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1 10| 10. Your next objection is,
2 15| almost identical with Psalms 105., down to "and do my prophets
3 11| 11. Your other objections are
4 12| 12. I had nearly forgotten
5 13| 13. You raise another objection,
6 14| 14. But you say, "How could
7 15| 15. I find in your letter yet
8 15| it is the same as Psalms 96., from the beginning of
9 15| For they had no need to go a-begging for words, since their own
10 2 | men, Sedrach, Misach, and Abednego fell down bound into the
11 9 | from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias,
12 8 | daughters of Juda would not abide your wickedness."~
13 7 | appointed to punish will accomplish these things (just as they
14 13| steward and overseer of the accounts."~~~~~~Mardochaios, too, frequented
15 5 | lest I might to be found to accredit any forgery to the Churches
16 1 | that I am wanting in the accuracy necessary to reply to your
17 5 | brethren, and to bring some accusation against those who shine
18 15| especially after all these accusations, speak in praise of this
19 13| exchequer of the kingdom of king Acherdon; and we read, "Now Achiacharus
20 7 | make thee like Zedekias and Achiab, whom the king of Babylon
21 13| Acherdon; and we read, "Now Achiacharus was cup-bearer and keeper
22 6 | had recourse, and who were acquainted with the history, I am cautious
23 | actually
24 12| from the rib of the man, Adam says, "She shall be called
25 11| sufficient had there not been added the condemnation from their
26 12| had nearly forgotten an additional remark I have to make about
27 7 | called indeed elders, but who administered their stewardship wickedly.
28 11| they saw her committing adultery; and when the one said, '
29 2 | when yet a young man in the affair of Susanna, I did this as
30 1 | Origen to Africanus, a beloved brother in God
31 11| under a tree, but did not agree as to what kind of tree
32 3 | in Theodotion's version, agreeing with each other at least
33 12| as we see from "Hesre ais," which is, "Blessed is
34 4 | even does not seem to be akin? And, forsooth, when we
35 2 | saw them that they were alive." Or, as in another copy,
36 14| subject, that the king should allow the captives to use their
37 13| of Nemessarus I gave many alms to my brethren. I gave my
38 | alone
39 6 | in Hebrew the words are altogether distinct. On this point,
40 15| My lord and dear brother Ambrosius, who has written this at
41 3 | letters;nor the one written to Amman about the rooting up of
42 2 | give also these passages, amounting, to make a rough guess,
43 11| there seem to me to be some analogies in the story of Daniel to
44 2 | in the Churches) thus: "Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael
45 13| Dachiacharus, the son of Ananiel, the brother of Tobias,
46 5 | Thou shalt not remove the ancient landmarks which thy fathers
47 10| favoured with divine dreams and angelic appearances and (direct)
48 15| children, also salute you. Also Anicetus. Do you salute our dear
49 10| place of God, where thou anointedst to Me there a pillar, and
50 11| the Spirit, he placed them apart, and asked them severally
51 9 | and this is found in some apocryphal work, which probably the
52 15| you salute our dear father Apollinarius, and all our friends. ~ ~
53 1 | in the Churches, although apparently somewhat short, presents
54 10| kindred."~~~~~~And as to an appearance (which is better than a
55 10| divine dreams and angelic appearances and (direct) inspirations.
56 11| objections are stated, as it appears to me, somewhat irreverently,
57 7 | coming "cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
58 7 | unbelievers,"even so the angels appointed to punish will accomplish
59 9 | one hard pressed by this argument may have recourse to the
60 9 | some other time use other arguments to prove that it is Paul'
61 10| vowedst a vow there to Me: now arise, get thee out from this
62 4 | tabernacle and its court, and the ark, and the garments of the
63 11| and took my son from my arms. And thine handmaid slept.
