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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: “Be comforted, ye weakened hands

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;

and

ye

weak

knees

,

be

strengthened

.

Ye

who

are

of

a

timorous

heart

,

fear

not

.

Our

God

will

recompense

judgment

,

He

Himself

will

come

,

and

will

save

us

.

Then

shall

be

opened

the

eyes

of

the

blind

,

and

the

ears

of

the

deaf

shall

hear

.

Then

the

lame

man

shall

leap

as

a

stag

,

and

the

tongue

of

the

dumb

shall

be

intelligible

;

because

in

the

wilderness

the

water

is

broken

forth

,

and

the

stream

in

the

thirsty

land

.

”

Also

in

that

place

:

“

Not

an

elder

nor

an

angel

,

but

the

Lord

Himself

shall

deliver

them

;

because

He

shall

love

them

,

and

shall

spare

them

,

and

He

Himself

shall

redeem

them

.

”

Also

in

the

same

place

:

“

I

the

Lord

God

have

called

Thee

in

righteousness

,

that

I

may

hold

Thine

hand

,

and

I

will

comfort

Thee

;

and

I

have

given

Thee

for

a

covenant

of

my

people

,

for

a

light

of

the

nations

;

to

open

the

eyes

of

the

blind

,

to

bring

forth

them

that

are

bound

from

chains

,

and

those

who

sit

in

darkness

from

the

prison

-

house

.

I

am

the

Lord

God

,

that

is

my

name

.

I

will

not

give

my

glory

to

another

,

nor

my

powers

to

graven

images

.

”

Also

in

the

twenty

-

fourth

Psalm

:

“

Show

me

Thy

ways

,

O

Lord

,

and

teach

me

Thy

paths

,

and

lead

me

unto

Thy

truth

,

and

teach

me

;

for

Thou

art

the

God

of

my

salvation

.

”

Whence

,

in

the

Gospel

according

to

John

,

the

Lord

says

:

“

I

am

the

light

of

the

world

.

He

that

will

follow

me

shall

not

walk

in

darkness

,

but

shall

have

the

light

of

life

.

”

Moreover

,

in

that

according

to

Matthew

,

the

angel

Gabriel

says

to

Joseph

:

“

Joseph

,

thou

son

of

David

,

fear

not

to

take

unto

thee

Mary

thy

wife

.

For

that

which

shall

be

born

to

her

is

of

the

Holy

Ghost

.

And

she

shall

bring

forth

a

son

,

and

thou

shalt

call

His

name

Jesus

;

for

He

shall

save

His

people

from

their

sins

.

”

Also

in

that

according

to

Luke

:

“

And

Zacharias

was

filled

with

the

Holy

Ghost

,

and

prophesied

,

saying

,

Blessed

be

the

Lord

God

of

Israel

,

who

hath

foreseen

redemption

for

His

people

,

and

hath

raised

up

an

horn

of

salvation

for

us

in

the

house

of

His

servant

David

.

”

Also

in

the

same

place

,

the

angel

said

to

the

shepherds

:

“

Fear

not

;

for

,

behold

,

I

bring

you

tidings

that

unto

you

is

born

this

day

in

the

city

of

David

a

Saviour

,

which

is

Christ

Jesus

.

”

Notes

1
Isa. xxxv. 3–6.
2
Isa. lxiii. 9.
3
Isa. xlii. 6–8.
4
Ps. xxv. 4, 5.
5
John viii. 12.
6
Matt. i. 20, 21.
7
Luke i. 67–69.
8
Luke ii. 10, 11.