Israel / the Jews
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Israel · the Jews · the Jewish nation · the ancients · the people · the sons of Israel
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Adversus Marcionem (Latin)
Likewise, the faith of the centurion being extolled, it is incredible if he professed that he had found no such faith even in Israel, to whom the faith of Israel did not pertain.
in the texts
Adversus Marcionem
The Jewish people, whose veiled understanding of Moses and zeal without knowledge are discussed.
For of Israel he says, To this day that same veil is upon their heart.
Here too I leap over a most ample chasm of intercepted scripture, but I lay hold of the apostle bearing witness to Israel that they have a zeal of God — their own, surely — yet not according to knowledge.
Likewise, the faith of the centurion being extolled, it is incredible if he professed that he had found no such faith even in Israel, to whom the faith of Israel did not pertain.
Stromata
The people of Israel, discussed both as disobedient toward the law and as recipients of eventual forgiveness.
" And the same Apostle confesses to bear witness of the Jews that "they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge;
and "in that time," says the Lord, "they will seek the iniquity of Israel, and it shall not be, and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found;
after which those prophesied things too are now fittingly said of Israel:
Adversus Praxean
The people of Israel, addressed both as scriptural precedent and as hostile audience of Jesus.
Therefore that there is no other god besides himself, this is on account of the idolatry both of the nations and of Israel;
In fact, on this account the Jews wished the more to kill him, not only because he broke the sabbath, but because he called God his Father, making himself equal with God.
for you are our God, and we knew it not, the God of Israel.