I said:
They maintain that this priest is the very one to whom the Friend—Abraham—presented an offering, as the Torah recounts. Thus, if the Messiah is likened to him and actually called a “priest,” that counts among the strongest proofs that he is a created being.

He said:
“As for the phrase, ‘From the beginning I begot you,’ it is comparable to David’s words:

‘He adopted me unto Himself from the very beginning; I remembered you and guided all your works.’

Some of them insist that the exact wording of the passage is: ‘Indeed, the Lord will send forth His scepter from Zion.’ ”

He went on to say:
Simon Peter, the leader of the apostles, declared in the second chapter of their Acts: “Men of Israel, listen to my words. Jesus of Nazareth was a man endorsed by God among you with power, deeds, and wonders that He accomplished through his hands. You handed him over and killed him, yet God raised this Jesus from…”