Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 51
come to him, that either we should prove to him that Yahshua
is the eternal Moshiach, or he to us that He is not, and that so
all the people should agree upon the one faith or the other;
and this he frequently entreated us to do. But we often put it
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whether He is the Moshiach, is of great importance for the establishment
of the faith; otherwise the high priest would not
so frequently ask that he might either learn or teach concern-
Clement; for as no one can see without eyes, nor hear without
ears, nor smell without nostrils, nor taste without a tongue,
nor handle anything without hands, so it is impossible, with-
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true prophet is the Moshiach; but I should wish to learn what
the Moshiach means, or why He is so called, that a matter of so
Chapter XLV: Yahshua: Why Called the Moshiach
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had made the world, as Master of the universe, He appointed
chiefs over the several creatures, over the trees even,
and the mountains, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all
things which He had made, as we have told you; for it were too
long to mention them one by one. He set, therefore, a malach
as chief over the malachim, a spirit over the spirits, a star over
the stars, a demon over the demons, a bird over the birds, a
beast over the beasts, a serpent over the serpents, a fish over
the fishes, and a man over men, who is Moshiach Yahshua. But
He is called Moshiach by a certain excellent rite of obedience;
for as there are certain names common to kings, as Ahashwerosh
among the Persians, Caesar among the Romans, Pharaoh
among the Egyptians, so among the Jews a king is called Moshiach.
And the reason of this appellation is this: Although indeed
He is the Son of Yahweh, and the beginning of all things,
He became man; Him first Yahweh anointed with oil which