Troph'-i-mus, well educated, or brought up. A TABLE OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES. Measures of Length. 16 Measures of Liquids. A Cubit, 1 9888 A Span, (half Cub. 10 10 944 The Homer or Cor, A Hand-breadth, 6th o 3 648 The Bath, A Finger, 24th 60th 720th Ezekiel's Reed, 6 10 11 328 | The Firkin (Metretes) The Measuring Line, 80 145 11 040 Note, 29 solid inches = a Pint, nearly. Measures of things dry. The Homer, Sabbath day's jour. 2000 o 1729 3 The Lethech, half Hom. The Eastern Mile, 4000) 1 403 1 The Ephah, 10th Stadium or Furlong, 400 o 145 4,6 The Seah, 30th Day's journey, 1 96000133 1724 The Omer, 100th Note, 5 Feet = 1 Pace. 1056 Paces=1 Miie. | The Cab, 180th A TABLE OF WEIGHTS. MONEY. 1546 A Shekel, 9 2,6 Golden Daric or Dram, The Maneh, 160 Shek. 2 3 6 10,3 A Talent, 3000 11310 1 10,3 Piece of Silv. (Drachm) MONEY. Trib. Mon. (Didrachm) |2 Drac. A Shekel, 0 1 2 3,3 Piece of Silv. (Stater) The Bekah, Thalf Shek. 0 1 1,7 Pound (Mina) 100 The Zuza, 6,8 Penny Denarius) The Gerah, 20th 0 0 1,4 Farthing (Assarium) 20th Den. Maneh or Mina, 501 5 13 10 Farthing (Quadrans) A Talent, 1 3000 341 1101 4,3] Mite, 80th Note, Silver is here reckoned at 58. Gold at 41. per Os. A TABLE OF TIME. April. 5 April. 16 Elul. May. S July. S November, { August. | 9 Chisleu. December $ August. 10 Tebeth. S December. September. January. S January. 7 Tisri, or September. | 11 Shebat. February Ethanim. October. 12 Adar. 8 Marchesvan, s October. March. I or Bul. November. ( 13 Veader, intercalary. S February. Hours of the Day. Watches. The 1st watch, frons sun-set to The day, reckoning from sun-' the 3d hour of the night. rise, and the night, from The 2d, or middle watch, sun-set, were each divided from the 3d hour to the 6th. into 19 equal parts, called The Sd watch, or cock-crowThe 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, &c. ing, from the 6th to the 9th. Hours. The 4th, or morning watch, from the 9th hour to sun-rise. An Jnder TO THE NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY. 26, 157. The year before CHRIST 6. Luke, i. The angel Gabriel appears to Zachary the priest, ll, as he is offering incense in the temple, telling him, that a son shall be born unto him, whom he shall call John; who also shall be a Nazarite, and the forerunner of the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elias. In the sixth month after Jobu was conceived, the same angel Gabriel is sent by God to Nazareth in Galilee, to the inost blessed Virgin Mary (espoused to Joseph, a person of the house and lineage of David): the angel declares unto her that she shall conceive, | by the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus. Johò the Baptist boru six months before Christ. THE SEVENTH AGE OF THE WORLD. Luke, ji. Christ our Lord and Saviour, in the fuluess of time, 6, is born of the blessed Virgin Mary at Bethlehem, and laid in a manger. 21. On the eighth day after his nativity, he is circum cised, aud uamed Jesus. Mat. ii. | The wise men of the east bring presents to the 1, 12, new-born King of the Jews. 14, Joseph flies into Egypt with the child Jesus, and Mary his mother. 16, Herod commands the infants in and about Beth lehem to be slain. 20. Herod dieth, and his son Archelaus is by Cæsar Jos. Ant. made tetrarch of Judea ; other dominions, which be1. 17.c.10. longed to Herod, are divided among his sons. Mat. ii. Christ, by God's appointment, is brought back out 21, 23. of Egypt into Nazareih. | The First Year of the vulgar Christian Era legats here. Lake, i.! By ceeasion of the Passover our Lord goes up the doctors in the temple. Josephus, called Caiapkas, is made high-priest of nan governor. rins Gratus. John the Baptist begins to preach and to baptize in coming after him bay be made known unto Israel. Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is he which shall baptize with the Holy Ghost. of the blessed Trinity; for the Sou of God ascending in whom I am well pleased. 34. of God, 12 fasteth forty days and forty nights, and is tempted by 14. After this, our Lord returns into Galilee. ledge bim to be the Messias, and become his dis- ciples. water into wine; this was his first miracle. 22. The First Passover of Christ's public Ministry, from which the first Year of the Seventieth and Jesus cometh to Jerusalem at the time of the Pass. 13. |