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true things in the age to come. For just as an image falls short of the truth, so much a shadow falls short of an image; for the image, even if it does not possess the truth itself, is nevertheless a clear imitation of the 467 truth, preserving its form through colors, the proportion of its members, and the color of the subject; but the shadow is a faint phantom of the image, showing none of these things which the image reveals. And I think that Gregory, among the saints, was led by these apostolic sayings to say the things set forth above. And many other fathers said similar things to Gregory. hebr 10,4 For not only, he says, were the sacrifices offered for subsequent sins, but rather for all sins, as if they had not been forgiven by the sacrifices already made. hebr 10,21 He calls the faithful the house of God, according to the verse, 'I will dwell in them and walk among them.' hebr 10,26 Note that he did not say 'of those who have sinned,' but used the continuous tense, wishing to show persisting in sin until the end; for from this it is especially clear that he does not do away with repentance. hebr 11,4 Or through faith. And he speaks by his repute, by his glory, by his memory. hebr 11,27 Or that he was not afraid that the wrath would become so great as to search for him as a fugitive; whence he did not flee far away but to a neighboring place. And this was of faith. hebr 11,32 The time, he says, suitable for the epistle, and as it were, the due proportion. hebr 12,2 Or accept 'for the joy that was set before him' in this way, as Gregory also says; 'for whom it was possible,' he says, 'to remain in his own glory and 468 divinity, he not only emptied himself to the form of a servant, but also endured a cross, despising the shame.' Sufficient, therefore, he says, is he also to reward you for the afflictions on his account; for not only was he crucified, but he also sits at the right hand of God, the right hand and the throne indicating equality of honor. hebr 12,9 For they are not able to discipline us completely, so as to make us perfect, but God, by always disciplining, makes us perfect; for either the death of the father, or the growth of the child stops the discipline. hebr 12,17 Some interpret it thus: although with tears he sought the blessing, that is also, he found no place for repentance in the meantime. hebr 12,23 And by 'firstborn' he means the saints, those deemed worthy of the exceptional adoption above the rest of the faithful, from the analogy of the firstborn among us who have a certain precedence from their birthright. hebr 12,27 The 'yet once more' signifies that after the second time, another 'once more' is added. For first the world was shaken at the giving of the law on Sinai; for 'the earth was shaken,' David says. Again at the advent in the flesh the world was shaken; for 'all Jerusalem was shaken,' and 'the man-made things of Egypt will be shaken.' And by 'shaking' he means the renowned character of the preaching, by which people were shaken from their old standing in error and were transformed. Thus Cyril. But the 'yet once more,' he says, refers to his second coming with glory, when he will remake and alter creation; for then creation 469 will be shaken most of all with a real shaking and crash, or the transformation from evil to good of the people living at that time. Pay attention also to the note of the blessed Cyril on Haggai. hebr 12,29 Or he wants them to be frightened into not being ungrateful nor grumbling at their afflictions, lest, he says, you encounter God being angry and punishing; or to comfort, as if he were saying: we will give thanks in our afflictions, for we have a master who is able to consume our adversaries.

