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before His crucifixion: ‘The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the
Scribes and Pharisees, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’476 And David pre-
dicted that He would be born from the womb before sun and moon,477 according to the
Father’s will, and made Him known, being Christ, as God strong and to be worshipped.”
476 Luke ix. 22.
477 Justin puts “sun and moon” instead of “Lucifer.” [Ps. cx. 3, Sept, compounded with Prov. viii. 27.] Maranus
says, David did predict, not that Christ would be born of Mary before sun and moon, but that it would happen
before sun and moon that He would be born of a virgin.
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Chapter LXXVI.—From other passages the same majesty and government of Christ…