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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[689] Immutatæ sunt.
[690] Nugaces. In the Greek it is εἰς κιβδηλον, as a counterfeit.
[691] Præfert. The Greek has μακαρίζει, “deems happy.”
[692] Quæ ventura sunt illi.
[693] Reverentiam.
[694] Sacramenta Dei
[695] Sordidum.
[696] Ps. lxxii. 6, 7, quoted from the Septuagint,
[697] Sine cujusquam suspicione.
[699] Annuntiavimus coram ipso sicut pueri; and so the Septuagint, ἀνηγγείλαμεν ἐνάντιον αὐτου̑ ὡς παιδίον. It is most difficult to account for this remarkable translation. The meaning of the passage is plain, that the Messiah would spring from an obscure source. [Elucidation III.]
[700] Homo in plagâ positus. The Septuagint, ἄνθρωπος ἐν πληγη̑ω̈̀ν.
[701] Aversus est. So also the Septuagint, ἀπέστραπται τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτου̑. Some have supposed that there is a reference to lepers, who were compelled to cover their faces.
[702] i.e., for Himself, as though He were bearing the punishment of His own sins.
[703] Infirmatus est.
[704] Doctrina pacis nostræ, “the correction.”
[705] Livore ejus nos sanati sumus. The word “livor” properly denotes the blackness arising from a bruise.
Chap. XVII.—Of the Superstitions of the Jews, and Their Hatred Against Jesus.
[706] Intus inclusam. Another reading is, “Intus inclusâ malitia,” with malice shut up within.
[707] Solveret, “He loosened or relaxed.”
[708] Non vacaret.
[709] Operans in salutem hominum, “by healing diseases and doing good.”
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