Anf-03 iv.ix.xiii Pg 61
See John v. 1–9; and comp. de Bapt. c. v., and the note there.
until the advent of Christ: thereafter it ceased curatively to remove from Israel infirmities of health; since, as the result of their perseverance in their frenzy, the name of the Lord was through them blasphemed, as it is written: “On your account the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles:”1438 1438
Anf-03 vi.iii.v Pg 12
So Tertullian reads, and some copies, but not the best, of the New Testament in the place referred to, John v. 1–9. [And note Tertullian’s textual testimony as to this Scripture.]
They who were complaining of ill-health used to watch for him; for whoever had been the first to descend into them, after his washing, ceased to complain. This figure of corporeal healing sang of a spiritual healing, according to the rule by which things carnal are always antecedent8578 8578
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 7
VERSE (21) - Joh 5:9-11
