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of the disciples to them, that for now there is no necessity like them, and these will fast, he says.

49 Mt 10, 5 Since the cities of the Samaritans were in the midst of Judea,

through which it was necessary to pass, he said: Do not enter, but pass by outside them; but those of the gentiles were outside, for which reason he said: Do not go into the way of the gentiles. The Samaritans inhabited cities in the midst of Judea, through which it was necessary for the apostles to travel. for this reason he also forbade them to enter and for this reason he said: do not enter; but concerning the gentiles he did not say: do not enter, but do not go away. 50 Mt 10, 7 Through the incarnation it had drawn near, and Christ the God was always near. 51 Mt 10, 16 For this dove, even if someone takes away its young, nests again in that place. Thus, he says, you also, being plotted against by your enemies, do not withdraw; but remain with them until you change some to the better by your teaching. If someone takes away the young of the dove, it nests again in that place. Therefore you too, he says, being plotted against and persecuted, remain in my faith and do not withdraw at all. And just as the snake, fleeing and hiding itself, is saved, so you also, fleeing those who are about to destroy you, will live. 52 Mt 10, 21-23 He said this so that they would not be bitten when they were reviled. 53 Mt 10, 24 A disciple is not above his true teacher by nature; for one who is made like this by position will never surpass that which is by nature, but his highest end is likeness. For this reason he also says there is one teacher, saying that he himself is the teacher; for teachers among men are a type rather than the truth, because each imparts what he has previously received. Therefore one might rather surpass by having been made more akin to the given good. 54 Mt 10, 25 There is no greater reviling than this, if indeed they said I am a ruler of demons, than whom nothing is worse. But Beelzeboul, those around Aquila have rendered as "swallowing flies" or "ruler of the dead" as we have found in the Books of Kings. 55 Mt 10, 26 Perhaps he also speaks about that time when God will judge the secret things of men and will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts. 56 Mt 10, 28 And through Gehenna he showed the perpetuity of the punishment, calling it Gehenna as awaiting the judgment of those who receive their retribution through birth. and in the names he showed the great difference of manner, saying "of those who kill" here, but "of those who destroy" there nor is there any longer <salvation>.

57 Mt 11, 2-3 But others say: that not being ignorant nor wishing to learn, the

disciples John sent, I think is clear even to one who has to some extent been occupied with the divine scriptures; for this was his task, to show Christ present to all. And that is foolish, that John, being about to go through death to the dead, sent them to ask, if he is the one who is to come and to free those held by death, so as to preach the gospel to them also; for the one who said, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world," clearly <knew> that the passion was offered to God for all. And in general, if he knew that he was the Christ, he was ignorant of nothing concerning the <Christ>; for he knew exactly how many good things would come to men through him, which things it is possible to see him speaking to men in various ways from what was said about him by the evangelists. How then John, who had such knowledge about Christ as to say many things about him, and to show him present now after the testimony and the multitude of those words, was ignorant of the things concerning Christ, and <indeed> suspected and wished to learn from him? which thing indeed again is not

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μαθητῶν πρὸς αὐτούς, ὅτι τέως μηδεμία ἀνάγκη ὁμοίως αὐτοῖς, καὶ οὗτοι νηστεύσουσί φησιν.

49 Mt 10, 5 Ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐν μέσῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἦσαν αἱ πόλεις τῶν Σαμαριτῶν,

