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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: “I have spread out my hands

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all

day

to

a

people

disobedient

and

contradicting

me

,

who

walk

in

ways

that

are

not

good

,

but

after

their

own

sins

.

”

Also

in

Jeremiah

:

“

Come

,

let

us

cast

the

tree

into

His

bread

,

and

let

us

blot

out

His

life

from

the

earth

.

”

Also

in

Deuteronomy

:

“

And

Thy

life

shall

be

hanging

(

in

doubt

)

before

Thine

eyes

;

and

Thou

shalt

fear

day

and

night

,

and

shalt

not

trust

to

Thy

life

.

”

Also

in

the

twenty

-

first

Psalm

:

“

They

tore

my

hands

and

my

feet

;

they

numbered

all

my

bones

.

And

they

gazed

upon

me

,

and

saw

me

,

and

divided

my

garments

among

them

,

and

upon

my

vesture

they

cast

a

lot

.

But

Thou

,

O

Lord

,

remove

not

Thy

help

far

from

me

;

attend

unto

my

help

.

Deliver

my

soul

from

the

sword

,

and

my

only

one

from

the

paw

of

the

dog

.

Save

me

from

the

mouth

of

the

lion

,

and

my

lowliness

from

the

horns

of

the

unicorns

.

I

will

declare

Thy

name

unto

my

brethren

;

in

the

midst

of

the

Church

I

will

praise

Thee

.

”

Also

in

the

cxviiith

Psalm

:

“

Pierce

my

flesh

with

nails

through

fear

of

Thee

.

”

Also

in

the

cxlth

Psalm

:

“

The

lifting

up

of

my

hands

is

an

evening

sacrifice

.

”

Of

which

sacrifice

Sophonias

said

:

“

Fear

from

the

presence

of

the

Lord

God

,

since

His

day

is

near

,

because

the

Lord

hath

prepared

His

sacrifice

,

He

hath

sanctified

His

elect

.

”

Also

in

Zechariah

:

“

And

they

shall

look

upon

me

,

whom

they

have

pierced

.

”

Also

in

the

eighty

-

seventh

Psalm

:

“

I

have

called

unto

Thee

,

O

Lord

,

the

whole

day

;

I

have

stretched

out

my

hands

unto

Thee

.

”

Also

in

Numbers

:

“

Not

as

a

man

is

God

suspended

,

nor

as

the

son

of

man

does

He

suffer

threats

.

”

Whence

in

the

Gospel

the

Lord

says

:

“

As

Moses

lifted

up

the

serpent

in

the

wilderness

,

even

so

must

the

Son

of

man

be

lifted

up

,

that

whosoever

believeth

in

the

Son

may

have

life

eternal

.

”

Notes

1
Isa. lxv. 2. [So Justin, vol. i. pp. 179 and 206. But compare Isa. xxv. 11, a remarkable simile.]
2
Jer. xi. 19.
3
Deut. xxviii. 66.
4
[This is one of the passages corrupted by the Jews since the crucifixion. See Pearson, On the Creed, p. 534. All his notes on “crucified” are most precious.]
5
“Manu.”
6
Ps. xxii. 16–22.
7
Ps. cxix. 120.
8
Ps. cxli. 2.
9
Zeph. i. 7.
10
Zech. xii. 10.
11
Ps. lxxxviii. 9.
12
Num. xxiii. 19.
13
John iii. 14, 15.