[47] Matt. v. 3.
[48] Matt. xi. 28–30.
[49] John viii. 32–36.
[50] Isa. liii. 3.
[51] πιστότης.
[52] Ecclus. xv. 10.
[53] Laertius, in opposition to the general account, ascribes the celebrated αὐτὸς ἔφα to Pythagoras Zacynthus. Suidas, who with the most ascribes it to the Samian Pythagoras, says that it meant “God has said,” as he professed to have received his doctrines from God.
[54] This famous line of Epicharmus the comic poet is quoted by Tertullian (de Anima), by Plutarch, by Jamblichus, and Porphyry.
[55] Ecclus. vi. 34.
[56] Isa. liii. 1.