I know that you are Abraham's descendant; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
But when you hear, I speak that which I have seen, do not think it means bodily vision, but innate knowledge, sure, and approved. For as the eyes when they see an object, seeit wholly and correctly; so I speak with certainty what I know from My Father.