[377:1] He had acted literally as described, Matt, xix. 12.
[377:2] Euseb. vi. 3.
[377:3] Euseb. vi. 21.
[378:1] He says Celsus lived in the reign of Hadrian and afterwards. "Contra Celsum," i. § 8; Opera, tom. i. p. 327. The references to Origen in this work are to the edition of the Benedictine Delarue, 4 vols. folio. Paris, 1733-59.
[379:1] The three other Greek versions were those of Aquila, of Symmachus, and of Theodotion.
[379:2] Origen, in his writings, repeatedly refers to Philo by name. See Opera, i. 543.
[379:3] See Euseb. ii. c. 17.
[380:1] Thus he declares-"The prophets indicating what is wise concerning the circumstances of our generation, say that sacrifice is offered for sin, even the sin of those newly born as not free from sin, for it is written—'I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin did my mother conceive me.'"—Contra Celsum, vii. § 50.
[380:2] He held, however, that Satan is to be excepted from the general salvation. See "Epist. ad Amicos Alexandrinos," Opera, i. p. 5.
[381:1] See Sage's "Vindication of the Principles of the Cyprianic Age," p. 348. London, 1701.