{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">After this the Jew remarks, manifestly in accordance with\r\nthe Jewish belief: “We certainly hope that there will be a\r\nbodily resurrection, and that we shall enjoy an eternal life;\r\nand the example and archetype of this will be He who is\r\nsent to us, and who will show that nothing is impossible with\r\nGod.” We do not know, indeed, whether the Jew would say\r\nof the expected Christ, that He exhibits in Himself an example\r\nof the resurrection; but let it be supposed that he both thinks\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_82\">82</span>and says so. We shall give this answer, then, to him who has\r\ntold us that he drew his information from our own writings:\r\n“Did you read those writings, friend, in which you think you\r\ndiscover matter of accusation against us, and not find there the\r\nresurrection of Jesus, and the declaration that He was the first-born\r\nfrom the dead? Or because you will not allow such things\r\nto have been recorded, were they not actually recorded?” But\r\nas the Jew still admits the resurrection of the body, I do not\r\nconsider the present a suitable time to discuss the subject with\r\none who both believes and says that there is a bodily resurrection,\r\nwhether he has an articulate<a id=\"r240\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f240\"><sup>[240]</sup></a> understanding of such a\r\ntopic, and is able to plead well on its behalf,<a id=\"r241\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f241\"><sup>[241]</sup></a> or not, but has\r\nonly given his assent to it as being of a legendary character.<a id=\"r242\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f242\"><sup>[242]</sup></a>\r\nLet the above, then, be our reply to this Jew of Celsus. And\r\nwhen he adds, “Where, then, is he, that we may see him and\r\nbelieve upon him?” we answer: Where is He now who spoke\r\nin the prophecies, and who wrought miracles, that we may see\r\nand believe that He is part of God? Are <i>you</i> to be allowed to\r\nmeet the objection, that God does not perpetually show Himself\r\nto the Hebrew nation, while <i>we</i> are not to be permitted the\r\nsame defence with regard to Jesus, who has both once risen\r\nHimself, and led His disciples to believe in His resurrection,\r\nand so thoroughly persuaded them of its truth, that they show\r\nto all men by their sufferings how they are able to laugh at all\r\nthe troubles of life, beholding the life eternal and the resurrection\r\nclearly demonstrated to them both in word and deed?</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK II.","Chapter LXXVII."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-129"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"383adb324e269b467c4600b34bd19ca083af67488ecb4fcfaca970d7a5d3af28","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f240","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f240","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f240\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r240\">240</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">εἶτε διαρθροῦντα τὸ τοιοῦτον παρ’ ἑαυτῷ.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f240","text_sha256":"5bbe39a419ed1feed72af1c21a6c88282a750815e6a88093dd1d7880149145d1","verified":false,"work_id":null}