PART VIII.

_THE PURIFYINGS OF THE JEWS._

SECTION XLVII. _Accounts in the Gospels._—Purifying before the feasts. The marriage in Cana. Washings and baptisms, 208

SECTION XLVIII. _Washing Hands before Meals._—Origin of the rite. The marriage feast, 210

SECTION XLIX. _Baptism on return from Market._—Market defined. Jesus at the Pharisee’s table, 214

SECTION L. _A Various Reading._—Baptizōntai and rantizōntai. Care taken in transcribing the New Testament. These two readings, 216

SECTION LI. _Baptisms of Utensils and Furniture._—Their prototypes in the Levitical purifyings of things, 219