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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 Genesis: “And God said unto Jacob,

‹ Book 2 · Section 5 Book 2 · Section 6 ›

Arise

,

and

go

up

to

the

place

of

Bethel

,

and

dwell

there

;

and

make

there

an

altar

to

that

God

who

appeared

unto

thee

when

thou

fleddest

from

the

face

of

thy

brother

Esau

.

”

Also

in

Isaiah

:

“

Thus

saith

the

Lord

,

the

God

of

Sabaoth

,

Egypt

is

wearied

;

and

the

merchandise

of

the

Ethiopians

,

and

the

tall

men

of

the

Sabeans

,

shall

pass

over

unto

Thee

,

and

shall

be

Thy

servants

;

and

shall

walk

after

Thee

bound

with

chains

;

and

shall

worship

Thee

,

and

shall

pray

to

Thee

,

because

God

is

in

Thee

,

and

there

is

no

other

God

beside

Thee

.

For

Thou

art

God

,

and

we

knew

it

not

,

O

God

of

Israel

,

our

Saviour

.

They

shall

all

be

confounded

and

fear

who

oppose

Thee

,

and

shall

fall

into

confusion

.

”

Likewise

in

the

same

:

“

The

voice

of

one

crying

in

the

wilderness

,

Prepare

ye

the

way

of

the

Lord

,

make

straight

the

paths

of

our

God

.

Every

channel

shall

be

filled

up

,

and

every

mountain

and

hill

shall

be

made

low

,

and

all

crooked

places

shall

be

made

straight

,

and

rough

places

plain

;

and

the

glory

of

the

Lord

shall

be

seen

,

and

all

flesh

shall

see

the

salvation

of

God

,

because

the

Lord

hath

spoken

it

.

”

Moreover

,

in

Jeremiah

:

This

is

our

God

,

and

no

other

shall

be

esteemed

beside

Him

,

who

hath

found

all

the

way

of

knowledge

,

and

hath

given

it

to

Jacob

His

son

,

and

to

Israel

His

beloved

.

After

this

He

was

seen

upon

earth

,

and

He

conversed

with

men

.

”

Also

in

Zechariah

God

says

:

“

And

they

shall

cross

over

through

the

narrow

sea

,

and

they

shall

smite

the

waves

in

the

sea

,

and

they

shall

dry

up

all

the

depths

of

the

rivers

;

and

all

the

haughtiness

of

the

Assyrians

shall

be

confounded

,

and

the

sceptre

of

Egypt

shall

be

taken

away

.

And

I

will

strengthen

them

in

the

Lord

their

God

,

and

in

His

name

shall

they

glory

,

saith

the

Lord

.

”

Moreover

,

in

Hosea

the

Lord

saith

:

“

I

will

not

do

according

to

the

anger

of

mine

indignation

,

I

will

not

allow

Ephraim

to

be

destroyed

:

for

I

am

God

,

and

there

is

not

a

holy

man

in

thee

:

and

I

will

not

enter

into

the

city

;

I

will

go

after

God

.

”

Also

in

the

forty

-

fourth

Psalm

:

“

Thy

throne

,

O

God

,

is

for

ever

and

ever

:

the

sceptre

of

righteousness

is

the

sceptre

of

Thy

kingdom

.

Thou

hast

loved

righteousness

,

and

hated

iniquity

:

wherefore

God

,

Thy

God

,

hath

anointed

Thee

with

the

oil

of

gladness

above

Thy

fellows

.

”

So

,

too

,

in

the

forty

-

fifth

Psalm

:

“

Be

still

,

and

know

that

I

am

God

.

I

will

be

exalted

among

the

nations

,

and

I

will

be

exalted

in

the

earth

.

”

Also

in

the

eighty

-

first

Psalm

:

“

They

have

not

known

,

neither

have

they

understood

:

they

will

walk

on

in

darkness

.

