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E N C A P S U L AT I O N S
Nanotechnology in
the Agri-Food Industry,
Volume 2

Edited by

ALEXANDRU MIHAI GRUMEZESCU

Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and
Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science,
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
M. Angela A. Meireles
UNICAMP (University of Campinas), LASEFI/DEA/FEA (School of Food
Engineering), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Mohamed H. Abd El-Salam

Dairy Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Sulaiman O. Aljaloud
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Food Microbiology
and Biotechnology Laboratory, Greensboro, NC, United States; King Saud
University, Department of Exercise Physiology, College of Sport Sciences and
Physical Activity, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Maria S. Anokhina
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Anna S. Antipova
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Mohd. Aqil
Jamia Hamdard, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy,
New Delhi, India

Bojana Balanč
University of Belgrade, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty
of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia

Santanu Basu
Panjab University, Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical
Engineering and Technology, Chandigarh, India

Larisa E. Belyakova
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

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Bharat Bhanvase
Chemical Engineering Department, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology,
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Bhaswati Bhattacharya
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management,
Kundli, Haryana, India

Vladimir I. Binyukov
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Natalia G. Bogdanova
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Tarik Bor
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Food Microbiology
and Biotechnology Laboratory, Greensboro, NC, United States

Branko Bugarski
University of Belgrade, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of
Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia

Gladis Yakeline Cortes-Mazatán

Department of Polymerization Processes, Center for Research in Applied
Chemistry, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Verica Đorđević
University of Belgrade, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty
of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia

Safinaz El-Shibiny
Dairy Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Alba Nidia Estrada-Ramírez

Doctoral Program in Polymer Technology, Center for Research in Applied
Chemistry, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Bożena Fenert
Koszalin University of Technology, Section of Toxicology and Bioanalytics,
Koszalin, Poland
 List of Contributors  xvii

Eva Fenyvesi
CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory Ltd., Budapest,
Hungary

Sergio Enrique Flores-Villaseñor

Doctoral Program in Polymer Technology, Center for Research in Applied
Chemistry, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Sophie Fourmentin
University of the Littoral Opal Coast (ULCO), Unit of Environmental Chemistry
and Interaction on the Living (UCEIV), Dunkirk, France

Gulnara Gaynanova
A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific
Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan National Research Technological
University, Kazan, Russian Federation

Shailesh Ghodke
North Maharashtra University, University Institute of Chemical Technology,
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Bronisław K. Głód
Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Department of
Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Siedlce, Poland

Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu

University Politehnica of Bucharest, Department of Science and Engineering
of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and
Materials Science, Bucharest, Romania

Ajai Prakash Gupta

Quality Control & Quality Assurance, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Sumit Gupta
Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India

Suphla Gupta
Plant Biotechnology Department, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Rabin Gyawali
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Food Microbiology
and Biotechnology Laboratory, Greensboro, NC, United States
xviii  List of Contributors

Daniel Ioan Hădărugă

Polytechnic University of Timişoara, Department of Applied Chemistry,
Organic and Natural Compounds Engineering, Timişoara, Romania

Nicoleta Gabriela Hădărugă

Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Food Science, Timişoara, Romania

Salam A. Ibrahim
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Food Microbiology
and Biotechnology Laboratory, Greensboro, NC, United States

Anatol Jaworek
Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of
Electrohydrodynamics, Gdańsk, Poland

Leslie Violeta Vidal Jiménez

University of Concepcion, Faculty Agricultural Engineering, Chillan, Chile

Kalpana Joshi
Department of Biotechnology, Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune,
Maharashtra, India

Ana Kalušević
University of Belgrade, Department of Food Technology and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia

Ruslan Kashapov
A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific
Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan National Research Technological
University, Kazan, Russian Federation

Valerii V. Kasparov
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of
Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Miriana Kfoury
University of the Littoral Opal Coast (ULCO), Unit of Environmental Chemistry
and Interaction on the Living (UCEIV), Dunkirk, France

Saima Khan
Plant Biotechnology Department, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Nisha Kumari
Jamia Hamdard, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, New
Delhi, India
 List of Contributors  xix

Manoj Kushwaha
Quality Control & Quality Assurance, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Steva Lević
University of Belgrade, Department of Food Technology and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia

Daibing Luo
Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials,
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing; Sichuan University, Analytical & Testing Center, Chengdu, P.R. China

Antonio Martínez-Férez
Research and Development Centre for Functional Food (CIDAF), Health
Science Technological Park; University of Granada, Chemical Engineering
Department, Granada, Spain

Elena I. Martirosova
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Alla Mirgorodskaya
A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific
Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan National Research Technological
University, Kazan, Russian Federation

Satyendra Mishra
North Maharashtra University, University Institute of Chemical Technology,
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Malik Muzafar
Plant Biotechnology Department, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Viktor Nedović
University of Belgrade, Department of Food Technology and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia

Juan Felipe Osorio-Tobón

UNICAMP (University of Campinas), LASEFI/DEA/FEA (School of Food
Engineering), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Nadezhda P. Palmina
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation
xx  List of Contributors

Shweta Pandey
Jamia Hamdard, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy,
New Delhi, India

Jayamanti Pandit
Jamia Hamdard, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy,
New Delhi, India

Tatiana Pashirova
A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific
Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan National Research Technological
University, Kazan, Russian Federation

René Darío Peralta-Rodríguez

Department of Polymerization Processes, Center for Research in Applied
Chemistry, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Sandra Pimentel-Moral
University of Granada, Department of Analytical Chemistry; Research
and Development Centre for Functional Food (CIDAF), Health Science
Technological Park, Granada, Spain

Yurii N. Polikarpov
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Nishant Rai
University of Delhi, Department of Pharmacology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest
Institute, Delhi, India

Jorge Carlos Ramirez-Contreras

Department of Polymerization Processes, Center for Research in Applied
Chemistry, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

Purnima Rawat
Jamia Hamdard, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, New
Delhi, India

Paz Robert
University of Chile, Department of Food Science and Chemical Technology,
Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Antonio Segura-Carretero
University of Granada, Department of Analytical Chemistry; Research
and Development Centre for Functional Food (CIDAF), Health Science
Technological Park, Granada, Spain
 List of Contributors  xxi

Maria G. Semenova
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Harshita Sharma
Jamia Hamdard, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy,
New Delhi, India

Eric Keven Silva

UNICAMP (University of Campinas), LASEFI/DEA/FEA (School of Food
Engineering), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Siddhartha Singha
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management,
Kundli, Haryana, India

Shirish Sonawane
National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, India

Yasmin Sultana
Jamia Hamdard, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy,
New Delhi, India

Oleg Synyashin
A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific
Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan National Research Technological
University, Kazan, Russian Federation

Lajos Szente
CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory Ltd., Budapest,
Hungary

Sushama Talegaonkar
Jamia Hamdard, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy,
New Delhi, India

Kata Trifković
University of Belgrade, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty
of Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia

Prasad S. Variyar
Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India
xxii  List of Contributors

Elmira Vasilieva
A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific
Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan National Research Technological
University, Kazan, Russian Federation

Vito Verardo
University of Almería, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence,
Department of Chemistry and Physics (Analytical Chemistry Area), Research
Centre for Agricultural and Food Biotechnology (BITAL), Almería, Spain

Liangzhuan Wu
Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials,
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, P.R. China

Arvind Kumar Yadav

Quality Control & Quality Assurance, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Lucia Zakharova
A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific
Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Kazan National Research Technological
University, Kazan, Russian Federation

