It  was  about  five  years  after  this  that  St.  James  the  Less  was  precipitated,  and  after-
wards killed  by  the  Jews,  in  hatred  of  Christianity.  After  the  perpetration  of  tliat
crime,  Jerusalem  had  no  more  apostles.
(■2)  The  clergy  of  Jerusalem.     The  Greek  word  signifies  both  ancients  and  priests.
(3)  In  Greek,  how  many  myriads.  A  myriad  was  equal  to  ten  thousand,  which
shows  tliat  the  Christian  Jews  were  very  numerous  in  Jerusalem.  Wlien  St.  Paul  says,
speaking  of  the  Jews  :  "  If  some  amongst  them  have  been  unfaithful,"  this  expression,
taken  literally,  would  lead  us  to  believe  that  the  unbelievers  were  the  minority  :  but  not
so,  for  the  great  mass  of  the  people  remained  in  incredulity  :  still  this  mode  of  speaking
gives  us  to  understand  that  a  ^eiy  considerable  number  had  embraced  the  faith.