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πράγματα ἀληθῆ τὰ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι αἰῶνι. καὶ γὰρ ὅσον ἀπᾴδει εἰκὼν ἀληθείας, τοσοῦτον εἰκόνος σκιά· ἡ μὲν γὰρ εἰκών, εἰ καὶ μὴ αὐτὴν ἔχει τὴν ἀλήθειαν, πλὴν μίμημα ἐναργὲς ὑπάρχει τῆς 467 ἀληθείας καὶ σχῆμα σώζουσα διὰ τῶν χρωμάτων καὶ ἀναλογίαν μελῶν καὶ τὸ χρῶμα τοῦ ὑποκειμένου· ἡ δὲ σκιὰ ἴνδαλμα ἀμυδρόν ἐστι τῆς εἰκόνος, οὐδὲν τούτων ὧν ἡ εἰκὼν ὑποφαίνουσα. καὶ ἡγοῦμαι τὸν ἐν ἁγίοις Γρηγόριον ἐκ τούτων τῶν ἀποστολικῶν ῥητῶν προαχθῆναι εἰπεῖν τὰ προκείμενα. ὅμοια δὲ τῷ Γρηγορίῳ καὶ ἄλλοι πλείους εἶπον πατέρες. hebr 10,4 Οὐ γὰρ μόνον, φησίν, ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐπιγινομέναις ἁμαρτίαις αἱ θυσίαι προσεφέροντο, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἐπὶ πάσαις, ὡς μὴ ἀφεθείσαις ταῖς ἤδη γενομέναις θυσίαις. hebr 10,21 Οἶκον θεοῦ τοὺς πιστοὺς λέγει κατὰ τὸ ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω. hebr 10,26 Σημαίωσαι ὅτι οὐκ εἶπεν ἁμαρτησάντων, ἀλλὰ τῷ παρατατικῷ ἐχρήσατο, δεῖξαι θέλων τὸ ἄχρι τελευτῆς ἐπιμένειν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ· ἔνθεν γὰρ μάλιστα δῆλον ὅτι οὐκ ἀναιρεῖ τὴν μετάνοιαν. hebr 11,4 Ἢ διὰ τῆς πίστεως. λαλεῖ δὲ τῇ φήμῃ, τῇ δόξῃ, τῇ μνήμῃ. hebr 11,27 Ἢ ὅτι οὐκ ἐφοβήθη μὴ τοσοῦτος γένηται ὁ θυμὸς ὡς ἀναζητῆσαι αὐτὸν φεύγοντα· ὅθεν οὐ μακρὰν ἀλλ' ἐκ νειτόνων ἀπέδρα. τοῦτο δὲ πίστεως ἦν. hebr 11,32 Ὁ χρόνος ὁ τῇ ἐπιστολῇ, φησίν, ἁρμόδιος, καὶ οἶον ἡ συμμετρία. hebr 12,2 Ἢ τὸ ἀντὶ τῆς προκειμένης αὐτῷ χαρᾶς οὕτω δέξαι ὡς καὶ Γρηγόριός φησιν· ᾧ ἐξόν, φησί, μένειν ἐπὶ τῆς ἰδίας δόξης τε 468 καὶ θεότητος, οὐ μόνον ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν ἄχρι τῆς τοῦ δούλου μορφῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ σταυρὸν ὑπέμεινεν αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας. Ἱκανὸς οὖν, φησί, καὶ ἀμείψασθαι ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ τῶν δι' αὐτὸν θλίψεων· οὐ γὰρ μόνον ἐσταυρώθη, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν δεξιᾷ κάθηται τοῦ θεοῦ, τῆς δεξιᾶς καὶ τῆς καθέδρας τὸ ἰσότιμον παριστώσης. hebr 12,9 Οὔτε γὰρ ἰσχύουσι δι' ὅλου παιδεύειν ἡμᾶς, ἵνα τελείους ἐργάσωνται, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἀεὶ παιδεύων τελείους ποιεῖ· ἢ γὰρ θάνατος τοῦ πατρός, ἢ αὔξησις τοῦ παιδὸς ἵστησι τὴν παιδείαν. hebr 12,17 Τινὲς οὕτως ἑρμηνεύουσιν· καίτοι μετὰ δακρύων ἐκζητήσας τὴν εὐλογίαν, τοῦτ' ἔστι καὶ τὸ μετανοίας τόπον οὐχ εὗρεν διὰ μέσου. hebr 12,23 Πρωτοτόκων δὲ λέγει τοὺς ἁγίους, τοὺς τὸ ἐξαίρετον τῆς παρὰ τοὺς λοιποὺς πιστοὺς υἱοθεσίας ἠξιωμένους, ἀπὸ τῶν παρ' ἡμῖν πρωτοτόκων οἳ ἐκ τῶν πρωτοτοκίων ἔχουσί τινα πρεσβείαν. hebr 12,27 Τὸ ἔτι ἅπαξ δηλοῖ τὸ μετὰ τὸ δεύτερον προσθῆναι ἄλλο ἅπαξ. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἐσείσθη ὁ κόσμος ἐπὶ τῆς ἐν Σινᾷ νομοθεσίας· γῆ γὰρ ἐσείσθη, ὁ ∆αυὶδ λέγει. πάλιν ἐπὶ τῆς ἐν σαρκὶ ἐπιδημίας ἐσείσθη ὁ κόσμος· ἐσείσθη γὰρ πᾶσα Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ σεισθήσεται τὰ χειροποίητα Αἰγύπτου. σεισμὸν δὲ λέγει τὸ οἷον ἐξάκουστον τοῦ κηρύγματος, δι' οὗ ἐσείσθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς πάλαι ἐν τῇ πλάνῃ στάσεως καὶ μετηνέχθησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι. οὕτως ὁ Κύριλλος. τὸ δὲ ἔτι ἅπαξ, λέγει, ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ αὐτοῦ μετὰ δόξης παρουσίᾳ, ὅταν μεταποιῇ καὶ ἐναλλάσσῃ τὴν κτίσιν· τότε γὰρ μάλιστα σεισθήσεται ἡ 469 κτίσις τὸν ὄντως σεισμὸν καὶ πάταγον ἢ τὴν μετάθεσιν τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν τῶν τότε φθανομένων ἀνθρώπων. πρόσχες καὶ τῇ παραγραφῇ τοῦ μακαρίου Κυρίλλου εἰς τὸν Ἀγγαῖον. hebr 12,29 Ἢ αὐτοὺς πτοῆσθαι θέλει μὴ ἀχαριστεῖν μηδὲ γογγύζειν ἐπὶ ταῖς θλίψεσιν, μήπως, φησίν, ὀργιζομένου καὶ τιμωρουμένου τύχητε τοῦ θεοῦ· ἢ παραμυθήσασθαι, ὡς εἰ ἔλεγεν· ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ ταῖς θλίψεσιν εὐχαριστήσομεν, ἔχομεν γὰρ δεσπότην ἐξαναλῶσαι τοὺς ὑπεναντίους δυνάμενον.