I came across this today in Justin Martyrs First Apology, Chapter XXXI: .In these books, then, of the prophets we found Jesus our Christ foretold as coming, born of a virgin, growing up to mans estate, and healing every disease and every sickness, and raising the dead, and being hated, and unrecognised, and crucified, and dying, and rising again, and ascending into heaven, and being, and being called, the Son of God. We find it also predicted that certain persons should be sent by Him into every nation to publish these things, and that rather among the Gentiles [than among the Jews] men should believe on Him. And He was predicted before He appeared, first 5000 years before, and again 3000, then 2000, then 1000, and yet again 800; for in the succession of generations prophets after prophets arose. Interesting. Justin believed that Jesus first coming was predicted 5000 years before His coming. Now that cant be verified of course, but how old did Justin think the world was? That goes a little beyond 4004 BC doesnt it?
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:57:27 +0000
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