(8) For he also adds, “These were purchased from men, the firstfruits for God and for the Lamb, and no lie was found in their mouth, for they were blameless.”8 Now we must not be unaware that the saying about the 144,000 virgins admits an anagogical sense.9 But at this time it would be superfluous and not in accord with our purpose to compare the prophetic texts which teach us the same thing about those from the gentiles. (9) What, indeed, do all these things mean for us? You will raise this question