{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">To the preceding remarks he adds the following: “Since a\r\ndivine Spirit inhabited the body [of Jesus], it must certainly\r\nhave been different from that of other beings, in respect of\r\ngrandeur, or beauty, or strength, or voice, or impressiveness,<a id=\"r1409\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1409\"><sup>[1409]</sup></a>\r\nor persuasiveness. For it is impossible that He, to whom was\r\nimparted some divine quality beyond other beings, should not\r\ndiffer from others; whereas this person did not differ in any\r\nrespect from another, but was, as they report, little, and ill-favoured,\r\nand ignoble.”<a id=\"r1410\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1410\"><sup>[1410]</sup></a> Now it is evident by these words,\r\nthat when Celsus wishes to bring a charge against Jesus, he\r\nadduces the sacred writings, as one who believed them to be\r\nwritings apparently fitted to afford a handle for a charge against\r\nHim; but wherever, in the same writings, statements would\r\nappear to be made opposed to those charges which are adduced,\r\nhe pretends not even to know them! There are, indeed, admitted\r\nto be recorded some statements respecting the body of\r\nJesus having been “ill-favoured;” not, however, “ignoble,” as\r\nhas been stated, nor is there any certain evidence that he was\r\n“little.” The language of Isaiah runs as follows, who prophesied\r\nregarding Him that He would come and visit the multitude,\r\nnot in comeliness of form, nor in any surpassing beauty:\r\n“Lord, who hath believed our report, and to whom was the arm\r\nof the Lord revealed? He made announcement before Him,\r\nas a child, as a root in a thirsty ground. He has no form nor\r\nglory, and we beheld Him, and He had no form nor beauty;\r\nbut His form was without honour, and inferior to that of the\r\nsons of men.”<a id=\"r1411\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1411\"><sup>[1411]</sup></a> These passages, then, Celsus listened to, because\r\nhe thought they were of use to him in bringing a charge\r\nagainst Jesus; but he paid no attention to the words of the\r\n45th Psalm, and why it is then said, “Gird Thy sword upon\r\nThy thigh, O most mighty, with Thy comeliness and beauty,\r\nand continue, and prosper, and reign.”<a id=\"r1412\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1412\"><sup>[1412]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VI.","Chapter LXXV."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-470"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"e1080fb8a3908e4ca90af4dc9ad5dfe676fc60f00becdae8326ebcad34ca4559","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-f1410","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":"f1410","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1410\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1410\">1410</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">ἀγενὲς.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1410","text_sha256":"305e7a821a4efb474e189dd8b2597907ffc566addb361a97fc6242e5bf4a0e44","verified":false,"work_id":null}