Præter me: besides, apart from, myself. These words are an explanation suggested by Augustin himself. The words, “πρὸ ἐμοῦ,” “before me,” of the received text, which are undoubtedly genuine, were wanting in the version here used by Augustin, just as in the Vulgate. It is supposed that the authors of these versions had been tempted to omit them, because of the use made of them by some early heretics to throw discredit on the Old Testament Scriptures.—Tr.