Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews/Book II/Part 24

24. That He was not to be overcome of death, nor should remain in Hades.

In the twenty-ninth Psalm: &#8220;O Lord, Thou hast brought back my soul from hell.&#8221; Also in the fifteenth Psalm: &#8220;Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.&#8221; Also in the third Psalm:&#160; &#8220;I laid me down and slept, and rose up again, because the Lord helped me.&#8221; Also according to John: &#8220;No man taketh away my life from me; but I lay it down of myself. I have the power of laying it down, and I have the power of taking it again. For this commandment I have received from my Father.&#8221;