^{page 495 note 1} The authority of lower courts in the Jewish judiciary was derived from that of the Great Sanhedrin (Mishnah Sanhedrin i. 5).

^{page 495 note 2} For a similar act of Roman deference to the sensitivity of the Jewish population, see B.J. II, 231.

^{page 495 note 3} The massacre of the garrison stationed in the Antonia and in the Herodian palace appears to have occurred in August 66. The withdrawal of Cestius Gallus from Jerusalem may have taken place in October or November of that same year. According to Jewish time reckoning of our present day, the month Ellul would better fit the former date, but we cannot be certain.

^{page 496 note 1} Apart from Burkill's, Dr article in Vigiliae Christianae, to which Dr Derrett refers, we may now consult the same author's contribution to The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, vol. 4 (Nashville, Tenn., and New York, 1962), pp. 214–18Google Scholar, and his book Mysterious Revelation: An Examination of the Philosophy of St Mark's Gospel (Ithaca, N.Y., 1963), pp. 280–318.Google Scholar

^{page 496 note 2} On the Trial of Jesus, pp. 88–90.

^{page 497 note 1} Philo, , Legatio ad Caium 301, 302Google Scholar; Josephus, , B. J. II, 169–77Google Scholar, Ant. XVIII, 55–64, 85–7Google Scholar; cf. Winter, Paul, ‘Une lettre de Ponce-Pilate’, Foi et Vie, tome 62 (Paris, 1963), pp. 101–8.Google Scholar

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^{page 498 note 1} The Journal of Theological Studies, n.s. vol. 14 (Oxford, 1963), p. 95.Google Scholar

^{page 498 note 2} On the Trial of Jesus, p. 88.