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An Answer to the Jews

Tertullian

Chapter 12

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Author: Tertullian

Chapter XII.—Further Proofs from the Calling of the Gentiles.

Look at the universal nations thenceforth emerging from the vortex of

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human

error

to

the

Lord

God

the

Creator

and

His

Christ

;

and

if

you

dare

to

deny

that

this

was

prophesied

,

forthwith

occurs

to

you

the

promise

of

the

Father

in

the

Psalms

,

which

says

,

“

My

Son

art

Thou

;

to

-

day

have

I

begotten

Thee

.

Ask

of

Me

,

and

I

will

give

Thee

Gentiles

as

Thine

heritage

,

and

as

Thy

possession

the

bounds

of

the

earth

.

”

For

you

will

not

be

able

to

affirm

that

“

son

”

to

be

David

rather

than

Christ

;

or

the

“

bounds

of

the

earth

”

to

have

been

promised

rather

to

David

,

who

reigned

within

the

single

(

country

of

)

Judea

,

than

to

Christ

,

who

has

already

taken

captive

the

whole

orb

with

the

faith

of

His

gospel

;

as

He

says

through

Isaiah

:

“

Behold

,

I

have

given

Thee

for

a

covenant

of

my

family

,

for

a

light

of

Gentiles

,

that

Thou

mayst

open

the

eyes

of

the

blind

”

—

of

course

,

such

as

err

—

“

to

outloose

from

bonds

the

bound

”

—

that

is

,

to

free

them

from

sins

—

“

and

from

the

house

of

prison

”

—

that

is

,

of

death

—

“

such

as

sit

in

darkness

”

—

of

ignorance

,

to

wit

.

And

if

these

blessings

accrue

through

Christ

,

they

will

not

have

been

prophesied

of

another

than

Him

through

whom

we

consider

them

to

have

been

accomplished

.

Notes

1
Ps. ii. 7, 8.
2
Dispositionem; Gr. διαθήκην.
3
Isa. xlii. 6, 7, comp. lxi. 1; Luke iv. 14–18.
4
Comp. Luke ii. 25–33.