it has been said similarly. 20.6.40 But these people, to whom the word is addressed, seem not to contain the word, which is not able to enter into them on account of the exceeding greatness of its own nature, which is beyond 20.6.41 them, since they were still only the seed of Abraham. But if, in addition to being the seed of Abraham, they had cultivated and advanced the seed of Abraham to greatness and increase, in the greatness and the increase 20.6.42 of the seed of Abraham the word of Jesus would have found room. And even to this day you will say that the word does not have room in those who have not progressed from being the seed of Abraham nor have come to be 20.6.43 his children. But these wish even to kill the word 20.6.44 and, as it were, to crush it, not containing its greatness. And it is always possible to observe those who do not contain the word, because they are smaller vessels, wishing to kill the unity of the greatness of the word, as if they were able to contain its members after its destruction 20.6.45 and its crushing. To whom, if the word comes to be in them in this way, as if they were destroying it, he will say, "† All "my bones have been scattered." If, then, any one of us is the seed of Abraham, and still the word of God does not have room in him, let him not seek to kill the word, but by changing from being the seed of Abraham to becoming a child of Abraham, he will be able to contain the word of God which he previously did not contain. 20.7.n What I have seen with the Father, I speak; therefore you also do what you have heard from the Father. 20.7.46 Just as we might say that certain men have been eyewitnesses of the word from the beginning, about whom Luke says, "Just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us," so we will say that the Savior is an eyewitness of the things with the Father, and in this sense it was said, "No one has known the Father except the Son," 20.7.47 those to whom the Son might reveal him no longer being eyewitnesses. And the preceding text in "What I have seen with the Father, I speak," clearly shows that the Savior happens to be an eyewitness of the things in the Father. But you might ask whether there will ever be a time when the angels themselves will see the things with the Father, no longer seeing them through a mediator and minister; when, <therefore> he who has seen the Son has seen the Father who sent him, one sees the Father in the Son; but when one sees the Father and the things with the Father as the Son sees, he will be, as it were, similarly to the Son, an eyewitness of the Father and of the things of the Father, no longer conceiving from the image the things concerning him 20.7.48 whose image it is. And I think this is the end, when the Son hands over the kingdom to God the Father, and when God becomes 20.7.49 all in all. The Savior, therefore, having seen <the things> with the Father, speaks, but the Jews who have believed in him have not seen <the things> with the Father, but have heard from the Father, that they might do what they heard; 20.7.50 therefore the Lord says to them, "Therefore you also do what you have heard "from the Father." But someone might ask when the Jews who believed in the Lord heard from the Father; and to this one person will say, having understood "what you have heard from the "Father, do" more simply, that they heard from the Father in that the Father had revealed through Moses and the prophets the things written in the Law and the Prophets that must be done; this person, using the saying against the heterodox, clearly shows that the Father of Christ is not other than the God who gave the Law and the Prophets. 20.7.51 But another, using also "Everyone who has heard from the Father and has "learned comes to me; not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is 20.7.52 "from the Father, this one has seen the Father," will say that there are certain incarnated souls who, before coming into generation, were taught by the Father and heard him, who also come to the Savior, from whom were also the Jews now being examined who had believed in him, to whom he said, "Therefore you do what you have heard from the Father"; 20.7.53 and he will say that these are they who are also called the seed of Abraham. And to this one might object, saying that "Everyone who has heard "from the Father and has learned comes to me" implies that they certainly come

