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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 2 · Introduction

About this work

Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Isaiah: “And the Lord went on to

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speak

to

Ahaz

,

saying

,

Ask

thee

a

sign

from

the

Lord

thy

God

,

in

the

height

above

and

in

the

depth

below

.

And

Ahaz

said

,

I

will

not

ask

,

and

I

will

not

tempt

the

Lord

my

God

.

And

He

said

,

Hear

ye

,

therefore

,

O

house

of

David

:

it

is

no

trifling

contest

unto

you

with

men

,

since

God

supplies

the

struggle

.

On

this

account

God

Himself

will

give

you

a

sign

.

Behold

,

a

virgin

shall

conceive

,

and

shall

bear

a

son

,

and

ye

shall

call

His

name

Emmanuel

.

Butter

and

honey

shall

He

eat

;

before

that

He

knows

to

prefer

the

evil

,

He

shall

exchange

the

good

.

”

This

seed

God

had

foretold

would

proceed

from

the

woman

that

should

trample

on

the

head

of

the

devil

.

In

Genesis

:

“

Then

God

said

unto

the

serpent

,

Because

thou

hast

done

this

,

cursed

art

thou

from

every

kind

of

the

beasts

of

the

earth

.

Upon

thy

breast

and

thy

belly

shalt

thou

crawl

,

and

earth

shall

be

thy

food

all

the

days

of

thy

life

.

And

I

will

place

enmity

between

thee

and

the

woman

and

her

seed

.

He

shall

regard

thy

head

,

and

thou

shalt

watch

his

heel

.

”

Notes

1
Isa. vii. 10–15. The ordinary reading here is, “before He knows, to refuse the evil and to choose the good.” The reading in the text, however, is more authentic.
2
Gen. iii. 14, 15.