For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
And he renders the reason why the Son of God did these things, saying, "For to this end Christ both lived, and died, and revived, that He might rule over the living and the dead."
