07;
symbolic import of its numbers, 508, seq.

Apocrypha, meaning of the word, 350.

Apocryphal books of the Old Testament, 198, 350, seq.;
uncertainty of their dates, 350;
none of them exist in Hebrew or were received into the Hebrew canon, 350;
received by the Alexandrine Jews, 351;
estimation by the early Christians and by Protestants, 351.

Apocryphal Gospels and Acts, 517.

Apostolic canons, so-called, 514.

Apostolic epistles,
a natural sequel to the Gospels, 445;
their occasions and offices, 445, seq.

Apostolic men, 109;
their writings, 483.

Apostolic fathers, 511, seq.

Apostles,
their peculiar office, 103;
their inspiration, 104, seq.

Apostle's Creed, 517.

Aquila and his version, 204.

Aramaean or Aramaic and its branches, 175;
became the language of the Jews after the captivity, 177, 369.

Ark of the covenant, 588.

Aristeas' account of the Septuagint version, 199.

Aristobulus' account of the same, 199.

Armenian version, 409.

Artaxerxes, 261;
Artaxerxes Longimanus, 261, 349.

Assyrian or square character, 172, 175.

Atonement, great day of, 603.

Authenticity of the Gospels, 66, seq.;
of the Pentateuch, 120, seq.
See further under the several books.

Autographs of the sacred writers, their early disappearance, 61, 209.

B.

Babylon, church in, 492.

Babylonish captivity, 255.

Barnabas, his relation to Mark, 427.

Barnabas, so-called Epistle of, 46, 100, 516.

Baruch, apocryphal book of, 358.

Bashmuric version, 407.

Belshazzar, identification of, 327.

Berosus' account of Nebuchadnezzar, 328.

Beza's, or the Cambridge manuscript, 387.

Bible, meaning of the word, 165;
variety of its authors and dates of its books, 168, 372, seq.;
their arrangement, 169, seq., 371, seq.;
different designations of, 165, seq.;
its code of morals, 150, seq.;
harmony of its parts, 152, 154;
its power over the conscience and life, 154.

Blood, sacrificial, the atonement lay in it, 597;
sprinkling of, 601, 603;
when carried into the sanctuary, 604.

Books of the New Testament, public reading of, 63.
See further under New Testament and the several books.

Books of the Old Testament.
See under Bible and Old Testament.

Branch as a designation of the Messiah, 590.

Briefs, 377.

Burning of sacrifices, signification of, 602;
without the camp, 605.

Burnt-offerings, 598.

C.

Cambyses, 261.

Canaanites, their exti