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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In the Acts of the Apostles: “Thy money

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be

in

perdition

with

thyself

,

because

thou

hast

thought

that

the

grace

of

God

is

possessed

by

money

.

”

Also

in

the

Gospel

:

“

Freely

ye

have

received

,

freely

give

.

”

Also

in

the

same

place

:

“

Ye

have

made

my

Father’s

house

a

house

of

merchandise

;

and

ye

have

made

the

house

of

prayer

a

den

of

thieves

.

”

Also

in

Isaiah

:

“

Ye

who

thirst

,

go

to

the

water

,

and

as

many

as

have

not

money

:

go

,

and

buy

,

and

drink

without

money

.

”

Also

in

the

Apocalypse

:

“

I

am

Alpha

and

Omega

,

the

beginning

and

the

end

.

I

will

give

to

him

that

thirsteth

from

the

fountain

of

the

water

of

life

freely

.

He

who

shall

overcome

shall

possess

these

things

,

and

their

inheritance

;

and

I

will

be

his

God

,

and

he

shall

be

my

son

.

”

Notes

1
Acts viii. 20.
2
Matt. x. 8.
3
Matt. xxi. 13. The latter clause of this quotation is omitted by the Oxford editor.
4
Isa. lv. 1.
5
Rev. xxi. 6, 7.