δι' ὧν ἔδει διελθεῖν, εἶπεν· μὴ εἰσέλθητε, ἀλλ' ἔξωθεν αὐτῶν διαβαίνετε· αἱ δὲ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἔξω ἦσαν, δι' ὃ εἶπεν· εἰς ὁδὸν ἐθνῶν μὴ ἀπέλθητε. Οἱ Σαμαρεῖται πόλεις κατῴκουν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, δι' ὧν ἀναγκαῖον ἦν τοὺς ἀποστόλους πορεύεσθαι. διὸ καὶ ἐκώλυεν αὐτοὺς μὴ εἰσελθεῖν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἶπεν· μὴ εἰσέλθητε· ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἐθνῶν οὐκ εἶπεν· μὴ εἰσέλθητε, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀπέλθητε. 50 Mt 10, 7 ∆ιὰ τῆς σαρκώσεως ἦν ἐγγίσασα καὶ ἀεὶ μὲν ἦν ἐγγὺς Χριστὸς ὁ θεός. 51 Mt 10, 16 Αὕτη γὰρ ἡ περιστερὰ κἂν τοὺς νεοττούς τις ἀφέλῃ, αὖθις ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου νεοττεύει. οὕτως, φησίν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπιβουλευόμενοι παρὰ τῶν ἐναντίων μὴ ἀφίστασθε· μένετε δὲ παρ' αὐτοῖς ἄχρις ἄν τινας ἐπὶ τὸ κρεῖττον τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ μεταβάλλητε. Ἐάν τις τῆς περιστερᾶς ἀφαιρῆται τοὺς νεοσσούς, ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ πάλιν νεοττεύει. διὸ καὶ ὑμεῖς, φησίν, ἐπιβουλευόμενοί τε καὶ διωκόμενοι μένετε ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ πίστει καὶ μηδ' ὅλως ἀφίστασθε. καὶ ὥσπερ ὁ ὄφις φεύγων καὶ κρύπτων ἑαυτὸν σῴζεται, οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς φεύγοντες τοὺς μέλλοντας ἀναιρεῖν ὑμᾶς ζήσεσθε. 52 Mt 10, 21-23 Τοῦτο εἶπε πρὸς τὸ μὴ δάκνεσθαι αὐτοὺς λοιδορουμένους. 53 Mt 10, 24 Ὑπὲρ τὸν ὄντως διδάσκαλον αὐτοῦ τῇ φύσει οὐκ ἔστιν μαθητής· οὐδέποτε γὰρ ὑπερβήσεται τὸ φύσει ὂν ὁ θέσει πρὸς τοῦτο ὁμοιούμενος, ἀλλὰ τέλος αὐτοῦ ἀκρότατον ἡ ὁμοίωσις. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἕνα φησὶν εἶναι τὸν καθηγητήν, ἑαυτὸν εἶναι λέγων τὸν καθηγητήν· οἱ γὰρ ἐν ἀνθρώποις διδάσκαλοι τύπος μᾶλλον ἢ ἀλήθεια, ὅτι μεταδίδωσιν ἕκαστος ὃ προλαβὼν εἴληφεν. διὸ καὶ ὑπερβαίη τις ἂν μᾶλλον οἰκειωθεὶς τῷ δεδομένῳ ἀγαθῷ. 54 Mt 10, 25 Ταύτης τῆς λοιδορίας οὐκ ἔστι μείζων, εἴγε ἄρχοντά με τῶν δαιμόνων εἶπον, ὧν οὐδὲν χεῖρον. Βεελζεβοὺλ δὲ καταπίνοντα μυίας οἱ περὶ Ἀκύλαν ἐξέδωκαν ἢ ἄρχοντα νεκρῶν ὡς ἐν ταῖς Βασιλείοις εὕρομεν. 55 Mt 10, 26 Τάχα καὶ περὶ τοῦ καιροῦ ἐκείνου λέγει, ὅτε κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ φωτίσει τὰ κρυπτὰ τοῦ σκότους καὶ φανερώσει τὰς βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν. 56 Mt 10, 28 ∆ιὰ δὲ τῆς γεέννης τὸ διηνεκὲς τῆς κολάσεως ἐδήλωσεν, γέενναν εἰπὼν ὡς ἀναμένουσαν δίκην τῶν διὰ γεννήσεως τὴν ἀπόδοσιν δεχομένων. καὶ τοῖς ὀνόμασι δὲ πολλὴν ἔδειξε τοῦ τρόπου τὴν διαφοράν, ἐνταῦθα μὲν ἀποκτεννόντων εἰπών, ἐκεῖ δὲ ἀπολλυμένων οὐδέ ἐστιν ἔτι <σωτηρία>.

57 Mt 11, 2-3 Ἕτεροι δέ φασιν· ὅτι μὴ ἀγνοῶν μηδὲ μαθεῖν βουλόμενος τοὺς

μαθητὰς ὁ Ἰωάννης ἀπέστειλεν, οἶμαι δῆλον εἶναι καὶ τῷ ποσῶς γοῦν ταῖς θείαις ἐνεσχηκότι γραφαῖς· τοῦτο γὰρ ἔργον ἦν αὐτοῦ τὸ δεῖξαι πᾶσι παρόντα τὸν Χριστόν. εὔηθες δὲ κἀκεῖνο, ὅτι μέλλων ὁ Ἰωάννης διὰ τοῦ θανάτου πρὸς τοὺς τετελευτηκότας χωρεῖν τούτους ἀπέστειλεν ἐρωτᾶν, εἰ αὐτὸς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ὁ μέλλων καὶ τοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ θανάτου κρατουμένους ἐλευθεροῦν ὥστε κἀκείνοις εὐαγγελίσασθαι· ὁ γὰρ εἰπὼν ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου σαφῶς <ᾔδει> τὸ πάθος ὑπὲρ πάντων μᾶλλον προσάγεσθαι τῷ θεῷ. ὅλως δὲ εἴπερ ἠπίστατο αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν Χριστόν, οὐδὲν ἠγνόει τῶν κατὰ τὸν <Χριστόν>· ᾔδει γὰρ ἀκριβῶς ὅσα δι' αὐτοῦ γενήσεται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις καλά, ἃ καὶ λέγοντα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις διαφόρως ἔστιν ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ῥηθέντων περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῖς εὐαγγελισταῖς. πῶς οὖν κάτοπτον τὸν Ἰωάννην, ὃς τοσαύτην εἶχε τὴν γνῶσιν περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς πολλὰ μὲν εἰπεῖν περὶ αὐτοῦ, δεῖξαι δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ παρόντα νῦν μετὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ῥημάτων ἐκείνων, ἀγνοεῖν τὰ κατὰ τὸν Χριστόν, ὑπονοεῖν <δὲ> καὶ βούλεσθαι μαθεῖν παρ' αὐτοῦ; ὃ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸ πάλιν οὐκ