Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume III/Rufinus/Commentary on the Apostles' Creed/Sectino 27

27. Next it is written that &#8220;He gave up the ghost.&#8221; This also had been foretold, by the Prophet, who says, addressing the Father in the Person of the Son, &#8220;Into Thy hands I commend My Spirit.&#8221; He is related also to have been buried, and a great stone laid at the door of the sepulchre. Hear what the word of prophecy foretold by Jeremiah concerning this also, &#8220;They have cut off my life in the pit, and have laid a stone upon Me.&#8221; These words of the Prophet point most plainly to His burial. Here are yet others, &#8220;The righteous hath been taken away from beholding iniquity, and his place is in peace.&#8221; And in another place, &#8220;I will give the malignant for his burial;&#8221; and yet once more, &#8220;He hath lain down and slept as a lion, and as a lion&#8217;s whelp; who shall rouse Him up?&#8221;