\  1.    Now  a  little    afterward  there    came    into

*  This  vile  fellow  seems  to  have  been  the  same  who
is  mentioned  by  Plutarch,  as  a  companion  to  Mark
Antony,  and  as  living  with  Ilerod ;  wlience  he  might
easily  insinuate  himself  into  the  acquaintance  of
Herod's  sons,  Antipater  and  Alexander.  The  reason
why  his  being  a  Spartan  rendered  him  acceptable  to
the  Jews,  as  we  here  see  he  was,  is  visible  from  the
public  records  of  the  Jesvs  and  Spartans,  owing  those
Spartans  to  be  of  kin  to  the  Jews,  and  derived  from
their  common  ancestor  Abraham,  the  first  patriarch  of
Uie  Jewish  nation.
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