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Now those of the circumcision, drawing upon themselves the curse of their fathers, are accustomed to anathematize our savior and lord and all who have believed in him with blasphemous and impious words, for this reason he adds in succession, "They will curse, but you will bless; 10.3.21 let those who rise up against me be ashamed, but your servant will rejoice. Let those who accuse me be clothed with confusion, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a double cloak. But I will give thanks to the Lord with my mouth, and in the midst of many I will praise him. Because he stood at the right hand of a poor man, to save my soul from those who persecute it." 10.3.22 And it is quite clear with how many evils those who still even now make curses against him in their own synagogues struggle, having been unable to recover at all from those times, and how he himself prepares praise to the Father in the midst of many nations through his new covenant, having the Father as a co-worker and seated at his own right hand. For this reason he says: "in the midst of many I will praise him, because he stood at the right hand of a poor man". 10.3.23 And he teaches of his salvation after death, saying: "to save my soul from those who persecute it". 10.3.24 For having said above, "he persecuted a poor and needy man, and one broken in heart, to put him to death", and clearly showing his own death, concluding the prophecy, he hinted at his salvation after death, saying: "because he stood at the right hand of a poor man, to save my soul from those who persecute it". 10.4.1 From Zechariah. "And I will take for myself two rods: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Cord, and I will shepherd my sheep. And I will cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul will be grieved for them, for their souls also cried out against me. And I said, I will not shepherd you: let that which is dying, die, and that which is fainting, faint, and let the rest eat, each one the flesh of his neighbor. And I will take the good rod, and I will cast it away to break my covenant which I made with all the peoples; and it will be broken on that day, and the Canaanites, the sheep that are kept for me, will know that it is the word of the Lord. And I will say to them, If it is good in your sight, give me my wages, or else forbear; and they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to me, Cast them into the foundry, and see if it is approved, in what manner I was tested for them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them into the house of the Lord into the foundry. And I cast away the second rod, the Cord, to break the covenant between Judah and between Israel." 10.4.2 And these things were fulfilled, when according to Luke, Judas "went away" and "spoke with the chief priests and scribes and captains of the temple, how he might betray him to them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money," and according to Mark when he "went to the chief priests, to betray him, and they were glad and promised to give him money." 10.4.3 But in these, the money is named simply, but in Matthew the number is also mentioned, agreeing with the quotation from Zechariah. 10.4.4 Matthew therefore says: "Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said to them, What are you willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they set for him thirty staters." These things therefore are in agreement with "and they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver" said in the prophecy by the Lord, 10.4.5 for which Symmachus rendered: "and they weighed my wages, thirty pieces of silver," and Aquila: "and they set my wages, thirty pieces of silver." To which is added: "And the Lord said to me, Cast them into the foundry, and see if it is approved, in what manner

