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and the magi were warned in a dream, as the Gospels declare, but Simeon, being warned by the Spirit through visions, received the Lord into his arms; Anna again, the daughter of Phanuel, giving thanks to the Lord concerning him; and prophesying, such as Agabus and the daughters of Philip; and the women at the passion of the Lord saw visions of angels, and the disciples likewise. 5.150 And what must be said about the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, but also upon Cornelius and upon all the faithful, of whom the Apostle writes: "For to one is given a word of wisdom, to another prophecy, to another kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues, to another gifts of healing, to another a word of knowledge, to another faith, to another workings of powers, to another the discernment of spirits, but all these things," he said, "the one and the same Spirit divides to each one individually as he wills." Glory to God who foretold these things through all the prophets, unto the ages. Amen. 5.151 This is Obadiah the fifth, he says, and he too was deemed worthy to speak beforehand about the mystery according to Christ, thus: "For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations." It is said readily about the Scythians, that is, of Gog and Magog, but it applies more properly to the Lord Christ; for he adds after a little: "But in Mount Zion there will be salvation." Marginal note: And this one again proclaims clearly that the saving day of the Lord is near in Zion, and upon all the nations. Glory to God unto the ages. Amen. 5.152 This is Jonah the sixth, who not through words, but by deed and type foretold the resurrection of Christ; for the Lord says: "Just as Jonah remained in the belly of the sea monster for three days and three nights, so also will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights." For just as the sea monster vomited out Jonah uncorrupted, so also the tomb vomited out the Lord Christ into a better life. Marginal note: And this one, as in a type through deeds, foretold the tomb and the paradoxical resurrection and incorruptibility of our Lord Christ, through whom also the resurrection and the summing up of all humanity is administered. Glory to God who does these things. Amen. 5.153 This is Nahum the seventh, and he too was deemed worthy to speak beforehand about the resurrection of the Lord Christ, and he says: "Celebrate, Judah, your feasts, pay to the Lord your vows, for they shall no more pass through you into oldness; it is finished, it is taken away; he has gone up breathing into your face, delivering you from affliction." Marginal note: How this one also consistently urges us to rejoice about the resurrection according to Christ and our own, signifying our state of not growing old, that is, incorruptibility and immortality. Glory to God. Amen. 5.154 This is Habakkuk the eighth, and he too was deemed worthy to speak about the resurrection of Christ, thus: "Behold, you scoffers, and look, and wonder, and perish, for I am doing a work in your days, which you will not believe, if someone should declare it." Paul aptly took this passage to refer to the resurrection of the Lord Christ in Antioch of Pisidia. Marginal note: Likewise this one also professes to signify things paradoxical and unbelievable to men, especially to the scoffers, namely concerning resurrection. Glory to God. Amen. 5.155 This is Zephaniah the ninth, and he too was deemed worthy to prophesy about the Lord Christ, and he says thus: "The Lord will appear against them and will destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth, and they will worship him, each from his own place, all the islands of the nations." Again he says: "For I will restore to the peoples a language for its generation, so that all may call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke; from the ends of the rivers of Ethiopia they will bring sacrifices to me." And again he says: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, be glad and be delighted, O daughter of Jerusalem; the Lord has taken away your iniquities, you have been redeemed from the hand of your enemies; the king of Israel, the Lord, is in

