Origen,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IV, Origen…
(1885)
“ The same prophet also, when predicting the advent of Jesus, who was to turn away men from the worship of idols, and of images, and of demons, says, “To those that sat in the land and shadow of death, upon them hath the light arisen;” [10] and again, “The people that sat in darkness saw a great light.” [11] Observe now the difference between the fine phrases of Plato respecting the “chief good,” and the declarations of our prophets regarding the “light” of the blessed ”