”

Also

in

the

sixty

-

seventh

Psalm

:

“

Sing

unto

God

,

sing

praises

unto

His

name

:

make

a

way

for

Him

who

goeth

up

into

the

west

:

God

is

His

name

.

”

Also

in

the

Gospel

according

to

John

:

“

In

the

beginning

was

the

Word

,

and

the

Word

was

with

God

,

and

God

was

the

Word

.

”

Also

in

the

same

:

“

The

Lord

said

to

Thomas

,

Reach

hither

thy

finger

,

and

behold

my

hands

:

and

be

not

faithless

,

but

believing

.

Thomas

answered

and

said

unto

Him

,

My

Lord

and

my

God

.

Jesus

saith

unto

him

,

Because

thou

hast

seen

me

,

thou

hast

believed

:

blessed

are

they

who

have

not

seen

,

and

yet

have

believed

.

”

Also

Paul

to

the

Romans

:

“

I

could

wish

that

I

myself

were

accursed

from

Christ

for

my

brethren

and

my

kindred

according

to

the

flesh

:

who

are

Israelites

:

whose

are

the

adoption

,

and

the

glory

,

and

the

covenant

,

and

the

appointment

of

the

law

,

and

the

service

(

of

God

)

,

and

the

promises

;

whose

are

the

fathers

,

of

whom

,

according

to

the

flesh

,

Christ

came

,

who

is

God

over

all

,

blessed

for

evermore

.

”

Also

in

the

Apocalypse

:

“

I

am

Alpha

and

Omega

,

the

beginning

and

the

end

:

I

will

give

to

him

that

is

athirst

,

of

the

fountain

of

living

water

freely

.

He

that

overcometh

shall

possess

these

things

,

and

their

inheritance

;

and

I

will

be

his

God

,

and

he

shall

be

my

son

.

”

Also

in

the

eighty

-

first

Psalm

:

“

God

stood

in

the

congregation

of

gods

,

and

judging

gods

in

the

midst

.

”

And

again

in

the

same

place

:

“

I

have

said

,

Ye

are

gods

;

and

ye

are

all

the

children

of

the

Highest

:

but

ye

shall

die

like

men

.

”

But

if

they

who

have

been

righteous

,

and

have

obeyed

the

divine

precepts

,

may

be

called

gods

,

how

much

more

is

Christ

,

the

Son

of

God

,

God

!

Thus

He

Himself

says

in

the

Gospel

according

to

John

:

“

Is

it

not

written

in

the

law

,

that

I

said

,

Ye

are

gods

?

If

He

called

them

gods

to

whom

the

word

of

God

was

given

,

and

the

Scripture

cannot

be

relaxed

,

do

ye

say

to

Him

whom

the

Father

hath

sanctified

and

sent

into

the

world

,

that

thou

blasphemest

,

because

I

said

,

I

am

the

Son

of

God

?

But

if

I

do

not

the

works

of

my

Father

,

believe

me

not

;

but

if

I

do

,

and

ye

will

not

believe

me

,

believe

the

works

,

and

know

that

the

Father

is

in

me

,

and

I

in

Him

.

”

Also

in

the

Gospel

according

to

Matthew

:

“

And

ye

shall

call

His

name

Emmanuel

,

which

is

,

being

interpreted

,

God

with

us

.

”

Notes

1
Gen. xxxv. 1.
2
Isa. xlv. 14–16.
3
Isa. xl. 3–5.
4
Baruch iii. 35–37.
5
Zech. x. 11, 12.
6
Hos. xi. 9, 10.
7
Ps. xlv. 6, 7.
8
Ps. xlv. 10.
9
Ps. lxxxii. 5.
10
Ps. lxviii. 4.
11
John i. 1.
12
John xx. 27–29.
13
Rom. ix. 3–5.
14
Rev. xxi. 6, 7.
15
Ps. lxxxii. 1.
16
Ps. lxxxii. 6, 7.
17
John x. 34–38.
18
Matt. i. 23.