d. St Luke couples Philip with Bartholomew precisely in

the same way as Simon with his brother Andrew, and Joses with his brother John.

255 ‒ Perhaps for the purpose of prayer and meditation. “The foliage of the fig-tree produces a thick shade, and the Jewish Rabbis were accustomed to rise early and study beneath it.” Wordsworth’s _Notes_.

256 ‒ Identified either with (i) _Kefr Kenna_, a small village about 4½ miles N.E. of Nazareth, which “now contains only the ruins of a church, said to stand over the house in which the miracle was performed;” or (ii) _Kana el Jelil_, about 5 miles north of Sepphoris, and 9 from Nazareth, near Jotapata, the name of which is considered by some completely to represent the Hebrew original. Robinson, II. 346–349; Thomson, _Land and Book_, p. 425; Stanley, _S. and P._ 367.

257 ‒ It is a striking confirmation of our Lord’s words (Mtt.