Paweł K. Zarzycki
Koszalin University of Technology, Section of Toxicology and Bioanalytics,
Koszalin, Poland

Darya V. Zelikina
N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of
Sciences, Chemistry of Food Substances and Biotechnology Department,
Moscow, Russian Federation

Jinfang Zhi
Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials,
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, P.R. China

Yuriy Zuev
Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan Scientific Center,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russian Federation
SERIES FOREWORD
The emergence of nanotechnology has reached impressive
heights in recent years and the development of special nanodevic-
es and nanomaterials has found intriguing applications in agricul-
ture and food sector. Most of the investigated nanotechnological
approaches initially aimed to solve evolving problems in the agri-
food industry in order to impact on the economic potential. Soon
after the implementation of new technologies and approaches that
were using nanostructured materials, the worldwide concern was
rapidly extended to numerous applications that could be devel-
oped by using the science of nanosized materials. Smart materials,
biosensors, packaging materials, nutraceuticals, and nanodevices
have been designed to address numerous agri-food related issues
with direct impact in health, economy, ecology, and industry. As
the engineering of nanostructures has constantly progressed and
extended its applications, there is virtually unlimited potential in
this sector. However, the widely differing opinions on the applica-
bility and usefulness of nanotechnology between both specialists
and the general public has hampered progress. The main concern
manifested by people is related to the potential risk for health and
the environmental impact of the recently developed nanoengi-
neered materials and devices. Therefore, current approaches are
strictly considering these concerns when designing nanotechno-
logical solutions for agriculture and food sectors.
This multivolume series was developed by the constant need
to discover current inquiries and approaches on the field of agri-
food science and also to learn about the most recent progress,
approaches, and applications that have emerged through
nanotechnology.
As agriculture is the backbone of most developing countries,
nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize the agriculture
and food sector by promoting productivity through genetic im-
provement of plant and animal foods. It can also ensure the deliv-
ery of drugs, genes, and pesticides to specific sites at cellular levels
in targeted plants and animals, by limiting side effects. Nanotech-
nology can be used to evaluate gene expression under different
stress condition for both plant and animal foods through the de-
velopment of nanoarray-based gene-technologies. Additionally,
this technology can detect fertilizers, pesticides with high preci-
sion by smart nanosenors for an adequate management of the
natural resources. Moreover, numerous industrial-related applica-
tions with direct impact on economy have emerged. For example,

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nano- and micro-structured arrays can detect the early presence

of pathogens, contaminants, and food spoilage factors. Other ap-
plications for this technology are smart integration systems for
food processing and packaging, as well as nanoemulsion-based
decontaminants for food equipment and storage compartments,
and nanoparticles that facilitate the bioavailability and delivery of
nutrients directly to cells.
The potential benefits of nanotechnology for agriculture, food,
fisheries, and aquaculture were identified and supported by many
countries, which invested a significant amount of money in the
development of applications. Also, numerous campaigns are cur-
rently trying to increase awareness on the developing process
and recent technologies in order to influence the acceptance of
customers. Although nanoagri-food industrialized concept could
help to find a sustainable solution for the current global food
crisis, the offered advantages should balance the concerns regard-
ing soil, water, environment, and health related issues that such
approach could bring.
The series entitled Nanotechnology in the Agri-Food Industry
brings comprehensive and recent knowledge regarding the im-
pact of the science of nanometer-sized materials on the field of
agriculture and food industry, but also discuss the current inqui-
ries regarding risks of these applications in all relevant fields such
as environment and health, aiming to increase awareness to a
wider amount of readers.

Dr Alina Maria Holban

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology,
University of Bucharest, Romania

Dr Monica Cartelle Gestal

Harvill Lab, University Of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
SERIES PREFACE
About the Series (Volumes I–X)
In a permanently changing society, health and well being re-
main the key drivers for the food industry. Despite the techno-
logical progress made in the agri-food industry, a true food crisis
emerges in several areas of the globe. This can be explained by in-
sufficient food but mostly by inadequate food for a very distinct
range of consumers. In this context, innovative technologies repre-
sent the core throughout the whole food chain from raw materials/
ingredient sourcing, food processing, quality control of finished
products, and packaging. Nanotechnology, coupled with novel in-
terdisciplinary approaches and processing methods, has enabled
some important advances recently flourishing in many of these
areas. The science of nanosized materials can improve and even
resolve the huge challenges faced by the food and bioprocessing
industries for developing and implementing systems that can pro-
duce qualitative and quantitative foods that are safe, sustainable,
environment friendly, and efficient. This emerging tool finds its
applications in various fields and represents an endless approach
for the development of innovative strategies in food development,
processing, and packaging.
This multivolume set aims to bring together the most recent
and innovative applications of nanotechnology in the agri-food
industry, but also to present the future perspectives in the design
of new or alternative foods.
The series contains 200 chapters organized in 10 volumes, pre-
pared by outstanding research groups that made significant im-
pacts on the field of nanotechnology and food-related research
sectors. This comprehensive set represents an updated and highly
structured material for undergraduate and postgraduate students
in food science, biotechnological, engineering fields, but also a
valuable resource of recent scientific progress, along with most
known applications of nanomaterials on the food industry to be
used by researchers, engineers, and academia. Moreover, novel
opportunities and ideas for developing or improving technologies
in the agri-food industry by innovative companies, biotechnologi-
cal industries, and other economical structures are highlighted
and their potential is widely dissected. This series may be also
valuable for the wide audience interested in recent nanotechno-
logical progress in the agri-food field worldwide.

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These 10 volumes cover almost all aspects related to the ap-

plications of Nanotechnology in the Agri-Food Industry and are
named as:
Volume I Novel Approaches
Volume II Encapsulations
Volume III Emulsions
Volume IV Nutraceuticals
Volume V Nutrient Delivery
Volume VI Food Preservation
Volume VII Food Packaging
Volume VIII NanoBioSensors
Volume IX Water Purification
Volume X New Pesticides and Soil Sensors
Each volume contains 20 chapters, which were carefully com-
posed and illustrated to highlight the most innovative and inten-
sively investigated applications of nanotechnology on particular
wide interest domains of the agri-food industry field.

Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu

University Politehnica of Bucharest,
Department of Science and Engineering
of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials,
Faculty of Applied Chemistry and
Materials Science, Bucharest, Romania
http://grumezescu.com/
VOLUME PREFACE
Food flavor and aroma represent key elements in establish-
ing food quality. Therefore, it is imperative to choose a method
for protecting them from reduction in flavor and aroma thresh-
olds. Nanoencapsulation is a new technique to protect food in-
gredients, such as flavor and aroma via isolation and protection
from the environment with a matrix or a nanometer scale shell.
The major benefits of nanoencapsulation for food ingredients in-
clude improvement in bioavailability of flavor and aroma ingredi-
ents, improvement in solubility of poor water soluble ingredients,
higher ingredient retention during production process, higher ac-
tivity levels of encapsulated ingredients, improved shelf life, and
controlled release of flavor and aroma. However, nanoencapsula-
tion is not widely utilized in the food industry due to costs and
complexity of this approach. This volume discusses the main na-
noencapsulation processes such as: spray drying, melt injection,
extrusion, coacervation, and emulsification. The materials used in
nanoencapsulation including: lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, cel-
lulose, gums, food grade polymers; and applications that benefit
from this technology such as controlled release, protections, and
taste masking are explained in detail. Volume II contains 20 chap-
ters, prepared by outstanding international researchers from Bra-
zil, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Hungary, India, Mexico, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, and USA.
In Chapter 1, Electrohydrodynamic Microencapsulation Tech-
nology, Anatol Jaworek present an up-to-date overview regarding
electrospray drying, electrospray extrusion, electrospray coextru-
sion, electrospray mixing, electrospray cooling, submerged elec-
trospray, and electrospray encapsulation in reactive gas. Various
applications of this technology in the food industry are discussed.
Sushama Talegaonkar et al., in Chapter 2, Exploring Nanoen-
capsulation of Aroma and Flavors as New Frontier in Food Tech-
nology, review the most investigated nanocapsules, versatile ma-
trices, methods, and analytical techniques of nanoencapsulation
of flavors and aromas.
Chapter 3, prepared by Juan Felipe Osorio-Tobón et al., Nano-
encapsulation of Flavors and Aromas by Emerging Technologies,
offers an up-to-date overview related to the application of emerg-
ing technologies based on supercritical fluids and ultrasonication
to form nanoparticles/nanoemulsions of essential oils with appli-
cations in the design of flavor and aroma agents in various food
products, besides to add value to these products and to promote

