Acts of Paul and Thecla

Or, persisted in staying with Paul.

Or, how they.

Or, healthy.

Matt. v. 8 .

Comp. 1 Cor. vi. 18, 19 .

Comp. Rom. xii. 2 .

Comp. 1 Cor. vii. 29 .

Comp. Luke xx. 36 .

Matt. v. 7 .

Some mss. add the following beatitudes: Blessed are they that tremble at the words of God, for they shall be comforted: blessed are they that have received the wisdom of Jesus Christ, for they shall be called the sons of the Most High: blessed are they that through love of Christ have come out from conformity with the world, for they shall judge the angels, and shall be blessed at the right hand of the Father.

Or, a great outpouring of lamentation in the house.

Or, a chief man.

i.e., we rise again in our children.

Or, whose.

i.e., in sign of grief.

One ms. has, boys.

Or, virtue.

2 Cor. i. 22; Eph. i. 13, iv. 30 .

Some mss. add: A widow, very rich.

One ms. has: God of our fathers, Son of the Most High. Another: O Lord God, who has made the heaven and the earth, Son of the Most High, Lord Jesus Christ.

i.e., the exhibition of wild beasts.

Or, be taken off, i.e., put to death.

Or, drawers.

A part of the ancient theatres on or near the stage.

Or, way.

Or, corrupt.

i.e., that he was dead.