Then he took him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
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Athanasius the Apostolic
AD 373
That is to say, the salvation wrought by Christ for the whole world. How then was it said above that he was watching for the consolation of Israel, but because he truly perceived in the spirit that consolation would be to Israel at that time when salvation was prepared for all people.
For the Gentiles before the coming of Christ were lying in the deepest darkness, being without the knowledge of God.