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innovation in food industry through the obtaining of flavorings

considered safe obtained by applying clean technologies.
In Chapter 4, Cyclodextrins as Encapsulation Material for Fla-
vors and Aroma, Miriana Kfoury et al., provides a brief history of
aroma and cyclodextrins (CD) and discuss encapsulation tech-
niques as well as characterization methods for CD/aroma or fla-
vor inclusion complexes. This chapter also discusses parameters
controlling the stability binding of aroma and flavors to CDs and
reports the beneficial effects of encapsulation on the properties
of aroma.
Maria G. Semenova et al., in Chapter 5, Structural and Thermo-
dynamic Insight Into the Potentiality of Food Biopolymers to Behave
as Smart Nanovehicles for Essential Polyunsaturated Lipids, review
the key structural and thermodynamic properties underlying the
novel functionality of the complex nanosized particles formed by
biopolymers (individual caseins; sodium caseinate and covalent
conjugates of sodium caseinate with maltodextrins) and polyun-
saturated lipids. This new functionality includes both the protec-
tion against oxidation for the lipids, and their controllable release
under the action of digestive enzymes in vitro.
Chapter 6, Encapsulation: Entrapping Essential Oil/Flavors/
Aromas in Food, prepared by Suphla Gupta et al., highlights new
approaches related to the encapsulation of essential oil/flavor or
aroma compounds in food and the importance of these approach-
es in food industry.
Tarik Bor et al., in Chapter 7, Antimicrobials From Herbs, Spices,
and Plants, present the current knowledge about the role of several
natural products and nanoencapsulation strategies to enhance the
efficacy of these products and several methods of encapsulation
processes and their activity in growth media and food systems.
Lucia Zakharova et al., in Chapter 8, Supramolecular Strategy
of the Encapsulation of Low-Molecular-Weight Food Ingredients,
describe the recent progress in the field of engineering of deliv-
ery and storage systems for food ingredients. Several lines of in-
vestigations have been reviewed, including the amphiphile and
polymer-based nanocontainers, supramolecular guest–host strat-
egies involving macrocycle platforms, as well as binding/release
behavior of loads.
Kata Trifković et al., in Chapter 9, Novel Approaches in Nano-
encapsulation of Aromas and Flavors, discuss the current state
of knowledge on nanoencapsulation methods of aromas and
flavors, overviewing the processes and techniques utilized for
coacervation, nanoprecipitation, molecular inclusion, and pro-
duction of nanoparticulate formulations such as nanoemulsions,
liposomes, solid–lipid nanoparticles (SLNs), and nanostructure
 Volume Preface  xxix

lipid carriers (NLCs). Furthermore, the chapter gives insights into

physicochemical and morphological characteristics of aroma
nanoencapsulates, summarizing advantages, and limitations of
aroma nanoscale formulations versus microparticle formulations
produced by conventional microencapsulation technologies.
Finally, a critical prospect of potential application of aroma na-
noencapsulates in real food products is given, supported by ex-
amples available in the recent literature.
Daibing Luo et al., in Chapter 10, Nanocomposite for Food
Encapsulation Packaging, present new concepts of nanotechnol-
ogy in the overall food industry and its benefits in providing rich
nutritional value, quality packaging, smart sensing and relevant
research for safer techniques for incorporation of nanotechnology
in the food industry.
Leslie Violeta Vidal Jiménez, in Chapter 11, Microencapsulated
Bioactive Components as a Source of Health, reveals the current
knowledge about microcapsules with antioxidant capacity from
a maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) leaf extract by emulsification and
subsequent retention after microencapsulation.
Sergio Enrique Flores-Villaseñor et al., in Chapter 12, Biocom-
patible Microemulsions for the Nanoencapsulation of Essential Oils
and Nutraceuticals, report an up-to-date overview about food-
grade microemulsions, examined and compared with the exam-
ples based on physical characteristics: pH, conductivity, viscosity,
particle diameter, shape, zeta potential, and surface tension.
Sandra Pimentel-Moral et al., in Chapter 13, Nanoencapsula-
tion Strategies Applied to Maximize Target Delivery of Intact Poly-
phenols, present the state of the art in encapsulation technologies
for delivery of bioactive compounds, focused on polyphenols. For
each type of delivery system the authors describe its properties,
advantages, and limitations.
Jayamanti Pandit et al., in Chapter 14, Nanoencapsulation
Technology to Control Release and Enhance Bioactivity of Essential
Oils, report an up-to-date overview about various nanoencapsula-
tion systems used for essential oils with their methodology, prop-
erties, advantages, and limitations. This review also gives a brief
account of various products available on market.
Sumit Gupta and Prasad S. Variyar, in Chapter 15, Nanoen-
capsulation of Essential Oils for Sustained Release: Application as
Therapeutics and Antimicrobials, highlight the various categories
of nanocarriers, that is, polymeric nanoparticulate formulations,
lipid-based nanoparticles such as nano- and microemulsions,
liposomes, and solid lipid nanoparticles. Apart from polymeric
and lipid nanocarriers, cyclodextrin-based molecular inclusion
complexes are also discussed. Various uses of nanoencapsulated
10  Chapter 1 Electrohydrodynamic microencapsulation technology

