Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. I — Section 174

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CHAP. LI. — IT IS PROVED THAT THIS PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED. And when I ceased, Trypho said, "All the words of the prophecy you repeat, sir, are am- 5 Tsa. xxxix. 8. ^ Isa. xl. 1-17. DIALOGUE WITH TRYPHO. 221 biguous, and have no force in proving what you wish to prove." Then I answered, " If the prophets had not ceased, so that there were no more in your nation, Trypho, after this John, it is evident that what I say in reference to Jesus Christ might be regarded perhaps as ambiguous. But if John came first calhng on men to repent, and Christ, while [John] still sat by the ri…

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