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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 Ezekiel the Lord says: “Pass through the

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midst

of

Jerusalem

,

and

thou

shalt

mark

the

sign

upon

the

men’s

foreheads

,

who

groan

and

grieve

for

the

iniquities

which

are

done

in

the

midst

of

them

.

”

Also

in

the

same

place

:

“

Go

and

smite

,

and

do

not

spare

your

eyes

.

Have

no

pity

on

the

old

man

,

and

the

youth

,

and

the

virgin

,

and

slay

little

children

and

women

,

that

they

may

be

utterly

destroyed

.

But

ye

shall

not

touch

any

one

upon

whom

the

sign

is

written

,

and

begin

with

my

holy

places

themselves

.

”

Also

in

Exodus

God

says

to

Moses

:

“

And

there

shall

be

blood

for

a

sign

to

you

upon

the

houses

wherein

ye

shall

be

;

and

I

will

look

on

the

blood

,

and

will

protect

you

.

And

there

shall

not

be

in

you

the

plague

of

wasting

when

I

shall

smite

the

land

of

Egypt

.

”

Also

in

the

Apocalypse

:

“

And

I

saw

a

Lamb

standing

on

Mount

Sion

,

and

with

Him

a

hundred

and

forty

and

four

thousand

;

and

they

had

His

name

and

the

name

of

His

Father

written

on

their

foreheads

.

”

Also

in

the

same

place

:

“

I

am

Alpha

and

Omega

,

the

first

and

the

last

,

the

beginning

and

the

end

.

Blessed

are

they

that

do

His

commandments

,

that

they

may

have

power

over

the

tree

of

life

.

”

Notes

2
Ezek. ix. 4.
3
Ezek. ix. 4–6.
4
Ex. xii. 13.
5
“And behold,” Oxford text.
6
Rev. xiv. 1.
7
Rev. xxii. 13, 14.