Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics Therefore it was to Israel that he spake when He said, "I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."[95] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV " Marcion must even expunge from the Gospel, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel; "[172] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes and once more, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."[568] Origen Commentary on John Book X " These prophecies clearly refer to the age still to come, and they are addressed to the children of Israel in their captivity, to whom He was sent and came, who said, "I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."[146] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI The Canaanitish woman, therefore, because of her race was not worthy even to receive an answer from Jesus, who acknowledged that He had not been sent by the Father tor any other thing than to the lost sheep of the house of Israel,[171] Then also to those without and to the disciples when necessary He answers and says, "I was not sent; "[176]