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foreigners were ruling the Jews, and foreigners, having arrived from the east, both knew and worshipped the long-prophesied Christ of God. Therefore, through these things the prophecy of Jacob is clearly shown to have its end, being fulfilled at the very last of the constitution of the Jewish nation, just as he himself prophesied to his own children, saying: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days," we understanding "last days" as the last things of the constitution of the Jewish nation. 8.1.49 What then was destined to happen to them? An eclipse of the rule of Judah, and the destruction of their whole nation, a cessation and end of their leaders, and the abolition of the royal and ruling dignity of his tribe, but the beginning and kingdom of Christ, ruling not Israel but all the nations, according to "and he is the expectation of the nations." 8.1.50 Who would not confess that these things were so clearly fulfilled at the appearance of our Savior, when those who long before the birth of Christ were resplendent under their own rulers and leaders and wise hearers of the divine readings and their own kings and high priests and prophets, and the tribe of Judah itself, being royal, overcoming enemies and foes, ruling and leading the whole nation, and those who long excelled among them, from that time until now have become subject to the Romans? For the Christ of God clearly appeared, and from that time the so-called "expectation of the nations" has been proclaimed to all the nations. 8.1.51 Or let someone say, if it is not so that at the appearance of Jesus our Savior the venerable things among the Jews, both their metropolis along with the temple and the holy rite performed in it, together with their own leaders and rulers, have ceased, and from that time the things of the hope and expectation of the nations throughout the whole world have been revealed, when "the things stored up" for the Lord have also come. 8.1.52 What then are the things signified by "Judah, let your brothers praise you, your hands are on the back of your enemies," "a lion's cub, Judah; from a shoot, my son, you have gone up; having lain down you slept as a lion and as a lion's cub; who will rouse him?" For these, in another sense, are "the things stored up for him." Let us then understand these things, first paying attention to this, that the divine oracles are accustomed to address Christ by various names. For sometimes they call him Jacob: "Jacob my servant, I will help him; Israel my chosen one, my soul has received him, he will bring forth judgment to the nations," and what follows. 8.1.53 to which is added: "until he establishes judgment on the earth, and in his name the nations will hope," but sometimes they name him Solomon and David; Solomon, as in the 71st psalm, inscribed "For Solomon," but clearly containing things about Christ. 8.1.54 For "he will have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the inhabited world," and "all the nations will serve him," and as many things as the psalm contains following these, would be fitting for Christ alone. 8.1.55 And again, in the 88th psalm, Christ is proclaimed as David, since the things said in it would not be suitable for David alone, such as "He will call upon me, 'You are my father,' and I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth. For eternity I will keep my mercy for him," 8.1.56 and again: "His seed will remain forever, and his throne as the sun before me, and as the moon established forever." Thus then, with countless other names for Christ, by which the divine words signify him, Judah can likewise be spoken of through the preceding, because he also came from the tribe of Judah; 8.1.57 "for it is evident" according to the apostle "that" our Savior and "Lord has sprung from" the tribe of "Judah." To this Judah, therefore, in this sense, were "stored up" the things prophesied. 8.1.58 What were these? First, to be praised by the

