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Chapter
XXXVII.
After this, he who extracts from the Gospel
narrative those statements on which he thinks he can found an
accusation, makes the vinegar and the gall a subject of reproach to
Jesus, saying that “he rushed with open mouth3300
to drink of them, and could not endure his
thirst as any ordinary man frequently endures it.” Now this
matter admits of an explanation of a peculiar and figurative kind; but
on the present occasion, the statement that the prophets predicted this
very incident may be accepted as the more common answer to the
objection. For in the sixty-ninth Psalm there is written, with reference
to Christ: “And they gave me gall for my meat, and in my
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”3301
Now, let the Jews say who it is that
the prophetic writing represents as uttering these words; and let them
adduce from history one who received gall for his food, and to whom
vinegar was given as drink. Would they venture to assert that the
Christ whom they expect still to come might be placed in such
circumstances? Then we would say, What prevents the prediction
from having been already accomplished? For this very prediction
was uttered many ages before, and is sufficient, along with the other
prophetic utterances, to lead him who fairly examines the whole matter
to the conclusion that Jesus is He who was prophesied of as Christ, and
as the Son of God.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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