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Chapter L.—It is proved from Isaiah
that John is the precursor of Christ.
And Trypho said, “You seem to me to have come out
of a great conflict with many persons about all the points we have been
searching into, and therefore quite ready to return answers to all
questions put to you. Answer me then, first, how you can show that there
is another God besides the Maker of all things; and then you will show,
[further], that He submitted to be born of the Virgin.”
I replied, “Give me permission first of all to
quote certain passages from the prophecy of Isaiah, which refer to the
office of forerunner discharged by John the Baptist and prophet before
this our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“I grant it,” said he.
Then
I said, “Isaiah thus foretold John’s forerunning: ‘And
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which He spake: Let
there be peace and righteousness in my days.’2107
And, ‘Encourage the people; ye priests, speak to the heart
of Jerusalem, and encourage her, because her humiliation is accomplished.
Her sin is annulled; for she has received of the Lord’s hand double
for her sins. A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the ways
of the Lord; make straight the paths of our God. Every valley shall be
filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and the
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough way shall be plain ways;
and the glory of the Lord shall be seen, and all flesh shall see the
salvation of God: for the Lord hath spoken it. A voice of one saying,
Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory
of man as the flower of grass. The grass has withered, and the flower of
it has fallen away; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Thou that
bringest good tidings to Zion, go up to the high mountain; thou that
bringest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength. Lift
ye up, be not afraid; tell the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold,
the Lord comes with strength, and [His] arm comes with authority. Behold,
His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. As a shepherd He will
tend His flock, and will gather the lambs with [His] arm, and cheer on
her that is with young. Who has measured the water with [his] hand, and
the heaven with a span, and all the earth with [his] fist? Who has
weighed the mountains, and [put] the valleys into a balance? Who has
known the mind of the Lord? And who has been His counsellor, and who
shall advise Him? Or with whom did He take counsel, and he instructed
Him? Or who showed Him judgment? Or who made Him to know the way of
understanding? All the nations are reckoned as a drop of a bucket, and as
a turning of a balance, and shall be reckoned as spittle. But Lebanon is
not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering;
and all the nations are considered nothing, and for nothing.’
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