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Chapter VIII.—Simon and Peter Continue the
Discussion.
And Simon said: “My original
stipulation with you was that I should prove from the Scriptures that
you were wrong in maintaining that we ought not to speak of many
gods.” Accordingly I adduced many written passages to show
that the divine Scriptures themselves speak of many gods.”
And Peter said: “Those very Scriptures which speak of many
gods, also exhorted us, saying, ‘The names of other gods shall
not ascend upon thy lips.’1276
Thus, Simon, I did not speak contrary to what was written.”
And Simon said: “Do you, Peter, listen to what I have to
say. You seem to me to sin in speaking against them,1277
when the Scripture says,1278
| 1278 Ex. xxii. 28. The mss. omit θεούς, though they
insert it in the passage as quoted a little before this. One
ms. reads “the ruler” with our
version. | ‘Thou shalt not revile the
gods, nor curse the rulers of thy people.’” And
Peter said: “I am not sinning, Simon, in pointing out their
destruction according to the Scriptures; for thus it is
written:1279
‘Let the gods who did not make the heavens and the earth
perish.’ And He said thus, not as though some had made the heavens and were not to perish, as you
interpreted the passage. For it is plainly declared that He who
made them is one in the very first part of Scripture:1280
‘In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth. And it did not say, ‘the
gods.’ And somewhere else it says,1281
‘And the firmament showeth His
handiwork.’ And in another place it is written,1282
‘The heavens themselves shall
perish, but Thou shalt remain for
ever.’”
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