Anf-03 v.viii.xiii Pg 3
Δίκαιος ὡς φοίνιξ ἀνθήσει, Sept. Ps. xcii. 12.—“like a palm tree” (A.V.). We have here a characteristic way of Tertullian’s quoting a scripture which has even the least bearing on his subject. [See Vol. I. (this series) p. 12, and same volume, p. viii.]
that is, shall flourish or revive, from death, from the grave—to teach you to believe that a bodily substance may be recovered even from the fire. Our Lord has declared that we are “better than many sparrows:”7368 7368
Anf-03 iv.iv.xv Pg 14
Ps. i. 1–3; xcii. 12–; 15.
If you have renounced temples, make not your own gate a temple. I have said too little. If you have renounced stews, clothe not your own house with the appearance of a new brothel.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 1
VERSE (12) - Nu 13:23 Ps 92:12 So 2:3; 4:13; 7:7-9
