My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
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Aponius
AD 500
He is white because he is the light of the world, the Sun of righteousness “who enlightens everyone entering the world,” according to John the Evangelist and the preaching of the prophets. He is red because he would walk on earth in the fleshly clothing derived from the Virgin Mary, a miracle to be offered through angels by rising to heaven, as was said through the mouth of the prophet Isaiah to those who asked him, “Why is your apparel red?”
