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wolves." And again: "They will hand you over to the councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles." And a little later: "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death; and you will be hated by all because of my name. But he who endures to the end will be saved." 11.74 And again: "If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call those of his household?" And again: "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies will be the members of his household." 11.75 Each of these things, O beloved, it is possible to see fulfilled in deed. For amid these dangers the apostles enlightened the world, and those after them guarded the faith which they had received; and the tombs of the martyrs bear witness, shining everywhere on land and sea and proclaiming the truth of the divine prophecies. For he foretold to them not only the dangers, but also 11.76 the victory. "For on this," he said, "rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it." It is possible to see households divided according to the prophecy; for either the men, captured by the faith, contend with their still unbelieving wives, or the wives, having accepted the yoke of piety, strive to ensnare their still wandering husbands. And the necessary division works out a praiseworthy union. 11.77 And, to leave aside the other prophecies, a certain woman brought an alabaster jar of ointment to his holy feet. Accepting her faith, he said to the company of the disciples: "Amen I say to you, wherever this gospel of the kingdom is preached, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her." And it is possible to see this prophecy being fulfilled even now; for everywhere on land and sea the divine gospel is read, and the woman's faith is proclaimed. 11.78 Since, therefore, the Master foretold these things and prophesied the things that would happen in that life, and we see their truth openly, let us also receive those other things without dispute, being led to them by what has already happened and using 11.79 these as proofs of those. For for this very reason he foretold both these things and those, that through these he might confirm those. And honors, which he did not promise, he generously bestowed upon those who believed in him; and not only to the living did he give very great distinction, but also to those who died nobly he allotted the greatest reverence, so that through what he did not promise, but gave, we might believe 11.80 what he did promise. For he who gave gifts not included in the covenants and in generosity surpassed his promises will surely give what he promised, and the prizes he showed to the contestants. For it would be dreadful for gymnasiarchs to provide athletes the promised reward, and for those who hire some for a task to fulfill the agreements after the labor, but for the Creator of all things, who through goodness alone both gave being to non-beings and accomplished the mystery of the economy and bestowed the light of the knowledge of God on those who do not see, for him, to say that he will not fulfill his own promises. 11.81 But if the promise is true, as indeed it is true—for it is divine—the lessons of the divine teaching are not without profit, O dear men. For he promised to those who obey the kingdom of heaven and a life that does not accept an end and intellectual light and the dance with the incorporeal beings, just as he also threatened eternal punishment to those who disbelieve; 11.82 for he has made this clear in the parable of the tares. For having interpreted this, he added: "So it will be at the close of this age; the Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of the

