 347,
she is under the cross, 602, 603
Zechariah, the murdered prophet, legend of, ii. 413, 414
Zeqenim, i. 96;
Christ denounces their traditionalism, ii. 213;
the question of one of them about the greatest commandment, 403-405
Zugoth. See Sugoth.
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