1-30:30
Ὅπως δὲ μή τις εἴπῃ ἀντιτιθεὶς ἡμῖν, τί κωλί ει καὶ τὸν παρ ἡμῖν λεγόμενον Χριστόν, ἄνθρωπον ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ὄντα, μαγικῇ τέχνῃ ἃς λέγομεν δυνάμεις πεποιηκέναι καὶ δόξαι διὰ τοῦτο υἱὸν θεοῦ εἶναι, τήν ἀπόδειξιν ἤδη ποιησόμεθα, οὐ τοῖς λέγουσι πιστεύοντες, ἀλλὰ τοῖς προφητεύουσι πρὶν ἢ γενέσθαι κατ ἀνάγκην πειθόμενοι, διὰ τὸ καὶ ὄψει ὡς προεφητεύθη ὁρᾶν γενόμενα καὶ γινόμενα, ἥπερ μεγίστη καὶ ἀληθεστάτη ἀπόδειξις καὶ ὑμῖν, ὡς νομίζομεν, φανήσεται
但恐怕有人向我們提出異議說：「那位被我們稱為基督、本是從人而出的人，有甚麼能攔阻他藉法術行了我們所說的大能之事，因而看似神的子呢？」——我們如今要提出憑據，並非相信那些單作斷言的人，乃是出於必然，被那些在事情發生之先早已預言的人所說服，因為我們親眼看見那些已經發生、正在發生的事，正如所預言的一樣；我們認為，這在你們看來，也必顯為最大、最真實的憑據。
But lest anyone, raising an objection against us, should say, 'What prevents the one called by us Christ, being a man sprung from men, from having done by magical art the mighty works we speak of, and thus seeming to be the Son of God?'—we shall now offer the proof, not trusting those who merely make assertions, but of necessity being persuaded by those who prophesied before the events came to pass, since we behold with our own eyes things that have happened and are happening just as they were foretold; which will appear, as we think, even to you, the greatest and truest proof.