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saying in addition to scatter the former covenant of God, the one between Judah and between Israel; and it is clearly shown from the times of our Savior that all the worship according to the Law has been removed, having been abolished from that time until now. 130 Ps. From the same Zechariah. 27. O sword, awake against my shepherd, and against the man who is my citizen, says the Lord Almighty; smite the shepherd, and let the sheep be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the shepherds. Since the evangelist, taking from here the saying, "Smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered," taught that it was fulfilled at the time of the saving Passion, when the disciples, having left him, were scattered; for this reason we too have noted this saying, which, as it requires much investigation, we will postpone for a suitable time. Ps. From the same. 28. And the Lord shall go forth, and shall fight against those nations, as a day of war; and the Lord my God will be present, and all the saints with him. And we have noted these things, supposing them to be said concerning the second coming of Christ. Ps. From the angel. 29. I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice from your hands; For from the rising of the sun even to its setting my name has been glorified among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure sacrifice; for my name is great among the nations, says the Lord Almighty; but you profane it. Just as his Word is named in the divine scriptures as the hand and 131 right hand and arm and power of the God of all, so he is also called the name of God. That this divine name, then, has been glorified among the nations from the rising of the sun and its setting, is manifest to everyone from those everywhere who are called by the name of Christ; who also in every place offer spiritual incense and the pure and bloodless and rational sacrifice through prayers to God, through the true high priest. And while these are worshiping in this manner, God says he will turn away from the bodily sacrifices of the former people. And indeed it is clear how after the coming of Christ the prophecy was fulfilled in both respects: both in the rejection of the former people, with the sacrifice and libation being taken away from them according to Daniel, and in the conversion of the nations to the God of all. From the same. 30. The covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave it to him that he should fear me with fear, and that he should be in awe of my name. A law of truth was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips; in peace, directing, he walked with me, and turned many from injustice. For a priest’s lips shall keep knowledge, and they will seek a law from his mouth, because he is an angel of the Lord Almighty. And supposing these things to be fitting for the testimonies concerning Christ, we have set them forth. For the covenant of life 132 and of peace was with him; and the spirit of fear, along with the others, rested upon him, according to what is said in Isaiah, "and the spirit of the fear of God shall fill him"; and this law of truth, and not the typical one, was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips; for according to Isaiah, "he committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his lips"; and since he was with the paternal power, directing in peace he walked with him, bringing many who formerly did not know God to conversion; and from him, since he is high priest and guards the knowledge concerning all things, they have sought and will seek the divine law, those who care for knowledge concerning him; for he is the Angel of Great Counsel, ministering and proclaiming the Father's will to every creature. Ps. From the same. 31. Behold, I send forth my angel, and he shall survey the way before my face, and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come into his own temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom you desire; behold,

