Anf-03 v.vii.xxii Pg 6
Rom. i. 3; 2 Tim. ii. 8.
—which, therefore, was His own likewise. Christ’s flesh, then, is of David’s seed. Since He is of the seed of David in consequence of Mary’s flesh, He is therefore of Mary’s flesh because of the seed of David. In what way so ever you torture the statement, He is either of the flesh of Mary because of the seed of David, or He is of the seed of David because of the flesh of Mary. The whole discussion is terminated by the same apostle, when he declares Christ to be “the seed of Abraham.” And if of Abraham, how much more, to be sure, of David, as a more recent progenitor! For, unfolding the promised blessing upon all nations in the person7247 7247 In nomine: or, “for the sake of.”
of Abraham, “And in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed,” he adds, “He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”7248 7248
Npnf-201 iii.viii.iv Pg 24
Edersheim Bible History
Lifetimes vii.iv Pg 29.3
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 2
VERSE (8) - Heb 12:2,3
