1. The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume Four, pages 120-141: Zondervan, 1977
2. All The Men of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer, D. D., D.Litt., pages 231-233: Zondervan Publishing House, 1958
3. The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume Four, Pages 126 - 127: Zondervan, 1977

1 The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume Four, pages 31-34: Zondervan, 1977

2 Thayer's Greek - English Lexicon of the New Testament by Joseph Henry Thayer, D.D., page 385: Baker Book House, 1977

3 Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts, page 213, Thomas Nelson Publishers: 1993

4 The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume Five, page 21: Zondervan, 1977

5 Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts, page 204, Thomas Nelson Publishers: 1993

1 An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words by W. E. Vine: pages 96-97, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1966

2. Ibid, page 280

3 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim, D. D., Ph. D. First Volume, Book III, pages 310-324, MacDonald Publishing Company

1. An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words by W. E. Vine: page 243, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1966

1. The Bible Timeline by Thomas Robinson: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992

1. The Bible Timeline by Thomas Robinson: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992

1. The New Testament An Expanded Translation by Kenneth S. Wuest, page 21: William Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1961
2. An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words by W. E. Vine: page 243, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1966

1. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim, D. D., Ph. D. First Volume II, pages 46-48, MacDonald Publishing Company, 1886
2. The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume Four, page 514: Zondervan Publishing House, 1977

1. The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume Four, page 363: Zondervan Publishing House, 1977

1. The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume Three, page 127-144: Zondervan Publishing House, 1977

1. Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe, Whitaker House, 1981

2 By Their Blood by James and Marti Hefley, page 11, Baker Books, 1988

1. The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume One, page 432: Zondervan Publishing House, 1977
2. The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible by Merrill C. Tenny, Volume One, page 350: Zondervan Publishing House, 1977

1. Works of Josephus, Volume I titled "The Wars of the Jews" by Charles F. Pfeiffer, Baker Book House Company, 1986