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and through the lawgiver: "For their vine is of the vine of Sodom." And the Lord in the holy gospels: "A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country." He calls the people from the Gentiles a colt, as being untamed and having had no colt-tamer. For this the Lord also hinted at, having commanded the apostles "to go into the village over against you, and to loose the ass that was tied, and her colt, on which, he says, no man 95 ever sat"; for neither patriarch nor lawgiver nor prophet took thought for the salvation of the Gentiles; but the divine apostles, being commanded to make disciples of all nations and to baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, loosed the ass, that is, the nature of men, which was bound by the chains of sin; and they also loosed the colt, the people that had sprung from it; and putting upon him their own garments, that is, the grace which they had received; "For as many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ"; and they rendered the untamed colt obedient to the rein, and they set the Master upon him, and bound him to the vine, that is, to themselves; for the apostles were from the Jews; and not only they but also the seventy disciples, and the three thousand whom the first of the apostles caught in his net at the same time, and the five thousand, and the many myriads of whom the thrice-blessed James spoke to the most divine Paul. Therefore, the believers were joined not only to the apostles but also to the disciples of the apostles; and foreseeing this the patriarch said: "Binding his colt unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine." Then he also foretells the passion: "He will wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of grapes; his eyes shall be joyful from wine, and his teeth whiter than milk." And he calls his body a robe, and his blood wine; since the Master has also called the mystical wine blood; and we hear the evangelist John teaching that when the soldier pierced his side, there came out blood and water. And these streams flowed down over the body; for this reason the patriarch says: "He will wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of grapes." Then he shows the gladness that would come from the passion: 96 "his eyes shall be joyful from wine." For the saving passion is the joy of the world; that he called the passion so, the Lord himself is a witness, saying: "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me." Thus also he said to the sons of Zebedee: "Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink"? The joyfulness of the eyes, therefore, signifies the joy after the passion; for after the passion and the resurrection, the disciples were sent into all the world, offering salvation to those who believe. And he likened the clarity and transparency of the teaching to the whitest teeth; "for," he says, "his teeth are whiter than milk." The patriarch foretold so many things when blessing Judah; and of Zebulun he foretold his dwelling by the sea; and of Issachar, his farming; and of Dan, according to some, the things that were done by Samson. For he was of this tribe; and he was numbered among the judges; and for this reason, he says, he said: "Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel." But some say that he foretold the events concerning Laish, which is now called Paneas. For suddenly some from this tribe, setting out, attacked this city, and took it by force, and dwelt in it, and gave it their own name; for they called it Dan. But I think that the Divine Spirit, having prophesied through the patriarch concerning our Savior, also spoke through this prophecy concerning the Antichrist; and the things written are very fitting for him: "For," he says, "Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel." For just as, he says, our Savior and Lord, having sprung from the tribe of Judah