et al., 2012). These small particles form a self-assembled mono-

layer on the surface of a core particle due to electrostatic forc-
es, when a contact potential is formed between them ­because
of the different forbidden energy band or different work func-
tions of those materials. The particle layer can next be stabi-
lized by spraying a coating formulation. When fine droplets are
used, they also form a thin layer on the particle surface and the
shell is obtained after solvent evaporation.
6. Emulsification. Core liquid in emulsified in a continuous
phase, which will be the shell material, or will form a suspen-
sion in the matrix. The shell material can next be hardened
via gelling or solvent evaporation from the atomized suspen-
sion (Tiarks et al., 2001; Jafari et al., 2006). Two combinations
of emulsions, water/oil emulsion and oil/water emulsions, are
the most commonly used as liquid/liquid microcapsules.
7. Coacervation. In this process, two immiscible soles are sepa-
rated from the initial solution after addition of an electrolyte.
In the next step, the separated hydrocolloids are deposited
around an active ingredient suspended in the same media,
forming a shell over it. The film thickness depends on pH,
temperature, ionic strength, and humidity (Fery et al., 2004;
Gouin, 2004; Mishra et al., 2010).
8. Solvent extraction/evaporation. The process consists of four
major steps: (1) dissolution or dispersion of core material (bio-
active compound) in an organic solvent containing matrix ma-
terial, (2) emulsification of the dissolved compound in another
liquid immiscible with the first one, (3) removal of the solvent
from the dispersed phase, and (4) filtration or centrifugation
and drying of the microcapsules (Freitas et al., 2005).
9. Rapid expansion of supercritical solution of core and shell ma-
terials in a supercritical fluid (usually CO2) (Fages et al., 2004;
Dos Santos et al., 2002; Wang et al., 2004; Lee et al., 2008). In
this process, a rapid pressure drop of the solution flowing from
a nozzle causes desolvation of shell material, and formation of
a coating layer around the core.
Electrohydrodynamic atomization has been adapted to some
of these techniques of microencapsulation in order to increase
the process efficiency and decrease the size of microcapsules
(cf. Electrohydrodynamic Micro- and Nanoencapsulation).
The following parameters are used for the characterization of
the encapsulation process, independently of the method used:
Encapsulation efficiency is defined as the ratio of mass mec of
encapsulated core material to the mass mdc of the material used
for the encapsulation (Leo et al., 2006; Xie et al., 2006b; Xu and
Hanna, 2006, 2007).
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poor Galilean, and even their gravest and most puzzling attacks
upon his wisdom and prudence, turned into an absolute jest against
them,――it was quite clear that the amused and delighted multitude
would soon cease to regard the authority and opinions of their
venerable religious and legal rulers, whose subtleties were so easily
foiled by one of the common, uneducated mass. But the very
circumstances which effected and constituted the evil, were also the
grand obstacles to the removal of it. Jesus was by these means
seated firmly in the love and reverence of the people,――and of the
vast numbers of strangers then in Jerusalem at the feast, there were
very many who would have their feelings strongly excited in his
favor, by the circumstance that they, as well as he, were Galileans,
and would therefore be very apt to make common cause with him in
case of any violent attack. All these obstacles required management;
and after having been very many times foiled in their attempts to
seize him, by the resolute determination of the thousands by whom
he was always encircled, to defend him, they found that they must
contrive some way to get hold of him when he was without the
defenses of this admiring host. This could be done, of course, only
by following him to his secret haunts, and coming quietly upon him
before the multitude could assemble to his aid. But his movements
were altogether beyond their notice. No armed band could follow him
about, as he went from the city to the country in his daily and nightly
walks. They needed some spy who could watch his private
movements when unattended, save by the little band of the twelve,
and give notice of the favorable moment for a seizure, when the
time, the place, and the circumstances, would all conspire to prevent
a rescue. Thus taken, he might be safely lodged in some of the
impregnable fortresses of the temple and city, so as to defy the
momentary burst of popular rage, on finding that their idol had been
taken away. They knew too, the fickle character of the commonalty,
well enough to feel certain, that when the tide of condemnation was
once strongly set against the Nazarene, the lip-worship of
“Hosannas” could be easily turned, by a little management, into the
ferocious yell of deadly denunciation. The mass of the people are
always essentially the same in their modes of action. Mobs were
then managed by the same rules as now, and demagogues were
equally well versed in the tricks of their trade. Besides, when Jesus
had once been formally indicted and presented before the secular
tribunal of the Roman governor, as a rioter and seditious person, no
thought of a rescue from the military force could be thought of; and
however unwilling Pilate might be to minister to the wishes of the
Jews, in an act of unnecessary cruelty, he could not resist a call thus
solemnly made to him, in the character of preserver of the Roman
sway, though he would probably have rejected entirely any
proposition to seize Jesus by a military force, in open day, in the
midst of the multitude, so as to create a troublesome and bloody
tumult, by such an imprudent act. In the full consideration of all these
difficulties, the Jewish dignitaries were sitting in conclave, contriving
means to effect the settlement of their troubles, by the complete
removal of him who was unquestionably the cause of all. At once
their anxious deliberations were happily interrupted by the entrance
of the trusted steward of the company of Jesus, who changed all
their doubts and distant hopes into absolute certainty, by offering, for
a reasonable consideration, to give up Jesus into their hands, a
prisoner, without any disturbance or riot. How much delay and
debate there was about terms, it would be hard to say; but after all,
the bargain made, does not seem to have been greatly to the credit
of the liberality of the Sanhedrim, or the sharpness of Judas. Thirty
of the largest pieces of silver then coined, would make but a poor
price for such an extraordinary service, even making all allowance
for a scarcity of money in those times. And taking into account the
wealth and rank of those concerned, as well as the importance of the
object, it is fair to pronounce them a very mean set of fellows. But
Judas especially seems to forfeit almost all right to the character
given him of acuteness in money matters; and it is only by supposing
him to be quite carried out of his usual prudence, by his woful
abandonment to crime, that so poor a bargain can be made
consistent with the otherwise reasonable view of his character.

Thirty pieces of silver.――The value of these pieces is seemingly as vaguely expressed

in the original as in the translation; but a reference to Hebrew usages throws some light on
the question of definition. The common Hebrew coin thus expressed was the
shekel,――equivalent to the Greek didrachmon, and worth about sixteen cents. In Hebrew
the expression, thirty “shekels of silver,” was not always written out in full; but the name of
the coin being omitted, the expression was always equally definite, because no other coin
was ever left thus to be implied. Just so in English, the phrase, “a million of money,” is
perfectly well understood here, to mean “a million of dollars;” while in England, the current
coin of that country would make the expression mean so many pounds. In the same
manner, to say, in this country, that any thing or any man is worth “thousands,” always
conveys, with perfect definiteness, the idea of “dollars;” and in every other country the same
expression would imply a particular coin. Thirty pieces of silver, each of which was worth
sixteen cents, would amount only to four dollars and eighty cents, which are just one pound
sterling. A small price for the great Jewish Sanhedrim to pay for the ruin of their most
dangerous foe! Yet for this little sum, the Savior of the world was bought and sold!

