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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 1 · Introduction

About this work

Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Isaiah: “And all these words shall be

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unto

you

as

the

words

of

a

book

that

is

sealed

,

which

,

if

you

shall

give

to

a

man

that

knoweth

letters

to

read

,

he

shall

say

,

I

cannot

read

,

for

it

is

sealed

.

But

in

that

day

the

deaf

shall

hear

the

words

of

the

book

,

and

they

who

are

in

darkness

and

in

a

cloud

;

the

eyes

of

the

blind

shall

see

.

”

Also

in

Jeremiah

:

“

In

the

last

of

the

days

ye

shall

know

those

things

.

”

In

Daniel

,

moreover

:

“

Secure

the

words

,

and

seal

the

book

until

the

time

of

consummation

,

until

many

learn

,

and

knowledge

is

fulfilled

,

because

when

there

shall

be

a

dispersion

they

shall

know

all

these

things

.

”

Likewise

in

the

first

Epistle

of

Paul

to

the

Corinthians

:

“

Brethren

,

I

would

not

that

ye

should

be

ignorant

,

that

all

our

fathers

were

under

the

cloud

.

”

Also

in

the

second

Epistle

to

the

Corinthians

:

“

Their

minds

are

blinded

even

unto

this

day

,

by

this

same

veil

which

is

taken

away

in

Christ

,

while

this

same

veil

remains

in

the

reading

of

the

Old

Testament

,

which

is

not

unveiled

,

because

it

is

made

void

in

Christ

;

and

even

to

this

day

,

if

at

any

time

Moses

is

read

,

the

veil

is

upon

their

heart

.

But

by

and

by

,

when

they

shall

be

turned

unto

the

Lord

,

the

veil

shall

be

taken

away

.

”

In

the

Gospel

,

the

Lord

after

His

resurrection

says

:

“

These

are

the

words

which

I

spake

unto

you

while

I

was

yet

with

you

,

that

all

things

must

be

fulfilled

which

are

written

in

the

law

of

Moses

,

and

in

the

prophets

,

and

in

the

Psalms

,

concerning

me

.

Then

opened

He

their

understanding

,

that

they

might

understand

the

Scriptures

;

and

said

unto

them

,

That

thus

it

is

written

,

and

thus

it

behoved

Christ

to

suffer

,

and

to

rise

again

from

the

dead

the

third

day

;

and

that

repentance

and

remission

of

sins

should

be

preached

in

His

name

even

among

all

nations

.

”

Notes

1
Isa. xxix. 11–18.
2
Jer. xxiii. 20.
3
Dan. xii. 4–7.
4
1 Cor. x. 1.
5
2 Cor. iii. 14–16. There is a singular confusion in the reading of this quotation. The translator has followed Migne’s text.
6
Luke xxiv. 44–47.