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world. 401 {3Jο 12, 5}3Judas finds fault, because she brought myrrh and not silver, being ignorant of what is truly good; for the offering to God ought to be more honored than the poor. 402 {3Jο 12, 6}3The Lord tolerated him stealing, so that he might not say, "Because of a love for money and poverty I committed the betrayal." Judas was a temple-robber, stealing the money dedicated to God. 403 {3Jο 12, 7}3To reprove the senseless Judas, he mentioned the burial. What he says is this: wait a little and I will depart. He defends the woman, so that he might not seem to prefer

himself over the poor. 404 {3Jο 12, 7-8}3By saying "let her alone," he refutes the hypocrisy of Judas who was finding fault with things worthy of praise. Since the expense of the myrrh was not for luxury, but for a mystical need, he defends Mary, even if she was ignorant of the economy of the mystery. Through what he said about the burial, he puts Judas to shame,

because for shameful gain he was about to betray the teacher. 405 {3Jο 12, 7-8}3When there is a need for spiritual liturgy or hymnody, one must not leave these things and go away to do good works, but after these liturgies. 406 {3Jο 12, 10}3It was practically an accusation

they made against the man, that he had been healed. 407 {3Jο 12, 12-13}3As to one who had conquered death, they met him with palm branches; for the prophecy of David through

this is fulfilled. 408 {3Jο 12, 14-15}3A type of the donkey are the gentiles, whom the Lord, though they were unclean, has made subject. And a type of the colt is the gentiles, whom the Lord, having seated himself, leads up to the "Jerusalem above," of which the earthly is a type. And he calls them a colt, since they were untrained in the faith according to piety. 409 {3Jο 12, 16}3For this reason they did not know, so that they might not be scandalized, if indeed being a king he was about to suffer such things, and because they could not immediately comprehend the knowledge of the kingdom. 410 {3Jο 12, }3And not using the law, they went up to worship in the law as in a holy

place on account of the miracles that happened among the Jews. 411 {3Jο 12, -21}3It is time, therefore, for the disciples to go to the Gentiles, even if at the beginning they did not do this, so that the Jews might not be scandalized. 412 {3Jο 12, 24}3He calls the resurrection glory, after which as son of God he was glorified. 413 {3Jο 12, 24}3Do not be troubled, if I should die; for then the preaching will increase all the more and those from the nations will believe. And do not disbelieve; for this also happens with wheat. When I suffer and die, I rise with greater glory; for all are about to believe in me as God. 414 {3Jο 12, 25}3He who has despised life in this world acquires the incorruptible one in the world to come.That one is he who loves his own soul and destroys it, who fulfills its unseemly desires, but he who hates and saves it is he who does not obey it when it commands unseemly things. 415 {3Jο 12, 28}3Through the resurrection from the dead. And he calls the cross glory, through which men came to know the Father's name. 416 {3Jο 12, 28}3The Son was always glorious in his wonders, having the Father as a co-worker, and again he glorifies through the sign at his death; for as a man he was raised through the Father, even if as God by nature the Son raised himself. 417 {3Jο 12, 28}3How the voice was fashioned, it is not for us to say; for the Father did not speak having a body, as some heretics have attempted to say. 418 {3Jο 12, 29}3To the crowd the voice was indistinct, but perhaps because it was made known to the disciples through Christ, the Jews should have understood that it was the Father who spoke in reply in a manner he knows; for Jesus did not ask for thunder to occur. 419 {3Jο 12, 31}3Through faith or unbelief, some being reconciled to God, and others being established as enemies, all humanity is judged through me, saying to the devil as if in a court of law: Granted, he says, you murdered other men as sinners, why also

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κόσμον. 401 {3Jο 12, 5}3Μέμφεται Ἰούδας, ὅτι μύρον προσήνεγκε καὶ οὐκ ἀργύριον ἀγνοῶν τὸ ὄντως καλόν· δεῖ γὰρ τὴν εἰς τὸν θεὸν δωροφορίαν προτιμοτέραν εἶναι τῶν πτωχῶν. 402 {3Jο 12, 6}3Ἠνείχετο αὐτοῦ ὁ κύριος κλέπτοντος, ἵνα μὴ εἴπῃ, ὅτι διὰ χρημάτων ἔρωτα καὶ ἔνδειαν ἐποιησάμην τὴν προδοσίαν. ἱερόσυλος ἦν ὁ Ἰούδας τὰ τῷ θεῷ ἀνατεθειμένα χρήματα κλέπτων. 403 {3Jο 12, 7}3Πρὸς ἔλεγχον τοῦ ἀναισθήτου Ἰούδα ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ἐνταφιασμοῦ. ὃ δὲ λέγει, τοῦτό ἐστιν· ἀνάμεινον μικρὸν καὶ ἀπελεύσομαι. τῆς γυναικὸς ὑπεραπολο γεῖται, ἵνα μὴ δόξῃ προτιμᾶν

ἑαυτὸν τῶν πτωχῶν. 404 {3Jο 12, 7-8}3Εἰπὼν ἄφες τὴν τοῦ Ἰούδα ὑπόκρισιν ἐλέγχει τὰ ἄξια ἐπαίνου μεμφο μένου. ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἡ τοῦ μύρου δαπάνη οὐ διὰ τρυφὴν ἐγένετο, ἀλλὰ διὰ χρείαν μυστικήν, ἀπολογεῖται ὑπὲρ τῆς Μαρίας, εἰ καὶ ἠγνόει τοῦ μυστηρίου τὴν οἰκονομίαν. δι' ὧν δὲ εἶπεν ἐνταφιασμόν, καταισχύνει τὸν Ἰούδαν,

