.... Principles of interpretation to be followed in the exposition. ......... Page 221 224 225 Time of the first instance of the fulfilment of any of these predictions, the most important, why 228 First of the signs of the third class; nation stirred up against nation.... 229 (Note. Illustration of the prophecy by the fact.. 234 Date of the first instance of the fact, why to be more parti cularly determined..... ibid. First example of the event predicted, at Alexandria in Other examples, between the delivery of the prophecy, and the time of the end. . . . . 242 Preservation of the Jewish inhabitants in what quarters; and how to be probably explained) 246 .... Second of the signs of the third class; kingdom stirred up against kingdom.. 235 (Note. Tranquillity of the times at the birth of Christ, and after, up to what period.... 249 Matters of fact, answering to the description in the pro phecy) 251 .... First of the signs of the fourth class; earthquakes 250 phecy).... stances braced by the prophecy (Note. Ominous character of earthquakes.. Judæa liable to earthquakes Recorded instances of earthquakes, answering to the pro Second of the signs of the fourth class; famines Instances of famines or times of dearth, for the period em Sabbatic years among the Jews of this time, what 254 256 257 255 260 .. ibid. 261 262 Page Instances of mortalities or pestilences, for the same period 263 Famine during the siege of Jerusalem, a part of what) .. 264 Signs of the fifth class; troubles 261 .... Signs of the sixth class. Fearful occurrences to be distin guished from fearful sights.. 264 (Note. Instances of signs from heaven, in comets or eclipses 265 .... Signs among the Jews, of either description, before the war 266 .... History of Jesus or Joshua, the son of Ananus. 268 Alleged affection of the spring of Siloam, before and during the siege of Jerusalem) 269 Second half of the first member of the first general division 266 Signs, affecting the believing part of the same community, and running parallel with signs affecting the unbelieving.... Probationary character of the former, answering to the penal character of the latter Classification of the new series of signs. 270 271 272 Connected as cause and effect, in every instance but what. 273 First sign of the second series of signs; rise and progress of persecution Fulfilment of the prophecy by the event 274 ibid. Second sign of the second series; taking of offence by Final end of the prediction, to account for what ibid. (Note. Proof of the effect from the event) 277 Third sign of the second series; rise and agency of false (Note. Proper sense of yevdonрoprns, or false prophet.... 279 General proofs of the fulfilment, from the Acts and the Epistles).. ibid. The same effect how intimated in the prior prophecy in ibid. (Note. Political character of the times before the end, after what period, conducive to the fulfilment of this pre- Fulfilment illustrated by the Epistle to the Hebrews) Fulfilment of the prediction necessarily gradual ibid. Common end and purpose of all the artificial systems of ibid. Extent of the predicted propagation, what .... Page 300 (Note: Method observed in the propagation of the Gospel,) 301 Final end of the propagation, "for a testimony unto the 66 Gentiles," what 302 Necessary that the propagation of the Gospel should be as extensive as what ibid. (Note. Extent of the Dispersion in the ancient world.) ibid. (Note. Persecution of the Gospel at all periods, between the time of the prophecy and the time of the end, mainly the work of the Jews .... Instrumentality of the Jews in originating the calumnies against Christianity 306 .. 311 The Christians or Nazarenes publicly cursed in the synagogues of the Jews.... Treatment of the Christians by Barchochab Disposition of the Jews towards the Christians in later times).. 312 ibid. 313 Second member of the first general division; and its parts 307 End and object of the first, what.. ..... Peculiar significancy of the event possessing this relation to the fact of the παρουσία .... Practical directions connected with its recognition Nature of the event possessed of this meaning and signification ... 312 ... 315 316 317 (Note. Reconciliation of the Gospel accounts in the de scription of the event in question 318 Holy ground, to be understood of what. 319 Precept, connected with the recognition of the sign, Let him that is reading understand it 320 Reference to Daniel in the phrase, Abomination of desola tion, a reference to the sense, not to the words.. Inference from these premises, of the general import of the prediction 322 ..... Occasions for and on which Jerusalem was placed in the situation in question, between the prophecy and the time of the end ibid. Page Reasons for excluding the first 324 Reasons for excluding the third and fourth 325 Reasons for considering the second the only one which could Ecclesiastical tradition of the migration of the Hebrew church before the war, and the cause to which it was due .. 331 Pella, where 333 Constitution of the Hebrew church, favourable to such a migration) ibid. Substance of the particulars of the first part 319 Substance of the preceptive part 328 Injunction to pray that their flight might not take place on a sabbath, nor in the winter 330 (Note. Proof that such a prayer was probably granted, in each of its parts 334 .... .... Proof of the same thing, with what further sense of the words, μηδὲ ἐν σαββάτῳ) . 336 Substance of the prophetical part. First, the nature, in tent, and purpose of the days to follow 335 Final end of the days of vengeance, that all things might be fulfilled which were written 339 Secondly, promised abridgment of the days in question 340 ibid. Specification of some of the means of this abridgment, first with respect to the duration of the siege of Jerusalem Secondly, with respect to that of the war) 343 345 Grounds of the abridgment, or why it should be necessary, and for whose sake it should be granted 341 Third particular; description of the days, and their effects, |