the Lord designated apostles, not as the twelve, but as the eleven. Some codices, indeed, contain this very reading. I take that, however, to be an emendation introduced by men who were perplexed by the text, supposing it to refer to those twelve apostles who, by the time when Judas disappeared, were really only eleven. It may be the case, then, that those are the more correct codices which contain the reading “eleven;” or it may be that Paul intended some other twelve disciples to be understood by that phrase;1524 or, once more, the fact may be that he meant that consecrated number1525 to remain as before, although the circle had been reduced to eleven: for this number twelve, as it was used of the apostles, had so mystical an importance, that, in order to keep the spiritual symbol of the same number, there could be but a single individual, namely, Matthias, elected to fill the place of Judas.1526 But whichever of these several views may be adopted, nothing necessarily results which can appear to be inconsistent with truth, or at variance with any one most trustworthy historian among them. Still, it remains the probable supposition, that, after He was seen of Peter, He 216 appeared next to those two, of whom Cleophas was one, and regarding whom Luke presents us with a complete narrative, while Mark gives us only a very brief notice. The latter evan- gelist1527 reports the same incident in these concise terms: “And after that He appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked and went to a country-seat.”1528 For it is not unreasonable for us to suppose that the place of residence1529 referred to may also have been styled a country-seat;1530 just as Bethlehem itself, which formerly was called a city, is even at the present time also named a village, although its honour has now been made so much the greater since the name of this Lord, who was born in it, has been proclaimed so extensively throughout the Churches of all nations. In the Greek codices, indeed, the reading which we discover is rather “estate”1531 than “country-seat.” But that term was employed not only of residences,1532 but also of free towns1533 and colonies beyond the city, which is the head and mother of the rest, and is therefore called the metropolis. 1524 The text has, Sive alios quosdam duodecim discipulos Paulus, etc. In the mss. another reading is found: Sive alios quosdam duodecim apostolus, etc. = it may be that the Apostle Paul intended some other twelve to be understood, etc. 1525 For sacratum illum numerum, five mss. give sacramentum illius numeri = the mystical symbol of that number. 1526 Acts i. 26. 1527 Mark xvi. 12. 1528 In villam. 1529 Castellum. 1530 Villam. 1531 Agrum = field, domain, as the equivalent for ἀγρόν. 1532 Castella. 1533 Municipia. 484 Of Christ’s Subsequent Manifestations of Himself to the Disciples, and of…