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we were paying, and the cross was also subject to a curse, but the Lord bore this, therefore He bore our sins and thus the prophecy received its fulfillment. For "the chastisement" according to Theodotion and Symmachus was "upon His shoulder." The prophetic word also teaches us His divinely-fitting appellations: And His name is called Angel-of-great-counsel. For He announced to us the Father's counsel according to His own voice: "All things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you." A wonder, a counselor, you are wonderful. For we have found it written thus in some copies. Thus also speaking with Jacob He named Himself: "Why do you ask my name? And it is wonderful." He is called Counselor as a partaker of the Father's counsel, as knowing all things that the Father knows. Then the greater of the names: Mighty God. But those around Aquila, having done mischief, interpreted this as "strong, powerful"; but in the Hebrew it is "elgibbor," and "el" is "god" even according to their interpretation; for they interpreted "Emmanuel," which is written "God with us," thus. Ruler. Instead of: not being under the authority of another but Himself being Lord of all. This also refutes the abomination of Arius; for it shows Him to be of equal honor and not a servant of the Father. Prince of peace. "For He is," according to the apostle, "our peace, who has made both one and has broken down the middle wall of the fence." Father of the age to come. For just as Adam is named the father of the present age, so He is of the future one. For "If anyone," he says, "is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new." For I will bring peace upon the rulers, peace and health to Him. 6Great is His government, and of His peace there is no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from this time forth and for ever. To David God promised to set upon his throne from the fruit of his loins, but to this one He proclaims an eternal kingdom: "For His throne," he says, "is as the sun before me, and as the moon established for ever." He mentioned this promise in the present context, having shown us the child born of David according to the flesh. Thus also in the seventy-first Psalm he says: "O God, give your judgment to the king and your righteousness to the king's son, to judge your people with righteousness and your poor with judgment." And here he says: From this time forth and for ever, but there again: "He shall endure with the sun, and before the moon, for all generations." He also says His government is most great and His peace is without limit. And thus also in the Psalm: "In his days shall righteousness flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon be taken away." Then he added: The zeal of the Lord of Sabaoth will perform this. For having zealously hated the dominion of the demons and pitied the race of men, He worked out this economy; "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." Let us therefore keep undefiled the faith which we have received, that we may enjoy eternal life by the grace |113 a| of Christ who has saved us, with whom to the Father is due glory with the all-holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