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νῦν οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς τὴν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ἀρὰν ἐπισπώμενοι, βλασφήμοις καὶ ἀσεβέσι ῥήμασι καταθεματίζειν τὸν σωτῆρα καὶ κύριον ἡμῶν καὶ τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν πεπιστευκότας ἅπαντας εἰώθασιν, τούτου χάριν ἑξῆς ἐπιλέγει «καταράσονται αὐτοί, καὶ σὺ εὐλογήσεις· 10.3.21 οἱ ἐπανιστάμενοί μοι αἰσχυνθήτωσαν, ὁ δὲ δοῦλός σου εὐφρανθήσεται. ἐνδυσάσθωσαν οἱ ἐνδιαβάλλοντές με ἐντροπήν, καὶ περιβαλέσθωσαν ὡς διπλοΐδα αἰσχύνην αὐτῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν τῷ στόματί μου, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ πολλῶν αἰνέσω αὐτόν. ὅτι παρέστη ἐκ δεξιῶν πένητος, τοῦ σῶσαι ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων τὴν ψυχήν μου.» 10.3.22 καὶ πρόδηλόν γε, ὁπόσοις εἰσέτι καὶ νῦν οἱ τὰς κατ' αὐτοῦ ἀρὰς ἐν ταῖς ἑαυτῶν συναγωγαῖς ποιούμενοι παλαίουσι κακοῖς, ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν χρόνων μηδ' ὅλως ἀνανεῦσαι δεδυνημένοι, ὅπως τε αὐτὸς αἶνον τῷ πατρὶ ἐν μέσῳ πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τὸν διὰ τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης αὐτοῦ καταρτίζεται, συνεργὸν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ δεξιᾶς πάρεδρον κεκτημένος. διό φησιν· «ἐν μέσῳ πολλῶν αἰνέσω αὐτόν, ὅτι παρέστη ἐκ δεξιῶν πένητος». 10.3.23 καὶ τὴν μετὰ τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ σωτηρίαν διδάσκει λέγων· «τοῦ σῶσαι ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων τὴν ψυχήν μου». 10.3.24 ἀνωτέρω γοῦν φήσας τὸ «κατεδίωξεν ἄνθρωπον πένητα καὶ πτωχὸν καὶ κατανενυγμένον τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ θανατῶσαι», καὶ σαφῶς δηλώσας ἑαυτοῦ τὸν θάνατον, περιγράφων τὴν προφητείαν, τὴν μετὰ τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ σωτηρίαν ᾐνίξατο, εἰπών· «ὅτι παρέστη ἐκ δεξιῶν πένητος, τοῦ σῶσαι ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων τὴν ψυχήν μου». 10.4.1 Ἀπὸ τοῦ Ζαχαρίου. «Καὶ λήψομαι ἐμαυτῷ δύο ῥάβδους, τὴν μίαν ἐκάλεσα κάλλος, καὶ τὴν ἑτέραν ἐκάλεσα σχοίνισμα, καὶ ποιμανῶ τὰ πρόβατά μου. καὶ ἐξαρῶ τοὺς τρεῖς ποιμένας ἐν μηνὶ ἑνί, καὶ βαρυνθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπ' αὐτούς, καὶ γὰρ αἱ ψυχαὶ αὐτῶν ἐπωρύοντο ἐπ' ἐμέ. καὶ εἶπα, οὐ ποιμανῶ ὑμᾶς· τὸ ἀποθνῆσκον ἀποθνησκέτω, καὶ τὸ ἐκλεῖπον ἐκλειπέτω, καὶ τὰ κατάλοιπα ἐσθιέτωσαν, ἕκαστος τὰς σάρκας τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ. καὶ λήψομαι τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν καλήν, καὶ ἀπορρίψω αὐτὴν τοῦ διασκεδάσαι τὴν διαθήκην μου ἣν διεθέμην πρὸς πάντας τοὺς λαούς· καὶ διασκεδασθήσεται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ γνώσονται οἱ Χαναναῖοι τὰ πρόβατα τὰ φυλασσόμενά μοι· ὅτι λόγος κυρίου ἐστίν. καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτούς, εἰ καλὸν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ἐστιν, δότε τὸν μισθόν μου ἢ ἀπείπασθε· καὶ ἔστησαν τὸν μισθόν μου τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς. καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρός με, κάθες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ χωνευτήριον, καὶ σκέψαι εἰ δόκιμόν ἐστιν, ὃν τρόπον ἐδοκιμάσθην ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔλαβον τοὺς τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς καὶ ἐνέβαλον αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον κυρίου εἰς τὸ χωνευτήριον. καὶ ἀπέρριψα τὴν ῥάβδον τὴν δευτέραν, τὸ σχοίνισμα, τοῦ διασκεδάσαι τὴν διαθήκην ἀνὰ μέσον Ἰούδα καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Ἰσραήλ.» 10.4.2 Καὶ ταῦτα τέλους ἐτύγχανεν, ὅτε κατὰ μὲν τὸν Λουκᾶν «ἀπελθὼν» ὁ Ἰούδας «συνελάλει τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ γραμματεῦσι καὶ στρατηγοῖς τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ὅπως αὐτὸν παραδῷ αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἐχάρησαν, καὶ συνέθεντο αὐτῷ ἀργύρια δοῦναι», κατὰ δὲ τὸν Μάρκον ὁπηνίκα «ἀπῆλθεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς, ἵνα παραδῷ αὐτόν, οἱ δὲ ἐχάρησαν καὶ ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ ἀργύρια δοῦναι». 10.4.3 ἀλλ' ἐν τούτοις μὲν ἁπλῶς τὸ ἀργύριον ὠνόμασται, παρὰ δὲ τῷ Ματθαίῳ μνημονεύεται καὶ ὁ ἀριθμός, συνᾴδων τῇ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ζαχαρίου παραθέσει. 10.4.4 λέγει δ' οὖν ὁ Ματθαῖος· «τότε πορευθεὶς εἷς τῶν δώδεκα, ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης, πρὸς τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, τί θέλετέ μοι δοῦναι, κἀγὼ ὑμῖν παραδώσω αὐτόν; οἱ δὲ ἔστησαν αὐτῷ τριάκοντα στατῆρας». σύμφωνα οὖν ταῦτά ἐστιν τῷ «καὶ ἔστησαν τὸν μισθόν μου τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς» ἐν τῇ προφητείᾳ εἰρημένῳ ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, 10.4.5 ἀνθ' οὗ ὁ μὲν Σύμμαχος ἐποίησεν· «καὶ ἐστάθμισαν τὸν μισθόν μου τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς», ὁ δὲ Ἀκύλας· «καὶ ἔστησαν τὸν μισθόν μου τριάκοντα ἀργυροῦς». οἷς ἐπιλέγεται· «καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρός με, κάθες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ χωνευτήριον, καὶ σκέψαι εἰ δόκιμόν ἐστιν, ὃν τρόπον