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And whereas you saw the feet and the toes, part of potter's clay and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; and there shall be in it of the iron root, in the way that you saw the iron mixed with the miry clay. And the toes of the feet part of iron, and part of clay, part of the kingdom shall be strong, and from it shall be broken. And whereas you saw the iron mixed with the miry clay, they shall be mingled with the seed of men, and they shall not cleave to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. When has this happened under the Romans? Do you see that kingdoms have become such? Not all from a royal family, but otherwise many also being unbelievingly (l. ἀπίστως) disposed. And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall not be destroyed for ever: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people; it will make fine and winnow all the kingdoms; and it itself shall rise up 56.209 for ever. Bring me the Jews here. What would they say about this prophecy? For it is not lawful to say these things about a human kingdom, that the kingdom will be endless, but it is likely that there is someone about whom these things have been said. But if you should say it was spoken about the Father, then hear what it says: In the days of those kings, that is, of the Romans. But otherwise if they should say, And how did he crush the gold, the kingdom of the Babylonians which was established long ago? and how the silver, that of the Persians? and how the bronze, that of the Macedonians? for these things happened long ago, and came to an end. But do not be amazed, beloved. For if Paul did not dare to speak openly, but, 'Until he who restrains,' he says, 'is taken out of the way'; much more so the prophet. For what benefit, tell me, came from speaking openly? But if they should say, How did he crush the bronze, the iron? will this be a common question? for even concerning themselves it will likewise be questioned, how does he overthrow kingdoms that have already been extinguished? But the overthrowing of other kingdoms, in which such things are present, he reasonably brings about. But otherwise he was working this secretly, being God even before this, and not appearing then, so that you might reasonably doubt. But if anyone should wish to take the prophecy in the present time also, he would not be wrong. For even now he has crushed the kingdoms, the pride of the Macedonians, their authority. For when you see martyrs, doing this in order that his command might be fulfilled, and much more enduring death, you will see his kingdom, and how he has filled the earth. You have seen prophecies. If the things concerning them did not come to pass, then do not believe in the consummation either. Then he adds: Forasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the clay, the iron, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, God has made known to the king what must come to pass hereafter. And the dream is true, and its interpretation sure. See how what was said is confirmed, from the manifest things the unmanifest, practically saying, since I have told the dream, believe (l. πίστευε) the interpretation. What then of the king? Then, it says, King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his (l. αὐτοῦ) face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors to him. Immediately he was thus believed. And he rightly said to offer an oblation and sweet odors to him. You have seen a very great wonder. You have seen how it is a custom for the Greeks to make gods out of men. So that when they say, Whence is idolatry? learn its origin. Thus also they made the apostles gods out of men. Thus also the devil was eager from the beginning to introduce impiety, saying: You shall be as gods. And since he did not prevail then, he tries later, striving everywhere to introduce polytheism. And the 56.210 king answered and said to Daniel: Of a truth I know that your God, he is the living God, and the Lord of kings. From this alone he believed so immediately, but the Jews, hearing countless such things, did not pay attention. Do you see how he shows you the good sense of the Gentiles? For since the time had finally come, in which it was necessary for the preaching to [go] to them

