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Chapter
LXXVII.
After this the Jew remarks, manifestly in
accordance with the Jewish belief: “We certainly hope that
there will be a bodily resurrection, and that we shall enjoy an eternal
life; and the example and archetype of this will be He who is sent to
us, and who will show that nothing is impossible with God.”
We do not know, indeed, whether the Jew would say of the expected
Christ, that He exhibits in Himself an example of the resurrection; but
let it be supposed that he both thinks and says so. We shall give
this answer, then, to him who has told us that he drew his information
from our own writings: “Did you read those writings,
friend, in which you think you discover matter of accusation against
us, and not find there the resurrection of Jesus, and the declaration
that He was the first-born from the dead? Or because you will not
allow such things to have been recorded, were they not actually
recorded?” But as the Jew still admits the resurrection of
the body, I do not consider the present a suitable time to discuss the
subject with one who both believes and says that there is a bodily
resurrection, whether he has an articulate3426
| 3426 εἶτε
διαρθροῦντα
τὸ τοιοῦτον
παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ. |
understanding of such a topic, and is able to plead well on its
behalf,3427
| 3427 καὶ
δυνάμενον
πρεσβεῦσαι
περὶ τοῦ
λόγου
καλῶς. | or not, but has
only given his assent to it as being of a legendary character.3428
| 3428 ἀλλὰ
μυθικώτερον
συγκατατιθέμενον
τῷ λόγῳ. | Let the above, then, be our reply to
this Jew of Celsus. And when he adds, “Where, then, is he,
that we may see him and believe upon him?” we answer: Where
is He now who spoke in the prophecies, and who wrought miracles, that
we may see and believe that He is part of God? Are you to
be allowed to meet the objection, that God does not perpetually show
Himself to the Hebrew nation, while we are not to be permitted the same
defence with regard to Jesus, who has both once risen Himself, and led
His disciples to believe in His resurrection, and so thoroughly
persuaded them of its truth, that they show to all men by their
sufferings how they are able to laugh at all the troubles of life,
beholding the life eternal and the resurrection clearly demonstrated to
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