Note 197 — Chapter XXXVI · A.D. 1600-1700. THE JEWS IN THE EAST.—SABBATHAI SEVI.
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He is said to have quoted Isaiah xiv. 14: ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,’ and to have appealed to his followers to say whether they had not seen him so ascend; to which they made answer that they had! It must be added, however, that, if he did quote the passage in question as applicable to himself, he could hardly have studied its context.