64 5 | readings. This, if it be not arrogant to say it, I have already
65 15| instruct you! But I do not now arrogate that to myself. My lord
66 10| prevailed with God, and art powerful with men. And Jacob
67 15| which is put in the hands of Asaph and his brethren to praise
68 6 | not a few Jews about it, asking them the Hebrew words for
69 11| was. And since you have asserted, as if you knew for certain,
70 14| pass sentence of death? "asserting, I know not on what grounds,
71 14| of Israel. Probably the Assyrians contented themselves with
72 4 | other hand I marked with an asterisk those passages in our copies
73 2 | Nabouchodonosor the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and
74 5 | while I paid particular attention to the interpretation of
75 9 | their public books. For the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews,
76 6 | would probably make any one averse to receiving the history:
77 1 | that I may know myself, am aware that I am wanting in the
78 2 | Churches) thus: "Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael prayed and sang
79 7 | Achiab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire, for
80 13| Joakim, whom the king of the Babylonians had made partner of his
81 2 | discussion with our friend Bassus, I used the Scripture which
82 11| was not my son which I did bear. And the other woman said,
83 15| will find the law about not bearing a burden on the Sabbath-day
84 | became
85 | become
86 | becoming
87 10| wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou the
88 10| may tell you what shall befall you in the last days. Gather
89 2 | have to tell you what it behoves us to do in the cases not
90 2 | containing the history of Bel and the Dragon, which likewise
91 9 | the fathers of those who believed not in Christ. And Paul,
92 1 | Origen to Africanus, a beloved brother in God the Father,
93 13| was inscribed among the benefactors of Artaxerxes.~Again we
94 | besides
95 13| Tobias's good deeds does not betoken great wealth and much property,
96 9 | whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers."That Stephen
97 9 | any justice he throws the blame of having persecuted and
98 2 | the fire, praising God and blessing the Lord," down to "O, all
99 10| inspiration that the prophetic blessings were pronounced. We need
100 10| stubborn. Thou weft wanton, boil not over like water; because
101 13| of the king, and had such boldness before him, that he was
102 10| my children, hard to be born, hard and stubborn. Thou
103 4 | had no thought for those bought with a price, for whom Christ
104 11| was unto the king (for her bowels yearned after her son),
105 13| to my brethren. I gave my bread to the hungry, and my clothes
106 10| Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not
107 10| a man with him until the breaking of the day. And he saw that
108 4 | Churches, and enjoin the brotherhood to put away the sacred books
109 11| Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king:
110 15| law about not bearing a burden on the Sabbath-day in Jeremias,
111 3 | the morning, he offered burnt-offerings for them according to their
112 14| power by the concession of Caesar the ethnarch has; so that
113 8 | that the prophet Daniel calls the one "waxen old in wicked
114 2 | Scriptures with no ordinary care, and whose version is most
115 11| or may not have been the case), I would have you notice
116 13| any of my nation dead, and cast outside the walls of Nineve,
117 13| Think whether this great catalogue of Tobias's good deeds does
118 10| pass, at the time that the cattle conceived, that I saw them
119 6 | acquainted with the history, I am cautious of affirming whether or
120 3 | salvation," down to "that I may cease from my troubles, and my
121 11| asserted, as if you knew for certain, that Daniel in this matter
122 6 | that he could not with any certainty give the Hebrew name of
123 13| were captives among the Chaldeans, lost and won at play, thrown
124 7 | pieces him of the seed of Chanaan, and not of Judah, whom
125 1 | but such as oversteps the character of a letter, and reaches
126 11| Philistion than that of the chaste Susanna. And just as the
127 9 | even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye
128 12| word as is evident from "chos isouoth essa," which means, "
129 15| more."~~~~~~Again, in First Chronicles, the psalm which is put
130 2 | which is found in every Church of Christ in that Greek
131 2 | one of the copies which circulate in the Churches) thus: "
132 13| bread to the hungry, and my clothes to the naked: and if I saw
133 4 | current among them, and to coax the Jews, and persuade them
134 9 | followers of the Churches of Cod which in Judea are in Christ
135 4 | enumerate all the instances I collected with so much labour, to
136 15| earth," down to "For He cometh to judge the earth." (It
137 9 | the crimes their fathers committed against the righteous and
138 11| severally where they saw her committing adultery; and when the one
139 2 | and whose version is most commonly used by those who do not
140 5 | those who shine forth in our community. And I make it my endeavour
141 5 | the Jewish Scriptures, and comparing them with ours, and noticing
142 3 | troubles, and my sorrows which compass me." For they have only
143 15| things may at some other time compose. This, however, is my answer
144 2 | with it as a more modern composition, and a forgery; and you
145 14| them in subjection, and conceded to them their own judicial
146 10| the time that the cattle conceived, that I saw them before
147 14| how great power by the concession of Caesar the ethnarch has;
148 9 | we are not forced to the conclusion, that while the Saviour
149 13| and their daughters to be concubines, as had been prophesied;
150 11| there not been added the condemnation from their own mouth, when
151 14| to the law, and some are condemned to death. And though there
152 11| was dead; but when I had considered it in the morning, behold,
153 6 | doubt; because, when I was considering this passage (for I myself
154 6 | saw this difficulty), I consulted not a few Jews about it,
155 9 | many of the passages which contained any scandal against the
156 2 | mention at the end of the book containing the history of Bel and the
157 2 | used the Scripture which contains the prophecy of Daniel when
158 14| Probably the Assyrians contented themselves with holding
159 15| noticed that the prophets continually quote each other almost
160 9 | please not God, and are contrary to all men."What I have
161 12| find traces of this kind of contrivance on the part of the translators,
162 12| of the History of Susanna contrived it so that they found out
163 5 | various readings, lest in my controversies with the Jews I should quote
164 14| as we learned and were convinced of when we spent much time
165 15| has, in looking over it, corrected as he pleased, salutes you.
166 12| same root, which either corresponded exactly to the Hebrew form (
167 6 | whether or not there is any correspondence to this play of words in
168 10| then defiledst thou the couch to which thou wentetest
169 9 | very far removed from the counsel of these elders.~In the
170 2 | spake, and said unto his counsellors." For so Aquila, following
171 14| we spent much time in the country of that people. And yet
172 14| to use their own laws and courts of justice. Now, for instance,
173 2 | it, who has obtained the credit among the Jews of having
174 10| the Spirit, and to have cried out that the sentence was
175 9 | righteous, condemning the crimes their fathers committed
176 9 | of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall
177 9 | and the licentious and cruel attack was actually made
178 11| very words: "Then, after crying out in this extraordinary
179 12| means, "I have taken the cup of salvation; "and that "
180 4 | put away the sacred books current among them, and to coax
181 13| And another captive, Dachiacharus, the son of Ananiel, the
182 9 | vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Gehenna? Wherefore, behold,
183 12| among them at a very remote date, and had been preserved
184 3 | more, and sometimes a great deal more: a little more, as
185 8 | the other, "Thus have ye dealt with the children of Israel;
186 13| catalogue of Tobias's good deeds does not betoken great wealth
187 15| cannot see.~This, then, is my defence. I might, especially after
188 10| to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou the couch to which
189 7 | servant who says, "My lord delayeth his coming," and so gives
190 3 | in the name of Artaxerxes delivering the nation from death. Then
191 7 | judgment of God, after the departure from this world. For as
192 12| found out some Greek words, derived from the same root, which
193 11| were judged in the manner described.~
194 5 | starting-point for gratifying their desire to slander the common brethren,
195 9 | your house is left unto you desolate."~~~~~~Let us see now if in
196 11| extraordinary fashion, he detects them in a way no less incredible,
197 9 | this history of the evil device of the licentious elders
198 3 | themselves before God, and the devil came with them," "from going
199 15| who has written this at my dictation, and has, in looking over
200 3 | a word against God, and die."~
201 4 | labour, to prove that the difference between our copies and those
202 14| experience of it, know that he differs in little from a true king!
203 10| angelic appearances and (direct) inspirations. For the present
204 1 | reaches the limits of a discourse.And I, when I consider,
205 2 | saying, that when, in my discussion with our friend Bassus,
206 5 | prepared for them in our discussions, they will not, as is their
207 4 | Hebrew, and there is no small dispute among them about this; and
208 6 | the words are altogether distinct. On this point, however,
209 4 | marked, for the sake of distinction, with the sign the Greeks
210 10| At sundry times, and in divers manners, God spake in time
211 4 | Exodus, where there is such diversity in what is said about the
212 10| have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. I am God, who
213 10| Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he
214 6 | however, I am still in doubt; because, when I was considering
215 2 | the history of Bel and the Dragon, which likewise are not
216 7 | drunkenness, eating and drinking with drunkards, and smiting
217 7 | eating and drinking with drunkards, and smiting his fellow-servants,
218 7 | and so gives himself up to drunkenness, eating and drinking with
219 11| my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and we were
220 15| this history of Susanna, dwelling on it word by word, and
221 7 | himself up to drunkenness, eating and drinking with drunkards,
222 4 | Scriptures has ministered to the edification of all the Churches of Christ,
223 3 | of Esther, both fitted to edify the reader, is found in
224 3 | and so not in Aquila's edition; while they are found in
225 2 | you praise this passage as elegantly written, but find fault
226 15| of the thoughts. Such an encomium, perhaps, some of the learned
227 5 | community. And I make it my endeavour not to be ignorant of their
228 8 | freed from the yoke of their enemies, that they could explain
229 4 | use in our Churches, and enjoin the brotherhood to put away
230 4 | sixteen. But why should I enumerate all the instances I collected
231 2 | I did this as if it had escaped me that this part of the
232 13| Artaxerxes.~Again we read in Esdras, that Neemias, a cup-bearer
233 15| Lord shall be manifest, established on the top of the mountains,
234 14| concession of Caesar the ethnarch has; so that we, who have
235 12| Scriptures there are many etymological fancies, so to call them,
236 13| Neemias, a cup-bearer and eunuch of the king, of Hebrew race,
237 13| sons torn from them to be eunuchs, and their daughters to
238 9 | if this history of the evil device of the licentious
239 12| which either corresponded exactly to the Hebrew form (though
240 9 | writings (Apocrypha). As an example, take the story told about
241 3 | less. I shall adduce a few examples, since it is impossible
242 13| Tobias, was set over all the exchequer of the kingdom of king Acherdon;
243 15| understand how, with all your exercise in investigating and meditating
244 4 | needs there to speak of Exodus, where there is such diversity
245 13| whether these were very expensive or only moderate, for this
246 14| so that we, who have had experience of it, know that he differs
247 8 | enemies, that they could explain clearly the things concerning
248 15| on it word by word, and expounding the exquisite nature of
249 15| word, and expounding the exquisite nature of the thoughts.
250 9 | impossible to show from the extant books of the Old Testament
251 5 | have already to a great extent done to the best of my ability,
252 11| after crying out in this extraordinary fashion, he detects them
253 15| but also at the end of Ezekiel.I would have quoted these,
254 15| pleased, salutes you. His faithful spouse, Marcella, and her
255 7 | days, who had pronounced false judgment, condemning the
256 12| there are many etymological fancies, so to call them, which
257 10| the same saints have been favoured with divine dreams and angelic
258 13| death, I withdrew myself for fear, and all my goods were forcibly
259 11| king had judged; and they feared the face of the king: for
260 2 | Sedrach, Misach, and Abednego fell down bound into the midst
261 7 | drunkards, and smiting his fellow-servants, shall at his coming "cut
262 9 | which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of
263 4 | that it was good," when the firmament was made, are not found
264 10| your father. Reuben, my first-born, my might, and the beginning
265 3 | nor that of Esther, both fitted to edify the reader, is
266 4 | copies, generally four or five verses, but sometimes, however,
267 13| had slain any when he came fleeing from Judea, I buried them
268 12| Greeks might be able to follow them. For in many other
269 9 | For ye, brethren, became followers of the Churches of Cod which
270 9 | in these cases we are not forced to the conclusion, that
271 13| fear, and all my goods were forcibly taken away."~~~~~~And another
272 2 | forgery; and you add that the forger has had recourse to something
273 12| 12. I had nearly forgotten an additional remark I have
274 12| corresponded exactly to the Hebrew form (though this I hardly think
275 | former
276 12| some analogy to the Hebrew forms, that the Greeks might be
277 4 | not seem to be akin? And, forsooth, when we notice such things,
278 4 | notice such things, we are forthwith to reject as spurious the
279 4 | in our copies, generally four or five verses, but sometimes,
280 4 | sometimes, however, even fourteen, and nineteen, and sixteen.
