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from ministering to me; you have forgotten the law of your God, and I will forget your children.” And this sort of thing is also seen in certain sensible things; for though the earth is motionless on its own foundation, those who depart from it by ship, as they move away from it, have the sensation that it is moving away. 1.12 He who says these things, representing the greatness of goodness, speaks as one who, as almighty, will do them; for it is characteristic of one who is merciful and possesses extreme goodness to call to conversion and a drawing near those who distance themselves from God and from virtue, so that they may have eternal salvation by drawing near to him and having him near, according to what is written: “Draw near to the Lord, and he will draw near to you.” 1.13 But the so-called departures and nearnesses happen by relation and disposition, but not by place. 1.14 Returning to me, and I to you. Do not become like those who bore you according to wickedness, whom the prophets accused before the present time, so that you might not suffer the same things as they did. And what did they accuse them of, but to turn from evil practices and wicked ways? But by not hearing nor paying attention, they perished along with the false prophets who deceived them, so that there are no longer either the impostors or those who were carried away by their sorcery. Since, therefore, neither the prophets nor the deceived exist, you to whom I bring the word of God, walk in the divine ways and do not pursue the wicked ones. 1.15 For divine and beneficial practices are announced to you in our Spirit—this is the Holy one—by my servants the prophets who have it; for these, having the Spirit of truth and being prepared by it to speak, benefit those who pay attention to them, of whom your accused fathers had experience; since they did not hear nor pay attention to them, they answered through their very deeds; as the Lord has determined to do, so it will happen to them, although God has roused them to repentance, so that they might not suffer the things that were threatened. 1.16Zech. I, 7: On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth month, —this is the month of Shebat— in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying. 1.17 All things that are done and given by God have order and harmony according to proportion “who does great and unsearchable things,” “who arranges all things by measure and number.” Indeed, therefore, the present word of the prophet, being according to scientific theory, is visible rather than audible, whence, having much certainty according to number, it is set on the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth month according to the Hebrews. 1.18 The number 24 is potentially 36; for the parts of 24 make this up as follows: a half, 12; a third, 8; a fourth, 6; a sixth, 4; an eighth, 3; a twelfth, 2; a twenty-fourth, 1. The number produced from 24 by the composition of its parts is a square; for it is six times six. And no shape is as stable as the square. 1.19 But the present one has this distinction, that each of its sides is composed of a perfect number, six. In the same way as 24, 12 also, when composed from its parts, produces a square; a half, six; a third, four; a fourth, three; a sixth, two; a twelfth, one; together these parts when composed complete the number sixteen, which is also itself a square: four times four. And this has a distinction according to its own sides; for the tetrad is potentially a decad, thus: 1, 2, 3, 4. 1.20Zech. I, 8 : I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he was standing between the two shady mountains, and behind him were red, and dappled, and speckled, and white horses. 1.21 When the word of the Lord came to Zechariah by night, a man appeared to him riding a red horse, standing between the two shady mountains. The man riding the red horse is the incarnate Savior. And the red horse is the body that he wears; for it is red

