Vitellius, Lucitus the censor, father of the emperor, was made governor of Syria, at the expiration of his consulate, A.D. 35; and the same year, or the year following, he came to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, and was very magnificently entertained. He released the city from a tax on fruits and committed to the care of the Jews the high-priest's habit, with the pontifical ornaments, which Herod and the Romans had kept till then in the Tower of Antonia. He deposed Joseph Caiaphas from the high-priesthood, and put in his place Jonathan, son of Ananus, but deprived him of his dignity two years afterwards, and conferred it on Theophilus, his brother (Josephus, Ant. 8:6). He was noted for his sycophancy and public intrigues (Dio Cass. 59, 27; Tacit. Annal. 6:32; 11:1-3; 12:5). See Smith, Dict. of Class. Biog. s.v.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More