Ab-Bethdin, the father of the Sanhedrim,
noticed, 289, 567
Abba, explained, 516
Abel, the blood of, mentioned, 335
Abia, course of, one of the twenty-four
courses of priests, described, 536
Abiathar, the High Priest, an account of,
Abilene, where situated, 570
Abomination of desolation, described, 345
Abraham, the phrase, “We have Abraham
to our Father," explained, 49-the
Jews expected salvation on account of
their natural connexion with him, 49
-the holiness of their ancestors will
not supersede the personal regeneration
of their children, ib.-the phrase,
Abraham's bosom," explained, 125
-every believer is recognised a son of
Abraham, 280-nature of that oath
which God sware unto Abraham, 552
-what constitutes a true son of Abra-
ham, 692
Άβυσσον, εις, την, explained, 606
Aceldama, the field of blood, a perpetual
monument of the blameless character
of Christ and of the perfidy and re-
morse of Judas, 412-why it was
termed the potter's field, ib. — the
change of its name noticed, ib.-the
overruling Providence which led the
Jews to make this field a burying-
place, ib.—the testimony of Peter to
the truth of the fact, ib.-and of Jerom
to its perpetuity, 413
Axpeios, explained, 367
18, explained, 322
Adnuove, explained, 394
Aons, explained, 234. See hell.
Adultery, a crime so common among the
Jews that the legal ordeal was laid
aside, 691
Adivatov, explained, 278
Afflictions, benefits of, when sanctified,
133-external sufferings are not to be
taken as the comparative measure of
moral guilt, 654
Ayyapeve, explained, 89
Ayvapos, explained, 137
Agony of our Lord considered 394-398
-the bloody sweat which marked its
violence, noticed, 395-nature of that
agony endured by Christ upon the
cross when he exclaimed, "My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
427, 428
Ayopa, what, 283
Ayopais ev, described, 167
Aygos, explained, 643
Ariado, explained, 696
Akaveα, explained, 117
Akepaιos, explained, 150
Akpaσia, explained, 332
Arpides, described, 46
Alabaster box, described, 374-a common
name for all vessels containing un-
guents or scents, 601
Αλεκτοροφονία, explained, 393
Alexander the Great, an anecdote of, 84
Alexander Severus, commended and en-
forced the golden precept of our Lord,
Aλλa, explained, 290
Allegory, described, 191
Axλoquor, explained, 502
Alms, defined, 92-the term Sikaloσvvn
applied to alms-giving considered, ib.
-recognised by Christ as a duty, ib.
637-when acceptable to God, 92—
and when, as a religious act, it is vi-
tiated, ib.-whether a trumpet was
sounded when the Jews did their alms,
ib.-the nature of the reward which is
promised to the conscientious giver of
alms, 92, 93—the importance of being
influenced by right motives in the dis-
charge of this duty, 636-no greater
importance was attached to alms-giving
by our Lord than to any other moral
duty, 636, 637
Aμapтwhot, explained, 399
Auny, explained, 78
Ava@nuata, described, 330
Avaλnys, explained, 615
Avanλnрow, explained, 194
AvaσTaσis, explained, 318
Αναστρεφομενων, explained, 251
AVEREITO, explained, 381
Angels, how the will of God is done by
them in heaven, 100-their conduct
exhibited as the model of our obe-
dience, ib.-the instruments of sepa-
rating the evil from the good on the
day of judgment, and why they will be
thus employed, 201, 204, 641-the
notion of the Jews, that every indivi-
dual has a guardian angel, refuted, 258
-its unscriptural character stated, ib.
-that a ministry of angels is exerted
in behalf of the heirs of salvation, is a
doctrine of Scripture, ib.-the privilege
of beholding the face of God common
to all the angels, and no mark of dig-
nity peculiar to those who wait on the
disciples, ib.-attention of the angels
to man an interesting and consolatory
truth, ib.-the term used to represent
the disembodied spirits of the just,
259-a remark of Grotius on the angel
standing on the right side of the altar
of incense, noticed, 537-description of
the angel Gabriel, 540-the message of
the angels to the shepherds, considered,
558-the opinion of the Jews that
angels convey the souls of the just at
death to paradise, and those of the
wicked to torment, noticed, 644
Anger, when sinful, 82-the evil of in-
temperate and malevolent anger, 83-
and how it may be avoided, ib.-the
anger of the disciples at the ambitious
views of James and John, reproved,
290-nature of that manifested by our
Lord at the hypocrisy of the scribes,
considered, 456
Anna, the prophetess, 564, 565-meaning
of her name,
ib.-her piety, and in
what sense she prophesied, ib.
Annas, the High Priest, deposed by the
Romans, 403, 570-to whose house
Christ was conveyed after his appre-
hension, 403—a man of great influence
among the Jews, 570
Avoxn, explained, 682
Anointing, used in consecrating priests
and kings among the Jews, 21-its
typical signification, ib.-anointing oil,
a composition made by Moses under
the divine direction for the purpose,
and kept in the sanctuary, ib.-anoint-
ing the body with oil a common prac-
tice with the ancients, 102-but forbid-
den on fast-days, ib.-why the head
was anointed first, ib.-the apparent
discrepancy between Matthew and John
on the anointing of Christ by Mary,
reconciled, 373, 374-the custom of
anointing the head and feet of guests
at entertainments, noticed, 374, 601-
the ancient custom of anointing the
dead as a funeral rite, mentioned, 375,
376-anointing of the sick by the
apostles, noticed, 472-not performed
for the purpose of healing, but symbo-
lically, ib.-and they did not act under
any command of Christ, ib.-if it were
an authorized religious rite used by the
apostles in the miraculous cure of dis-
eases, it is no precedent for those who
have not these powers, 472, 473-the
papistical doctrine of extreme unction
destitute of Scripture foundation, 472,
473
Avoμia, explained, 343
Avwley, explained, 534, 535
Avтanodidovat, explained, 88
AvTI, explained, 292
AVTIKOS, explained, 84
Antinomianism, condemned by our Lord
in the sermon on the Mount, 79, 80—
obedience to the commandments close-
ly connected with the doctrine of the
atonement and the influences of the
Holy Spirit, 274, 275
AVTOTηvai, explained, 88
ATарveoμaι, explained, 240
ATTexovo, explained, 93
Αφρονες, explained, 635
АTокаbσтημ, explained, 247
Apologue, described, 190-Jotham's fable
of the trees, properly an apologue,
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