Cabalistic, confirming the Christian religion · thesis 11>39

Thesis 11>39

Latin

Ex hac conclusione et trigesima superius posita sequitur quod quilibet Cabalista habet concedere quod interrogatus Iesus quis esset, rectissime respondit, dicens: Ego sum principium qui loquor uobis.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 27226

The sheet prints 'lesus' for 'Iesus' (I/long-s confusion), corrected here.

English

It follows from this conclusion, taken with the thirtieth stated earlier, that every Cabalist must concede that when Jesus was asked who he was, his answer was exactly right: I am the beginning, the one speaking to you.

The verse is a variant form of John 8:25 as it appears in some manuscripts of the Vulgate; Pico here links Christ to Hokhmah, the second sefirah, as in 28.25 (farmer1998:27301).

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T10b; sense checked against farmer1998:27281; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 11>, Cabalistic conclusions confirming the Christian religion from the Hebrew wise men's principles) · Pico's stance: endorses

Discussed in

• Chaim Wirszubski, Pico della Mirandola's Encounter with Jewish Mysticism (1989)

Mention records in the corpus: 3 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

Farmer's cross-references

• 11>40 Hoc habent ineuitabiliter concedere Cabaliste, quod uerus messias per aquam homines purgabit.
• 11>41 Sciri potest in Cabalam per mysterium mem clausi cur post se Christus miserit paraclytum.
• 11>44 Scitur ex cabala per mysterium partis septentrionalis cur iudicabit deus saeculum per ignem.
• 11>45 Scitur in cabala apertissime cur dei filius cum aqua baptismi uenerit, et spiritus sanctus cum igne.