this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner (Matt. xxvi. 64, &c.) as ye have seen him go into heaven, (Acts ii. 2.) Dan. x. 1. In the third year of Cyrus-as I was by the side of the great RIVER -then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in fine linen, (xii. 7,) whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz. His body was also like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. And I Daniel alone saw the vision for the men which were with me saw not the vision; for a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, I was in a deep sleep (ch. xii. 2.) on my face, and my face towards the ground. . . . Then said he, Fear not... Now am I come to make thee understand what shall befal thy people in the latter days, for yet the vision is for many days... And behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips. . . Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and strengthened me. Matt. xxviii. 1. In the close of the weeks, as it dawned toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered, and said unto the women, Fear not. . . . . And as they went to tell his disciples, lo, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid. Matt. xxiv. 13. xxvii. 52. Rev. i. xi. xviii. &c. x. xi. Luke xxiv. 25. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Messiah to have suffered all these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and the Prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke xiii. 28. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the Prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. Rom. xvi. 25. Now to him that is of power to stablish you, according to my Gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest, and made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, BY THE SCRIPTURES OF THE PROPHETS; To God only wise be glory, through Christ Jesus, for ever. Amen. TEXTUARIUS. 1 Jewish Expositor, September, 1826, pp. 325-327. The Scripture Almanack FOR 1826: PURPORTING TO EXHIBIT SOME OF THE MEMORABLE EVENTS AND SACRED SEASONS OF THE BIBLE, TOGETHER WITH An Arrangement of the Scriptures, in Chronological Order, TO BE READ THROUGH THE YEAR, WITH THE RESPECTIVE PORTIONS OF EACH DAY.1 NOVEMBER. THIS was the ninth month in the ecclesiastical year, and the third in the civil or political year of the Hebrews. It answers pretty nearly to our November, O. S. See Calmet's Bib. Encyclop. on Cisleu. Neither Stockius nor Buxtorf assigns any reason for its Hebrew appellation; but Parkhurst says, "It appears to be so called, because at that season, in Judea and the neighbouring countries, the cold becomes very sensible (from D, stiffness, or, in Arabic, to be numbed, torpid, dull. Castell.) Thus Jer. xxxvi. 22; and Dr. Russell informs us, (Nat. Hist. of Aleppo, p. 14.) that at Aleppo they begin to light fires about the end of November. Neh. i. 1. Zech. vii. 1. Comp. 1 Macc. i. 54. Heb. Lex. p. 330. The application of names to this and other months, by various nations, might be the topic of an interesting enquiry. The Syrian, Egyptian, Arabic, Turkish, and Persian names, are given in Martin's Arts and Sciences, p. 266. A notice of the Athenian, Macedonian, Grecian, Hebrew, &c. may be seen in Parr's Life of Usher, pp. 533–535. The etymology of the Roman names is explained in Adam's Rom. Antiq. p. 328. Who first employed the language," the gloomy month of November," and what was its occasion? The climate of England? or was it of foreign extraction? or had it any reference to the Hebrew appellation? Weather. If the rains are not already fallen, they certainly fall this month.Shaw's Travels, p. 290. The sun's heat, although not so great in the day-time, is, however, still violent; but the nights are very cold and uncomfortable for travellers, many of whom journey by night, carrying torches before them.-Cotovic. Itin. Hieros. p. 334. The mercury, as the month advances, gradually falls from 60 to 50 degrees; the variation of one day is not more than from 2 to 5 degrees. -Russel, p. 156. Productions. This is the time for the general sowing of corn; as wheat, zea or spelt, and barley, in Palestine, at Aleppo, and in lower Egypt.Korte, p. 187. Shaw, p. 123. Dates are still gathered in Egypt, in the middle of this month.Thomson, vol. ii. p. 176. The trees till this period retain their leaves; and at Aleppo the vintage lasts to the 15th inst.-Russell, p. 14. Jewish Calendar. 1. The New Moon, or the first day of the month. 2. Prayers for rain. Calendar. Bartolocci. 3. A feast in memory of the idols which the Asmoneans threw out of the courts, where the Gentiles had placed them. 6. The lessons were, Gen. xxxii. 3—xxxvii. 1 ; and the whole of Obadiah; or from Hos. xii. 12, to the end of that book. A fast in memory of the book of Jeremiah, torn and burned by Jehoiakim, Jer. xxxvi. 23. 7. A feast in memory of the death of Herod the Great, son of Antipater, who was always an enemy to the sages. 10. The lessons were, Gen. xxxvii. 1-xli. 1; and Amos ii. 6ch. iii. 9. 17. The lessons of this day were, Gen. xli. 1-xliv. 18; and 1 Sam. iii. 15, to the end. 21. Feast of Mount Gerizim, instituted for celebrating the triumph of the Jews over the Samaritans, when the temple at Jerusalem was visited by Alexander the Great. See more particulars in the Jewish Calendar given by Calmet, p. 2. 25. A feast, to commemorate the renewing and dedicating of the temple by Judas Maccabeus, after its profanation by Antiochus Epiphanes. 1 Mac. iv. 52. 2 Mac. ii. 16. John x. 22. In the time of Josephus, this was called the feast of lights, Antiq. vol. xii. chap. 11; and reasons for it are assigned by Calmet, in the Jewish Calendar, p.2. 26. The lessons were, Gen. xliv. 18—xlvii. 27; and Ezek. xxxvii. 15, to the end. [DECEMBER in our next.] Biblical Criticism. SHORT NOTES ON ST. MATTHEW'S GOSPEL.1 CHAP. XII. Ver. 50. Οτις γὰρ ἂν ποιήση κ. τ. λ. There are many passages in the classics somewhat similar to this. Thus (Hom. II. .429) Andromache, speaking to Hector, says, "Εκτορ, ἀτὰρ σύ μοί ἐσσι πατὴρ τóτvia μýτηo. Propert. I. 11. 23. Tu mihi sola domus, tu, Cynthia, sola parentes omnia tu nostræ tempora lætitiæ. Eurip. Orest. 731. φίλταθ ̓ ἡλίκων ἐμοὶ, Καὶ φίλων, κ, συγγενείας, πάντα γὰρ τάδ' εἶ σύ μοι. Valerius Flaccus, III. 327. Tu mihi qui conjux pariter fraterque parensque Propertius, 1. ii. el. 14. Quam tibi nec frater nec sit tibi filius ullus, Martial, describing the love of Gelia for her jewels, says, (l. viii. ep. 81.) Hos fratres vocat, et vocat sorores. Epictetus (lib. ii. cap. 22.) observes, that a man's own welfare and advantage is to him brother, father, kindred, country, and God. CHAP. XIV. ver. 6. Tevɛoiwv. The birth-day of a prince, and the day of his accession to the throne, were kept with great pomp amongst the Gentiles. It was usual with the Egyptians, (Gen. xl. 20.) and the Romans, (Plin. ep. 61. lib. x.) but not with the Jews, who reckoned these among the feasts of idolaters; Herod, however, was not a man to be guided by the customs of the country which he, a foreigner, governed. From Herodotus (lib. ix. cap. 109.) we learn, that the Persian kings observed the same custom. Τοῦτο τὸ δεῖπνον, παρασκευάζεται ἀπὰξ τοῦ ἑνιαυτοῦ, ἡμερῇ τῇ ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ Βασιλεύς. This supper was prepared once a-year, on the day in which the king was born. For the sense here ascribed to Eyévero, compare lib. i. cap. 133. So also Xenophon, 1 Continued from page 481. |