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Lazarus?», the running under the fig tree, the slipping away, that is, the withdrawing, the prayer, the «he made as though he would go further». For he needed neither these nor similar things, neither as God nor as man, but he acted in a manner befitting a man, for that which need and advantage required, for instance, the prayer, in order to show that he is not opposed to God and that he honors the Father as his cause, the asking not out of ignorance, but that he might show that he is truly man while also being God; the withdrawing, that he might teach not to be rash nor to betray oneself. - 3. Those by appropriation and relation, such as «My God, my God, why have you forsaken me»?; and «him who knew no sin, he made to be sin for us,» and «having become a curse for us,» and «the Son himself will be subject to him who put all things under him». For neither as God nor as man was he ever forsaken by the Father, nor did he become sin or a curse, nor does he need to be subjected to the Father; for insofar as he is God he is equal to the Father and neither opposed nor subjected, but insofar as he is man he was never disobedient to his begetter, that he should need subjection. Therefore, appropriating our person and ranking himself with us, he said these things; for we were liable to sin and the curse as unbelieving and disobedient and for this reason forsaken. -4. Those due to the conceptual distinction. For if you conceptually divide what is in truth inseparable, that is, the flesh from the Word, he is called both servant and ignorant; for it was of a servile and ignorant nature, and if the flesh had not been united to God the Word, it would have been servile and ignorant, but because of the hypostatic union with God the Word, it was neither servile nor ignorant. Thus also he called the Father his God. -5. Those for our manifestation and confirmation, such as «Father, glorify me with the glory that I had with you before the world existed» (for he himself was and is glorified, but his glory was not manifested and confirmed to us), and that which was said by the apostle «who was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead» (for through the miracles and the resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit it was manifested and confirmed to the world that he is the Son of God), and «he increased in wisdom and in grace.» - 6. Those by appropriation of the person of the Jews, counting himself with the Jews, as he says to the Samaritan woman: «You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.» - A third mode is that which declares the one hypostasis and represents the composite, such as «I live because of the Father, and whoever feeds on me will also live because of me,» and «I am going to the Father, and you will see me no longer,» and «they would not have crucified the Lord of glory,» and «No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven» and such like. 4. And of those after the resurrection, some are befitting God, such as «baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son (as God, clearly) and of the Holy Spirit,» and «behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age» and such like (for as God he is with us), but others are befitting man, such as «they took hold of his feet,» and «there they will see me» and such like.

5. Of the things befitting man after the resurrection there are various modes. Some, on the one hand,

for are real, but not according to nature, but by economy to confirm that the very body that suffered was raised, such as the wounds, the eating and drinking after the resurrection, but other things are truly according to nature, such as moving from place to place without effort and entering through closed doors, and others by pretense, such as «he made as though he would go further,» and others of the composite, such as «I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God,» and

