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to the Jews, whom also Moses the prophet foretold, about whom God testified beforehand saying, And the man who will not listen to all that the prophet will speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him. Indeed, the blood of all, from Abel to Zechariah who was murdered between the temple and the altar, has been avenged on the generation that rose up against the Savior, and especially of those who dared to release against him the cry for the cross, for the cross for him, Away with such a one from the earth; His blood be upon us and upon our children; which also happened immediately, God having avenged the blood of Christ on those very people and on their children, as he had said beforehand, and at the same time justice having come upon them, so that from that time until now the whole nation has not been able to lift its head at all, another prophecy of Amos also having been fulfilled which says, The house of Israel has fallen, it will no more rise again; which the apostle, foreseeing in the spirit, also proclaimed, saying, But wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. Ps. Of the Ode. 10. Rejoice, O heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; rejoice, O nations, with his people, and let all the sons of God be strong in him. And to whom else would the divine Spirit command his angels to worship than to Christ, at whose coming the nations clearly rejoiced with his people, the 52 choir of the righteous patriarchs and prophets; concerning which nations, again in the same ode, addressing another people, God says, They have made me jealous with what is no god, they have provoked me to anger with their idols; and I will make them jealous with those who are not a nation, with a foolish nation I will provoke them to anger. And it is quite clear that after their rejection God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise among them; and God chose the weak things of the world, and the base things, and the things which are despised, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that formerly were among them; because indeed, formerly from the time of his Moses they worshipped idols, and provoked God to anger and jealousy, and when his Christ came, they did not receive him; but the nations, having come to know through him the Father and God of all, according to the prophecy at hand, will rejoice with his holy people; and all the sons of God strengthened Christ, both those who prophesied about him before, and as many as after his coming received the spirit of adoption and proclaimed him to the whole world. So much then from the Pentateuch; let us proceed also to the following scriptures. Ps. From the writing of Joshua. 17. And it happened when Joshua was in Jericho, that he looked up and saw a man standing opposite him, with a drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said, Are you for us, or for our adversaries? And he said to him, I am the commander of the army of the Lord; now I have come. 53 And Joshua fell on his face to the ground, and said to him, Master, what do you command your servant? And the commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, Take off your sandal from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. And who else could be the commander of the army of the Lord, than the Christ of God, the ruler of all the holy and spiritual army of God? See then if it is not also the same one who spoke to Moses through the angel on the mountain, who is revealed by the words to Joshua; for what was said now to this man, was also said similarly to Moses by the Lord through the angel when he was beginning to see the vision, according to the command, "take off the sandal from your feet," and what follows. For the Christ of God, being one of many names, is now called commander of the army of the Lord; as also in Isaiah, Angel of great counsel; in the passage, and they will wish they had been burned with fire; For a child is born to us, a son is also given to us, whose government is on his shoulder, and his name is called, Angel of great counsel. And you would find him also in Malachi named angel of the covenant,

