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Theodotus

Section 41

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Author: Theodotus

XLI. Scripture says that infants which are exposed are delivered to

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a

guardian

angel

,

and

that

by

him

they

are

trained

and

reared

.

“

And

they

shall

be

,

”

it

says

,

“

as

the

faithful

in

this

world

of

a

hundred

years

of

age

.

”

Wherefore

also

Peter

,

in

the

Revelation

,

says

:

“

And

a

flash

of

fire

,

leaping

from

those

infants

,

and

striking

the

eyes

of

the

women

.

”

For

the

just

shines

:

forth

as

a

spark

in

a

reed

,

and

will

judge

the

nations

.

Notes

63
[On these quotations see Lardner, Credib., ii. 256, and Jones, Canon. vol. i. p. 373.]
64
Wisd. iii. 7.