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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 Isaiah: “Let us eat and drink,

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for

to

-

morrow

we

shall

die

.

This

sin

shall

not

be

remitted

to

you

even

until

ye

die

.

”

Also

in

Exodus

:

“

And

the

people

sate

down

to

eat

and

drink

,

and

rose

up

to

play

.

”

Paul

,

in

the

first

to

the

Corinthians

:

“

Meat

commendeth

us

not

to

God

;

neither

if

we

eat

shall

we

abound

,

nor

if

we

eat

not

shall

we

want

.

”

And

again

:

“

When

ye

come

together

to

eat

,

wait

one

for

another

.

If

any

is

hungry

,

let

him

eat

at

home

,

that

ye

may

not

come

together

for

judgment

.

”

Also

to

the

Romans

:

“

The

kingdom

of

God

is

not

meat

and

drink

,

but

righteousness

,

and

peace

,

and

joy

in

the

Holy

Ghost

.

”

In

the

Gospel

according

to

John

:

“

I

have

meat

which

ye

know

not

of

.

My

meat

is

,

that

I

should

do

His

will

who

sent

me

,

and

should

finish

His

work

.

”

Notes

1
Isa. xxii. 13, 14.
2
Ex. xxxii. 6.
3
1 Cor. viii. 8.
4
1 Cor. xi. 33.
5
Rom. xiv. 17.
6
John iv. 32, 34.