Note 40 — Chapter V · A.D. 135-323. THE JEWS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPERORS FROM ADRIAN TO CONSTANTINE.
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The Presidents of the Sanhedrin are said to have been—
1. Ezra, who, according to this list, must have survived to the reign of Darius Codomannus, fully 200 years. 10. Gamaliel (St. Paul’s teacher). 11. Simeon, son of Gamaliel, killed during the siege of Jerusalem.
2. Simon the Just (identified by some with Jaddua who received Alexander the Great). 12. Jochanan. 13. Gamaliel II., son of Simeon, first Patriarch of Jerusalem.
3. Antigonus of Soco. 14. Simeon, called the Just.
4. Joseph of Zeredah. 15. Judah II., called Hakkadosh.
5. Joshua, banished by Hyrcanus. 16. Gamaliel III., in whose time the Sanhedrin is said to have ceased to exist.
6. Judah, contemporary with A. Jann. 17. Judah II.
7. Shemaiah. 18. Hillel II., who drew up the permanent Jewish calendar.
8. Hillel, the renowned Jewish Doctor. 19. Judah III.
9. Simeon, son of Hillel, supposed by some to be the same who took Jesus into his arms (St. Luke ii. 25). 20. Hillel III. 21. Gamaliel IV., with whom the Patriarchate of Tiberias expired, A.D. 429.