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τοῦ ἱερατεύειν μοι· ἐπελάθου νόμου Θεοῦ σου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἐπιλήσομαι τέκνων σου.» Καὶ ἐπὶ αἰσθητῶν δέ τινων φαίνεται τὸ τοιοῦτον· τῆς γὰρ γῆς ἐπὶ τῆς ἑαυτῆς ἕδρας ἀκινήτου μὲν οὔσης, οἱ ἐξαναχωροῦντες αὐτῆς διὰ πλοίων, αὐτοὶ μακρυνόμενοι αὐτῆς αἴσθησιν λαμβάνουσιν ὡς μ̣α̣κρυνομένης. 1.12 Τὸ μέγεθος τῆς ἀγαθότητος παριστὰς ὁ ταῦτα λέγων λέγει οἷα παντοκράτωρ αὐτὰ ποιήσειν· οἰκτίρμονος γὰρ καὶ σφόδρα ἀγαθότητα ἔχοντος τὸ εἰς ἐπιστροφὴν καὶ συνεγγισμὸν καλεῖν τοὺς μακρύνοντας ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ Θεοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς, ἵνα σχῶσιν αἰώνιον σωτηρίαν ἐγγίσαντες αὐτῷ καὶ σχόντες ἐγγὺς αὐτόν, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον· «Ἐγγίσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν.» 1.13 Σχέσει δὲ καὶ διαθέσει, ἀλλ' οὐ τόπῳ γίνονται αἱ λεγόμεναι̣ ἐξαναχωρήσεις καὶ ἐγγύτητες. 1.14 Ἐπιστρέφοντες πρὸς ἐμέ, κἀγὼ πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Οὐ γίνεσθε καθὼς οἱ γεννήσαντες ὑμ̣ᾶς κα̣τὰ κακίαν, οἷς π̣ρ̣οφῆται ἐνεκάλεσαν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος χρόνου̣, ἵνα μὴ τὰ αὐτὰ ἐκείνοις πάθητε. Τί δὲ ἐνεκάλεσαν αὐτοῖς, ἢ ἐπιστραφῆναι ἀπὸ φαύλων ἐπιτηδευμάτων καὶ πονηρῶν ὁδῶν; Μὴ ἀκούσαντες δὲ μηδὲ προσχ̣όντες, ἀπώλοντο ἅμα τοῖς ἀπατήσασιν ψευδοπροφήταις, ὡς μηκέτ' εἶναι μηδὲ τοὺς φένακας μηδὲ τοὺς συναρπαγέντας τῇ γοητείᾳ αὐτῶν. Ἐπεὶ οὖν οὔτε οἱ προφῆται οὔθ' οἱ ἀπατηθέντες εἰσίν, ὑμεῖς οἷς τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγον προφέρω τὰς θείας ὁδοὺς βαδίζετε καὶ μὴ τὰς πονηρὰς μεταδιώκοντες. 1.15 Θεῖα γὰρ καὶ ἐπωφελῆ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἀπαγγέλλεται ὑμ̣ι῀̣ν ἐν τῷ ἡμετέρῳ Πνεύματι -τοῦτο δ' ἐστὶ τὸ Ἅγιον-ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχόντων αὐτὸ δούλων μου τῶν προφητῶν· οὗτοι γὰρ τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας ἔχοντες καὶ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ λέγειν παρεσκευασμένοι, ὠφελοῦσιν τοὺς προσέχοντας αὐτοῖς, ὧν πεῖραν ἔσχον οἱ ἐγκαλούμενοι πατέρες ὑμῶν· ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν οὐδὲ προσέσχον αὐτοῖς, δι' αὐτῶν τῶν ἔργων ἀπεκρίθησαν· καθὼς παρατέτακται Κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι, οὕτως γενήσεται αὐτοῖς, καίτοι τοῦ Θεοῦ διεγείραντος εἰς μετάνοιαν, ἵνα μὴ πάθωσιν τὰ ἀπειληθέντα. 1.16Zach. I, 7: Τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ μηνί, -οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μὴν Σαβάτ- ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ ἔτει ἐπὶ ∆αρείου, ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ζαχαρίαν τὸν τοῦ Βαραχίου υἱὸν Ἀδδὼ τὸν προφήτην λέγων. 1.17 Πάντα τὰ ὑπὸ Θεοῦ γιγνόμενα καὶ δωρούμενα τάξιν καὶ ἁρμονίαν τὴν κατὰ ἀναλογίαν ἔχει «ποιοῦντος μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα», «κανόνι καὶ ἀριθμῷ πάντα διατάττ̣οντος». Ἀμέλει γοῦν καὶ ὁ προκείμενος τοῦ προφήτου λόγος κατ' ἐπιστημονικὴν θεωρίαν γινόμενος ὁρατὸς μᾶλλον ἢ ἀκουσ̣τὸς ὑπάρχει, ὅθεν κατὰ ἀριθμὸν πολὺ τὸ βέβαιον ἔχοντα τέτακται ἐν τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς καθ' Ἑβραίο̣υς. 1.18 Ἔστιν ὁ κδʹ ἀριθμὸς δυνάμ̣ει λςʹ· τοῦτον γὰρ ἀπαρτίζει τὰ μέρη τοῦ κδʹ οὕτως· ἥμισυ ιβʹ, τρίτον ηʹ, τ̣έταρτον ςʹ, ἕκτον δʹ, ὄγδοον γʹ, δωδέκατον βʹ, εἰκοστοτέταρτον αʹ. Ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ κδʹ κατὰ σύνθεσιν τῶν μερῶν αὐτοῦ τετράγωνός ἐστιν· ἑξάκι γὰρ ἕξ. Οὐδὲν δὲ οὕτω βέβαιον τῶν σχημάτων ἐστὶν ὡς τὸ τετράγωνον. 1.19 Ἔχει δ' ἐξαίρετον ὁ προκείμενος ὅτι ἑκάστη πλευρὰ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τέλειον ἀριθμόν, τὸν ἕξ, συνέστηκεν. Ὡσαύτως τῷ κδʹ, καὶ ὁ ιβʹ συντεθεὶς ἐκ τῶν μερῶν ἑαυτοῦ τετράγωνον ἀπογεννᾷ· ἥμισυ ἕξ, γʹ δʹ, δʹ γʹ, ςʹ βʹ, ιβʹ αʹ, ὁμοῦ τὰ μέρη ταῦτα συντεθέντα τὸν δεκαὲξ ἀποπληροῖ, ὄντα καὶ αὐτὸν τετράγωνον· τετράκι τέσσερα. Ἔχει δὲ οὗτος κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας πλευρὰς ἐξαίρετον· ἡ γὰρ τετρὰς δυνάμει δεκάς ἐστιν οὕτως· αʹ βʹ γʹ δʹ. 1.20Zach. I, 8 : Ἑώρακα τὴν νύκτα καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἐφ' ἵππον πυρρόν, καὶ οὗτος εἱστήκει ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο ὀρέων τῶν κατασκίων, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἵπποι πυρροὶ καὶ ψαροὶ καὶ ποικίλοι καὶ λευκοί. 1.21 Τοῦ λόγου Κυρίου γεναμένου πρὸς Ζαχαρίαν νυκτός, ὤφθη αὐτῷ ἀνὴρ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἵππον πυρρόν, ἑστὼς ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο ὀρέων τῶν κατασκίων. Ἔστιν δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἐπιβεβηκὼς τὸν πυρρὸν ἵππον ὁ ἐνανθρωπήσας Σωτήρ. Ἵππος δὲ πυρρὸς ὃ περίκειταί ἐστιν σῶμα· πυρρὰ γάρ ἐστιν