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Ἰουδαίων ἀλλόφυλοι ἐκράτουν, καὶ τὸν πάλαι προ φητευόμενον Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγίνωσκόν τε καὶ προσεκύνουν ἀλλόφυλοι, ἐξ ἀνατολῶν ἐπιστάντες. οὐκοῦν σαφῶς διὰ τούτων τέλος ἔχουσα τοῦ Ἰακὼβ ἡ προφητεία δείκνυται, ἐπ' ἐσχάτου τῆς συστάσεως τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνους ἀποτελεσθεῖσα, ὥσπερ οὖν αὐτὸς τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ παισὶν ἐθέσπισεν εἰπών· «συνάχθητε, ἵνα ἀπαγγείλω ὑμῖν τί συμβήσεται ὑμῖν ἐπ' ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν», ἐσχάτας ἡμέρας νοούντων ἡμῶν τὰ ἔσχατα τῆς συστάσεως τοῦ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνους. 8.1.49 τί δῆτα δεῖν αὐτοῖς ἀπαντᾶν ἔμελλεν; ἔκλειψις μὲν τῆς ἀρχῆς Ἰούδα, καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἔθνους αὐτῶν καθαίρεσις, παῦλά τε καὶ λῆξις τῶν ἡγουμένων αὐτῶν, καὶ τῆς φυλῆς αὐτοῦ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ καὶ ἀρχικοῦ ἀξιώματος κατάλυσις, Χριστοῦ δὲ ἀρχὴ καὶ βασιλεία, οὐ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἁπάντων ἄρχουσα, κατὰ τὸ «καὶ αὐτὸς προσδοκία ἐθνῶν». 8.1.50 τίς δ' οὐκ ἂν ὁμολογήσειεν ταῦθ' οὕτω σαφῶς ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐπιφανείᾳ πεπληρῶσθαι, ὅτε οἱ πάλαι πρὸ τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ γενέσεως ἐπ' οἰκείοις ἄρχουσι καὶ ἡγουμένοις καὶ συνετοῖς τῶν θείων ἀναγνωσμάτων ἀκροαταῖς βασιλεῦσίν τε ἰδίοις καὶ ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ προφήταις λαμπρυνόμενοι, αὐτή τε ἡ τοῦ Ἰούδα φυλή, βασιλικὴ οὖσα, τῶν ἐχθρῶν καὶ πολεμίων ἐπικρατοῦσα κατάρχουσά τε καὶ ἡγουμένη τοῦ παντὸς ἔθνους, οἵ τε ἐν αὐτοῖς πάλαι διαπρέποντες ἐξ ἐκείνου καὶ εἰς δεῦρο Ῥωμαίοις ὑποτελεῖς καθεστήκασιν; ἐπεφάνη γὰρ σαφῶς ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἐξ ἐκείνου ἡ λεγομένη «προσδοκία τῶν ἐθνῶν» εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἀνακεκήρυκται. 8.1.51 ἢ λεγέτω τις, εἰ μὴ κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Ἰησοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν τὰ μὲν παρὰ Ἰουδαίοις σεμνὰ ἥ τε μητρόπολις αὐτῶν ἅμα τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ τῇ ἐν τούτῳ συντελουμένῃ ἁγιστείᾳ μετὰ καὶ τῶν οἰκείων ἡγουμένων τε καὶ ἀρχόντων διαλέλοιπεν, ἀναδέδεικται δὲ ἐξ ἐκείνου τὰ τῆς ἐλπίδος καὶ προσδοκίας τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν καθ' ὅλης τῆς οἰκουμένης, ὅτε καὶ ἐλήλυθεν «τὰ ἀποκείμενα» τῷ κυρίῳ. 8.1.52 τίνα δὲ ἢ τὰ δηλούμενα διὰ τοῦ «Ἰούδα, σὲ αἰνέσαισαν οἱ ἀδελφοί σου, αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐπὶ νώτου τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου», «σκύμνος λέοντος, Ἰούδα· ἐκ βλαστοῦ, υἱέ μου, ἀνέβης· ἀναπεσὼν ἐκοιμήθης ὡς λέων καὶ ὡς σκύμνος λέοντος· τίς ἐγερεῖ αὐτόν;» ταῦτα γὰρ καθ' ἑτέραν διάνοιαν «τὰ αὐτῷ ἀποκείμενα». Ἃ καὶ αὐτὰ φέρε κατανοήσωμεν, πρῶτον τούτῳ ἐπιστήσαντες, ὡς διαφόροις τὸν Χριστὸν ὀνόμασι προσαγορεύειν εἰώθασιν οἱ θεῖοι χρησμοί. τοτὲ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν καλοῦσιν Ἰακώβ· «Ἰακὼβ ὁ παῖς μου, ἀντιλήψομαι αὐτοῦ· Ἰσραὴλ ὁ ἐκλεκτός μου προσεδέξατο αὐτὸν ἡ ψυχή μου, κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐξοίσει», καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. 8.1.53 οἷς ἐπείρηται· «ἕως ἂν θῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κρίσιν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν», τοτὲ δὲ αὐτὸν Σολομῶνα καὶ ∆αβὶδ ὀνομάζουσιν· Σολομῶνα μὲν ὡς ἐν οαʹ ψαλμῷ, ἐπιγεγραμμένῳ μὲν «εἰς Σολομῶνα», σαφῶς δὲ τὰ περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ περιέχοντι. 8.1.54 τὸ γὰρ «κατακυριεύσει ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἕως θαλάσσης, καὶ ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ ἕως περάτων τῆς οἰκουμένης», καὶ «πάντα τὰ ἔθνη δουλεύσουσιν αὐτῷ», καὶ ὅσα τούτοις ἑξῆς ὁ ψαλμὸς περιέχει, μόνῳ τῷ Χριστῷ ἁρμόζοι ἄν. 8.1.55 ∆αβὶδ δὲ ἐν πηʹ ψαλμῷ πάλιν ὁ Χριστὸς ἀνηγόρευται, ἐπεὶ μὴ τῷ ∆αβὶδ μόνῳ δὲ αὐτῷ κατάλληλα ἂν εἴη καὶ τὰ ἐν τούτῳ λεγόμενα, οἷον τὸ «αὐτὸς ἐπικαλέσεταί με, πατήρ μου εἶ σύ, κἀγὼ πρωτότοκον θήσομαι αὐτόν, ὑψηλὸν παρὰ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τῆς γῆς. εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα φυλάξω αὐτῷ τὸ ἔλεός μου», 8.1.56 καὶ πάλιν· «τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μενεῖ, καὶ ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐναντίον μου, καὶ ὡς ἡ σελήνη κατηρτισμένη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα». οὕτως οὖν μετὰ μυρίων ἄλλων τοῦ Χριστοῦ προσηγοριῶν, δι' ὧν αὐτὸν οἱ θεῖοι λόγοι σημαίνουσιν, καὶ Ἰούδας ὁμοίως διὰ τῶν προκειμένων ἀνειρῆσθαι δύναται, ὅτι καὶ ἐκ τῆς Ἰούδα γέγονεν φυλῆς· 8.1.57 «πρόδηλον γὰρ» κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον «ὅτι ἐκ» φυλῆς «Ἰούδα ἀνατέταλκεν» ὁ σωτὴρ καὶ «κύριος ἡμῶν». τούτῳ δὴ οὖν κατὰ διάνοιαν τῷ Ἰούδᾳ «ἀποκείμενα» ἦν τὰ προφητευόμενα. 8.1.58 Τίνα δὲ ἦν ταῦτα; πρῶτον μὲν τὸ ἐπαινεθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν