Anf-03 iv.ix.ix Pg 28
See Rev. xvii., etc.
On this wise, accordingly, (Scripture)1274 1274 Or we may supply here [“Isaiah”].
entitled the magi also with the appellation of “Samaritans,”—“despoiled” (of that) which they had had in common with the Samaritans, as we have said—idolatry in opposition to the Lord. (It1275 1275 Or, “he.”
adds), “in opposition,” moreover, “to the king of the Assyrians,”—in opposition to the devil, who to this hour thinks himself to be reigning, if he detrudes the saints from the religion of God.
