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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 2 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Isaiah: “He was led as a sheep

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to

the

slaughter

,

and

as

a

lamb

before

his

shearer

is

dumb

,

so

He

opened

not

His

mouth

.

In

His

humiliation

His

judgment

was

taken

away

:

who

shall

relate

His

nativity

?

Because

His

life

shall

be

taken

away

from

the

earth

.

By

the

transgressions

of

my

people

He

was

led

to

death

;

and

I

will

give

the

wicked

for

His

burial

,

and

the

rich

themselves

for

His

death

;

because

He

did

no

wickedness

,

nor

deceits

with

His

mouth

.

Wherefore

He

shall

gain

many

,

and

shall

divide

the

spoils

of

the

strong

;

because

His

soul

was

delivered

up

to

death

,

and

He

was

counted

among

transgressors

.

And

He

bare

the

sins

of

many

,

and

was

delivered

for

their

offences

.

”

Also

in

Jeremiah

:

“

Lord

,

give

me

knowledge

,

and

I

shall

know

it

:

then

I

saw

their

meditations

.

I

was

led

like

a

lamb

without

malice

to

the

slaughter

;

against

me

they

devised

a

device

,

saying

,

Come

,

let

us

cast

the

tree

into

His

bread

,

and

let

us

erase

His

life

from

the

earth

,

and

His

name

shall

no

more

be

a

remembrance

.

”

Also

in

Exodus

God

said

to

Moses

:

“

Let

them

take

to

themselves

each

man

a

sheep

,

through

the

houses

of

the

tribes

,

a

sheep

without

blemish

,

perfect

,

male

,

of

a

year

old

it

shall

be

to

you

.

Ye

shall

take

it

from

the

lambs

and

from

the

goats

,

and

all

the

congregation

of

the

synagogue

of

the

children

of

Israel

shall

kill

it

in

the

evening

;

and

they

shall

take

of

its

blood

,

and

shall

place

it

upon

the

two

posts

,

and

upon

the

threshold

in

the

houses

,

in

the

very

houses

in

which

they

shall

eat

it

.

And

they

shall

eat

the

flesh

on

the

same

night

,

roasted

with

fire

;

and

they

shall

eat

unleavened

bread

with

bitter

herbs

.

Ye

shall

not

eat

of

them

raw

nor

dressed

in

water

,

but

roasted

with

fire

;

the

head

with

the

feet

and

the

inward

parts

.

Ye

shall

leave

nothing

of

them

to

the

morning

;

and

ye

shall

not

break

a

bone

of

it

.

But

what

of

it

shall

be

left

to

the

morning

shall

be

burnt

with

fire

.

But

thus

ye

shall

eat

it

;

your

loins

girt

,

and

your

sandals

on

your

feet

,

and

your

staff

in

your

hands

;

and

ye

shall

eat

it

in

haste

:

for

it

is

the

Lord’s

passover

.

”

Also

in

the

Apocalypse

:

“

And

I

saw

in

the

midst

of

the

throne

,

and

of

the

four

living

creatures

,

and

in

the

midst

of

the

elders

,

a

Lamb

standing

as

if

slain

,

having

seven

horns

and

seven

eyes

,

which

are

the

seven

spirits

of

God

sent

forth

throughout

all

the

earth

.

And

He

came

and

took

the

book

from

the

right

hand

of

God

,

who

sate

on

the

throne

.

And

when

He

had

taken

the

book

,

the

four

living

creatures

and

the

four

and

twenty

elders

cast

themselves

before

the

Lamb

,

having

every

one

of

them

harps

and

golden

cups

full

of

odours

of

supplications

,

which

are

the

prayers

of

the

saints

;

and

they

sang

a

new

song

,

saying

,

Worthy

art

Thou

,

O

Lord

,

to

take

the

book

,

and

to

open

its

seals

:

for

Thou

wast

slain

,

and

hast

redeemed

us

with

Thy

blood

from

every

tribe

,

and

tongue

,

and

people

,

and

nation

;

and

Thou

hast

made

us

a

kingdom

unto

our

God

,

and

hast

made

us

priests

,

and

they

shall

reign

upon

the

earth

.

”

Also

in

the

Gospel

:

“

On

the

next

day

John

saw

Jesus

coming

to

him

,

and

saith

,

Behold

the

Lamb

of

God

,

and

behold

Him

that

taketh

away

the

sins

of

the

world

!

”

Notes

1
Isa. liii. 7–9, 12.
2
[Tertull., iii. p. 166. Note also “the mystery of the passion.”]
3
Jer. xi. 18, 19.
4
Migne’s reading differs considerably from this, and is as follows: “They shall take from the lambs and the goats of its blood, and shall place it upon the two posts,” etc.
5
Erasmus reads for “picridibus,” “lactucis agrestibus,” wild lettuces.
6
Ex. xii. 3–12.
7
“Pateras.”
8
Rev. v. 6–10.
9
John i. 29.