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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[829] Having a human father and mother.
[830] μεσίτης, a mediator, one who stands between two parties to bring them together. Thus 1 Tim. ii. 5, “There is one God, and one mediator (μεσίτης) between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” In the Epistle to the Hebrews Christ is spoken of as the “mediator of the new covenant.” And Gal. iii. 20, “A mediator is not of one:” the very idea of a mediator implies that he stands between two parties as a reconciler.
[831] Emereri, “to earn or obtain.” The word is specially applied to soldiers who have served their time, and are entitled to their discharge.
[832] Pabulum.
[833] Omnibus numeris absoluta.
Chap. XXVI.—Of the Cross, and Other Tortures of Jesus, and of the Figure of the Lamb Under the Law.
[834] i.e., was shown by the event to be true, not doubtful or deceptive.
[835] Inania, “empty.”
[836] Figuram.
[837] Hactenus operata est.
[838] In eloquium solvit.
[839] See Matt. ix. 33, “The dumb spake, and the multitudes marvelled;” Mark vii. 37, “They were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: He maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.”
[840] Inerat huic virtuti.
[841] In usu suo non est.
[842] Elephantiaci, those afflicted with “elephantiasis,” a kind of leprosy, covering the skin with incrustations resembling the hide of an elephant.
[843] Resignasse, “to have unsealed or opened.”
[844] Figuram gerebant.
[845] [It is undoubtedly true that all our Lord’s miracles are also parables. Such also is the entire history of the Hebrews.]
[846] Acerbitates et amaritudines.
[847] The word “corona” denotes a “crown,” and also, as here, a “ring” of persons standing around. The play on the word cannot be kept up in English. [Thus “corona tibi et judices defuerunt.” Cicero, Nat. Deor., ii. 1. So Ignatius, στέφανον του̑ πρεσβυτερίου = corona presbyterii, vol. i. p. 64, this series."]
[848] Præsentibus.
[849] The cross was the usual punishment of slaves.
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