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καὶ διὰ τοῦ νομοθέτου· " ἐκ γὰρ ἀμπέλου Σοδόμων ἡ ἄμπελος αὐτῶν ". καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς εὐαγγελίοις· " ἄνθρωπός τις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμ πελῶνα καὶ ἐξέδοτο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπε δήμησεν ". πῶλον δὲ τὸν ἐξ ἐθνῶν ὀνομάζει λαὸν ὡς ἀδάμαστον ὄντα καὶ πωλοδάμνην οὐκ ἐσχηκότα. τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ Κύριος ᾐνίξατο τοῖς ἀποστόλοις προστεταχὼς " εἰς τὴν κατέναντι κώμην ἀπελθεῖν καὶ λῦσαι τὴν ὄνον τὴν δεδεμένην, καὶ τὸν ταύτης πῶλον, ἐφ' ὅν φησιν οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώ 95 πων ἐκάθισεν "· οὔτε γὰρ πατριάρχης οὔτε νομοθέτης οὔτε προ φήτης, τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐφρόντισε σωτηρίας· οἱ δὲ θεῖοι ἀπόστολοι προσ ταχθέντες μαθητεῦσαι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ βαπτίσαι εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, ἔλυσαν μὲν τὴν ὄνον, τουτέστι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν φύσιν, τὴν δεδεμένην ταῖς τῆς ἁμαρτίας σειραῖς· ἔλυσαν δὲ καὶ τὸν πῶλον, τὸν ἐκ ταύτης βεβλαστηκότα λαόν· καὶ ἐπιθέντες αὐτῷ τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἱμάτια, τουτέστι τὴν χάριν ἧς ἔτυχον· " ὅσοι γὰρ εἰς Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθησαν, Χρισ τὸν ἐνεδύσαντο "· καὶ εὐήνιον ἀπέφηναν τὸν ἀδάμαστον πῶ λον, καὶ ἐπεκάθισαν αὐτῷ τὸν δεσπότην καὶ προσέδησαν αὐτὸν τῇ ἀμ πέλῳ, τουτέστιν ἑαυτοῖς· ἐξ ἰουδαίων γὰρ οἱ ἀπόστολοι· καὶ οὐ μόνον αὐτοὶ ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα μαθηταὶ καὶ οἱ τρισχίλιοι οὓς κατὰ ταὐτὸν ἐσαγήνευσε τῶν ἀποστόλων ὁ πρῶτος, καὶ οἱ πεντακισχίλιοι καὶ αἱ πολλαὶ μυριάδες περὶ ὧν ὁ τρισμακάριος Ἰάκωβος τῷ θειοτάτῳ διε λέχθη Παύλῳ. οὐ μόνον τοίνυν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις συνήφθησαν οἱ πεπισ τευκότες ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς τῶν ἀποστόλων μαθηταῖς· καὶ τοῦτο προορῶν ὁ πατριάρχης ἔφη· " δεσμεύων πρὸς ἄμπελον τὸν πῶ λον αὐτοῦ καὶ τῇ ἕλικι τῆς ἀμπέλου τὸν πῶ λον τῆς ὄνου αὐτοῦ ". εἶτα καὶ τὸ πάθος προλέγει· " πλυ νεῖ ἐν οἴνῳ τὴν στολὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν αἵματι σταφυλῆς τὴν περιβολὴν αὐτοῦ, χαροποιοὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ οἴνου καὶ λευκοὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ ἢ γάλα ". καὶ τὸ μὲν σῶμα αὐτοῦ στο λὴν ὀνομάζει, τὸ δὲ αἷμα οἶνον· ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὸν μυστικὸν οἶνον αἷμα κέ κληκεν ὁ δεσπότης· ἀκούομεν δὲ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελιστοῦ Ἰωάννου διδάσ κοντος, ὡς τοῦ στρατιώτου νύξαντος αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευρὰν ἐξῆλθεν αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ. οὗτοι δὲ οἱ κρουνοὶ διὰ τοῦ σώματος κατερρύησαν· διὰ τοῦτό φησιν ὁ πατριάρχης· " πλυνεῖ ἐν οἴνῳ τὴν στολὴν αὐ τοῦ καὶ ἐν αἵματι σταφυλῆς τὴν περιβολὴν αὐ τοῦ ". εἶτα δείκνυσι τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ πάθους γενησομένην εὐθυμίαν· 96 " χαροποιοὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ οἴνου ". εὐφροσύνη γὰρ τῆς οἰκουμένης τὸ σωτήριον πάθος· ὅτι δὲ οὕτω τὸ πά θος ἐκάλεσε, μάρτυς αὐτὸς ὁ Κύριος λέγων· " πάτερ, εἰ δυνατόν, παρελθέτω τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ". οὕτω καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς ἔφη Ζεβεδαίου· " δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ μέλλω πίνειν "; τὸ τοίνυν χαροποιὸν τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὴν μετὰ τὸ πάθος εὐφροσύνην δηλοῖ· μετὰ γὰρ τὸ πάθος καὶ τὴν ἀνάσ τασιν, εἰς πᾶσαν ἀπεστάλησαν τὴν οἰκουμένην οἱ μαθηταί, τὴν σωτη ρίαν προσφέροντες τοῖς πιστεύουσι. τῆς δέ γε διδασκαλίας τὸ διειδὲς καὶ τὸ διαφανὲς λευκοτάτοις ὀδοῦσιν ἀπείκασεν· " λευκοί, γάρ φη σιν, οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ ἢ γάλα ". τοσαῦτα προείρηκεν ὁ πατριάρχης εὐλογῶν τὸν Ἰούδαν· τοῦ δὲ Ζαβουλὼν προεῖπε τὴν παρά λιον οἴκησιν· τοῦ δὲ Ἰσσάχαρ τὴν γηπονίαν· τοῦ δὲ ∆ᾶν, κατὰ μέν τινας, τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαμψὼν γεγενημένα. ἐκ ταύτης γὰρ ἦν τῆς φυλῆς· συνη ριθμήθη δὲ καὶ τοῖς κριταῖς· καὶ διὰ τοῦτό φησιν, ἔφη· " ∆ὰν κρινεῖ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λαὸν ὡσεὶ καὶ μία φυλὴ ἐν Ἰσρα ήλ ". ἔνιοι δέ φασι τὰ κατὰ τὴν Λάϊσαν τὴν νῦν Πανεάδα καλουμένην προαγορεῦσαι. ἐξαπίνης γάρ τινες ἀπὸ ταύτης ὁρμώμενοι τῆς φυλῆς ταύτῃ προσβαλόντες τῇ πόλει, εἷλόν τε κατακράτος, καὶ ᾤκησαν καὶ τὴν οἰκείαν αὐτῇ προσηγορίαν ἐπέθηκαν· ∆ὰν γὰρ αὐτὴν ἐκάλεσαν. ἐγὼ δὲ οἶμαι, τὸ θεῖον Πνεῦμα τὰ κατὰ τὸν σωτῆρα τὸν ἡμέτερον διὰ τοῦ πατριάρχου προθεσπίσαν καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἀντίχριστον διὰ ταύτης εἰπεῖν τῆς προρρήσεως· σφόδρα δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ γεγραμμένα ἁρμότ τει· " ∆άν, γάρ φησι, κρινεῖ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λαὸν ὡσεὶ καὶ μία φυλὴ ἐν Ἰσραήλ ". ὥσπερ γάρ φησιν, ἐκ τῆς Ἰούδα φυλῆς ὁ Σωτὴρ καὶ Κύριος ἡμῶν βλαστήσας