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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[768] The idea is that God is not in doubt, as a man, as to His conduct, nor is He liable to change His mind, or to be influenced by threats or in any other way.
[769] Minas patitur.
[771] Ps. xxii. 16-18. [Compare vol. i. p. 176, note 4, this series.]
[772] 1 Kings ix. 6-9, with some additions and omissions; and 1 Chron. vii. 19-22.
[773] Ex omnibus. The English authorized version has, “out of my sight.”
[774] In perditionem et improperium.
[775] This is not taken from the passages cited, nor from the Old Testament.
Chap. XIX.—Of the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus; And the Predictions of These Events.
[776] i.e., from noon. [Elucidation IV.]
[779] Confusa est et maledicta.
[780] i.e., Hades, the place of departed spirits.
[784] De manu inferorum.
[786] [A very feeble exposition of Luke xix. 42, 44.]
[787] Revelari, to be laid bare, uncovered, brought to light.
[788] Abdicato et exhæredato. The two expressions are joined together, to give strength. “Abdicati” were sons deprived of a share in their father’s possessions during his life; “exhæredati,” disinherited, those who have forfeited the right of succession after their father’s death.
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