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ἑβδόμαις, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη μὴ νηστείαν νενηστεύκατέ μοι καὶ ἐὰν φάγητε ἢ πίητε οὐχ ὑμεῖς ἐσθίετε καὶ ὑμεῖς πίνετε· οὐχ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι εἰσὶν οὓς ἐλάλησεν Κύριος ἐν χερσὶν τῶν προφητῶν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν ὅτε ἦν Ἰερουσαλὴμ κατοικουμένη καὶ εὐθηνοῦσα καὶ αἱ πόλεις αὐτῆς κυκλόθεν καὶ ἡ ὀρεινὴ καὶ ἡ πεδινὴ κατῳκεῖτο; 2.108 Εἰσεληλυθότος τοῦ ἁγιάσματος ············· ἱκανὰ ἔτη λόγος Κυρίου τ̣····························· προθεσπίζων τὰ ······································ εἶπον, φησίν, πρὸς ······························· λέγων· Ἐὰν νηστεύσητε ································ 2.109 ἑβδόμαις, οὐχ ὑμεῖς ····························· πίνητε, οὐχ ὑμ̣εῖς ····························· ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη μὴ νηστείαν ································· οὓς ἐλάλησεν Κύριος ·································· οὗτοι δ' εἰσὶν η······································· 2.110 ας προφητευσα································ τῶν αὐτούς, ε̣··································· οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ·································· γέγονεν. Παρὰ ·································· ὅνπερ γὰρ τρόπον ································ 2.111 βάλλων, χορη̣······························· καὶ ἃ πραττω········································ χειρὶ προσαπ······································· ὁ Σωτὴρ εἶπεν· ···························· ἐν αὐτῷ πηγὴν ὕδ̣ατος ································ 2.112 τόπῳ φησίν ···································· αὐτὸν καθ············································ μου ζῶντος̣ ······································ ἐστιν τῇ πράξει ···································· ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου ···································· 2.113 μεθύσου, θα································ ται ἐν τῇ τοῦ ···································· θων πεπληρ̣································· ἐπιθυμιῶν κρε····································· 2.114 ··································ˉηˉρ συμπνιγούσας ································· τὴν ῥηθεῖσαν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ··························· ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι ························ ἐκ τοῦ νηστεύειν καὶ ································ ἑβδόμαις, ἤτοι τοῦ 2.115 ································ται, θεωρητέον. ································ νηστ̣εύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου ·································ιτης καταπαυ····································· Ἰουδαῖοι νηστευ········································α μὴ περὶ τῶν 2.116 ································ μάλιστα ὅτ' ἐν τοῖς ······································· δεκάτη τοῦ σαββάτου ·································υν καὶ ἡ καλουμένη ···································ας ψυχὰς ἑαυ····································· δεκάτη τοῦ ε2.117 ································· δυνατὸν πεμ······································ κόπτεσθαι ································· προκείμενος λόγος ································· τροφῆς ὄντος ········································ ἀρίστης τροφῆς 2.118 ···································βρῶσιν τὴν ············································μενος τῶν ·········································· ἄνηρ τρεφε······································· που λέγει πρὸς ············································ντος, ἐδω······························· 2.119 Τυγχάνουσι δὲ οὗτοι οἱ παραδοθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ πάθεσιν ἀτιμίας καὶ ἀδοκίμῳ νῷ διὰ τὸ σεσεβάσθαι τὴν κτίσιν παρὰ τὸν κτίσαντα, μεταλλάξαντες τὴν ἀλήθειαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει μὴ δοκιμάσαντες ἔχειν, ὥστε μὴ ποιεῖν τὰ καθήκοντα. 2.120 Ὥσπερ οὖν σωτηριῶδες τὸ ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν σαρκῶν τοῦ 2.120 δράκοντος-δόγματα δὲ ἄθεα καὶ ψευδοδοξίαι τυγχάνουσιν αἱ σάρκες τοῦ δράκοντος-οὕτως ἐπωφελὲς καὶ αἱρετὸν τὸ παραιτεῖσθαι καὶ φεύγειν «τὴν τρυγωμένην σταφυλὴν ἐξ ἀμπέλου Σοδόμων» καὶ τὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς τρυγώμενον οἶνον ὄντα «θυμὸν δρακόντων καὶ θυμὸν ἀσπίδων ἀνίατον». 2.121 Τὴν οὕτω τελουμένην νηστείαν μεταδιώκειν προσήκει καὶ κόπτεσθαι συγγενῶς αὐτῇ θρηνοῦντα καὶ κοπτόμενον. Παραιτητέα δὲ καὶ βλαβερὰ πάνυ ἐστὶν νηστεία ἣν ἐπιτελοῦσιν οἱ ἀποστρεφόμενοι τὴν χρῆσιν τοῦ ἄρτου τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῶν σαρκῶν Ἰησοῦ αἵ εἰσιν ἄρτος ζωῆς, ἄρτος ἀληθείας ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς, ἧς ἀπέχεσθαι, τυγχανούσης βρώσεως ζωῆς, οὐδαμῶς προσήκει. 2.122 Περὶ τῆς διττῆς ταύτης νηστείας ἐπεσπάρη ἐν τῇ θεοπνεύστῳ γραφῇ· περὶ μὲν γὰρ τῆς ἐπαινετῆς ἐν Ἰωὴλ τῷ προφήτῃ προστάττεται· «Ἁγιάσατε νηστείαν, κηρύξατε θεραπείαν»· καὶ ἑτέρωθι ἀπαγγέλλεται· «Νηστεία μετὰ προσευχῆς καὶ ἐλεημοσύνης