Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

G. P. " and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God." These last words are wanting in several manuscripts. God is always with His Church, by His light and guidance : He will manifest Himself fully to the saints in heaven.

The text is in the positive degree. The order of the words is inverted in G. P. The Vulgate is supported by the Alexandrian and Vatican manuscripts, and is followed by Baumgarten-Crusius.

G. P. " that great city, the holy Jerusalem." The epithet "great" is want- ing in the above manuscripts, and in the Syriac and Arabic versions.

G. P. omit the number, which, however, is inserted by critics on the authority of the Alexandrian and other manuscripts. The apostles are the founders under Christ of the Church on earth : their glory in the Church triumphant will corre- spond with their office and merits.

G. omit " measure," which is supported by the same authority.