Synopsis scripturae sacrae
Of beeri, in the days of uzziah, and jotham, and ahaz, and hezekiah, kings of judah, and in the days of jeroboam the son of joash, king of israel. the
Among the hebrews also esther and that ruth, being united with judges, is counted as one book and esther as another one and thus again the number o
Silvanus and timothy, to the church of the thessalonians, in god the father and the lord jesus christ.” and the beginning of the second: “paul and sil
The expulsion, and the slaying of abel by his brother cain, and the translation of enoch, and the construction of the ark, and the flood that happened
These ten commandments on the tablets: first, i am the lord your god second, you shall not make for yourself an idol, nor the likeness of anything t
To them that spring from the earth such as are the locust, the francolin, the grasshopper, and the like to them, and the serpent-fighter. but those t
Of the altar, and the limit of the times of the service of the levites so that from twenty-five years they should begin to serve but having become f
In gai, in the region beyond on the borders of moab from gai to dibon-gad from dibon-gad to almon-diblathaim and from almon-diblathaim to the mount
Commandments and he reminds the people again, that they might keep them. and he repeats in it both the exodus from egypt, and all the good deeds done
He says to be, whose land joshua also gave to the remaining tribes as an inheritance according to their lot: the hittite, and the amorite, and the can
Book 8, ruth. the book is called this because it contains only the history of ruth. this ruth was a moabitess by race, and she excelled in prudence. h
And when the foreigners came, and the people fled, he alone stood his ground and he drove off the foreigners, and saved the barley. and three mighty
Of the shilonite, and of the one who cried out against the altar of samaria and concerning elijah and elisha, and of the one who prophesied to ahab c
The son of david reigned over all the people for 40 years, he also and he did evil. and in his time there were the prophets nathan and gad. rehoboam
Josiah his son, 31 years. the people raised him up as king, being eight years old and he did what was right in every way of david, and did not turn a
And he took the gold and the vessels. jeroboam his son, for 41 years and he did evil. zacharias his son, for six months, and he did evil. up to this
Of a jewish eunuch. and the reason for the return was this: three soldiers guarding the king, of whom one was zerubbabel, contended over a problem, a
Being closed, and to station some on the right, and others on the left and thus, for some to sing psalms, and to praise, and to sing, and to hymn god
“a praise of a song,” ʹ, βʹ, δʹ and the one, “of praise,” ρμδʹ. again, those not inscribed “to david,” but referred to others, are these, ληʹ, μαʹ, μ
To be anointed the 28th, of the departing tabernacle the 29th, of the dedication of the house the 30th, of ecstasy the 31st, of understanding the
Is called the wisdom of solomon. but he entitled the present book proverbs, since proverbs are sayings of the wise, like riddles, which on the one han
He finds the meaning contained in them such as: “a wise son is saved from the heat, but a lawless son becomes wind-blasted in the harvest ” and again
When it rejoices, the face flourishes but when it is in sorrows, it is gloomy ” and, “an upright heart seeks perception but the mouth of the uninstr
The egyptians indeed imagined, but the greeks were about to create myths concerning these things for this reason this man, moved by the holy spirit,
With enigmatic allegory. for the meaning of the doctrines in it is hidden not in the obvious, but in secret. but being searched for, it is found, beca
Of the race to the word, and of the church from the gentiles to him, and of the word again to her and to the human race then of the gentiles to jerus
Encampments, and having broken their swords, and henceforth being peacefully minded. the one from the gentiles, seeing jerusalem as if blaming her, de
At the affliction that befell him, three of his friends came to console him, eliphaz the king of the temanites, bildad the tyrant of the shuhites, zop
This one announces against idumea and its end, and against the nations that acted insolently toward israel. for he signifies that the house of esau wi
Against jerusalem. and the word of the lord came to him. and the greater part of his prophecy is good news concerning the incarnate coming of the word
And to the ruler of tyre, and a lament against him, and to the sons of his people, and against the shepherds of israel. and finally, describing the bu
He wished to hang mordecai on it the next day but the king, by some good providence having stayed awake that night, and not being able to sleep, comm
His soldiers being unaware. and so then the assyrians fled, and the sons of israel, running together from all sides, cut down the assyrians. and so ha
His son tobias, having gone into media, and having buried his parents-in-law, and having heard about the destruction of nineveh, died at 107 years of
Of snakes, of cats, and of similar things. that god benefited israel with quails instead of frogs. that also for the bite of snakes the salvation of t
And that it is necessary to propitiate him, and not to walk in the desire of the heart. concerning not being carried about by every wind, and concerni
Teaching of money, of great ones, and of rulers, to a son and wife, to a brother and friend concerning an evil servant. concerning foolish dreams co
Hezekiah was humble-minded, and a friend of isaiah, and the slayer of rabshakeh. how the lord redeemed israel by the hand of isaiah, striking the camp
A scribe is prevented from following, and the disciple is compelled. he stills the storm of the sea. the demons fall into the swine. jesus came into h
Many. he resolved the matter of the certificate of divorce. he discourses concerning the manner of eunuchism. he blesses the children. the rich man ap
Of publicans. the pharisees accuse [him] concerning this. the disciples of john bring a charge concerning fasting but he defends himself. he passes t
Of god. peter denies. jesus is led to pilate he is crucified. mary the mother of james the younger was there, and magdalene, and salome. joseph takes
Turns back.” he appointed seventy disciples, and sends them out two by two, having advised them to carry nothing. he rebukes the cities. then he says,
