But the court which is outside the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
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Victorinus of Pettau
AD 303
The space which is called the court is the empty altar within the walls: these being such as were not necessary, he commanded to be ejected from the Church.