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Λάζαρον;», ὁ ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν δρόμος, τὸ ὑποδύεσθαι ἤγουν ὑπαναχωρεῖν, ἡ προσευχή, τὸ «προσεποιήσατο πορρωτέρω πορεύεσθαι». Τούτων γὰρ καὶ τῶν παραπλησίων οὔτε ὡς θεὸς οὔτε ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἔχρῃζε, πλὴν ἀνθρωποπρεπῶς ἐσχηματίζετο, πρὸς ὅπερ ἡ χρεία καὶ τὸ λυσιτελὲς ἀπῄτει, οἷον τὴν μὲν προσευχὴν διὰ τὸ δεῖξαι, ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν ἀντίθεος καὶ ὡς αἰτίαν αὐτοῦ τιμῶν τὸν πατέρα, τὸ ἐρωτᾶν οὐκ ἀγνοῶν, ἀλλ' ἵνα δείξῃ, ὡς κατὰ ἀλήθειάν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος μετὰ τοῦ εἶναι θεός· τὸ ὑπαναχωρεῖν, ἵνα διδάξῃ μὴ προπετεύεσθαι μηδ' ἑαυτοὺς προδιδόναι. - γʹ Τὰ δὲ κατ' οἰκείωσιν καὶ ἀναφορὰν ὡς τὸ «θεέ μου, θεέ μου, ἵνα τί με ἐγκατέλιπες»; καὶ τὸ «μὴ γνόντα ἁμαρτίαν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησε», καὶ τὸ «γενόμενος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν κατάρα», καὶ τὸ «αὐτὸς ὁ υἱὸς ὑποταγήσεται τῷ ὑποτάξαντι αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα». Οὔτε γὰρ ὡς θεὸς οὔτε ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐγκατελείφθη ποτὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς οὔτε ἁμαρτία οὔτε κατάρα γέγονεν οὔτε ὑποταγῆναι χρῄζει τῷ πατρί· καθὸ μὲν γὰρ θεὸς ἴσος ἐστὶ τῷ πατρὶ καὶ οὐδὲ ἐναντίος οὐδὲ ὑποτεταγμένος, καθὸ δὲ ἄνθρωπος οὐδέπω ἀνήκοος γέγονε τοῦ γεννήτορος, ἵνα ὑποταγῆς δεηθῇ. Τὸ ἡμέτερον τοίνυν οἰκειούμενος πρόσωπον καὶ μεθ' ἡμῶν τάσσων ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα ἔλεγεν· ἡμεῖς γὰρ ἦμεν οἱ ἁμαρτίας καὶ κατάρας ἔνοχοι ὡς ἀπειθεῖς καὶ παρήκοοι καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐγκαταλελειμμένοι. -δʹ Τὰ δὲ διὰ τὴν κατ' ἐπίνοιαν διαίρεσιν. Ἐὰν γὰρ τῇ ἐπινοίᾳ διέλῃς τὰ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ ἀχώριστα ἤτοι τὴν σάρκα ἐκ τοῦ λόγου, λέγεται καὶ δοῦλος καὶ ἀγνοῶν· καὶ γὰρ τῆς δούλης καὶ ἀγνοούσης φύσεως ἦν καί, εἰ μὴ ἥνωτο τῷ θεῷ λόγῳ ἡ σάρξ, δούλη ἦν καὶ ἀγνοοῦσα, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν πρὸς θεὸν λόγον καθ' ὑπόστασιν ἕνωσιν οὔτε δούλη ἦν οὔτε ἠγνόει. Οὕτω καὶ θεὸν ἑαυτοῦ τὸν πατέρα ἐκάλεσεν. -εʹ Τὰ δὲ διὰ τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς φανέρωσίν τε καὶ πίστωσιν ὡς τὸ «πάτερ, δόξασόν με τῇ δόξῃ, ᾗ εἶχον πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι παρὰ σοί» (αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ δεδοξασμένος ἦν τε καὶ ἔστιν, ἀλλ' ἡμῖν οὐκ ἦν φανερωθεῖσα καὶ πιστωθεῖσα ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ), καὶ τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀποστόλου εἰρημένον «τοῦ ὁρισθέντος υἱοῦ θεοῦ ἐν δυνάμει κατὰ πνεῦμα ἁγιωσύνης, ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν» (διὰ γὰρ τῶν θαυμάτων καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως καὶ τῆς ἐπιφοιτήσεως τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐφανερώθη καὶ ἐπιστώθη τῷ κόσμῳ, ὅτι υἱός ἐστι τοῦ θεοῦ), καὶ τὸ «προέκοπτε σοφίᾳ καὶ χάριτι». - ϛʹ Τὰ δὲ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἰουδαίων προσώπου οἰκείωσιν μετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀριθμῶν ἑαυτόν, ὡς πρὸς τὴν Σαμαρεῖτίν φησιν· «Ὑμεῖς προσκυνεῖτε, ὃ οὐκ οἴδατε, ἡμεῖς προσκυνοῦμεν, ὃ οἴδαμεν, ὅτι ἡ σωτηρία ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐστίν». - Τρίτος τρόπος ὁ τῆς μιᾶς ὑποστάσεως δηλωτικὸς καὶ τοῦ συναμφοτέρου παραστατικός, οἷον τὸ «ἐγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ὁ τρώγων με, κἀκεῖνος ζήσεται δι' ἐμέ», καὶ τὸ «ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, καὶ οὐκέτι θεωρεῖτέ με», καὶ τὸ «οὐκ ἂν τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν», καὶ τὸ «οὐδεὶς ἀναβέβηκεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, εἰ μὴ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ ὢν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ» καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα. ∆ʹ Καὶ τῶν μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν τὰ μέν εἰσι θεοπρεπῆ ὡς τὸ «βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ (ὡς θεοῦ δηλονότι) καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος», καὶ τὸ «ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος» καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα (ὡς γὰρ θεός ἐστι μεθ' ἡμῶν), τὰ δὲ ἀνθρωποπρεπῆ ὡς τὸ «ἐκράτησαν αὐτοῦ τοὺς πόδας», καὶ τὸ «κἀκεῖ με ὄψονται» καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα.

Εʹ Τῶν δὲ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἀνθρωποπρεπῶν τρόποι εἰσὶ διάφοροι. Τὰ μὲν

γὰρ ἀληθῶς, ἀλλ' οὐ κατὰ φύσιν, ἀλλὰ κατ' οἰκονομίαν πρὸς τὸ πιστώσασθαι, ὅτι αὐτὸ τὸ παθὸν σῶμα ἀνέστη, ὡς οἱ μώλωπες, ἡ βρῶσις καὶ ἡ πόσις ἡ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν, τὰ δὲ ἀληθῶς κατὰ φύσιν ὡς τὸ μεταβαίνειν τόπους ἐκ τόπων ἀμόχθως καὶ τὸ διὰ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων εἰσελθεῖν, τὰ δὲ κατὰ προσποίησιν ὡς τὸ «προσεποιήσατο πορρωτέρω πορεύεσθαι», τὰ δὲ τοῦ συναμφοτέρου ὡς τὸ «ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ πατέρα ὑμῶν καὶ θεόν μου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν», καὶ