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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 Amos: “And it shall come to pass

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in

that

day

,

saith

the

Lord

,

the

sun

shall

set

at

noonday

,

and

the

day

of

light

shall

be

darkened

;

and

I

will

turn

your

feast

-

days

into

grief

,

and

all

your

songs

into

lamentation

.

”

Also

in

Jeremiah

:

“

She

is

frightened

that

hath

borne

children

,

and

her

soul

hath

grown

weary

.

Her

sun

hath

gone

down

while

as

yet

it

was

mid

-

day

;

she

hath

been

confounded

and

accursed

:

I

will

give

the

rest

of

them

to

the

sword

in

the

sight

of

their

enemies

.

”

Also

in

the

Gospel

:

“

Now

from

the

sixth

hour

there

was

darkness

over

all

the

earth

even

to

the

ninth

hour

.

”

Notes

1
Amos viii. 9, 10. [Lardner, Credib., vol. vii. pp. 107–124.]
2
Jer. xv. 9. [I admire Lardner’s caution: possibly he carries it too far.]
3
Matt. xxvii. 45. [See vol. iii. p. 58.]