genitive muddvev of gates. The idea several is conveyed by
avd, as Luke ix. 8, dvd S00 yuTavas “ two coats apiece:” John ii. 6, avd petpytas dvo # Tpels “ two or three firkins apiece.”
Street (7Aateia). See on Luke xiv. 21. From Aarts broad. Hence the broadway.
92. No temple. The entire city is now one holy temple of God. See on ch. i. 6.
93. The glory of God did lighten it. Compare Isa. lx. 19, 20.
The light (6 Avyvos). Rev., better, lamp. See on John v. 35.
24. Of them which are saved. Omit.
In the light (év 76 dort). Read dia rod dwtos “ amidst the light” or “by the light.”
Do bring (dépovcw). The present tense, denoting habit. Glory and honor. Omit and honor. Compare Isa. Ix. 3.
27. That defileth (cowodv). The participle. But the cor- rect reading is the adjective xowdy common, hence unhallowed. Rev., wnclean.
Worketh (rowodv). Lit., maketh or doeth.
“In this present life, I reckon that we make the nearest approach to knowledge when we have the least possible com- munion or fellowship with the body, and are not infected with the bodily nature, but remain pure until the hour when God himself is pleased to release us. And then the foolishness of the body will be cleared away, and we shall be pure and hold converse with other pure souls, and know of ourselves the clear light everywhere, which is no other than the light of truth.
For no impure thing is allowed to approach the pure” (Plato, “ Pheedo,” 67).