For if the firstfruit are holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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Diodorus of Tarsus
AD 390
“First fruits” and “root” both refer here to the patriarchs, the lawgiver and the prophets. “Lump” and “branches” refer to the whole of the Jewish people. .