Having thus settled this business, the cheaply-purchased traitor

returned to the unsuspecting fellowship of the apostles, mingling with
them, as he supposed, without the slightest suspicion on the part of
any one, respecting the horrible treachery which he had contrived for
the bloody ruin of his Lord. But there was an eye, whose power he
had never learned, though dwelling beneath its gaze for
years,――an eye, which saw the vainly hidden results of his
treachery, even as for years it had scanned the base motives which
governed him. Yet no word of reproach or denunciation broke forth
from the lips of the betrayed One; the progress of crime was suffered
unresistedly to bear him onward to the mournfully necessary
fulfilment of his destiny. Judas meanwhile, from day to day, waited
and watched for the most desirable opportunity of meeting his
engagements with his priestly employers. The first day of the feast of
unleavened bread having arrived, Jesus sat down at evening to eat
the Paschal lamb with his twelve disciples, alone. The whole twelve
were there without one exception,――and among those who
reclined around the table, sharing in the social delights of the
entertainment which celebrated the beginning of the grand national
festival, was the dark-souled accuser also, like Satan among the
sons of God. Even here, amid the general joyous hilarity, his great
scheme of villainy formed the grand theme of his
meditations,――and while the rest were entering fully into the natural
enjoyments of the occasion, he was brooding over the best means of
executing his plans. During the supper, after the performance of the
impressive ceremony of washing their feet, Jesus made a sudden
transition from the comments with which he was illustrating it; and, in
a tone of deep and sorrowful emotion, suddenly exclaimed, “I
solemnly assure you, that one of you will betray me.” This surprising
assertion, so emphatically made, excited the most distressful
sensations among the little assembly;――all enjoyment was at an
end; and grieved by the imputation, in which all seemed included
until the individual was pointed out, they each earnestly inquired,
“Lord, is it I?” As they sat thus looking in the most painful doubt
around their lately cheerful circle, the disciple who held the place of
honor and affection at the table, at the request of Peter, whose
position gave him less advantage for familiar and private
conversation,――plainly asked of Jesus, “Who is it, Lord?” Jesus, to
make his reply as deliberate and impressive as possible, said, “It is
he to whom I shall give a sop when I have dipped it.” The design of
all this circumlocution in pointing out the criminal, was, to mark the
enormity of the offense. “He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted up
his heel against me.” It was his familiar friend, his chosen
companion, enjoying with him at that moment the most intimate
social pleasures of the entertainment, and occupying one of the
places nearest to him, at the board. As he promised, after dipping
the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, who, receiving it, was moved to
no change in his dark purpose; but with a new Satanic spirit,
resolved immediately to execute his plan, in spite of this open
exposure, which, he might think, was meant to shame him from his
baseness. Jesus, with an eye still fixed on his most secret inward
movements, said to him, “What thou doest, do quickly.” Judas, utterly
lost to repentance and to shame, coolly obeyed the direction, as if it
had been an ordinary command, in the way of his official duty, and
went out at the words of Jesus. All this, however, was perfectly
without meaning, to the wondering disciples, who, not yet recovered
from their surprise at the very extraordinary announcement which
they had just heard of the expected treachery, could not suppose
that this quiet movement could have anything to do with the
occurrence which preceded it; but concluded that Judas was going
about the business necessary for the preparation of the next day’s
festal entertainment,――or that he was following the directions of
Jesus about the charity to be administered to the poor out of the
funds in his keeping, in accordance with the commendable Hebrew
usage of remembering the poor on great occasions of
enjoyment,――a custom to which, perhaps, the previous words of
Judas, when he rebuked the waste of the ointment by Mary, had
some especial reference, since at that particular time, money was
actually needed for bestowment in alms to the poor. Judas, after
leaving the place where the declaration of Jesus had made him an
object of such suspicion and dislike, went, under the influence of that
evil spirit, to whose direction he was now abandoned, directly to the
chief priests, (who were anxiously waiting the fulfilment of his
promise,) and made known to them that the time was now come.
The band of watchmen and servants, with their swords and cudgels,
were accordingly mustered and put under the guidance of Judas,
who, well knowing the place to which Jesus would of course go from
the feast, conducted his band of low assistants across the brook
Kedron, to the garden of Gethsemane. On the way he arranged with
them the sign by which they should recognize, in spite of the
darkness and confusion, the person whose capture was the grand
object of this expedition. “The man whom I shall kiss is he: seize
him.” Entering the garden, at length, he led them straight to the spot
which his intimate familiarity with Jesus enabled him to know, as his
favorite retreat. Going up to him with the air of friendly confidence,
he saluted him, as if rejoiced to find him, even after this brief
absence,――another instance of the very close intimacy which had
existed between the traitor and the betrayed. Jesus submitted to this
hollow show, without any attempt to repulse the movement which
marked him for destruction, only saying, in mild but expressive
reproach,――“Judas! Betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?”
Without more delay he announced himself in plain terms, to those
who came to seize him; thus showing how little need there was of
artful contrivance in taking one who did not seek to escape. “If ye
seek Jesus of Nazareth, I am he.” The simple majesty with which
these words were uttered, was such as to overawe even the low
officials; and it was not till he himself had again distinctly reminded
them of their object, that they could execute their errand. So vain
was the arrangement of signals, which had been studiously made by
the careful traitor.

No further mention is made of Iscariot after the scene of his

treachery, until the next morning, when Jesus had been condemned
by the high court of the Sanhedrim, and dragged away to undergo
punishment from the secular power. The sun of another day had
risen on his crime; and after a very brief interval, he now had time for
cool meditation on the nature and consequences of his act. Spite
and avarice had both now received their full gratification. The thirty
pieces of silver were his, and the Master whose instructions he had
hated for their purity and spirituality, because they had made known
to him the vileness of his own character and motives, was now in the
hands of those who were impelled, by the darkest passions, to
secure his destruction. But after all, now came the thought, and
inquiry, ‘what had the pure and holy Jesus done, to deserve this
reward at his hands?’ He had called him from the sordid pursuits of a
common life, to the high task of aiding in the regeneration of Israel.
He had taught him, labored with him, prayed for him, trusted him as
a near and worthy friend, making him the steward of all the earthly
possessions of his apostolic family, and the organ of his ministrations
of charity to the poor. All this he had done without the prospect of a
reward, surely. And why? To make him an instrument, not of the
base purposes of a low ambition;――not to acquire by this means
the sordid and bloody honors of a conqueror,――but to effect the
moral and spiritual emancipation of a people, suffering far less under
the evils of a foreign sway, than under the debasing dominion of folly
and sin. And was this an occasion to arm against him the darker
feelings of his trusted and loved companions?――to turn the
instruments of his mercy into weapons of death? Ought the mere
disappointment of a worldly-minded spirit, that was ever clinging to
the love of material things, and that would not learn the solemn truth
of the spiritual character of the Messiah’s reign, now to cause it to
vent its regrets at its own errors, in a traitorous attack upon the life of
him who had called it to a purpose whose glories and rewards it
could not appreciate? These and other mournful thoughts would
naturally rise to the repentant traitor’s mind, in the awful revulsion of
feeling which that morning brought with it. But repentance is not
atonement; nor can any change of feeling in the mind of the sinner,
after the perpetration of the sinful act, avail anything for the removal
or expiation of the evil consequences of it. So vain and unprofitable,
both to the injurer and the injured, are the tears of remorse! And
herein lay the difference between the repentance of Judas and of
Peter. The sin of Peter affected no one but himself, and was criminal
only as the manifestation of a base, selfish spirit of deceit, that fell
from truth through a vain-glorious confidence,――and the effusion of
his gushing tears might prove the means of washing away the
pollution of such an offense from his soul. But the sin of Judas had
wrought a work of crime whose evil could not be affected by any
tardy change of feeling in him. Peter’s repentance came too late
indeed, to exonerate him from guilt; because all repentance is too
late for such a purpose, when it comes after the commission of the
sin. The repentance of an evil purpose, coming in time to prevent the
execution of the act, is indeed available for good; but both Peter and
Judas came to the sense of the heinousness of sin, only after its
commission. Peter however, had no evil to repair for
others,――while Judas saw the bloody sequel of his guilt, coming
with most irrevocable certainty upon the blameless One whom he
had betrayed. Overwhelmed with vain regrets, he took the now
hateful, though once-desired price of his villainy, and seeking the
presence of his purchasers, held out to them the money, with the
useless confession of the guilt, which was too accordant with their
schemes and hopes, for them to think of redeeming him from its
consequences. The words of his confession were, “I have sinned, in
betraying innocent blood.” This late protestation was received by the
proud priests, with as much regard as might have been expected
from exulting tyranny, when in the enjoyment of the grand object of
its efforts. With a cold sneer they replied, “What is that to us? See
thou to that!” Maddened with the immovable and remorseless
determination of the haughty condemners of the just, he flung down
the price of his infamy and woe, upon the floor of the temple, and
rushed out of their presence, to seal his crimes and eternal misery
by the act that put him for ever beyond the power of redemption.
Seeking a place removed from the observation of men, he hurried
out of the city, and contriving the fatal means of death for himself,
before the bloody doom of him whom he betrayed had been fulfilled,
the wretched man saved his eyes the renewed horrors of the sight of
the crucifixion, by closing them in the sleep which earthly sights can
not disturb. But even in the mode of his death, new circumstances of
horror occurred. Swinging himself into the air, by falling from a
highth, as the cord tightened around his neck, checking his descent,
the weight of his body produced the rupture of his abdomen, and his
bowels bursting through, made him, as he swung stiffening and
convulsed in the agonies of this doubly horrid death, a disgusting
and appalling spectacle,――a monument of the vengeance of God
on the traitor, and a shocking witness of his own remorse and self-
condemnation.

