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On the Theophania

Eusebius of Caesarea, tr. Lee, 1843

For, if He had done otherwise,—after His dealings among men,—so as not to have been seen,…

For, if He had done otherwise,—after His dealings among men,—so as not to have been seen, and had suddenly taken flight, and secretly stolen away His Interpreter; or had, in escaping, been careful to convey away His Image from death; or again, had led on that mortal (being) by means of His person, to corruption and perishing; He would have seemed to the many (but) as a spectre.