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he has been revealed as such for all who have ever been called righteous; therefore he alone might properly be called righteous, so that the prophecy might speak about him, "Behold how the righteous one is taken away;" but from what he is taken away it adds in this: "For the righteous one has been taken away from the face of iniquity;" and who it is that takes him away, it is possible to hear from him when he says, "No one takes my life from me; I have authority to lay it down, and again I have authority to take it up." Then it says, "His burial is in peace;" here it should be noted that the prophetic scripture signifies not only the things concerning his death, but also the things concerning his burial, whence also the holy apostle writing to the Corinthians says, "For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, that Christ died 227 for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried." And what scriptures, if not those saying "he was led to death for the iniquities of my people," and "his burial is in peace"? But not only is the aforementioned righteous one taken away from the midst of iniquity, but also "righteous men," it says, "are taken away," who would also be the holy apostles of Christ, and his wonderful martyrs, who themselves are also called righteous by participation in his righteousness; but when these things were being accomplished, "no one," it says, "was looking," and "no one understood," clearly those whose heart had been made dull and who had closed their eyes that they might not see, to whom the following parts of the prophecy are said, beginning with, "But you, come here, you lawless sons, seed of adulterers and a prostitute." Ps. 30. And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun the glorious name; for the wrath from the Lord will come like a violent river, it will come with anger. And the redeemer will come for the sake of Zion, and will turn away ungodliness from Jacob, said the Lord. And this is my covenant with them: my spirit which is upon you, and the words which I have put in your mouth, shall not fail from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your seed, said the Lord, from now and for ever. Again, through these things the word prophesies of the calling of the church from the Gentiles established through our Savior; for who else would be those said to be "from the west," or through whom did the diverse nations fear the name 228 of the Lord, those who through the teaching of Jesus abandoned the former error of darkness that comes from ignorance, and fled for refuge to the God of all; and who is the one prophesied to come from Zion, to redeem and turn Jacob from his former ungodliness, if not he who came to save the lost sheep of the house of Israel who were in ungodliness, to whom he says the Spirit of God in Christ will covenant the words of eternal life, which the Father has given into the mouth of the Son; which he also says will fail neither from him, nor from the mouth of his seed from now and for eternal time? These would be the words of the gospel of the new covenant, which, although so many have plotted against them both long ago and still plot now, have not failed nor will they fail from the mouth of the church established from the rational and intelligible seed of Christ; for the Lord has spoken and declared that he will not blot them out from now and for ever; wherefore also according to John the gospel of Christ is seen as an eternal gospel. Ps. 31. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for which reason he has anointed me; the Lord has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to call the acceptable year of the Lord, and a day of recompense for our God; to comfort all who mourn, to give 229 to those who mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, an ointment of gladness to those who mourn, a garment of glory instead of a spirit of despair; and they will be called generations of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for glory. Jesus the Christ of God, who came forth from the root of Jesse, upon whom the seven spirits of God have rested, having loved righteousness and hated iniquity, was anointed by his God and Father with the so-called spiritual