281 8 | the coming of Christ to be freed from the yoke of their enemies,
282 4 | that with Him He might freely give us all things?~~~~~~
283 13| accounts."~~~~~~Mardochaios, too, frequented the court of the king, and
284 2 | in my discussion with our friend Bassus, I used the Scripture
285 15| Apollinarius, and all our friends. ~ ~
286 3 | them," "from going to and fro in the earth, and from walking
287 14| And though there is not full licence for this, still
288 3 | our copies are very much fuller than the Hebrew, when Job'
289 15| much time to quote more fully; so I have given these short
290 13| and left in trust with Gabael, the brother of Gabrias,
291 13| with Gabael, the brother of Gabrias, at Ragi, a city of Media,
292 4 | court, and the ark, and the garments of the high priest and the
293 9 | how often would I have gathered thy children together, even
294 9 | together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings,
295 9 | escape the damnation of Gehenna? Wherefore, behold, I send
296 10| is true not only in the general, but also of individuals.
297 4 | are wanting in our copies, generally four or five verses, but
298 2 | His mercy endureth to all generations."But in the Hebrew copies
299 5 | manner, scornfully laugh at Gentile believers for their ignorance
300 3 | devil came with them," "from going to and fro in the earth,
301 13| myself for fear, and all my goods were forcibly taken away."~~~~~~
302 9 | I shall adduce from the Gospel what Jesus Christ testifies
303 13| and the Most High gave me grace and beauty in the eyes of
304 13| obtained it; so that it was granted to him, with many more,
305 5 | such a starting-point for gratifying their desire to slander
306 1 | Christ, His holy Child, greeting. Your letter, from which
307 10| breadth of Jacob's thigh grew stiff while he was wrestling
308 14| asserting, I know not on what grounds, that Susanna was the wife
309 9 | story told about Esaias; and guaranteed by the Epistle to the Hebrews,
310 2 | amounting, to make a rough guess, to more than two hundred
311 7 | innocent, and letting the guilty go free;and another will
312 14| rule, and the Jews pay the half-shekel to them, how great power
313 11| from my arms. And thine handmaid slept. And she laid it in
314 15| psalm which is put in the hands of Asaph and his brethren
315 12| Hebrew form (though this I hardly think possible), or presented
316 15| to "and do my prophets no harm; "and after that it is the
317 | hast
318 2 | astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto
319 15| hills; and people shall hasten unto it. And many nations
320 10| and, behold, the rams and he-goats which leaped upon the sheep
321 10| yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken
322 7 | Moreover, I remember hearing from a learned Hebrew, said
323 10| hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
324 5 | Churches which are under heaven, and give an occasion to
325 10| to me to pay too little heed to the words, "At sundry
326 3 | number," they add, "one heifer for the sin of their soul; "
327 14| king! Private trials are held according to the law, and
328 9 | children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under
329 12| means "man," as we see from "Hesre ais," which is, "Blessed
330 9 | The answer is, that they hid from the knowledge of the
331 12| Hebrew word for word, or hit upon some analogy to the
332 3 | from "How long wilt thou hold out? And he said, Lo, I
333 14| contented themselves with holding them in subjection, and
334 11| when the one said, 'Under a holm-tree' (prinos) he answered that
335 1 | through Jesus Christ, His holy Child, greeting. Your letter,
336 12| by the more learned and honest, should have either given
337 3 | little while, looking for the hope of my salvation," down to "
338 8 | Jews in captivity, who were hoping by the coming of Christ
339 2 | guess, to more than two hundred verses.~
340 13| I gave my bread to the hungry, and my clothes to the naked:
341 9 | scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites because ye build the tombs
342 15| in the beginning almost identical with Psalms 105., down to "
343 9 | asunder" refer (for by an old idiom, not peculiar to Hebrew,
344 5 | Gentile believers for their ignorance of the true reading as they
345 5 | it my endeavour not to be ignorant of their various readings,
346 2 | midst of the fire," are immediately followed by the verse, "
347 9 | some phrases manifestly incorrect, that discredit might be
348 11| detects them in a way no less incredible, which not even Philistion
349 10| the general, but also of individuals. For if you notice, you
350 1 | read this letter with all indulgence, supplying anything I may
351 7 | roasted in the fire, for the iniquity they did in Israel."How,
352 13| before him, that he was inscribed among the benefactors of
353 10| appearances and (direct) inspirations. For the present it will
354 | instead
355 15| them. Would that I could instruct you! But I do not now arrogate
356 1 | I can, the measure of my intellect, that I may know myself,
357 7 | father, with whom I had intercourse on many subjects, the names
358 5 | particular attention to the interpretation of the Seventy, lest I might
359 2 | among the Jews of having interpreted the Scriptures with no ordinary
360 12| then surprise us if some interpreters of the Hebrew "Susanna,"
361 9 | purposely tampered with. introducing some phrases manifestly
362 11| appears to me, somewhat irreverently, and without the becoming
363 12| as is evident from "chos isouoth essa," which means, "I have
364 4 | Jews did not escape me? In Jeremiah I noticed many instances,
365 8 | Israel; but the daughters of Juda would not abide your wickedness."~
366 14| conceded to them their own judicial processes.~
367 13| Tobias; and Tobias (as also Judith), we ought to notice, the
368 13| Achiacharus was cup-bearer and keeper of the signet, and steward
369 9 | and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of
370 9 | Jerusalem; Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest
371 10| return unto the land of thy kindred."~~~~~~And as to an appearance (
372 13| all the exchequer of the kingdom of king Acherdon; and we
373 9 | learn from Jesus only, not knowing it otherwise from any Scripture.
374 10| for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. I am God,
375 5 | the best of my ability, labouring hard to get at the meaning
376 5 | shalt not remove the ancient landmarks which thy fathers have set."
377 5 | their manner, scornfully laugh at Gentile believers for
378 14| captives to use their own laws and courts of justice. Now,
379 10| rams and he-goats which leaped upon the sheep and the goats,
380 10| see, the goats and rams leaping on the goats and sheep,
381 | least
382 3 | Hebrew. Neither are the letters;nor the one written to Amman
383 7 | condemning the innocent, and letting the guilty go free;and another
384 11| judgment."~~~~~~For if we were at liberty to speak in this scoffing
385 14| though there is not full licence for this, still it is not
386 10| God face to face, and my life is preserved. And the sun
387 2 | Bel and the Dragon, which likewise are not in the Hebrew copy
388 1 | letter, and reaches the limits of a discourse.And I, when
389 11| sayest, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead:
390 3 | thou hold out? And he said, Lo, I wait yet a little while,
391 3 | speaks to him, from "How long wilt thou hold out? And
392 6 | Let us now look at the things you find fault
393 6 | since, if one was at a loss, he was prone to use the
394 4 | although His Son, God who is love spared not, but gave Him
395 7 | deceived, and whose heart lust had perverted.~~~~~~
396 11| said that they had seen her lying with the young man under
397 9 | introducing some phrases manifestly incorrect, that discredit
398 10| sundry times, and in divers manners, God spake in time past
399 13| whence had a captive such a mansion and spacious garden? "~Where
400 15| you. His faithful spouse, Marcella, and her children, also
401 11| other, who said, 'Under a mastich-tree' (schinos), with being rent
402 6 | receiving the history: I mean the play of words between
403 15| exercise in investigating and meditating on the Scriptures, you have
404 2 | the two other passages you mention at the end of the book containing
405 11| persuaded if Solomon had merely said, "Give this one the
406 15| learn war any more."~~~~~~But in Micah we find a parallel passage,
407 11| overlaid it. And she arose at midnight, and took my son from my
408 11| said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
409 4 | the sacred Scriptures has ministered to the edification of all
410 2 | these three men, Sedrach, Misach, and Abednego fell down
411 2 | Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael prayed and sang unto God,"
412 13| were very expensive or only moderate, for this is not clearly
413 2 | fault with it as a more modern composition, and a forgery;
414 11| condemnation from their own mouth, when both said that they
415 9 | been now the betrayers and murderers."That Stephen speaks the
416 2 | followed by the verse, "Nabouchodonosor the king was astonished,
417 13| hungry, and my clothes to the naked: and if I saw any of my
418 7 | intercourse on many subjects, the names of these elders, just as
419 15| expounding the exquisite nature of the thoughts. Such an
420 12| 12. I had nearly forgotten an additional
421 1 | wanting in the accuracy necessary to reply to your letter;
422 4 | found in the Hebrew. What needs there to speak of Exodus,
423 13| we read in Esdras, that Neemias, a cup-bearer and eunuch
424 | never
425 | next
426 11| woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
427 4 | however, even fourteen, and nineteen, and sixteen. But why should
428 13| cast outside the walls of Nineve, I buried him; and if king
429 | nothing
430 5 | comparing them with ours, and noticing their various readings.
