John Trapp on Nehemiah 3:6
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Nehemiah3:6
Verſe 6. Moreover the old gate] Famous only for its antiquity: like as many old books are monumenta adorandae rubiginis, of more antiquity then authority: and as that Image at Epheſus, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. that was ſaid, but falſely, to have fallen down from Jupiter: ſo the covetous Prieſts perſwaded the credulous people, Acts 19.35. The Rabbines ſay, that this was a gate ever ſince the time that David took Zion from the Jebuſites, Quis hoc credat, niſi ſit pro teſte Vetuſtas?
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