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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 Exodus: “And the whole of Mount Sinai

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smoked

,

because

God

had

come

down

upon

it

in

fire

.

”

Also

in

the

Acts

of

the

Apostles

:

“

And

suddenly

there

was

made

a

sound

from

heaven

,

as

if

a

vehement

blast

were

borne

along

,

and

it

filled

the

whole

of

that

place

in

which

they

were

sitting

.

And

there

appeared

to

them

cloven

tongues

as

if

of

fire

,

which

also

settled

upon

each

of

them

;

and

they

were

all

filled

with

the

Holy

Ghost

.

”

Also

in

the

sacrifices

,

whatsoever

God

accounted

accepted

,

fire

descended

from

heaven

,

which

consumed

what

was

sacrificed

.

In

Exodus

:

“

The

angel

of

the

Lord

appeared

in

a

flame

of

fire

from

the

bush

.

”

Notes

1
Ex. xix. 18.
2
Acts ii. 2–4.
3
Ex. iii. 2.