. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. ves.^^ It is almost un-necessary to add, that they had numerous synagogues,^* one of which was pre-eminentabove the rest, and adorned with oSerings of brass taken from the Temple of Jeru-salem. Antiochus Epiphaues had committed the sacrilege, and afterwards presentedthe spoils to his Jewish subjects at ^ The Jews there were under thegovernment of their own chief magistrate, called the Archon, corresponding to theEthnarch at Alexandria and Damascus; and doubtless they had also, as at Alexandria,a Council of Seventy-two, or of some smaller number, an
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. ves.^^ It is almost un-necessary to add, that they had numerous synagogues,^* one of which was pre-eminentabove the rest, and adorned with oSerings of brass taken from the Temple of Jeru-salem. Antiochus Epiphaues had committed the sacrilege, and afterwards presentedthe spoils to his Jewish subjects at ^ The Jews there were under thegovernment of their own chief magistrate, called the Archon, corresponding to theEthnarch at Alexandria and Damascus; and doubtless they had also, as at Alexandria,a Council of Seventy-two, or of some smaller number, answering to the Sanhedrim ofJerusalem.^* Before the Archon and the Council were determined all questions oftheir law, with an appeal to the High Priest at Jerusalem.^ Possessed of such highprivileges, the Jews of Antioch were continually receiving an accession of strength,by the number of Proselytes who joined ** Amongst others, we read in theNew Testament of Nicolas, a Proselyte of Antioch f^ but if, as is supposed, he was the. Fig. 45.—Coin nf P. Quinctiliiis Varus. Prefect of Sy\ the Britisli Museum. Obv. Head of Jupiter.—Kef. Female figure of Antioch. witli the legend, Aiiiove ■ Ovapov (of the Anliochians underVarus), and ihe date EIC, or 25 of ihe Actian era, answering to the year from the 2nd of September 7, to the 2nd ofSeptember 6. Varus was Prefect of Syria from Midsummer 6 to Midsummer 4 (see Fasti Sacri, p. 117, No. 873). and thecoin wa-s therefore struck t-ome time between Midsummer and the 2nd of September 6. and probably on his acces-sion to ofiBce. He was afterwards in command in Gaul, and was cutoff with two legions by the Germans in y. See FastiSacri, p. 150, No. 1031. founder of the Gnostic sect of the Nicolaitans, it had been better for Christendomhad he remained a Pagan. When the kingdom of the Seleucidae bowed under the yoke of the Eomans,Antioch was peculiarly favoured, and was declared a free city f that is, was ex
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