εἴρηται παρα πλησίως. 20.6.40 Ἐοίκασιν δὲ οὗτοι, πρὸς οὓς ὁ λόγος, μὴ χωρεῖν τὸν λόγον, οὐ δυνάμενον εἰς αὐτοὺς δι' ὑπερβολὴν μεγέθους ἰδίου τοῦ ὑπὲρ 20.6.41 αὐτοὺς χωρεῖν, ἐπείπερ ἔτι ἦσαν σπέρμα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ μόνον. εἰ δὲ πρὸς τῷ εἶναι σπέρμα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἐγεώργησαν καὶ εἰς μέγεθος καὶ αὔξην τὸ σπέρμα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπεδεδώκει, ἐν τῷ μεγέθει καὶ τῇ αὔξῃ 20.6.42 τοῦ σπέρματος τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ κεχωρήκει ἂν ὁ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ λόγος. καὶ μέχρι γε τοῦ δεῦρο φήσεις ὅτι ὁ λόγος οὐ χωρεῖ ἐν τοῖς μὴ προκό ψασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ εἶναι σπέρμα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ μηδὲ ἐληλυθόσιν εἰς τὸ γε 20.6.43 νέσθαι αὐτοῦ τέκνα. οὗτοι δὲ καὶ ἀποκτεῖναι θέλουσιν τὸν λόγον 20.6.44 καὶ ὡσπερεὶ συντρῖψαι αὐτόν, τὸ μέγεθος μὴ χωροῦντες αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἀεί γε ἔστιν θεωρεῖν τοὺς μὴ χωροῦντας τὸν λόγον, διὰ τὸ βραχύ τερα αὐτοὺς εἶναι σκεύη, θέλοντας ἀποκτεῖναι τὴν ἑνότητα τοῦ με γέθους τοῦ λόγου, ὡς δυναμένους χωρῆσαι μετὰ τὴν ἀναίρεσιν αὐτοῦ 20.6.45 καὶ τὴν συντριβὴν αὐτοῦ μέλη αὐτοῦ. οἷς ἐὰν ἐγγένηται οὕτως ὁ λόγος ὡσπερεὶ ἀνελοῦσιν αὐτὸν φήσει τὸ «† ∆ιεσκορπίσθησαν πάντα «τὰ ὀστᾶ μου». εἴπερ οὖν τις ἡμῶν ἐστιν σπέρμα τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, καὶ ἔτι ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ χωρεῖ ἐν αὐτῷ, μὴ ζητείτω ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν λόγον, ἀλλὰ μεταβαλὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ εἶναι σπέρμα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπὶ τὸ γενέσθαι τέκνον τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, δυνήσεται χωρῆσαι ὃν τέως οὐκ ἐχώρει λόγον θεοῦ. 20.7.n Ἃ ἐγὼ ἑώρακα παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ λαλῶ· καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν ἃ ἠκούσατε παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ποιεῖτε. 20.7.46 Ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπους ἄν τινας εἴποιμεν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς αὐτόπτας γεγονέναι τοῦ λόγου, περὶ ὧν ὁ Λουκᾶς φησι· «Καθὼς παρέδοσαν «ἡμῖν οἱ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς αὐτόπται καὶ ὑπηρέται γενόμενοι τοῦ λόγου», οὕτω τὸν σωτῆρα αὐτόπτην λέξομεν εἶναι τῶν παρὰ τῷ πατρί, καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο εἰρῆσθαι τὸ «Οὐδεὶς ἔγνω τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱός», 20.7.47 οὐκέτι αὐτοπτῶν ὄντων οἷς ἂν ὁ υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψῃ. δηλοῖ δὲ τὸ αὐ τόπτην τῶν ἐν τῷ πατρὶ τυγχάνειν τὸν σωτῆρα σαφῶς ἡ προκει μένη λέξις ἐν τῷ «Ἃ ἐγὼ ἑώρακα παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ λαλῶ». ζητήσαις δ' ἂν εἰ ἔσται ποτὲ ὅτε οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοὶ ὄψονται τὰ παρὰ τῷ πατρί, οὐκέτι διὰ μεσίτου καὶ ὑπηρέτου βλέποντες αὐτά· ὅτε μὲν <οὖν> ὁ ἑωρα κὼς τὸν υἱὸν ἑώρακε τὸν πατέρα τὸν πέμψαντα αὐτόν, ἐν υἱῷ τις ὁρᾷ τὸν πατέρα· ὅτε δὲ ὡς ὁ υἱὸς ὁρᾷ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὰ παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ ὄψεταί τις, οἱονεὶ ὁμοίως τῷ υἱῷ αὐτόπτης ἔσται τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τῶν τοῦ πατρός, οὐκέτι ἀπὸ τῆς εἰκόνος ἐννοῶν τὰ περὶ τούτου 20.7.48 οὗ ἡ εἰκών ἐστιν. καὶ νομίζω γε τοῦτο εἶναι τὸ τέλος, ὅταν παρα δίδωσιν τὴν βασιλείαν ὁ υἱὸς τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί, καὶ ὅτε γίνεται ὁ 20.7.49 θεὸς τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν. ὁ μὲν οὖν σωτὴρ ἑωρακὼς <τὰ> παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ λαλεῖ, οἱ δὲ πεπιστευκότες αὐτῷ Ἰουδαῖοι οὐχ ἑωράκασιν μὲν <τὰ> παρὰ τῷ πατρί, ἤκουσαν δὲ παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, ἵνα ποιῶσιν ἃ ἤκουσαν· διόπερ φησὶν αὐτοῖς ὁ κύριος· «Καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν ἃ ἠκούσατε 20.7.50 «παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ποιεῖτε». ζητήσαι δ' ἄν τις πότε ἤκουσαν παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς οἱ πεπιστευκότες τῷ κυρίῳ Ἰουδαῖοι· καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο ὁ μέν τις φήσει, ἁπλούστερον ἀκούσας τοῦ «Ἃ ἠκούσατε παρὰ τοῦ «πατρὸς ποιεῖτε», ὅτι ἤκουσαν παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς τῷ τὸν πατέρα κεχρηματικέναι διὰ Μωσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν τὰ ἐν νόμῳ καὶ προφήταις ἀναγεγραμμένα ποιητέα· ὅστις τῷ ῥητῷ πρὸς τοὺς ἑτερο δόξους χρώμενος, σαφῶς παρίστησιν ὅτι οὐκ ἄλλος ἐστὶν τοῦ τὸν 20.7.51 νόμον καὶ τοὺς προφήτας δεδωκότος θεοῦ ὁ Χριστοῦ πατήρ. ἕτερος <δὲ> συγχρώμενος καὶ τῷ «Πᾶς ὁ ἀκούσας παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ μα «θὼν ἔρχεται πρός με· οὐχ ὅτι τὸν πατέρα ἑώρακέν τις εἰ μὴ ὁ ὢν 20.7.52 «παρὰ τῷ πατρί, οὗτος ἑώρακε τὸν πατέρα» ἐρεῖ ὅτι εἰσίν τινες τῶν ἐνσωματουμένων ψυχῶν πρὶν εἰς γένεσιν ἐλθεῖν μεμαθητευμέναι παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ ἀκούσασαι αὐτοῦ, αἵτινες καὶ ἔρχονται πρὸς τὸν σω τῆρα, ἐξ ὧν ἦσαν καὶ οἱ νῦν ἐξεταζόμενοι πεπιστευκότες αὐτῷ Ἰου δαῖοι, πρὸς οὓς ἔλεγεν· «Ὑμεῖς οὖν ἃ ἠκούσατε παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς «ποιεῖτε»· καὶ ἐρεῖ ὅτι οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ καὶ καλούμενοι σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ. 20.7.53 καὶ τούτῳ δ' ἄν τις ἀντιλέγοι φάσκων ὅτι τὸ μὲν «Πᾶς ὁ ἀκούσας «παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ μαθὼν ἔρχεται πρὸς ἐμὲ» ἐμφαίνει πάν τως ἔρχεσθαι