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Irenæus - Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

XVII.

XVII.

By these Christ was typified, and acknowledged, and brought into the world; for He was prefigured in Joseph: then from Levi and Judah He was descended according to the flesh, as King and Priest; and He was acknowledged by Simeon in the temple: through Zebulon He was believed in among the Gentiles, as says the prophet, "the land of Zabulon;" [4823] and through Benjamin [that is, Paul] He was glorified, by being preached throughout all the world. [4824]