4 TOME IV 7 The Lord sent death upon Jacob, and it came upon Israel. Narrating

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ἐτελοῦμεν ἡμεῖς, κατάρᾳ δὲ καὶ ὁ σταυρὸς ὑπεβέβλητο, τοῦτον δὲ ὁ δεσπότης ἐβάσταξε, ἄρα τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν ἐβάσταξε καὶ οὕτως τὸ τέλος ἡ προφητεία ἐδέξατο. Ἐγενήθη γὰρ «ἡ παιδεία» κατὰ τὸν Θεοδοτίωνα καὶ τὸν Σύμμαχον «ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ». ∆ιδάσκει δὲ ἡμᾶς καὶ τὰς θεοπρεπεῖς αὐτοῦ προσηγορίας ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος· Καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Τῆς-με γάλης-βουλῆς-ἄγγελος. Τὴν πατρικὴν γὰρ ἡμῖν ἀνήγγειλε βουλὴν κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ φωνήν· «Πάντα ὅσα ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός μου δεδήλωκα ὑμῖν.» Θαῦμα σύμβουλος, σὺ θαυμαστός. Οὕτω γὰρ κείμενον ἐν ἐνίοις εὕρομεν ἀντι γράφοις. Οὕτω δὲ καὶ τῷ Ἰακὼβ διαλεγόμενος ἑαυτὸν ὠνόμασεν· «Τί τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷς τὸ ὄνομά μου; καὶ αὐτό ἐστι θαυμαστόν.» Σύμβουλος δὲ καλεῖται ὡς τῆς πατρικῆς βουλῆς κοινωνός, ὡς πάντα εἰδὼς ὅσα ὁ πατήρ. Εἶτα τῶν ὀνομάτων τὸ μεῖζον· Θεὸς ἰσχυρός. Τοῦτο δὲ κακουργήσαντες οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀκύλαν «ἰσχυρὸς δυνατὸς» ἡρμήνευσαν· κεῖται δὲ παρὰ τῷ Ἑβραίῳ «ἠλγιβώρ», τὸ δὲ ἢλ «θεὸς» καὶ κατὰ τὴν τούτων ἑρμηνείαν· τὸ γὰρ «μεθ' ἡμῶν ὁ θεὸς» Ἐμμανουὴλ κείμενον οὕτως ἡρμήνευ σαν. Ἐξουσιαστής. Ἀντὶ τοῦ· οὐχ ὑπ' ἐξουσίαν ἄλλου τελῶν ἀλλ' αὐτὸς πάντων δεσπόζων. Τοῦτο καὶ τὴν Ἀρείου βδελυρίαν ἐλέγχει· δείκνυσι γὰρ αὐτὸν ὁμότιμον ἀλλ' οὐχ ὑπουργὸν τοῦ πατρός. Ἄρχων εἰρήνης. «Αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστι» κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον «ἡ εἰρήνη ἡμῶν, ὁ ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἓν καὶ τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ λύσας.» Πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. Ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ Ἀδὰμ τοῦ παρόντος αἰῶνος πατὴρ ὀνομάζεται, οὕτως αὐτὸς τοῦ μέλλοντος. «Εἴ τις» γὰρ «ἐν Χριστῷ» φησι, «καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, ἰδοὺ γέγονε καινὰ τὰ πάντα.» Ἄξω γὰρ εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας, εἰρήνην καὶ ὑγείαν αὐτῷ. 6Μεγάλη ἡ ἀρχὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅριον ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον ∆αυὶδ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ κατορθῶσαι αὐτὴν καὶ ἀντιλαβέσθαι αὐτῆς ἐν κρίματι καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Τῷ ∆αυὶδ ὑπέσχετο ὁ Θεὸς ἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ θήσειν ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, τούτῳ δὲ ἐπαγγέλλεται βασιλείαν αἰώνιον· «Ὁ γὰρ θρόνος αὐτοῦ» φησιν «ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐναντίον μου καὶ ὡς ἡ σελήνη κατηρτισμένη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.» Ταύτης τῆς ὑποσχέσεως ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος ἐμνημόνευσεν ὑποδείξας ἡμῖν τὸ παιδίον ἐκ τοῦ ∆αυὶδ κατὰ σάρκα γεγενη μένον. Οὕτω καὶ ἐν τῷ ἑβδομηκοστῷ πρώτῳ λέγει Ψαλμῷ· «Ὁ θεός, τὸ κρίμα σου τῷ βασιλεῖ δὸς καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ βασιλέως, κρίνειν τὸν λαόν σου ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ τοὺς πτωχούς σου ἐν κρίσει.» Καὶ ἐνταῦθα μὲν λέγει· Ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἐκεῖ δὲ πάλιν· «Συμπα ραμενεῖ τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ πρὸ τῆς σελήνης γενεὰς γενεῶν.» Λέγει δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν μεγίστην καὶ ἀπεριόριστον αὐτοῦ τὴν εἰρήνην. Οὕτω δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ Ψαλμῷ· «Ἀνατελεῖ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ δικαιοσύνη καὶ πλῆθος εἰρήνης, ἕως οὗ ἀνταναιρεθῇ ἡ σελήνη.» Εἶτα ἐπήγαγεν· Ὁ ζῆλος κυρίου Σαβαὼθ ποιήσει ταῦτα. Ζηλώσας γὰρ καὶ τὴν τῶν δαιμόνων δυναστείαν μιςήσας καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἰκτείρας τὸ γένος τήνδε τὴν οἰκονομίαν ἐπραγματεύσατο· «Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὅτι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ' ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.» Ἀκήρατον τοί νυν ἣν παρελάβομεν διαφυλάξωμεν πίστιν, ἵνα τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἀπολαύσωμεν χάριτι |113 a| τοῦ σεσωκότος ἡμᾶς Χριστοῦ, με θ' οὗ τ ῷ πατρὶ ἡ δόξα πρέπει σὺν τῷ παναγίῳ πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

4 ΤΟΜΟΣ ∆ʹ 7 Θάνατον ἀπέστειλε κύριος ἐπὶ Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ. ∆ιηγούμενος

ἤδη τὴν κατὰ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῶν δέκα φυλῶν ἐπανάστασιν καὶ τὴν κατὰ τοῦτο συμφωνίαν τούτων τε καὶ τοῦ τῆς ∆αμασκοῦ βασιλέως καὶ δείξας τοῦ ∆αυιτικοῦ