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Chapter
LXXVI.
Let it be supposed, however, that he had not read
the prophecy, or that he had read it, but had been drawn away by
those who misinterpreted it as not being spoken of Jesus Christ.
What has he to say of the Gospel, in the narratives of which Jesus
ascended up into a high mountain, and was transfigured before the
disciples, and was seen in glory, when both Moses and Elias,
“being seen in glory, spake of the decease which He was about to
accomplish at Jerusalem?”4672
or when the
prophet says, “We beheld Him, and He had no form nor
beauty,” etc.? and Celsus accepts this prophecy as referring to
Jesus, being blinded in so accepting it, and not seeing that it is a
great proof that the Jesus who appeared to be “without
form” was the Son of God, that His very appearance should have
been made the subject of prophecy many years before His birth.
But if another prophet speak of His comeliness and beauty, he will no
longer accept the prophecy as referring to Christ! And if it were
to be clearly ascertained from the Gospels that “He had no form
nor beauty, but that His appearance was without honour, and inferior to
that of the sons of men,” it might be said that it was not with
reference to the prophetic writings, but to the Gospels, that Celsus
made his remarks. But now, as neither the Gospels nor the
apostolic writings indicate that “He had no form nor
beauty,” it is evident that we must accept the declaration of the
prophets as true of Christ, and this will prevent the charge against
Jesus from being advanced.4673
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