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Καὶ ὅτι εἶδες τοὺς πόδας, καὶ τοὺς δακτύλους, μέρος μέν τι ὀστράκινον, μέρος δέ τι σιδηροῦν, βασιλεία διῃρημένη ἔσται, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ῥίζης τῆς σιδηρᾶς ἔσται ἐν αὐτῇ, ὃν τρόπον εἶδες τὸν σί δηρον ἀναμεμιγμένον τῷ ὀστράκῳ τῷ πηλίνῳ. Καὶ οἱ δάκτυλοι τῶν ποδῶν μέρος μέν τι σιδη ροῦν, μέρος δέ τι ὀστράκινον, μέρος τῆς βασι λείας ἔσται ἰσχυρὸν, καὶ ἀπ' αὐτῆς ἔσται συν τριβόμενον. Καὶ ὅτι εἶδες τὸν σίδηρον ἀναμεμιγμέ νον τῷ ὀστράκῳ τῷ πηλίνῳ, συμμιγεῖς ἔσονται ἐν σπέρματι τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσονται προσ κολλώμενοι, καθὼς ὁ σίδηρος οὐκ ἀναμίγνυται μετὰ τοῦ ὀστράκου. Πότε τοῦτο ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίων γέ γονεν; Ὁρᾷς καὶ βασιλείας γενομένας τοιαύτας; Οὐχὶ ἀπὸ βασιλικοῦ γένους ἅπαντας, ἄλλως δὲ καὶ ἀπίστους (l. ἀπίστως) πολλοὺς διακειμένους. Καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν βασιλέων ἐκείνων ἀναστήσει ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ βασιλείαν, ἥτις εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας οὐ διαφθαρήσεται· καὶ ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ λαῷ ἑτέρῳ οὐχ ὑπολειφθήσεται· λεπτυνεῖ καὶ λικμή σει πάσας τὰς βασιλείας· καὶ αὐτὴ ἀναστήσεται 56.209 εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἄγε μοι τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἐνταῦθα. Τί ἂν εἴποιεν περὶ τῆς προφητείας ταύτης; Οὐ γὰρ δή που περὶ ἀνθρωπίνης ταῦτα θέμις εἰπεῖν, ὅτι ἄπειρος ἔσται ἡ βασιλεία, ἀλλ' εἰκὸς εἶναί τινα, περὶ οὗ ταῦτα λέλεκται. Εἰ δὲ λέγοις, περὶ τοῦ Πατρὸς εἰρῆσθαι, ἀλλ' ἄκουε τί φησι· Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν βασιλέων ἐκείνων, τῶν Ῥωμαίων δηλονότι. Ἄλλως δὲ εἰ λέγοιεν, Καὶ πῶς τὸν χρυσὸν συνέτριψε, τὴν Βαβυλωνίων βασιλείαν πάλαι κατασκευασθεῖσαν; πῶς δὲ τὸν ἄργυρον, τὴν Περσῶν; πῶς δὲ τὸν χαλκὸν, τὴν Μακεδόνων; ταῦτα γὰρ πάλαι ἐγένετο, καὶ τέλος ἔλαβεν. Ἀλλὰ μὴ θαυμάσῃς, ἀγαπητέ. Εἰ γὰρ ὁ Παῦλος οὐκ ἐτόλμησε φανερῶς εἰπεῖν, ἀλλ', Ἕως οὗ ὁ κατ έχων, φησὶ, ἐκ μέσου γένηται· πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὁ προφήτης. Τί γὰρ ὄφελος, εἰπέ μοι, ἀπὸ τοῦ φανερῶς εἰπεῖν ἐγίνετο; Εἰ δὲ λέγοιεν, Πῶς συνέτριψε τὸν χαλκὸν, τὸν σίδηρον; τοῦτο κοινὸν ἔσται τὸ ζήτημα; καὶ γὰρ ἐπ' αὐτῶν ὁμοίως διαπορήσεται, πῶς τὰς ἤδη σβεσθείσας βασιλείας καθαιρεῖ; Ἀλλὰ τὸ καθαι ρεῖν ἑτέρας, ἐν αἷς αἱ τοιαῦταί εἰσιν, εἰκότως ἐμποιεῖ. Ἄλλως δὲ λανθανόντως τοῦτο εἰργάζετο, καὶ πρὸ τούτου Θεὸς ὢν, καὶ οὐ τότε φανεὶς, ὥστε εἰκότως ἀμφισβητοῖτε. Εἰ δὲ βούλοιτό τις καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι καιρῷ λαμβάνειν τὴν προφητείαν, οὐκ ἂν ἁμαρτήσε ται. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ νῦν συνέτριψε τὰς βασιλείας, τὸν τῦφον Μακεδόνων τὸ κῦρος. Ὅταν γὰρ ἴδῃς μάρτυρας, ἵνα τὸ πρόσταγμα ἐκείνου πληρωθῇ, τοῦτο ποιοῦντας, καὶ πολλῷ μᾶλλον τὸν θάνατον ὑπομένον τας, ὄψει αὐτοῦ τὴν βασιλείαν, καὶ πῶς τὴν γῆν ἐν έπλησεν. Εἶδες προφητείας. Εἰ μὴ ἐξέβη τὰ ἐπ' ἐκεί νων, μηδὲ τῇ συντελείᾳ πίστευε. Εἶτα ἐπάγει· Ὃν τρόπον εἶδες, ὅτι ἀπὸ ὄρους ἐτμήθη λίθος ἄνευ χειρῶν, καὶ ἐλέπτυνε τὸ ὄστρακον, τὸν σίδηρον, τὸν χαλκὸν, τὸν ἄργυρον, τὸν χρυσὸν, ὁ Θεὸς ἐγνώρισε τῷ βασιλεῖ ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα. Καὶ ἀληθινὸν τὸ ἐνύπνιον, καὶ πιστὴ ἡ σύγκρισις αὐτοῦ. Ὅρα πῶς πιστοῦται τὰ λεχθέντα, ἀπὸ τῶν φανερῶν τὰ ἀφανῆ, τὸ μονονουχὶ λέγων, εἰπὼν τὸ ἐνύπνιον, ἐπίστευσε (l. πίστευε) τῇ συγκρίσει. Τί οὖν ὁ βασιλεύς; Τότε, φησὶν, ὁ βασιλεὺς Ναβουχοδονό σορ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν σου (l. αὐτοῦ), καὶ τῷ ∆ανιὴλ προσεκύνησεν, καὶ μάννα καὶ εὐωδίαν εἶπεν σπεῖσαι αὐτῷ. Εὐθέως οὕτως ἐπιστεύθη. Καὶ εἰκότως εἶπε, μάννα καὶ εὐωδίαν σπεῖσαι αὐτῷ. Εἶδες θαῦμα μέγιστον. Εἶδες πῶς ἔθος τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων θεοὺς ποιεῖν. Ὥστε ὅταν λέγωσι, Πόθεν ἡ εἰδωλολατρεία; μάνθανε τὴν ἀρχήν. Οὕτω καὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἐποίουν θεούς. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ διάβολος ἐφιλονείκησε παρὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν ἀσέβειαν εἰσαγαγεῖν, λέγων· Ἔσεσθε ὡς θεοί. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ τότε οὐκ ἴσχυσεν, ὕστερον ἐπιχειρεῖ, πανταχοῦ φιλο νεικῶν τὴν πολυθεΐαν εἰσαγαγεῖν. Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ 56.210 βασιλεὺς εἶπεν τῷ ∆ανιήλ· Ἐπ' ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν αὐτός ἐστι Θεὸς ζῶν, καὶ Κύριος τῶν βασιλέων. Ἀπὸ τούτου μόνου οὕτως εὐθέως ἐπίστευσεν, οἱ δὲ Ἰουδαῖοι μυρία τοιαῦτα ἀκούοντες οὐ προσεῖχον. Ὁρᾷς πῶς σοι δείκνυσι τῶν ἐθνῶν εὐγνωμοσύνην; Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁ καιρὸς παρεγένετο λοιπὸν, καθ' ὃν ἔδει τὸ κήρυγμα εἰς ἐκείνους