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ἐπιλέγων τοῦ διασκεδάσαι τὴν προτέραν διαθήκην τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὴν ἀναμέσον Ἰούδα καὶ ἀναμέσον Ἰσραήλ· καὶ σαφῶς δείκνυται ἀπὸ τῶν τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν χρόνων περιηρημένα τῆς λατρείας ἁπάσης τῆς κατὰ τὸν νόμον ἐξ ἐκείνου καὶ εἰς δεῦρο καθαιρεθείσης. 130 Ψ. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ζαχαρία. ΚΖʹ. Ῥομφαία ἐξεγέρθητι ἐπὶ τὸν ποιμένα μου, καὶ ἐπὶ ἄνδρα πολίτην αὐτοῦ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, πάταξον τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ διασκορπισθήτωσαν τὰ πρόβατα· καὶ ἐπιστρέψω τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ τοὺς ποιμένας. Ἐπείπερ ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς τὸ, Πάταξον τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ διασκορπισθήσεται τὰ προβάτα τῆς ποίμνης, ἐντεῦθεν λαβὼν κατὰ τὸν σωτηρίου πάθους καιρὸν πέρας εἰληφέναι ἐδίδαξεν, ὅτε καταλείψαντες αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ διεσκορπίσθησαν· τούτου δὴ χάριν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσημειωσάμεθα τὸ ῥητὸν, ὃ καὶ πολλῆς δεόμενον ἐξετάσεως εἰς ἐπιτήδειον ἀναθησόμεθα καιρόν. Ψ. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ΚΗʹ. Καὶ ἐξελεύσεται Κύριος, καὶ παρατάξεται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐκείνοις, καθὼς ἡμέρα πολέμου· καὶ παρέσται Κύριος ὁ Θεός μου, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι μετ' αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ταῦτα ὑπονοοῦντες περὶ τῆς δευτέρας λέγεσθαι τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίας ἐσημειωσάμεθα. Ψ. Τοῦ ἀγγέλου. ΚΘʹ. Οὐκ ἔστι μου θέλημα ἐν ὑμῖν, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ θυσίαν οὐ προσδέξομαι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν· ∆ιότι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου καὶ ἕως δυσμῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ θυμίαμα προσφέρεται τῷ ὀνόματί μου, καὶ θυσία καθαρά· διότι μέγα τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ· ὑμεῖς δὲ βεβηλοῦτε αὐτό. Ὥσπερ χεὶρ καὶ 131 δεξιὰ καὶ βραχίων καὶ δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων ὁ Λόγος αὐτοῦ ἐν ταῖς θείαις ὠνόμασται γραφαῖς, οὕτως ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ ὄνομα χρηματίζει τοῦ Θεοῦ. Τοῦτο οὖν τὸ θεῖον ὄνομα ὡς ἀπ' ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου καὶ δυσμῶν δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, παντί τῳ πρόδηλον ἀπὸ τῶν πανταχόσε χρηματιζόντων κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ προσηγορίαν· οἳ καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ πνευματικὸν θυμίαμα καὶ τὴν δι' εὐχῶν καθαρὰν καὶ ἀναίμακτον καὶ λογικὴν θυσίαν διὰ τοῦ κατ' ἀλήθειαν ἀρχιερέως προσάγουσι τῷ Θεῷ· τούτων δὲ τοῦτον λατρευόντων τὸν τρόπον, τὰς σωματικὰς τοῦ προτέρου λαοῦ θυσίας ἀποστραφήσεσθαί φησιν ὁ Θεός· καὶ δὴ σαφὲς πῶς μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίαν κατ' ἀμφότερα πέρας εἴληφεν ἡ προφητεία· κατά τε τὴν προτέρου λαοῦ ἀποβολὴν ἅμα τε ἀρθείσης ἐξ αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸν ∆ανιὴλ θυσίας καὶ σπονδῆς, καὶ κατὰ τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπὶ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν ἐπιστροφήν. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Λʹ. Ἡ διαθήκη ἦν μετ' αὐτοῦ τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῷ φόβῳ φοβεῖσθαί με, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀνόματός μου στέλλεσθαι αὐτόν. Νόμος ἀληθείας ἦν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀδικία οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ· ἐν εἰρήνῃ κατευθύνων ἐπορεύθη μετ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ πολλοὺς ἐπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ ἀδικίας. Ὅτι χείλη ἱερέως φυλάξεται γνῶσιν, καὶ νόμον ἐκζητήσουσιν ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἄγγελος Κυρίου παντοκράτορός ἐστιν. Καὶ ταῦθ' ἁρμόζειν ὑπολαμβάνοντες ταῖς περὶ Χριστοῦ μαρτυρίαις ἐκτεθείμεθα· ἥ τε γὰρ διαθήκη τῆς ζωῆς 132 καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης ἦν μετ' αὐτοῦ· τό τε τοῦ φόβου πνεῦμα μετὰ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἀνεπαύσατο κατὰ τὸ, καὶ ἐμπλήσει αὐτὸν πνεῦμα φόβου Θεοῦ, λεγόμενον ἐν Ἠσαίᾳ· τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ὁ τῆς ἀληθείας νόμος, οὐχὶ δὲ ὁ τυπικὸς ἐν τῷ στόματι ἦν, καὶ ἀδικία οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ· κατὰ γὰρ τὸν Ἠσαίαν ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ· οἷα δὲ συνὼν τῇ πατρικῇ δυνάμει ἐν εἰρήνῃ κατευθύνων ἐπορεύετο μετ' αὐτοῦ, πολλοὺς τῶν πάλαι τὸν Θεὸν μὴ εἰδότων εἰς ἐπιστροφὴν ἄγων· παρ' αὐτοῦ δὲ, ἅτε ἀρχιερέως ὄντος καὶ τὴν περὶ πάντων γνῶσιν διαφυλάττοντος, τὸν θεῖον νόμον ἐξεζήτησάν τε καὶ ἐκζητήσουσιν, οἷς μέλει τῆς κατ' αὐτὸν ἐπιστήμης· αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ τῆς μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος, διακονῶν καὶ διαγγέλλων παντὶ γενητῷ τὸ τοῦ Πατρὸς βούλημα. Ψ. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ΛΑʹ. Ἰδοὺ, ἐξαποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου, καὶ ἐπιβλέψεται ὁδὸν πρὸ προσώπου μου, καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἥξει εἰς τὸν ναὸν ἑαυτοῦ Κύριος, ὃν ὑμεῖς ζητεῖτε, καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς διαθήκης, ὃν ὑμεῖς θέλετε· ἰδοὺ,