'3 Not to be found in Scripture, as is the case also with what fol-
lows. Hefele remarks, that " certain false traditions respecting the
Jewish rites seem to have prevailed among the Christians of the
second century, of which Barnabas here adopts some, as do Justin
{Dial. c. Try. 40) and Tertullian {adv. Jud. 14; adv. Marc.
iii. 7)."