27. Again, when He had been judged before
Pilate, He was clothed in red; for there they put on Him a purple
robe. Is this also written? Esaias saith, Who is this
that cometh from Edom? the redness of His garments is from
Bosor Isa. lxiii. 1, 2.; (who is this who
in dishonor weareth purple? For Bosor has some such meaning in
Hebrew Bozrah means a
“sheepfold,” and is the name of a city in Idumea.
Cyril’s interpretation rests on a false derivation..) Why are
Thy garments red, and Thy raiment as from a trodden
wine-press? But He answers and says, All day long have I
stretched forth Mine hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying
people Isa. lxv. 2. “It is a commonplace in
patristic literature that the Crucifixion was prefigured by
Isa. lxv. 2.” (Dr. C. Taylor,
Hermas and the Four Gospels, p. 49.) Cf. Barnab.
Epist. c. xii.; Didache xvi.; Justin M. (Apolog.
I. c. 35; Tryph. cc. 97, 114); Tertull. (contra Jud.
xii); Irenæ. IV. xxxiii. 12..