ὅτι δι' αἰσχρο κερδίαν ἔμελλε προδοῦναι τὸν διδάσκαλον. 405 {3Jο 12, 7-8}3Ὅτε χρεία ἐστὶ πνευματικῆς λειτουργίας ἢ ὑμνῳδίας, οὐ δεῖ ταύτας ἐᾶν καὶ ἀπιέναι περὶ εὐποιΐας, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τὰς λειτουργίας ταύτας. 406 {3Jο 12, 10}3Μονονουχὶ ἔγκλημα

ἐποιοῦντο κατὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι καλῶς ἔπαθεν. 407 {3Jο 12, 12-13}3Ὡς νενικηκότι τὸν θάνατον ὑπήντησαν αὐτῷ μετὰ βαΐων· ἡ γὰρ ∆αβὶδ προφητεία διὰ

τούτου πληροῦται. 408 {3Jο 12, 14-15}3Τύπος ἐστὶ τοῦ ὄνου τὰ ἔθνη, οὓς ὁ κύριος ὄντας ἀκαθάρτους πεποίηκεν ὑποχειρίους. τύπος δέ ἐστιν ὁ πῶλος τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὃν ὁ κύριος καθίσας ἀνάγει εἰς τὴν «ἄνω Ἰερουσαλήμ», ἧς τύπος ἡ ἐπίγειος. πῶλον δὲ αὐτοὺς καλεῖ, ἐπειδὴ ἀγύμναστοι ἦσαν τῆς κατ' εὐσέβειαν πίστεως. 409 {3Jο 12, 16}3∆ιὰ τοῦτο ἠγνόουν, ἵνα μὴ σκανδαλισθῶσιν, εἴ γε βασιλεὺς ὢν τοιαῦτα μέλλει πάσχειν, καὶ ὅτι οὐκ ἐδύναντο εὐθὺς χωρῆσαι τὴν γνῶσιν τῆς βασιλείας. 410 {3Jο 12, }3Καὶ μὴ χρώμενοι τῷ νόμῳ ἀνῄεσαν προσκυνήσοντες εἰς τὸν νόμον ὡς εἰς σεπτὸν

τόπον διὰ τὰ γενόμενα θαύματα περὶ Ἰουδαίους. 411 {3Jο 12, -21}3Καιρὸς τοίνυν τοῦ μεταβῆναι τοὺς μαθητὰς εἰς τὰ ἔθνη, εἰ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν οὐκ ἐποίησαν τοῦτο, ἵνα μὴ σκανδαλισθῶσιν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι. 412 {3Jο 12, 24}3∆όξαν καλεῖ τὴν ἀνάστασιν, μεθ' ἣν ὡς υἱὸς θεοῦ ἐδοξάσθη. 413 {3Jο 12, 24}3Μὴ θορυβεῖσθε, ἐὰν ἀποθάνω· τότε γὰρ μᾶλλον αὔξει τὸ κήρυγμα καὶ οἱ ἐξ ἐθνῶν πιστεύουσιν. καὶ μὴ ἀπιστεῖτε· καὶ γὰρ ἐν τῷ σίτῳ τοῦτο γίνεται. ὅταν παθὼν ἀποθάνω, ἀνίσταμαι μετὰ πλείονος δόξης· μέλλουσι γὰρ πάντες πιστεύειν εἰς ἐμὲ ὡς θεόν. 414 {3Jο 12, 25}3Ὁ τῆς ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ καταφρονήσας ζωῆς τὴν ἄφθαρτον κτᾶται ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι.ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ὁ φιλῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτὴν ὁ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῆς ποιῶν τὰς ἀτόπους, ὁ δὲ μισῶν καὶ σῴζων αὐτὴν ὁ μὴ πειθόμενος αὐτῇ ἐπιταττούσῃ τὰ ἄτοπα. 415 {3Jο 12, 28}3∆ιὰ τῆς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστάσεως. δόξαν δὲ καλεῖ τὸν σταυρόν, δι' οὗ οἱ ἄν θρωποι ἔγνωσαν τὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ὄνομα. 416 {3Jο 12, 28}3Περίβλεπτος μὲν ἦν ἀεὶ ὁ υἱὸς ἐν τοῖς παραδόξοις συνεργὸν ἔχων τὸν πατέρα καὶ εἰσαῦθις δὲ δοξάζει διὰ τοῦ ἐπὶ τῷ θανάτῳ σημείου· ὡς γὰρ ἄνθρωπος διὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἠγέρθη, εἰ καὶ ὡς φύσει θεὸς ὁ υἱὸς ἑαυτὸν ἤγειρεν. 417 {3Jο 12, 28}3Πῶς ἡ φωνὴ διεσκευάσθη, οὐχ ἡμῶν ἐστιν εἰπεῖν· οὐ γὰρ σῶμα ἔχων ὁ πατὴρ ἐλάλησεν, ὥς τινες ἐπεχείρησαν εἰπεῖν αἱρετικοί. 418 {3Jο 12, 29}3Τῷ μὲν πλήθει ἄσημος ἡ φωνή, ἴσως δὲ ὅτι τοῖς μαθηταῖς διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγνωρίσθη, ἔδει νοῆσαι τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ἦν ὁ ἀντιφθεγξάμενος καθ' ὃν οἶδε τρόπον· οὐ γὰρ βροντὴν ᾔτησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς γενέσθαι. 419 {3Jο 12, 31}3∆ιὰ πίστεως ἢ ἀπιστίας τῶν μὲν οἰκειουμένων θεῷ, τῶν δὲ ἐχθρῶν καθισταμένων κρίνεται δι' ἐμοῦ πᾶσα ἀνθρωπότης, τῷ διαβόλῳ ὡς ἐπὶ δι καστηρίου λέγουσα· ἔστω φησὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους ὡς ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἐφό νευσας, ἵνα τί καὶ