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Myra, a city of Lycia, supposed by Grotius to be the same with Limyra, Acts 27:5.

Myriad, muriav, the highest number known in Greek arithmetical notation, Matthew 18:24. Amount in British sterling of a myriad of gold and silver talents, ibid. This word often used by the Greeks for any indefinite multitude, 1 Corinthians 4:15.

Mysia, its boundaries, Acts 16:7.

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Nain, where situated, according to Eusebius, Luke 7:11. Name of the owner, anciently stamped with a hot iron upon the forehead or shoulder of his slave, Revelation 7:3.

Names given in derision to the people of God often become the general appellatives of religious bodies, Mark 16:6. Instances produced, ibid. Names of the Jewish ancestors formerly continued among their descendants, and why, Luke 1:61. Calmet’s judicious remarks on the difference of names, which so frequently occur in the sacred canon, Acts 9:33. Representation of names by the numbers contained in them, an ancient custom, Revelation 13:18.

Naplouse, the ancient Shechem or Sychar, Matthew 10:5; John 4:5.

Nard, Calmet’s description of this Indian plant, Mark 14:3. Nasi, the supreme officer in the Jewish Sanhedrin, Matthew 20:21; 23:9.

Nathanael, reasons for supposing this apostle to have been the same with Bartholomew, John 1:45.

Nativity of our blessed Lord, vast variety of conjectures respecting the period of the, Luke 2:8. Very unlikely that it took place in the month of December, ibid. Julius I. fixed it on the 25th of December, the very day on which the ancient Romans celebrated the feast of their goddess Bruma, ibid. What might have moved the pontiff thus to alter the festival of the nativity, ibid.

Nativity, account of vulgar era of the, Preface to Matthew. Matthew 1:1.

Nazarene, what meant by this word in its application to our Lord, Matthew 2:23.

Nazareth, where situated, Matthew 4:13.

Neapolis, see Naplouse.

Neighbour, what the original word so rendered imported among the Jews, Matthew 5:43; Luke 10:29.

Nemean games, crown won by the victor in the, made of parsley, 1 Corinthians 9:25.

Neocorus, newkorov, rendered worshipper, originally imported the sweeper of the temple, Acts 19:35. Afterwards, a title of great distinction assumed by whole cities, ibid.

Nesiim, µyaycn, among the Jews, who, Ephesians 1:21. nhstiv implies a total abstinence from food, Matthew 6:16. New Birth, doctrine of the, considered, John 3:10. New Covenant, or New Testament, why this appellation is given to that portion of the sacred canon written in the Greek language, Preface to Matthew, Matthew 1:1; Matthew 26:28. Dr. Lardner’s observations on the credibility of the Gospel history, Acts 28:31, in fine. Chronological arrangement of the books of the New Testament with the places where written according to Lardner, and the number of chapters and verses in each book, Introduction to the Gospels and Acts, p. 28. New Moon, method adopted by the ancient Jews of ascertaining the day of the new moon, Matthew 26:75, in fine.

Newton, (Sir Isaac) epigram on this great mathematician and philosopher, by one of our best poets, 1 Corinthians 13:9.

Nicanor’s gate, the east gate of the court where the women were placed for purification after delivery, Luke 2:22.

Nicias, remarkable passage in Thucydides which gives an account of the total overthrow of this Athenian general, Ephesians 4:32, in fine. Nicolaitans, account of the doctrines of the, Introduction to the Second Epistle of Peter, 2 Peter 1:1; Revelation 2:6. Criticism of Michaelis on the name of these people, Introduction to the Second Epistle of Peter, 2 Peter 2:1.

Nicopolis, situation of two towns of this name, Titus 3:10. Nidui, or Niddui, ywdn, the less excommunication among the Jews, John 9:22; 1 Corinthians 16:22.

Nisus and Euryalus, affecting account of the friendship of, as given by Virgil, John 15:13.

Northern nations, grand transmigration of, into the Roman territories in the fifth century, Romans 12:15.

nosov, import of this word, Matthew 4:23. In what it differs from malakia, ibid.

Nullis majoribus orti, “sprung from no ancestors,” import of this phrase in Horace, Hebrews 7:3.

Number of the beast, conjectures respecting the import of this hieroglyphical prophecy, Revelation 13:18. The name of the power or being to which this number has apparently an illusion still involved in the greatest uncertainty, Revelation 11:7.

Numbered, observations on the Greek word thus rendered, and the ancient custom to which it has an allusion, Acts 1:26. Numbers, how represented on the Arundelian marbles, Revelation 13:16.

Nunc dimittis, Claude’s remarks on this beautiful song, Luke 2:52, in fine.

Nuptial solemnities of the ancients, account of the, Matthew 8:12.