A very striking difference is noticeable between the account given by Matthew of the
death of Judas, and that given by Luke in the speech of Peter, Acts i. 18, 19. The various
modes of reconciling these difficulties are found in the ordinary commentaries. In respect to
a single expression in Acts i. 18, there is an ingenious conjecture offered by Granville Penn,
in a very interesting and learned article in the first volume of the transactions of the Royal
Society of Literature, which may very properly be mentioned here, on account of its
originality and plausibility, and because it is found only in an expensive work, hardly ever
seen in this country. Mr. Penn’s view is, that “the word ελακησε (elakese,) in Acts i. 18, is
only an inflection of the Latin verb, laqueo, (to halter or strangle,) rendered insititious in the
Hellenistic Greek, under the form λακεω.” He enters into a very elaborate argument, which
can not be given here, but an extract may be transcribed, in order to enable the learned to
apprehend the nature and force of his views. (Translated by R. S. Lit. Vol. I. P. 2, pp. 51,
52.)

“Those who have been in the southern countries of Europe know, that the operation in
question, as exercised on a criminal, is performed with a great length of cord, with which the
criminal is precipitated from a high beam, and is thus violently laqueated, or snared in a
noose, mid-way――medius or in medio; μεσος, and medius, referring to place as well as to
person; as, μεσος ὑμων ἑστηκεν. (John i. 26.) ‘Considit scopulo medius――――’ (Virgil,
Georgics, iv. 436.) ‘―――― medius prorumpit in hostes.’ (Aeneid, x. 379.)

“Erasmus distinctly perceived this sense in the words πρηνης γενομενος, although he did
not discern it in the word ελακησε, which confirms it: ‘πρηνης Graecis dicitur, qui vultu est in
terram dejecto: expressit autem gestum et habitum laqueo praefocati; alioquin, ex hoc
sane loco non poterat intelligi, quod Judas suspenderit se,’ (in loc.) And so Augustine also
had understood those words, as he shows in his Recit. in Act. Apostol. l. i. col. 474. ‘et
collem sibi alligavit, et dejectus in faciem,’ &c. Hence one MS., cited by Sabatier, for πρηνης
γενομενος, reads αποκρεμαμένος; and Jerom, in his new vulgate, has substituted suspensus
for the pronus factus of the old Latin version, which our old English version of 1542
accordingly renders, and when he was hanged.

“That which follows, and which evidently determined the vulgar interpretation of
ελακησε――εξεχυνθη παντα τα σπλαγχνα αυτου, all his bowels gushed out――states a natural
and probable effect produced, by the sudden interruption in the fall and violent capture in
the noose, in a frame of great corpulency and distension, such as Christian antiquity has
recorded that of the traitor to have been; so that a term to express rupture would have been
altogether unnecessary, and it is therefore equally unnecessary to seek for it in the verb
ελακησε. Had the historian intended to express disruption, we may justly presume that he
would have said, as he had already said in his gospel, v. 6, διερρηγνυτο, or xxiii. 45, εσχισθη
μεσος: it is difficult to conceive, that he would here have traveled into the language of
ancient Greek poetry for a word to express a common idea, when he had common terms at
hand and in practice; but he used the Roman laqueo, λακεω, to mark the infamy of the
death.

“(Πρησθεις επι τοσουτον την σαρκα, ὡστε μη δυνασθαι δειλθειν. Papias, from Routh's
Reliquiæ Sacræ tom. I. p. 9. and Oecumenius, thus rendered by Zegers, Critici Sacri, Acts i.
18, in tantum enim corpore inflatus est ut progredi non posset. The tale transmitted by those
writers of the first and tenth centuries, that Judas was crushed to death by a chariot
proceeding rapidly, from which his unwieldiness rendered him unable to escape, merits no
further attention, after the authenticated descriptions of the traitor’s death which we have
here investigated, than to suggest a possibility that the place where the suicide was
committed might have overhung a public way, and that the body falling by its weight might
have been traversed, after death, by a passing chariot;――from whence might have arisen
the tales transmitted successively by those writers; the first of whom, being an inhabitant of
Asia Minor, and therefore far removed from the theater of Jerusalem, and being also (as
Eusebius witnesses, iii. 39,) a man of a very weak mind――σφοδρα μκρος τον νουν――was
liable to be deceived by false accounts.)

“The words of St. Peter, in the Hellenistic version of St. Luke, will therefore import,
praeceps in ora fusus, laqueavit (i. e. implicuit se laqueo) medius; (i. e. in medio, inter
trabem et terram;) et effusa sunt omnia viscera ejus――throwing himself headlong, he
caught mid-way in the noose, and all his bowels gushed out. And thus the two reporters of
the suicide, from whose respective relations charges of disagreement, and even of
contradiction, have been drawn in consequence of mistaking an insititious Latin word for a
genuine Greek word of corresponding elements, are found, by tracing that insititious word to
its true origin, to report identically the same fact; the one by a single term, the other by a
periphrasis.”