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λύκων." Καὶ πάλιν· "Παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια, καὶ ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν μαστιγώσουσιν ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνας καὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν." Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· "Παραδώσει ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον, καὶ πατὴρ τέκνα· καὶ ἐπαναστήσεται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς καὶ θανατώσουσιν αὐτούς· καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάν των διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου. Ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθή 11.74 σεται." Καὶ αὖθις· "Εἰ τὸν οἰκοδεσπότην Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐπεκάλε σαν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τοὺς οἰκειακοὺς αὐτοῦ;" Καὶ πάλιν· "Μὴ νομίσητε, ὅτι ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. Οὐκ ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην, ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν. Ἦλθον γὰρ διχάσαι ἄνθρωπον κατὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ θυγατέρα κατὰ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφην κατὰ τῆς πενθερᾶς αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκειακοὶ αὐτοῦ." 11.75 Τούτων ἕκαστον, ὦ φιλότης, ἔργῳ πεπληρωμένον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν. Μετὰ γὰρ τῶνδε τῶν κινδύνων καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐφώτισαν, καὶ οἱ μετ' ἐκείνους, ἣν παρέλαβον, διεφύλαξαν πίστιν· καὶ μαρτυροῦσι τῶν μαρτύρων αἱ θῆκαι, πανταχοῦ γῆς καὶ θαλάττης ἀστράπτουσαι καὶ τῶν θείων προρρήσεων κηρύτ τουσαι τὴν ἀλήθειαν· Οὐ γὰρ δὴ μόνον τοὺς κινδύνους, ἀλλὰ καὶ 11.76 τὴν νίκην αὐτοῖς προηγόρευσεν. "Ἐπὶ ταύτῃ" γὰρ ἔφη "τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι Ἅιδου οὐ κα τισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς." Ἔστι δὲ ἰδεῖν καὶ κατὰ τὴν πρόρρησιν μεμερισμένας τὰς οἰκίας· ἢ γὰρ οἱ ἄνδρες ὑπὸ τῆς πίστεως ζωγρηθέντες ἀπιστούσαις ἔτι ταῖς γυναιξὶ διαμάχονται, ἢ αἱ γυναῖκες τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας δεξάμεναι ζυγὸν ἀλωμένους ἔτι τοὺς ἄνδρας σαγηνεύειν σπουδάζουσιν. Καὶ ἡ ἀναγκαία διαίρεσις ἕνω σιν ἀξιέπαινον πραγματεύεται. 11.77 Καὶ ἵνα τὰς ἄλλας καταλίπω προρρήσεις, γυνή τις ἀλά βαστρον μύρου τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ ποσὶ προσενήνοχεν. Ταύτης τὴν πίστιν ἀποδεχόμενος πρὸς τὸν τῶν μαθητῶν ἔφη χορόν· "Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὅπου ἂν κηρυχθῇ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦτο τῆς βασιλείας, κηρυχθήσεται καὶ ὃ ἐποίησεν ἡ γυνὴ αὕτη εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτῆς." Ταύτην δὲ τὴν πρόρρησιν καὶ νῦν ἐστι περα τουμένην ἰδεῖν· πανταχοῦ γὰρ γῆς καὶ θαλάττης καὶ τὸ εὐαγγέ λιον τὸ θεῖον ἀναγινώσκεται, καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς ἡ πίστις ἀνακη ρύττεται. 11.78 Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν καὶ ταῦτα προεῖπεν ὁ δεσπότης καὶ τὰ ἐν ἐκείνῳ γε τῷ βίῳ γενησόμενα προηγόρευσεν, ὁρῶμεν δὲ ἀναφαν δὸν τὴν τούτων ἀλήθειαν, ἀναμφισβητήτως κἀκεῖνα δεξώμεθα, ἀπὸ τῶν ἤδη γεγενημένων ποδηγούμενοι πρὸς ἐκεῖνα καὶ κεχρη 11.79 μένοι τούτοις τεκμηρίοις ἐκείνων. Τούτου γὰρ δὴ εἵνεκα καὶ ταῦτα κἀκεῖνα προείρηκεν, ἵνα διὰ τούτων ἐμπεδώσῃ κἀκεῖνα. Καὶ τιμάς, ἃς οὐχ ὑπέσχετο, τοῖς εἰς αὐτὸν πεπιστευκόσι φιλοτίμως ἀπένειμεν· καὶ οὐ μόνον τοῖς ζῶσι παμπόλλην ἔδωκε περιφάνειαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἄριστα τετελευτηκόσι πλεῖστον ξυνε κλήρωσε σέβας, ἵνα δι' ὧν οὐχ ὑπέσχετο μέν, ἔδωκε δέ, πιστεύ 11.80 σωμεν οἷς ὑπέσχετο. Ὁ γάρ τοι τὰ ταῖς ξυνθήκαις οὐκ ἐγκείμενα δωρησάμενος καὶ φιλοτιμίᾳ τὰς ὑποσχέσεις ὑπερβαλὼν δώσει πάντως, ἅπερ ὑπέσχετο, καὶ ἃ τοῖς ἀγωνιζομένοις ἐπέδειξεν ἆθλα. Σχέτλιον γὰρ τοὺς μὲν γυμνασιάρχους παρέχειν τοῖς ἀθληταῖς τὸν ὑπεσχημένον μισθόν, καὶ τοὺς ἐπί τῴ τινας μισθου μένους μετὰ τὸν πόνον πληροῦν τὰ ξυγκείμενα, τὸν δὲ τῶν ὅλων δημιουργόν, ὃς δι' ἀγαθότητα μόνην καὶ τοῖς μὴ οὖσι τὸ εἶναι παρέσχε καὶ τὸ τῆς οἰκονομίας μυστήριον ἐπετέλεσε καὶ τοῖς οὐχ ὁρῶσι τὸ φῶς τὸ τῆς θεογνωσίας ἐχαρίσατο φῶς, τοῦτον φάναι τὰς οἰκείας μὴ πληρώσειν ἐπαγγελίας. 11.81 Εἰ δὲ ἀληθής, ὥσπερ οὖν ἀληθής-θεία γάρ-ἡ ὑπόσχεσις, οὐκ ἀνόνητα, ὦ φίλοι ἄνδρες, τὰ τῆς θείας διδασκαλίας μαθή ματα. Οὐρανῶν γὰρ βασιλείαν καὶ ζωὴν τέλος οὐ δεχομένην καὶ φῶς νοερὸν καὶ τὴν μετὰ τῶν ἀσωμάτων χορείαν τοῖς πειθομένοις ὑπέσχετο, ὥσπερ αὖ κόλασιν αἰώνιον τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσιν ἠπείλησε· 11.82 τοῦτο γὰρ δὴ κἀν τῇ παραβολῇ τῶν ζιζανίων δεδήλωκεν. Ταύτην γὰρ ἑρμηνεύσας ἐπήγαγεν· "Οὕτως ἔσται ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου· ἀποστελεῖ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνάξουσιν ἐκ τῆς