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a vision of deceit. But what is the connection of an earthquake and an eclipse with rocks being rent and a resurrection of the dead, and so great a cosmic disturbance? At any rate, no one remembers such a thing having happened in a long time. But it was a darkness made by God, because on this day the Lord happened to suffer. And the account is most true, and the time of the saving passion is rather well recorded among the Romans; for they noted that He suffered in the consulship of Geminus, which occurred in the 1st year of the 202nd Olympiad. A proof that our Savior suffered in this year would be the testimony of the Gospel according to John, which testifies that after the 15th year of Tiberius, a three-year period of His teaching had passed. That in the 33rd year of Herod, Quirinius, having been sent to Judea by the decree of the senate, made a registration of properties and inhabitants. And in the same year Jesus Christ our God is born in Bethlehem of Judea. The total from Abraham to the birth of Christ comes to 2105 years. That Herod, afflicted by a terrible dropsy and casting out worms 1.333 from his body, ended his life. But after the death of Herod, Augustus appointed Archelaus, the son of Herod, as ethnarch of the Jews, giving him the regions around Jerusalem and the nation of the Samaritans and Sebaste and Caesarea and Joppa and Antipatris and Lydda and the plain, and to Philip the regions around the present Paneas and Batanea and Trachonitis and Acrabatine and Gaulanitis and Galatha, where the city of Gamala was, and to Herod Galilee and the plain under Parna and Narbatha and Perea. This man founded Tiberias. and to Lysanias Idumea and Ziph and its territories and Abilene. So there are from Adam until the flood 2242 years, and from the flood until Peleg and the tower-building 538 years, and from Peleg and the tower-building until Abraham came into the land of Canaan 610 years, and from Abraham until the death of Jesus son of Nun 520 years, and from the death of Jesus until David took over the kingdom of Judea 480 years, and from David until Zedekiah son of Jeconiah and the exile from Babylon 448 years, and from the exile until Zerubbabel, in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, 70 years, and from the 1st year of Cyrus until Augustus Caesar, in whose time our Lord and God Jesus Christ was born, 502 years. Total years #225500. And after Augustus, Tiberius reigned for 23 years, who founded the city of Tiberias in Judea. And in the 15th year of his 1.334 reign our Lord Jesus Christ was baptized and began his gospel preaching, and in the 18th year of his reign the Lord was crucified. And he rises on the 25th of March as the Lord's day was dawning, which is one and the first, the same as the Lord's Passover; for on this day God created the light and on this day the true light Christ rose from the tomb. Who also fulfilled the prophecy of Daniel, having come to the saving passion in the midst of the week of years. For he says, "and upon the temple the abomination of desolation; a final end shall be given to the desolation." For in this week a new covenant has been given to those who believe, and He filled them with all power, since in the middle of this week the sacrifice according to the law was taken away, while the true sacrifice was being offered. And the Lord foretold the signs of the desolation, saying, "when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, know that its desolation is near." And so that the Jews would not think that they would get back the temple and the city again, he adds, "and until the consummation of time a final end shall be given to the desolation." For, he says, until the consummation of the world the final end of the desolation remains, admitting no change. This David also said, "In the wrath of consummation, and they shall not be; and they shall know that he is Lord of Jacob and of the ends of the earth." and then they will know all the more, when they see the sign of the Son of Man in the

