om I will see for myself, and my eyes will behold, and not another: my hope is laid up in my bosom" (Job 19:25). If this is rightly understood as a prophecy about the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, his resurrection as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep, and th…

y of the gentiles received revelations of Christ, as is clear from their predictions. Thus we read ( Job 19:25 ): "I know that my Redeemer liveth." The Sibyl too foretold certain things about Christ, as Augustine states (Contra Faust. xiii, 15). Moreover, we read in the history o…

He rose from the dead, how do some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?" And ( Job 19:25 , 27 ): "I know," that is with certainty of faith, "that my Redeemer," i.e. Christ, "liveth," having risen from the dead; "and" therefore "in the last day I shall rise ou…