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Ἰουδαίοις, ὃν καὶ Μωσῆς προεθέσπισε προφήτης, περὶ οὗ προδιεμαρτύρατο ὁ Θεὸς λέγων, καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πάντα ὅσα ἐὰν λαλήσῃ ὁ προφήτης ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐκδικήσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ. Ἐκδεδίκηται γ' οὖν τὸ αἷμα πάντων τῶν ἀπὸ Ἄβελ μέχρι Ζαχαρίου τοῦ φονευθέντος μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς τῆς κατὰ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἐπισυστάσης, καὶ μάλιστα τῶν τολμησάντων ἀφεῖναι κατ' αὐτοῦ τὴν σταύρου σταύρου αὐτὸν φωνὴν, αἶρε ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς τὸν τοιοῦτον· τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐφ' ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν· ὅπερ καὶ παραυτίκα γέγονε, τοῦ Θεοῦ καθὼς προεῖπεν ἐκδικήσαντος τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔκ τε αὐτῶν ἐκείνων καὶ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῶν, ἅμα τε μετελθούσης αὐτοὺς τῆς δίκης, ὡς ἐξ ἐκείνου εἰς δεῦρο μὴ δ' ὅλως ἆραι κεφαλὴν τὸ πᾶν ἔθνος δυνηθῆναι, πληρωθείσης καὶ ἑτέρας προφητείας Ἀμῶς φασκούσης, Οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ πέπτωκεν, οὐκέτι προσθήσει τοῦ ἀναστῆναι· ἅπερ καὶ ὁ ἀπόστολος τῷ πνεύματι προϊδὼν, ἀνεφώνησεν εἰπὼν, Ἔφθασεν δὲ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς ἡ ὀργὴ εἰς τέλος. Ψ. Τῆς Ὠδῆς. Ιʹ. Εὐφράνθητε οὐρανοὶ, ἅμα αὐτῷ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες ἄγγελοι Θεοῦ· εὐφράνθητε ἔθνη μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνισχυσάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες υἱοὶ Θεοῦ. Καὶ τίνι ἄλλῳ προσκυνήσειν τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ προστάττοι ἂν τὸ θεῖον Πνεῦμα ἢ τῷ Χριστῷ, οὗ σαφῶς ἐπὶ τῇ παρουσίᾳ ηὐφράνθη μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ τῶν δικαίων πατριαρχῶν καὶ προφητῶν 52 χοροῦ· περὶ ὧν ἐθνῶν αὖθις ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ὠδῆς ὡς πρὸς ἕτερον λαὸν ἀποτεινόμενος ὁ Θεὸς φησὶν, Αὐτοὶ παρεζήλωσάν με ἐπ' οὐ θεῷ, παρώργησάν με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν· κἀγὼ παραζηλώσω αὐτοὺς οὐκ ἐπ' ἔθνει, ἐπ' ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ αὐτούς. Καὶ πρόδηλόν γε ὅτι μετὰ τὴν ἐκείνων ἀποβολὴν τὰ μωρὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεὸς, ἵνα καταισχύνῃ τοὺς παρ' ἐκείνοις σοφούς· καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο, καὶ τὰ ἀγενῆ, καὶ τὰ ἐξουθενημένα, καὶ τὰ μὴ ὄντα, ἵνα τὰ πρότερον παρ' ἐκείνοις ὄντα καταργήσῃ· ὅτι δὴ πρότερον ἐκ τῶν αὐτοῦ Μωσέως χρόνων εἰδώλοις λατρεύοντες, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν παροργίζοντες καὶ παραζηλοῦντες, ἐλθόντα αὐτοῦ τὸν Χριστὸν οὐκ ἐδέξαντο· ἀλλὰ τὰ ἔθνη γε δι' αὐτοῦ τὸν Πατέρα καὶ Θεὸν τῶν ὅλων ἐπιγνόντα κατὰ τὴν ἐν χερσὶ προφητείαν εὐφρανθήσεται μετὰ τοῦ τῶν ἁγίων λαοῦ αὐτοῦ· τὸν Χριστὸν δὲ καὶ ἐνίσχυσαν πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, οἵ τε πρότερον τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ προφητεύσαντες, καὶ ὅσοι μετὰ τὴν παρουσίαν αὐτοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς υἱοθεσίας χωρήσαντες, ἐπὶ πᾶσαν αὐτὸν ἐκήρυξαν τὴν οἰκουμένην. Τὰ μὲν δὴ ἀπὸ τῆς Πεντατεύχου τοσαῦτα· μετίωμεν δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς ἑξῆς γραφάς. Ψ. Ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Ἰησοῦ γραφῆς. ΙΖʹ. Καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς ἦν Ἰησοῦς ἐν Ἱεριχὼ, καὶ ἀναβλέψας ὁρᾷ ἄνθρωπον ἑστηκότα κατέναντι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ ῥομφαῖα ἐσπασμένη ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ. Καὶ προσελθὼν Ἰησοῦς, εἶπεν, Ἡμέτερος εἶ, ἢ τῶν ὑπεναντίων; Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἐγὼ ἀρχιστράτηγος δυνάμεως Κυρίου νυνὶ παραγέγονα. 53 Καὶ Ἰησοῦς ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ∆έσποτα, τί προστάσσεις τῷ σῷ οἰκέτῃ; Καὶ λέγει ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἰησοῦν, Λύσαι τὸ ὑπόδημα ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν σου, ὁ γὰρ τόπος, ἐν ᾧ σὺ ἔστηκας, τόπος ἅγιός ἐστιν. Καὶ τίς ἂν ἄλλος εἴη ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγος δυνάμεως Κυρίου, ἢ ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ πάσης ἄρχων ἁγίας καὶ πνευματικῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ στρατιᾶς; Ὅρα δὲ μὴ εἰ καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς ὁ καὶ τῷ Μωσεῖ διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου χρηματίσας ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἀπὸ τῶν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν λόγων ὑποφαίνεται· ἅπερ γὰρ τούτῳ νῦν, ταῦτα καὶ Μωσεῖ ὁμοίως ἀρχομένῳ τῆς θεωρίας πρὸς τοῦ Κυρίου διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου εἴρηται κατὰ τὸ, λύσαι τὸ ὑπόδημα ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν σου, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Πολυώνυμος δέ τις ὑπάρχων ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, νῦν ἀρχιστράτηγος δυνάμεως Κυρίου χρηματίζει· ὡς καὶ ἐν Ἡσαίᾳ, Μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος· ἐν τῷ, καὶ θελήσουσιν εἰ ἐγένοντο πυρίκαυστοι· Ὅτι παιδίον ἐγεννήθη ἡμῖν, υἱὸς καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ, καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος. Εὕροις δ' ἂν καὶ ἐν τῷ Μαλαχίᾳ ἄγγελον διαθήκης αὐτὸν ὀνομαζόμενον,