Such was the end of the twelfth of Jesus Christ’s chosen ones. To
such an end was the intimate friend, the trusted steward, the festal
companion of the Savior, brought by the impulse of some not very
unnatural feelings, excited by occasion, into extraordinary action.
The universal and intense horror which the relation of his crime now
invariably awakens, is by no means favorable to a just and fair
appreciation of his sin and its motives, nor to such an honest
consideration of his course from rectitude to guilt, as is most
desirable for the application of the whole story to the moral
improvement of its readers. Originally not an infamous man, he was
numbered among the twelve as a person of respectable character,
and long held among his fellow-disciples a responsible station, which
is itself a testimony of his unblemished reputation. He was sent forth
with them, as one of the heralds of salvation to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel. He shared with them the counsels, the instructions,
and the prayers of Jesus. If he was stupid in apprehending, and
unspiritual in conceiving the truths of the gospel, so were they. If he
was an unbeliever in the resurrection of Jesus, so were they; and
had he survived till the accomplishment of that prophecy, he could
not have been slower in receiving the evidence of the event, than
they. As it was, he died in his unbelief; while they lived to feel the
glorious removal of all their doubts, the purification of all their gross
conceptions, and the effusion of that spirit of truth, through which, by
the grace of God alone, they afterwards were what they were.
Without a merit, in faith, beyond Judas, they maintained their dim
and doubtful adherence to the truth, only by their nearer
approximation to moral perfection; and by their nobler freedom from
the pollution of sordid and spiteful feeling. Through passion alone he
fell, a victim, not to a want of faith merely,――for therein, the rest
could hardly claim a superiority,――but to the radical deficiency of
true love for Jesus, of that “charity which never faileth,” but “endureth
to the end.” It was their simple, devoted affection, which, through all
their ignorance, their grossness of conception, and their
faithlessness in his word, made them still cling to his name and his
grave, till the full revelations of his resurrection and ascension had
displaced their doubts by the most glorious certainties, and given
their faith an eternal assurance. The great cause of the awful ruin of
Judas Iscariot, then, was the fact, that he did not love Jesus. Herein
was his grand distinction from all the rest; for though their regard
was mingled with so much that was base, there was plainly, in all of
them, a solid foundation of true, deep affection. The most ambitious
and skeptical of them, gave the most unquestionable proofs of this.
Peter, John, both the Jameses, and others, are instances of the
mode in which these seemingly opposite feelings were combined.
But Judas was without this great refining and elevating principle,
which so redeemed the most sordid feelings of his fellows. It was not
merely for the love of money that he was led into this horrid crime.
The love of four dollars and eighty cents! Who can believe that this
was the sole motive? It was rather that his sordidness and
selfishness, and ambition, if he had any, lacked this single, purifying
emotion, which redeemed their characters. Is there not, in this
reflection, a moral which each Christian reader can improve to his
own use? For the lack of the love of Jesus alone, Judas fell from his
high estate, to an infamy as immortal as their fame. Wherever,
through all ages, the high heroic energy of Peter, the ready faith of
Andrew, the martyr-fire of James Boanerges, the soul-absorbing love
of John, the willing obedience of Philip, the guileless purity of
Nathanael, the recorded truth of Matthew, the slow but deep
devotion of Thomas, the blameless righteousness of James the Just,
the appellative zeal of Simon, and the earnest warning eloquence of
Jude, are all commemorated in honor and bright renown,――the
murderous, sordid spite of Iscariot, will insure him an equally lasting
proverbial shame. Truly, “the sin of judas is written with a pen
of iron on a tablet of marble.”
 MATTHIAS.
The events which concern this person’s connection with the
apostolic company, are briefly these. Soon after the ascension of
Jesus, the eleven disciples being assembled in their “upper room,”
with a large company of believers, making in all, together, a meeting
of one hundred and twenty, Peter arose and presented to their
consideration, the propriety and importance of filling, in the apostolic
college, the vacancy caused by the sad defection of Judas Iscariot.
Beginning with what seems to be an apt allusion to the words of
David concerning Ahithophel,――(a quotation very naturally
suggested by the striking similarity between the fate of that ancient
traitor, and that of the base Iscariot,) he referred to the peculiarly
horrid circumstances of the death of this revolted apostle, and also
applied to these occurrences the words of the same Psalmist
concerning those upon whom he invoked the wrath of God, in words
which might with remarkable emphasis be made descriptive of the
ruin of Judas. “Let his habitation be desolate,” and “let another take
his office.” Applying this last quotation more particularly to the
exigency of their circumstances, he pronounced it to be in
accordance with the will of God that they should immediately
proceed to select a person to “take the office” of Judas. He declared
it an essential requisite for this office, moreover, that the person
should be one of those who, though not numbered with the select
twelve, had been among the intimate companions of Jesus, and had
enjoyed the honors and privileges of a familiar discipleship, so that
they could always testify of his great miracles and divine instructions,
from their own personal knowledge as eye-witnesses of his actions,
from the beginning of his divine career at his baptism by John, to the
time of his ascension.
 Agreeably to this counsel of the apostolic chief, the whole
company of the disciples selected two persons from those who had
been witnesses of the great actions of Christ, and nominated them to
the apostles, as equally well qualified for the vacant office. To decide
the question with perfect impartiality, it was resolved, in conformity
with the common ancient practice in such cases, to leave the point
between these two candidates to be settled by lot; and to give this
mode of decision a solemnity proportioned to the importance of the
occasion, they first invoked, in prayer, the aid of God in the
appointment of a person best qualified for his service. They then
drew the lots of the two candidates, and Matthias being thus
selected, was thenceforth enrolled with the eleven apostles.

Of his previous history nothing whatever is known, except that,

according to what is implied in the address of Peter, he must have
been, from the beginning of Christ’s career to his ascension, one of
his constant attendants and hearers. Some have conjectured that he
was one of the seventy, sent forth by Jesus as apostles, in the same
manner as the twelve had gone; and there is nothing unreasonable
in the supposition; but still it is a conjecture merely, without any fact
to support it. The New Testament is perfectly silent with respect to
both his previous and his subsequent life, and not a fact can be
recorded respecting him. Yet the productive imaginations of the
martyrologists of the Roman and Greek churches, have carried him
through a protracted series of adventures, during his alleged
preaching of the gospel, first in Judea, and then in Ethiopia. They
also pretend that he was martyred, though as to the precise mode
there is some difference in the stories,――some relating that he was
crucified, and others, that he was first stoned and then dispatched by
a blow on the head with an axe. But all these are condemned by the
discreet writers even of the Romish church, and the whole life of
Matthias must be included among those many mysteries which can
never be in any way brought to light by the most devoted and
untiring researches of the Apostolic historian; and this dim and
unsatisfactory trace of his life may well conclude the first grand
division of a work, in which the reader will expect to find so much
curious detail of matters commonly unknown, but which no research
nor learning can furnish, for the prevention of his disappointment.
 II. THE HELLENIST APOSTLES.

SAUL,
AFTERWARDS NAMED PAUL.
his country.

On the farthest north-eastern part of the Mediterranean sea,

where its waters are bounded by the great angle made by the
meeting of the Syrian coast with the Asian, there is a peculiarity in
the course of the mountain ranges, which deserves notice in a view
of the countries of that region, modifying as it does, all their most
prominent characteristics. The great chain of Taurus, which can be
traced far eastward in the branching ranges of Singara, Masius and
Niphates, running connectedly also into the distant peaks of mighty
Ararat, here sends off a spur to the shore of the Mediterranean,
which under the name of Mount Amanus meets its waters, just at
their great north-eastern angle in the ancient gulf of Issus, now
called the gulf of Scanderoon. Besides this connection with the
mountain chains of Mesopotamia and Armenia on the northeast,
from the south the great Syrian Lebanon, running very nearly parallel
with the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, at the Issic angle, joins
this common center of convergence, so insensibly losing its
individual character in the Asian ridge, that by many writers, Mount
Amanus itself is considered only a regular continuation of Lebanon.
These, however, are as distinct as any of the chains here uniting,
and the true Libanic mountains cease just at this grand natural
division of Syria from the northern coast of the Mediterranean. A
characteristic of the Syrian mountains is nevertheless prominent in
the northern chain. They all take a general course parallel with the
coast and very near it, occasionally sending out lateral ridges which
mark the projections of the shore with high promontories. Of these,
however, there are much fewer on the southern coast of Asia Minor;
and the western ridge of Taurus, after parting from the grand angle of
convergence, runs exactly parallel to the margin of the sea, in most
parts about seven miles distant. The country thus fenced off by
Taurus, along the southern coast of Asia Minor, is very distinctly
characterized by these circumstances connected with its orography,
and is in a very peculiar manner bounded and inclosed from the rest
of the continent, by these natural features. The great mountain
barrier of Taurus, as above described, stretches along the north,
forming a mighty wall, which is at each end met at right angles by a
lateral ridge, of which the eastern is Amanus, descending within a
few rods of the water, while the western is the true termination of
Taurus in that direction,――the mountains here making a grand
curve from west to south, and stretching out into the sea, in a bold
promontory, which definitely marks the farthest western limit of the
long, narrow section, thus remarkably enclosed. This simple natural
division, in the apostolic age, contained two principal artificial sub-
divisions. On the west, was the province of Pamphylia, occupying
about one fourth of the coast;――and on the east, the rest of the
territory constituted the province of Cilicia, far-famed as the land of
the birth of that great apostle of the Gentiles, whose life is the theme
of these pages.

Cilicia,――opening on the west into Pamphylia,――is elsewhere

inclosed in mountain barriers, impenetrable and impassable, except
in two or three points, which are the only places in which it is
accessible by land, though widely exposed, on the sea, by its long
open coast. Of these two adits, the most important, and the one
through which the vast proportion of its commercial intercourse with
the world, by land, has always been carried on, is the eastern, which
is just at the oft-mentioned great angle of the Mediterranean, where
the mountains descend almost to the waters of the gulf of Issus.
Mount Amanus, coming from the north-east, and stretching along the
eastern boundary of Cilicia an impassable barrier, here advances to
the shore; but just before its base reaches the water, it abruptly
terminates, leaving between the high rocks and the sea a narrow
space, which is capable of being completely commanded and
defended from the mountains which thus guard it; and forming the
only land passage out of Cilicia to the eastern coast of the
Mediterranean, it was thence anciently called “the gates of Syria.”
Through these “gates,” has always passed all the traveling by land
between Asia Minor and Palestine; and it is therefore an important
point in the most celebrated route in apostolic history. The other
main opening in the mountain walls of this region, is the passage
through the Taurus, made by the course of the Sarus, the largest
river of the province, which breaks through the northern ridge, in a
defile that is called “the gates of Cilicia.”

The boundaries of Cilicia are then,――on the north, mountainous

Cappadocia, perfectly cut off by the impenetrable chain of Taurus,
except the narrow pass through “the gates of Cilicia;”――on the
east, equally well guarded by Mount Amanus, Northern Syria, the
only land passages being through the famed “Syrian gates,” and
another defile north of the coast, toward the Euphrates;――on the
south, stretches the long margin of the sea, which in the western
two-thirds of the coast takes the name of “the Cilician strait,”
because it here flows between the mainland and the great island of
Cyprus, which lies off the shore, always in sight, being less than
thirty miles distant, the eastern third of the coast being bounded by
the waters of the gulf of Issus;――and on the west Cilicia ends in the
rough highlands of Pamphylia. The territory itself is distinguished by
natural features, into two divisions,――Rocky Cilicia and “Level
Cilicia,”――the former occupying the western third, and the latter the
eastern part,――each district being abundantly well described by the
term applied to it. Within the latter, lay the opening scenes of the
apostle’s life.
 Thus peculiarly guarded, and shut off from the world, it might be
expected that this remarkable region would nourish, on the narrow
plains of its fertile shores, and the vast rough mountains of its
gigantic barriers, a race strongly marked in mental, as in physical
characteristics. In all parts of the world, the philosophical observer
may notice a relation borne by man to the soil on which he lives, and
to the air which he breathes,――hardly less striking than the
dependence of the inferior orders of created things, on the material
objects which surround them. Man is an animal, and his natural
history displays as many curious correspondences between his
varying peculiarities and the locality which he inhabits, as can be
observed between the physical constitution of inferior creatures, and
the similar circumstances which affect them. The inhabitants of a
wild, broken region, which rises into mighty inland mountains, or
sends its cliffs and vallies into a vast sea, are, in all ages and climes,
characterized by a peculiar energy and quickness of mind, which
often marks them in history as the prominent actors in events of the
highest importance to mankind in all the world. Even the dwellers of
the cities of such regions, share in that peculiar vivacity of their
countrymen, which is especially imbibed in the air of the mountains;
and carry through all the world, till new local influences have again
subjected them, the original characteristics of the land of their birth.
The restless activity and dauntless spirit of Saul, present a striking
instance of this relation of scenery to character. The ever-rolling
waters of the tideless sea on one side presenting a boundless view,
and on the other the blue mountains rearing a mighty barrier to the
vision,――the thousand streams thence rolling to the former,――the
white sands of the long plains, gemmed with the green of shaded
fountains, as well as the active movements of a busy population, all
living under these same inspiring influences,――would each have
their effect on the soul of the young Cilician as he grew up in the
midst of these modifying circumstances.

Along these shores, from the earliest period of Hellenic

colonization, Grecian enterprise had planted its busy centers of
civilization. On each favorable site, where agriculture or commerce
could thrive, cities grew up in the midst of prosperous colonies, in
which wealth and power in their rapid advance brought in the lights
of science, art, literature, and all the refinements and elegances
which Grecian colonization made the invariable accompaniments of
its march,――adorning its solid triumphs with the graceful polish of
all that could exalt the enjoyment of prosperity. Issus, Mopsuestia,
Anchialus, Selinus and others, were among the early seats of
Grecian refinement; and the more modern efforts of the Syro-
Macedonian sway, had blessed Cilicia with the fruits of royal
munificence, in such cities as Cragic Antioch, Seleucia the Rocky,
and Arsinoe; and in still later times, the ever-active and wide-
spreading beneficence of Roman dominion, had still farther
multiplied the peaceful triumphs and trophies of civilization, by here
raising or renewing cities, of which Baiae, Germanicia and
Pompeiopolis are only a specimen. But of all these monuments of
ancient or later refinement, there was none of higher antiquity or
fame than Tarsus, the city where was born this illustrious apostle,
whose life was so greatly instrumental in the triumphs of Christianity.

Tarsus stands north of the point of a wide indentation of the coast

of Cilicia, forming a very open bay, into which, a few miles south,
flow the waters of the classic Cydnus, a narrow stream which runs a
brief course from the barrier of Taurus, directly southward to the sea.
The river’s mouth forms a spacious and convenient harbor, to which
the light vessels of ancient commerce all easily found safe and ready
access, though most of the floating piles in which the productions of
the world are now transported, might find such a harbor altogether
inaccessible to their heavier burden.

Ammianus Marcellinus, the elegant historian of the decline of the

Roman empire, speaks in high descriptive terms, both of the
province, and the city which makes it eminent in Christian history. In
narrating important events here performed during the times whose
history he records, he alludes to the character of the region in a
preliminary description. “After surmounting the peaks of Taurus,
which towards the east rise into higher elevation, Cilicia spreads out
before the observer, in far stretching areas,――a land, rich in all
good things. To its right (that is the west, as the observer looks south
from the summits of Taurus) is joined Isauria,――in equal degree
verdant with palms and many fruits, and intersected by the navigable
river Calycadnus. This, besides many towns, has two
cities,――Seleucia, the work of Seleucus Nicator of Syria, and
Claudiopolis, a colony founded by Claudius Caesar. Isauria however,
once exceedingly powerful, has formerly been desolated for a
destructive rebellion, and therefore shows but very few traces of its
ancient splendor. But Cilicia, which rejoices in the river Cydnus, is
ennobled by Tarsus, a splendid city,――by Anazarbus, and by
Mopsuestia, the dwelling-place of that Mopsus, who accompanied
the Argonauts. These two provinces (Isauria or ‘Cilicia the Rocky,’
and Cilicia proper or ‘level’) being formerly connected with hordes of
plunderers in a piratical war, were subjugated by the proconsul
Servilius, and made tributary. And these regions, placed, as it were,
on a long tongue of land, are separated from the eastern world by
Mount Amanus.”

This account by Ammianus Marcellinus is found in book XIV. of his history, (p. 19, edited
by Vales.)

The native land of Saul was classic ground. Within the limits of
Cilicia, were laid the scenes of some of the most splendid passages
in early Grecian fable; and here too, were acted some of the
grandest events in authentic history, both Greek and Roman. The
very city of his birth, Tarsus, is said to have been founded by
Perseus, the son of Jupiter and Danae, famed for his exploit at
another place on the shore of this part of the Mediterranean. More
authentic history however, refers its earliest foundation to
Sardanapalus, king of Assyria, who built Tarsus and Anchialus in
Cilicia, nine hundred years before Christ. Its origin is by others
ascribed to Triptolemus with an Argive colony, who is represented on
some medals as the founder. These two stories may be made
consistent with each other, on the supposition that the same place
was successively the scene of the civilizing influence of each of