> Date sent: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 17:04:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Thomas Izbicki <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Bible quote?
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> Our copy of the Heidelberg ed. of Nicholas of Cusa's early sermons is
> out, so I am left asking for help. My translation of Sermon 12, which I
> am reformating for use at a conference this fall, includes a quotation
> which I have rendered as:
>
> He destroyed our death by dying and restored our life by rising.
>
> I thought it was from the Bible, but no concordance (for English
> translations, since I do not have the Latin under hand) has led me to it.
> Have the concordances failed me, or am I looking in the wrong place. It
> sounds very familiar.
>
> tom izbicki
>
Tom,
It sounds to me a bit like a reworking of the Isaiah passage about him
being abused and "by his stripes (wounds), we are healed". I don't
recall seeing the above passage in the Bible anywhere. Not very
useful, I know, but it's just a thought.
Tim
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