Endnotes explained

What happens

Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Resolution.

Key passages

• “For details see Max Müller, Contemp. Review (July, 1870).”

  Further information can be found in an article by Max Müller in the Contemporary Review, published in July 1870.

  Provides a scholarly reference for a point discussed in the main text.

• “Cp. here : ἵνα γνῷς, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ὅτι οὐκ ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ ταῦτα λέγω, ταῖς Γραφαῖς ἐγκύψας τῶν Χριστιανῶν εὑρήσεις οὐδὲν ἔξωθεν τῆς ἀληθείας με λέγειν.”

  Compare this passage: 'So that you may know, O king, that I do not say these things of myself; if you examine the Scriptures of the Christians, you will find that I speak nothing outside the truth.'

  A Greek quotation emphasizing the speaker's reliance on Christian scriptures for truth.

• “A play on the Greek word Kosmos which means: (1) An orderly arrangement, (2) Universe.”

  This is a wordplay on the Greek term 'Kosmos,' which can mean both 'orderly arrangement' and 'universe.'

  Explains a double meaning used in the text.

• “It was the Apology of Aristides , written circa AD 125. See the Introduction.”

  This refers to the Apology of Aristides, composed around AD 125; see the Introduction for more details.

  Identifies the source and date of a referenced work.

• “This reference to an assembly suggests a variant version of this episode for above ( see here ) Theudas is closeted with Ioasaph and the king.”

  The mention of an assembly here indicates a different version of the episode where Theudas is in private consultation with Ioasaph and the king.

  Notes a textual variant in the narrative.