Lactantius

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^[597] Pius. The word is often used to represent kindness.

^[598] Men are represented as being enemies to God. The enmity is on man’s side, but if persisted in, must make God his enemy. See Rom. v. 9, 10, and Isa. lxiii. 10.

Chap. XII.—Of the Birth of Jesus from the Virgin; Of His Life, Death, and Resurrection, and the Testimonies of the Prophets Respecting These Things.

^[599] Se insinuaret.

^[600] Divino spiritu hausto.

^[601] So Virgil, Georgic iii. 274:—

“Et sæpe sine ullis

Conjugiis vento gravidæ, mirabile dictu.”

This theory of the impregnation of mares by the wind was general among the ancients.

^[602] This passage does not occur in the writings of Solomon, or in the Old Testament. [Possibly from some copy (North African) of the “Book of Wisdom,” interpolated from a marginal comment.]

^[603] Isa. vii. 14.

^[604] Salutaris, sive Salvator.

^[605] Ps. lxxxv. 12, quoted from the Septuagint.

^[606] Isa. lxiii. 10.

^[607] The days of the age. In the next clause the text differs both from the Hebrew and the Septuagint—which the English authorized version follows—“who raised up out of the sea.”

^[608] Isa. xlv. 8, quoted from the Septuagint.

^[609] Isa. ix. 6, from the Septuagint.

^[610] Dan. vii. 13, 14.

^[611] Obtulerunt eum, “presented Him.”

^[612] Quod carne indui haberet in terrâ. Another reading is “deberet,” but the present is in accordance with the style of Lactantius.

^[613] Inferos resignaret.

^[614] Acts i. 9: “A cloud received Him out of their sight.”

^[615] Ps. xc. 2.

^[616] Ps. cx. 1.

^[617] Isa. xlv. 1-3. The quotation is from the Septuagint. It expressly refers to Cyrus, whom God raised up to accomplish His will; but the prophecy may have a further reference to Christ, as is here supposed.

Chap. XIII.—Of Jesus, God and Man; And the Testimonies of the Prophets Concerning Him.

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