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according to the command of the angel, he partakes, who said: Arise, eat; for the journey is great for you. "The ravens" then "brought bread to Elijah in the morning" (analogous to the things spoken by the Lord to Moses, in which was: "in the morning you shall be filled with bread and you shall know that I am the Lord your God"), and "meat in the evening" (similarly: "toward evening you shall eat meat"). 21 The power of Jesus Christ making men sons. And if anyone is a man of power, he is clearly a son of Christ. But sometimes the powers under Christ are not able to make sons; and even if they do, they do not make men but infants. 22 Spadones are eunuchs; and he says this about the three children and Daniel, that they were from this Hezekiah. He also teaches through this song the one who comes to God to have his hopes in him alone and to boast in him, not to be boastful but to be humble-minded. since as God he has knowledge of all things, he renders to each according to his pursuits. and he himself is master of both death and life. and he exhorts to know the Lord, and it is clear that it is through good deeds, for which reason he adds to do judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. since he is the righteous judge of all the earth, he himself is strength, he himself is exaltation, he himself is the horn of salvation for those who love him.

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κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρόσταξιν μεταλαμβάνει εἰπόντος· ἀνάστα, φάγε· ὅτι πολλὴ ἀπὸ σοῦ ἡ ὁδός . «ἄρτους» μὲν οὖν «τὸ πρωῒ ἔφερον τῷ Ἠλίᾳ οἱ κόρακες» (ἀνὰ λόγον τοῖς λελαλημένοις ὑπὸ κυρίου πρὸς Μωσῆν, ἐν οἷς ἦν· «τὸ πρωῒ πλησθήσεσθε ἄρτων καὶ γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν»), «κρέα» δὲ «τὸ δείλης» (παραπλησίως· «τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέ ραν ἔδεσθε κρέα»). 21 Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ δύναμις ἄνδρας υἱοὺς ποιοῦσα. καὶ εἴ τίς ἐστιν ἀνὴρ δυνάμεως , ἐστὶν υἱὸς Χριστοῦ δηλαδή. ποτὲ δὲ υἱοὺς ποιεῖν αἱ ὑπὸ Χριστὸν δυνάμεις οὐ δύνανται· εἰ δὲ καὶ ποιοῦσιν, οὐκ ἄνδρας ποιοῦσιν ἀλλὰ νηπίους. 22 Σπάδοντες εὐνοῦχοί εἰσι· λέγει δὲ τοῦτο περὶ τῶν τριῶν παίδων καὶ ∆ανιήλ, ὡς ἐκ τούτου τοῦ Ἐζεκίου ἦσαν. ∆ιδάσκει καὶ διὰ ταύτης τῆς ᾠδῆς τὸν προσερχόμενον θεῷ εἰς αὐτὸν μόνον ἔχειν τὰς ἐλπίδας καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν καυχᾶσθαι, μὴ μεγαλαυχεῖν ἀλλὰ ταπεινοφρονεῖν. καθότι πάντων ὡς θεὸς ἔχει τὴν γνῶσιν , ἀποδίδωσιν ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα αὐτοῦ. αὐτὸς δὲ καὶ θανάτου καὶ ζωῆς δεσπόζει. παρακελεύεται δὲ γινώσκειν τὸν κύριον , δῆλον δὲ ὅτι διὰ τῶν ἀγαθῶν πράξεων, διὸ ἐπιφέρει τὸ ποιεῖν κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς . καθότι δίκαιός ἐστι κριτὴς πάσης τῆς γῆς , αὐτὸς ἰσχύς , αὐτὸς ὕψωσις , αὐτὸς κέρας σωτηρίας τῶν ἀγαπώντων αὐτόν.