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Chapter
LXXII.—Peter Sent to Cæsarea.
“While, therefore, we abode in Jericho, and
gave ourselves to prayer and fasting, James the bishop sent for me, and
sent me here to Cæsarea, saying that Zacchæus had written to
him from Cæsarea, that one Simon, a Samaritan magician, was
subverting many of our people, asserting that he was one
Stans,598
| 598 [Comp. book ii. 7
and Homily II. 22, 24.—R.] | —that is, in
other words, the Christ, and the great power of the high God, which is
superior to the Creator of the world; at the same time that he showed
many miracles, and made some doubt, and others fall away to him.
He informed me of all things that had been ascertained respecting this
man from those who had formerly been either his associates or his
disciples, and had afterwards been converted to Zacchæus.
‘Many therefore there are, O Peter,’ said James, ‘for
whose safety’s sake it behoves you to go and to refute the
magician, and to teach the word of truth. Therefore make no
delay; nor let it grieve you that you set out alone, knowing that God
by Jesus will go with you, and will help you, and that soon, by His
grace, you will have many associates and sympathizers. Now be
sure that you send me in writing every year an account of your sayings
and doings, and especially at the end of every seven
years.’ With these expressions he dismissed me, and in six
days I arrived at Cæsarea.”599
| 599 [The visit of Peter to
Cæsarea narrated in Acts
x. was for a very
different purpose. It is probable that the author of the
Recognitions connected the persecution by Saul and the sorceries
of Simon because of the similar juxtaposition in Acts viii.—R.] |
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