Apocryphal New Testament — Historical English Collection

Apocryphal New Testament — Hone/Wake/Jones — Section 22

9 Lastly, he saith unto them : ^ Your new moons and your sabbaths I cannot bear them. Consider what he means by it ; the sabbaths, says he, which ye now keep are not acceptable unto me, but those which I have made ; when resting from all things I shall begin ^ the eighth day, that is, the beginning of the other world. 10 For which cause we ob* serve the eighth day with glad- ness, in which Jesus rose from the dead ; and having mani- fested himself to his disciples, ascended into heaven. 11 T^ It remains yet that I speak to you concerning the tem- ple how these miserable men be- ing deceived have put their trust in the house, ® and not in God himself who made them, as if it were the habitation of God. 12 For much after the same manner as the Gentiles, they con- secrated him in the temple. 13 But learn therefore how the Lord speaketh, rendering the temple vain : ^ Who has measur- ed the heaven with a span, and the earth with his hand ? Is it not I ? Thus saith the Lord,"' Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What is the house that ye will build me ? Or what is the place of my rest? Know therefore that all their hope is vain. 14 And again he speaketh after this manner : " Behold thej ^ Gen. ii. 2. Exod. xx. 11, xxxi. 17. ^ Vid. Coteler. Annot. in loc, ' How general this tradition then was. See Coteler. Annot. in loc. Edit. Oxon, page 90, a. Psalm Ixxxix. 4. * That is, to the time of the Gospel, says Dr. Bernard, q. v. Annot. p. 127, Ed. Oxon. ^ So the Lat. Vers. ^ Isaiah, i. 13. ' So the other Fathers, q. v. apud. Coteler. Annot. in loc. p. 36. 8 Vid. Edit. Oxon. et Vet. Lat. Interp. ^ Isaiah, xl. 12. ^° Isaiah, Ixvi. 1. " Isaiah, xlix. 17. 11 161 of the way BARNABAS. of light that destroy this temple, even they shall again build it up. And so it came to pass ; for through their wars it is now de- stroyed by their enemies ; and the servants of their enemies built it up.