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ὄψιν πλάνης. τίς δὲ ἡ κοινωνία σεισμῷ καὶ ἐκλείψει πέτραις τε ῥηγνυμέναις καὶ ἀνα στάσει νεκρῶν, τοσαύτη τε κίνησις κοσμική; ἐν γοῦν τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ τοιοῦτόν τι συμβὰν οὐ μέμνηταί τις. ἀλλ' ἦν σκότος θεο ποίητον, διότι τῇδε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τὸν κύριον συνέβη παθεῖν. καὶ ὁ λόγος ἀληθέστατος, καὶ ὁ χρόνος τοῦ σωτηρίου πάθους παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις μᾶλλον σεσημείωται· ἐν γὰρ τῇ Γεμίνου ὑπατείᾳ πεπον θέναι αὐτὸν ἐσημειώσαντο, ἥτις γέγονεν ἐν τῷ αʹ τῆς σβʹ Ὀλυμ πιάδος. τεκμήριον δ' ἂν γένοιτο τοῦ κατὰ τόδε τὸ ἔτος πεπονθέ ναι τὸν σωτῆρα ἡμῶν ἡ τοῦ κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγελίου μαρτυρία, ἥτις μετὰ τὸ ιεʹ ἔτος Τιβερίου τριετῆ χρόνον τῆς διδασκαλίας αὐ τοῦ διαγενέσθαι μαρτυρεῖ. Ὅτι ἐν τῷ λγʹ ἔτει Ἡρώδου Κυρήνιος ὑπὸ τῆς συγκλήτου βουλῆς ἀπεσταλμένος εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἀπογραφὰς ἐποιήσατο τῶν οὐσιῶν καὶ τῶν οἰκητόρων. ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ δὲ ἔτει Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας γεννᾶται. Ὁμοῦ συνάγεται ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπὶ τὴν Χριστοῦ γέννησιν ἔτη βρεʹ. Ὅτι Ἡρώδης ὕδρωπι δεινῷ πιεσθεὶς σκώληκάς τε ἐκβράσας 1.333 ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος καταστρέφει τὸν βίον. Αὔγουστος δὲ μετὰ θάνατον Ἡρώδου Ἀρχέλαον μὲν τὸν υἱὸν Ἡρώδου Ἰουδαίωἐθνάρχην κατέστησε, δοὺς αὐτῷ τὰ περὶ Ἱεροσόλυμα ὅρια καὶ Σαμαρέων τὸ ἔθνος καὶ Σεβαστὴν καὶ Καισάρειαν καὶ Ἰόππην καὶ Ἀντιπατρίδα καὶ Λύδαν καὶ τὸ πεδίον, Φιλίππῳ δὲ τὰ περὶ τὴν νῦν Πανεάδα καὶ Βαταναίαν καὶ Τράχωνα καὶ τὴν Ἀκραβατίνην καὶ Γαυλανῖτιν καὶ Γάλαθα, ἔνθα ἦν Γαμάλα πόλις, Ἡρώδῃ δὲ τὴν Γαλιλαίαν καὶ τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν Πάρναν πεδίον καὶ Νάρβαθον καὶ τὴν Περαίαν. οὗτος ἔκτισε Τιβεριάδα. τῷ δὲ Λυσανίᾳ τὴν Ἰδου μαίαν καὶ Ζιφηνὴν καὶ τὰ ταύτης χωρία καὶ Ἀβιληνήν. Γίνονται οὖν ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἔτη δισχίλια σμβʹ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἕως τοῦ Φάλεκ καὶ τῆς πυργο ποιίας ἔτη φληʹ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Φάλεκ καὶ τῆς πυργοποιίας ἕως ἦλ θεν Ἀβραὰμ εἰς γῆν Χαναὰν ἔτη χιʹ, καὶ ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἰησοῦ υἱοῦ Ναυῆ ἔτη φκʹ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς τελευτῆς Ἰησοῦ ἕως παρέλαβε ∆αβὶδ τὴν βασιλείαν τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἔτη υπʹ, καὶ ἀπὸ ∆αβὶδ ἕως Σεδεκίου υἱοῦ Ἰεχονίου καὶ τῆς ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος μετοικεσίας ἔτη υμηʹ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς μετοικεσίας ἕως Ζοροβάβελ, ἐπὶ πρώτου ἔτους Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν, ἔτη οʹ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αʹ ἔτους Κύρου ἕως Αὐγούστου Καίσαρος, ἐν ᾧ χρόνῳ ἐγεννήθη ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν καὶ θεὸς Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, ἔτη φβʹ. ὁμοῦ ἔτη #22εφʹ. Μετὰ δὲ Αὔγουστον ἐβασίλευσε Τιβέριος ἔτη κγʹ, ὃς ἔκτισε πόλιν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ Τιβεριάδα. καὶ ἐν μὲν τῷ ιεʹ ἔτει τῆς αὐτοῦ 1.334 βασιλείας ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐβαπτίσθη καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελικοῦ κηρύγματος ἀπήρξατο, ἐν δὲ τῷ ιηʹ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἐσταυρώθη ὁ κύριος. ἀνίσταται δὲ τῇ κεʹ Μαρτίου ἐπι φωσκούσῃ κυριακῇ, ἥτις ἐστὶ μία καὶ πρώτη, ἡ αὐτὴ καὶ πάσχα κυριακόν· ἐν ταύτῃ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τὸ φῶς ἐδημιούργησε καὶ ἐν ταύτῃ τὸ ἀληθινὸν φῶς ὁ Χριστὸς ἐκ τάφου ἀνέτειλεν. ὃς καὶ ἐπεσκηά γισε τὴν τοῦ ∆ανιὴλ προφητείαν, μέσον τῆς ἑβδομάδος τῶν χρό νων ἐλθὼν ἐπὶ τὸ σωτήριον πάθος. φησὶ γάρ "καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἱερὸν βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως συντέλεια δοθήσεται ἐπὶ τὴν ἐρήμωσιν." ἐν γὰρ ταύτῃ τῇ ἑβδομάδι διαθήκη δέδοται καινὴ τοῖς πιστεύουσι, καὶ δυνάμεως ἁπάσης αὐτοὺς ἐπλήρωσεν, ἐπείπερ μεσούσης τῆς ἑβδομάδος ταύτης ἡ κατὰ νόμον ἤρθη θυσία, τῆς τε ἀληθινῆς προσφερομένης θυσίας. σημεῖα δὲ τῆς ἐρημώσεως προϋπέφηνε λέγων ὁ κύριος "ὅταν ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ ∆ανιὴλ προφήτου, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἡ ἐρήμωσις αὐτῆς." καὶ ἵνα μὴ νομίσωσι οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι πάλιν ἀπολήψεσθαι τὸν ναὸν καὶ τὴν πόλιν, ἐπάγει "καὶ ἕως συντελείας καιροῦ συντέλεια δοθήσεται ἐπὶ τὴν ἐρήμωσιν." ἕως γάρ, φησί, τῆς τοῦ κόσμου συντελείας ἡ τῆς ἐρημώσεως συντέλεια μένει, μεταβολὴν οὐ δεχομένη. τοῦτο καὶ ∆αβὶδ ἔφη "ἐν ὀργῇ συντελείας, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπάρξωσι· καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι δεσπόζει τοῦ Ἰακὼβ καὶ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς." καὶ τότε μᾶλλον γνώσονται, ὅταν ἴδωσι τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀν θρώπου ἐν τῷ