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πάντας τοὺς πώποτε χρηματίσαντας δικαίους τοιοῦτος ἀναδέδεικται· διὸ καὶ κυρίως μόνος ἂν αὐτὸς χρηματίζοι δίκαιος, ὥστε περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγειν τὴν προφητείαν, ἴδετε ὡς ὁ δίκαιος αἴρεται· ἀπὸ τίνος δὲ αἴρεται ἐπιφέρει ἐν τῷ, ἀπὸ γὰρ προσώπου ἀδικίας ἦρται ὁ δίκαιος· τίς δὲ καὶ ὁ αἴρων αὐτὸν αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἀκοῦσαι λέγοντος, οὐδεὶς αἴρει τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· ἐξουσίαν ἔχω θεῖναι αὐτὴν, καὶ πάλιν ἐξουσίαν ἔχω λαβεῖν αὐτήν. Εἶτά φησιν, ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἡ ταφὴ αὐτοῦ· ἔνθα σημειωτέον, ὅτι οὐ μόνον τὰ περὶ τοῦ θανάτου, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ περὶ τῆς ταφῆς αὐτοῦ ἡ προφητικὴ σημαίνει γραφὴ, ὅθεν καὶ ὁ ἱερὸς ἀπόστολος γράφων Κορινθίοις φησὶ, Παρέδωκα γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐν πρώτοις, ὃ καὶ παρέλαβον, ὅτι Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν 227 ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν κατὰ τὰς γραφὰς, καὶ ὅτι ἐτάφη. Ποίας δὲ γραφὰς, ἢ τὰς φασκούσας ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνομιῶν τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἤχθη εἰς θάνατον, καὶ ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἡ ταφὴ αὐτοῦ; Οὐ μόνος δὲ ὁ προειρημένος ἡμῖν δίκαιος ἦρται ἐκ μέσου ἀδικίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄνδρες δίκαιοι, φησὶν, αἴρονται, οἳ καὶ αὐτοὶ εἶεν ἂν οἱ ἱεροὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολοι, καὶ οἱ θαυμάσιοι αὐτοῦ μάρτυρες, οἱ μετοχῇ τῆς αὐτοῦ δικαιοσύνης δίκαιοι καὶ αὐτοὶ χρηματίζοντες· τούτων δ' ἐπιτελουμένων οὐδεὶς, φησὶν, ἔβλεπεν, καὶ οὐδεὶς κατενόει, τῶν παχυνθέντων δῆλον δ' ὅτι τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τῶν μυσάντων τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν, πρὸς οὓς τὰ ἑξῆς τῆς προφητείας λέγεται, τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ, ὑμεῖς δὲ προσαγάγετε ὧδε υἱοὶ ἄνομοι, σπέρμα μοιχῶν καὶ πόρνης. Ψ. Λʹ. Καὶ φοβηθήσονται οἱ ἀπὸ δυσμῶν τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, καὶ οἱ ἀπ' ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἔνδοξον· ἥξει γὰρ ὡς ποταμὸς βίαιος ἡ ὀργὴ παρὰ Κυρίου, ἥξει μετὰ θυμοῦ. Καὶ ἥξει ἕνεκεν Σιὼν ὁ ῥυόμενος, καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀσεβείας ἀπὸ Ἰακὼβ, εἶπεν Κύριος. Καὶ αὕτη αὐτοῖς ἡ παρ' ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐμὸν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ σοὶ, καὶ τὰ ῥήματα, ἃ ἔδωκα εἰς τὸ στόμα σου, οὐ μὴ ἐκλείπῃ ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ σπέρματός σου, εἶπεν Κύριος, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Πάλιν τὰ τῆς κλήσεως τῆς διὰ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν συστάσης ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἐκκλησίας καὶ διὰ τούτων ὁ λόγος προφητεύει· τίνες γὰρ ἄλλοι εἶεν οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀπὸ δυσμῶν, ἢ διὰ τίνος ἐφοβήθησαν τὸ ὄνομα 228 Κυρίου τὰ παντοδαπὰ ἔθνη, τὰ διὰ τῆς Ἰησοῦ διδασκαλίας καταλείψαντα μὲν τὴν προτέραν τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἄγνοιαν σκότους πλάνην, ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν τῶν ὅλων Θεὸν καταπεφευγότα· τίς δ' ὁ ἥξειν προφητευόμενος ἐκ Σιὼν, ῥυσόμενος καὶ ἀποστρέψων τῆς προτέρας ἀσεβείας τὸν Ἰακὼβ, ἢ ὁ σῶσαι παραγενόμενος τὰ ἀπολωλότα καὶ ἐν ἀσεβείᾳ γεγονότα πρόβατα οἴκου Ἰσραὴλ, οἷς διαθήσεσθαι φησὶ τὸ ἐν Χριστῷ πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ ῥήματα τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς, ἃ δέδωκεν ὁ Πατὴρ εἰς τὸ τοῦ Υἱοῦ στόμα· ἃ καί φησιν μήτε ἐξ αὐτοῦ, μήτε μὴν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτοῦ διαλείψειν ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον; Ταῦτα δ' ἂν εἴη τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης, ἃ, καίτοι τοσούτων ἐπιβουλευσάντων τε πάλαι καὶ ἔτι νῦν ἐπιβουλευόντων αὐτοῖς, οὐ διέλειπεν οὐδὲ μὴν ἐπιλείψει ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τῆς ἐκ τοῦ λογικοῦ καὶ νοητοῦ σπέρματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ συστάσης ἐκκλησίας· εἶπεν γὰρ Κύριος καὶ ἀποπέφανται τοῦ μὴ ἐξαλείψειν αὐτὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· διὸ καὶ κατὰ τὸν Ἰωάννην αἰώνιον εὐαγγέλιον ἑορᾶται τὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ εὐαγγέλιον. Ψ. ΛΑʹ. Πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμὲ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέν με· Κύριος εὐαγγελίσασθαι πτωχοῖς ἀπέσταλκέ με, ἰάσασθαι τοὺς συντετριμμένους τὴν καρδίαν, κηρῦξαι αἰχμαλώτοις ἄφεσιν, καὶ τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν, καλέσαι ἐνιαυτὸν Κυρίου δεκτὸν, καὶ ἡμέραν ἀνταποδόσεως τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν· παρακαλέσαι πάντας τοὺς πενθοῦντας, δοθῆναι 229 τοῖς πενθοῦσιν Σιὼν δόξαν ἀντὶ σποδοῦ, ἄλειμμα εὐφροσύνης τοῖς πενθοῦσιν, καταστολὴν δόξης ἀντὶ πνεύματος ἀκηδίας· καὶ κληθήσονται γενεαὶ δικαιοσύνης, φύτευμα Κυρίου εἰς δόξαν. Ὁ ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ προελθὼνἸησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐφ' ὃν ἀναπέπαυται τὰ ἑπτὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ πνεύματα, δικαιοσύνην ἀγαπήσας καὶ μισήσας ἀνομίαν, ἐχρίσθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ τῷ λεγομένῳ πνευματικῷ