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καὶ τῶν μάγων κατ' ὄναρ χρηματισθέντων, ὡς δηλοῖ τὰ Εὐαγγέλια, δι' ὁράσεων δὲ Συμεὼν χρηματισθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας τὸν ∆εσπότην ὑπεδέξατο· Ἄννα πάλιν ἡ τοῦ Φανουὴλ ἀνθομολογουμένη τῷ Κυρίῳ περὶ αὐτοῦ· προφητεύοντες δέ, ὡς Ἄγαβος καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες Φιλίππου· καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες δὲ αἱ ἐπὶ τὸ πάθος τοῦ Κυρίου ὀπτασίας ἀγγέλων ἐθεάσαντο, καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ ὁμοίως. 5.150 Τί δὲ δεῖ λέγειν καὶ περὶ τῆς καθόδου τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους γενομένης, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ Κορνηλίου καὶ ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν πιστῶν, ὧν γράφει ὁ Ἀπόστολος· "Ὧι μὲν γὰρ δίδοται λόγος σοφίας, ἑτέρῳ προφητεία, ἑτέρῳ γένη γλωσσῶν, ἑτέρῳ δὲ ἑρμηνεία γλωσσῶν, ἑτέρῳ χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, ἑτέρῳ λόγος γνώσεως, ἑτέρῳ πίστις, ἑτέρῳ ἐνεργήματα δυνάμεων, ἄλλῳ διάκρισις πνευμάτων, πάντα δέ, ἔφη, τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ Πνεῦμα διαιροῦν ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ καθὼς βούλεται." ∆όξα τῷ διὰ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν προμηνύοντι ταῦτα Θεῷ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν. 5.151 Οὗτος Ἀβδιοὺ ὁ πέμπτος, φησί, καὶ αὐτὸς ἀξιωθεὶς προειπεῖν περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Χριστὸν μυστηρίου οὕτως· "∆ιότι ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα Κυρίου ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη." Εἴρηται μὲν κατὰ τὸ πρόχειρον περὶ τῶν Σκυθῶν, τουτέστι τοῦ Γὼγ καὶ τοῦ Μαγώγ, κυριώτερον δὲ ἁρμόζει ἐπὶ τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ· ἐπιφέρει γὰρ μετ' ὀλίγα· "Ἐν δὲ τῷ ὄρει Σιὼν ἔσται ἡ σωτηρία." Παραγραφή Καὶ οὗτος πάλιν ἐγγὺς εἶναι ἡμέραν Κυρίου σωτηριώδη ἐν τῇ Σιών, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, 20διαρρήδην κηρύττει20. ∆όξα τῷ Θεῷ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν. 5.152 Οὗτος Ἰωνᾶς ἕκτος, ὃς οὐ διὰ λόγων, ἀλλ' ἔργῳ καὶ τύπῳ προεμήνυσε τὴν ἀνάστασιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ· φησὶ γὰρ ὁ Κύριος· "Ὥσπερ Ἰωνᾶς ἔμεινεν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτουςτρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς γῆς τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας." Ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ κῆτος ἀδιάφθορον ἐξήμεσε τὸν Ἰωνᾶν, οὕτως καὶ ὁ τάφος τὸν ∆εσπότην Χριστὸν ἐξήμεσεν εἰς κρείττονα ζωήν. Παραγραφή Καὶ οὗτος τὸν τάφον καὶ τὴν παράδοξον ἀνάστασιν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν ὡς ἐν τύπῳ δι' ἔργων προεμήνυσε τοῦ ∆εσπότου ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ, δι' οὗ καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ἀνακεφαλαίωσις πάντων ἀνθρώπων οἰκονομεῖται. ∆όξα τῷ ταῦτα ποιοῦντι Θεῷ. Ἀμήν. 5.153 Οὗτος Ναοὺμ ἕβδομος ἠξιώθη καὶ αὐτὸς προειπεῖν περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ, καί φησιν· "Ἑόρταζε, Ἰούδα, τὰς ἑορτάς σου, ἀπόδος τῷ Κυρίῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου, διότι οὐ μὴ προσθῶσιν ἔτι τοῦ διελθεῖν διὰ σοῦ εἰς παλαίωσιν· συντετέλεσται, ἐξῆρται· ἀνέβη ἐμφυσῶν εἰς πρόσωπόν σου, ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ θλίψεως." Παραγραφή Πῶς καὶ οὗτος συμφώνως χαίρειν παρεγγυᾷ περὶ τῆς κατὰ Χριστὸν καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀναστάσεως, τὸ ἀπαλαίωτον ἡμῶν προσημαίνων, τουτέστι τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὴν ἀθανασίαν. ∆όξα τῷ Θεῷ. Ἀμήν. 5.154 Οὗτος Ἀμβακοὺμ ὄγδοος καὶ αὐτὸς ἀξιωθεὶς εἰπεῖν περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ οὕτως· "Ἴδετε, οἱ καταφρονηταί, καὶ ἐπιβλέψατε καὶ θαυμάσατε καὶ ἀφανίσθητε, διότι ἐγὼ ἔργον ἐργάζομαι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν, ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε, ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται." Ταύτην τὴν χρῆσιν ἁρμοδίως ὁ Παῦλος ἐπὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ ἐξέλαβεν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῆς Πισιδίας. Παραγραφή Ὁμοίως καὶ οὗτος παράδοξα καὶ ἄπιστα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, μάλιστα τοῖς καταφρονηταῖς, πράγματα, δηλονότι περὶ ἀναστάσεως, ἐπαγγέλλεται προσημαίνειν. ∆όξα τῷ Θεῷ. Ἀμήν. 5.155 Οὗτος Σοφονίας ἔνατος καὶ αὐτὸς ἀξιωθεὶς προφητεῦσαι περὶ τοῦ ∆εσπότου Χριστοῦ, καί φησιν οὕτως· "Ἐπιφανήσεται Κύριος ἐπ' αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσει πάντας τοὺς θεοὺς τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν αὐτῷ, ἕκαστος ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ, πᾶσαι αἱ νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν." Πάλιν λέγει· "Ὅτι μεταστρέψω ἐπὶ λαοὺς γλῶσσαν εἰς γενεὰν αὐτῆς τοῦ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι πάντας τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, τοῦ δουλεύειν αὐτῷ ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἕνα· ἐκ περάτων ποταμῶν Αἰθιοπίας οἴσουσι θυσίας μοι." Καὶ πάλιν λέγει· "Χαῖρε σφόδρα, θύγατερ Σιών, εὐφραίνου καὶ κατατέρπου, θύγατερ Ἱερουσαλήμ· περιεῖλε Κύριος τὰ ἀδικήματά σου λελύτρωσαι ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν σου· βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ὁ Κύριος ἐν