431 | nowhere
432 3 | them according to their number," they add, "one heifer
433 4 | sign the Greeks call an obelisk, as on the other hand I
434 11| 11. Your other objections are stated, as it appears
435 5 | under heaven, and give an occasion to those who seek such a
436 7 | History of Susanna, as they occur in Jeremias as follows: "
437 3 | Rising up in the morning, he offered burnt-offerings for them
438 | often
439 1 | supplying anything I may omit.~
440 | once
441 3 | have more than the Hebrew ones, sometimes a little more,
442 9 | may have recourse to the opinion of those who reject this
443 2 | interpreted the Scriptures with no ordinary care, and whose version
444 1 | Origen to Africanus, a beloved
445 | otherwise
446 13| Tobias (as also Judith), we ought to notice, the Jews do not
447 13| my nation dead, and cast outside the walls of Nineve, I buried
448 11| in the night; because she overlaid it. And she arose at midnight,
449 13| signet, and steward and overseer of the accounts."~~~~~~Mardochaios,
450 1 | common treatment, but such as oversteps the character of a letter,
451 5 | various readings;while I paid particular attention to
452 15| But in Micah we find a parallel passage, which is almost
453 1 | present epistle. Wherefore pardon my little ability, and the
454 9 | we would not have been partaken with them in the blood of
455 9 | we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of
456 5 | various readings;while I paid particular attention to the interpretation
457 13| the Babylonians had made partner of his throne? Them, if
458 10| when the vision of God passed by."And that he also prophesied
459 15| And the rules about the passover, and the rules for the priests,
460 10| manners, God spake in time past unto the fathers by the
461 15| and we will walk in His paths: for a law shall go forth
462 9 | for by an old idiom, not peculiar to Hebrew, but found also
463 12| which in the Hebrew are perfectly suitable, but not in the
464 | perhaps
465 9 | in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
466 9 | although it refers to but one person)? Now we know very well
467 4 | and to coax the Jews, and persuade them to give us copies which
468 11| people would not have been persuaded if Solomon had merely said, "
469 7 | and whose heart lust had perverted.~~~~~~
470 9 | Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites because ye build
471 9 | tampered with. introducing some phrases manifestly incorrect, that
472 11| without the becoming spirit of piety. I cannot do better than
473 10| anointedst to Me there a pillar, and vowedst a vow there
474 11| them through the Spirit, he placed them apart, and asked them
475 9 | persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary
476 15| over it, corrected as he pleased, salutes you. His faithful
477 9 | Greek, this is said in the plural, although it refers to but
478 6 | altogether distinct. On this point, however, I am still in
479 7 | asunder, and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers,"even
480 2 | successful. Of the copies in my possession whose readings I gave, one
481 14| half-shekel to them, how great power by the concession of Caesar
482 10| prevailed with God, and art powerful with men. And Jacob asked
483 2 | in the midst of the fire, praising God and blessing the Lord,"
484 2 | and Azarias, and Misael prayed and sang unto God," down
485 3 | Book of Esther neither the prayer of Mardochaios nor that
486 5 | Scriptures. For if we are so prepared for them in our discussions,
487 12| hardly think possible), or presented some analogy to it. Here
488 1 | apparently somewhat short, presents in its few words many problems,
489 9 | However, some one hard pressed by this argument may have
490 8 | the following: that they pretended to the Jews in captivity,
491 4 | for those bought with a price, for whom Christ died;whom,
492 4 | the garments of the high priest and the priests, that sometimes
493 12| I have to make about the prino-prisein and schino-schiesein difficulty;
494 6 | words between prinos and prisis, schinos and schisis. You
495 14| little from a true king! Private trials are held according
496 13| from Judea, I buried them privily (for in his wrath he killed
497 1 | presents in its few words many problems, each of which demands no
498 14| them their own judicial processes.~
499 6 | one was at a loss, he was prone to use the Syriac word instead
500 4 | variation in the readings of the prophecies. Again, in Genesis, the
501 2 | Scripture which contains the prophecy of Daniel when yet a young
502 10| received he is represented as prophesying in quite another manner,