Abilene, a principality near Damascus,
96.

Abraham, 46, 47, 72; the true descend-
ants of, thought by the Jews to oc-
cupy a high place in the kingdom of
the Messiah, 22, 58; pedigree of Jesus
going back to Abraham, 35, 39; in
the parable of Lazarus, 387, 388.
"According to Matthew," explanation
of the term, 30.

Achaia, places in, visited by Paul, 19,
20, 570, 572, 579, 595.
Achaicus, 571, 599.

Acts, Book of, 23, 181; the book ex-
amined, 25, 26; its character and
significance, 540, 541; one of the
written sources of the information
of, the book, 562, 563; the writer
of, anxious to restore peace to the
Church, 616; his conciliatory pur-
pose, 659; the book probably com-
posed at Rome, 660; particulars about
Paul, 521-524; account of Paul's
action after the conversion, 533; ful-
ness of accounts concerning Paul,
535; the author of, ascribes to Paul
miracles similar to those ascribed to
Peter, 540; his mode of representing
Peter and Paul, 540, 544, 660; descrip-
tion of the collision of the two par-
ties in the community at Jerusalem,
553-561; artificial division of Paul's
missionary labors, 562; account of
Paul at Athens, 569, 570; event show-
ing the Romans to be more friendly
to the Gospel than the Jews, 572; ac-
count of a journey of Paul from
Ephesus to Jerusalem, 579; stories of

Paul's apostolic dignity, 589, 590;
story of Paul and tumult concerning
Artemis, 593, 594; account of Paul's
farewell to the Ephesians, 612, 613;
account of Paul's reception at Jeru
salem of doubtful credibility, 615-
617; the author's desire to represent
Paul as an unimpeachable Jew, 616,
617, 622, 624, 625, 629, 630, 641; story
of Paul's being mobbed at Jerusalem,
619, 620; account of Paul's imprison-
ment, 625-642; the narrative of Paul
at Rome abruptly closes, 640, 641.
Adam, 39; the type of the sinful race of
man, 531.
Adramyttium, 630.
Adriatic Sea, the, 260.

Adultery, Penalty for, in the Law; 376,
377.

Eneas, a cripple cured by Peter, 557.
Ethiopia, 1.
Africa, 76.

African desert, the, 1.
Agabus, a Judæan prophet, 535, 614.
Age. See Apostolic Age, Golden Age,
Messianic Age.

Agrippa I. See "Herod Agrippa I."
Agrippa II., 625; date of his appoint-

ment to the supervision of the tem-
ple, 4; arrives at Cæsarea, 628;
Paul's case referred to and tried be
fore him, 628-630.

Ahab, his wife possibly a model for
Herodias, 272.
Ahasuerus, the wandering Jew, 448, 449
Ahimelech, 214.
Ahitophel, 483.

Akiba, his views on divorce, 339.
Albinus, successor to Festus, 645.
Alexander, a Jew, 594.
Alexander, a man said to be the son of
Simen of Cyrene, 448.
Alexander the Great, 2, 7, 40.
Alexander Jannæus, 3.
Alexandria, 521, 536, 648; the Jews in
rise to a distinguished position, 7.

Alexandrians, the, 506.

Allies, the, 1.

Alphæus, 180, 200.

Apollonia, 567.

prayer, 263.
Amphipolis, 567.
Amplias, 591.

Ananias, the story of his vision and
Paul's conversion, 523, 524; com-
pared with Cornelius, 561; referred to
by Paul, when mobbed at Jerusalem,
620, 621.

Ananias, story of, and of Sapphira, 490-
492; compared with Elymas, 540.
Ananias, the high priest, 621, 645.
Ancyra, 563.

Andrew, son of Jona, 127; Simon's
brother, 127, 181; called by Jesus to
follow him, 127-129; a disciple of
Jesus, 180, 674; Jesus talks with
the brothers on the Mount of Olives,
402.

Andronicus, 591.

Angelology, 46, 133, 378.

Anna, Mother of Mary, account of, 47.
Anna, the prophetess, sees Jesus, 63;
the story of, considered, 63-66.
Annas, the high priest, 96, 389, 495,
686; date of his deposition, 96.
Annas, son of, 86.

Antichrist, 652, 653; supposed to be
Nero in Revelation, 654; how stig-
matized in the three Epistles of John,
664.

Antioch, capital of Syria, 17, 516; head-
quarters of Paul, 17, 534-536, 540;
the liberal school of Jesus established
there, 18; the congregation disturbed
by the Jewish Christians, 18; depart-
ure of Paul, 19; Paul's congregation
fall away from him, 21; its import-
ance and population, 536, 605; trouble
among the believers, 547, 560-562;
Peter's visit to, 550-553; date of im-
portant events, 562.

Antioch in Pisidia, Paul's visit to, 537-
539.

Antiochus Epiphanes, 280.
Antipas. See Herod Antipas.
Antipater, 3.

Antipatris, 623.

fellow-worker of Paul, 596, 599; pos-

sible author of the Epistle to the
Hebrews, 642, 649.

Apostles, the, 8, 16; leaders of the
stricter sect of Jesus's followers, 17;
appealed to in the dissensions among
the Christians, 18; their authority re-
cognized by the Heathen-Christians,
21; wrote of Jesus, in the time of his
activity in Israel, 37; their belief in
the Messiahship of Jesus, 110: the
title of Apostle claimed by Paul,
180; significance of the title, its or-
igin, and the office of the Apostolate,
180, 184, 484; sent on their work by
Jesus, 182-184; appear unfavorably,
195; meaning of the word resurrec-
tion, 463, 464; their belief in the re-
surrection, 477; carry on the work
of John the Baptist, 488; members of
the community at Jerusalem. 482-
502; speak in many tongues, 485, 486;
story of their work and its miraculous
commencement, 485-488; wonders
worked by them at Jerusalem, 490-
492, 494-499; prosecuted by the San-
hedrim, 495-498; their disappearance
from history, 645; did not intend to
found a new religion, 650. See Disci
ples, and the Twelve.
Apostles, Acts of the, 25, 26. See
Acts.

Apostolate, the office of, 484.
Apostolic Age, the historical sketch of,

1-33; end of the struggles of, 21,
22; use of the word Amen" for
closing prayer, 263; controversy con-
cerning who might enter the Mes-
sianic Kingdom, 292-311; belief in
the return of Jesus the central
thought of, 333, 334; importance at-
tached to the suffering in the Garden
of Gethsemane by Jesus, 423, 424;
importance laid on the salvation
through suffering, 455; legend of the
transfiguration, 502-504.

Apostolic Fathers, the, writings of, 22.
Appia, probably the wife of Philemon,

638.

Appian Way, the, 634
Appii Forum, 634, 635.
Aquila, 570, 571, 579, 593; goes with
Paul to Ephesus, 572; instructs Apol-
los in Christianity, 596.
Arabia, 1, 16, 94, 530.
Aramaic tongue, the, 505.