Then he calls the children. the rich man approaches, asking what he must do to inherit eternal life. he speaks to the disciples about his passion but
Peter: “you have the words of eternal life, to whom shall we go?” when it was the feast of tabernacles, his brothers urge him to go up into the temple
John. but they departed, and again withdrew. mary sees the angels, then jesus, and he speaks with her. then he appeared to the disciples when the door
And their bonds were loosed. from the body of paul they carried away handkerchiefs to the sick and those possessed by demons, and they were healed. pa
Not to pay attention to those who deceive, saying that their destruction will come, just as also happened to the transgressing angels. and he foretell
And first he accepts her children walking well then, teaching that our mystery is not recent, he exhorts again concerning love, and that they should
Having deified, and having worshipped the creature rather than the creator. and he also accuses the jews, as not having kept the law but rather throu
But he rebukes them for making the schisms, but also advises that virtue not be considered in word, but in deed and power then, having rebuked the on
Henceforth they should no longer pay attention to those who deceived them, but rather to hold fast to the faith in christ, and to know that the grace
To abide in the faith, signifying, that paul himself is a minister of the gospel, in which they were instructed then he also discusses the law and th
Of the disorderly, but also to cast them out. for he showed such ones to be both meddlesome and wanderers. and in general he instructed that the one n
The occasion for this epistle is also thus: since those who had journeyed with paul had left him, the apostle, wanting timothy to come to him, writes
Thyatira, to sardis, to philadelphia, and to laodicea. and the things that are in the vision are many and various. and finally he saw the destruction
Four books of maccabees, ptolemaica, psalms and the ode of solomon, susanna. these are the disputed books of the old testament. and again, the apocryp
Years of the interpretation of the 72. a third interpretation is that of symmachus. he, being a samaritan, and not having been honored by his own peop
Book 8, Ruth. The book is called this because it contains only the history of Ruth. This Ruth was a Moabitess by race, and she excelled in prudence. Having renounced her kinship and her ancestral superstition, she turned to piety, and went straight to Bethlehem of Judea, and there she was joined to Boaz, who was from the tribe of Judah, and finally from her David is descended thus: Boaz by Ruth begets Obed; and Obed, Jesse; and Jesse, David. Book 9, First and Second Kingdoms. The books are named Kingdoms because they contain the deeds of the kings who were in Judah and Israel, and their years. 28.316 These things are contained in the first book of Kingdoms: the death of Eli the priest and his sons; and the birth of Samuel; and how the people, formerly ruled by God, who raised up a helper for them in due season, nevertheless asked of Samuel, according to the custom of the nations, for a king, and he gave them Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin; and so from him arose the beginning of the kingdom in Israel. And it is contained herein, how Saul transgressed the commandment of God, and the kingdom was taken away from his family; and David was anointed in his place, and the kingdom was transferred to his family. And David killed Goliath with a very small stone; and since the dancing women gave the myriads to David, and the thousands to Saul, Saul, being jealous, persecuted David; and David was saved, but Saul, being at war, sought out ventriloquists, and on the next day was slain and died. And with this the first book of Kingdoms is completed. And in the second, in turn, David succeeded to the kingdom; And at first, Saul's son Mephibosheth was ambitious, wishing to be king; but later all were added to David. And David overcame all his wars. He took Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah; but his son Absalom persecuted him, and not long after, when war arose, Absalom was slain. Then, having numbered the people, he provoked divine wrath against himself. But after this, when God was entreated, the wrath ceased. And on this note the second book of Kingdoms also ends, with David having grown old. And David had mighty men under him, great and many, so that the lesser of them was a match for a hundred, and the greater of them for a thousand. And these are the names and deeds of some of them: Sibbecai the Hushathite; he struck Ser, the son of Rapha, a descendant of the giants. Elhanan, son of Ariorgi the Bethlehemite; he struck Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam. And he too was a son of Rapha. Jonathan son of Shimei, David's brother; he struck a man from Ramedon who reproached Israel, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, being himself also a son of Rapha, a descendant of the giants. Adino the Eznite; he drew his sword against eight hundred soldiers at one time. Iessaibada son of Achamanes; he also drew his sword against three hundred wounded men at one time. Eleanan son of Sose; he, when the foreigners had gathered, alone leaped upon them, and killed them, so that the spear stuck to his hand; and the people plundered behind him. Mara son of Asa, the Sarouchaian; he, when the foreigners came and wished to seize the portion of the field, which was full of lentils, and when the people fled, stood alone; and he drove away the foreigners, and protected the portion of the field. 28.317 Eleazar, son of Dodetharchoni; and he, when there was a portion of barley,
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Βιβλίον ηʹ, Ῥούθ. Οὕτω λέγεται τὸ βιβλίον, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὴν περὶ τῆς Ῥοὺθ ἱστορίαν μόνην περιέχει. Ἔστι δὲ αὕτη ἡ Ῥοὺθ τὸ μὲν
γένος Μωαβῖτις, καὶ ἐν σωφροσύνῃ διαπρέψασα. Ἀποταξαμένη δὲ τῇ συγγενείᾳ καὶ τῇ πατρικῇ δεισιδαιμονίᾳ, μετέβαλεν εἰς θεοσέβειαν,
καὶ μετῆλθεν εὐθὺς εἰς Βηθλεὲμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, ἐκεῖ τε ἐζεύχθη τῷ Βοὸζ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα τυγχάνοντι, καὶ λοιπὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς γενεαλογεῖται
ὁ ∆αβὶδ οὕτω· Βοὸζ ἐκ τῆς Ῥοὺθ γεννᾷ τὸν Ὠβήδ· Ὠβὴδ δὲ τὸν ἸεσσαίἸεσσαὶ δὲ τὸν ∆αβίδ. Βιβλίον θʹ, Βασιλεῖαι πρώτη καὶ δευτέρα.
Βασιλεῖαι ὀνομάζεται τὰ βιβλία, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὰς πράξεις τῶν γενομένων βασιλέων ἔν τε τῷ Ἰούδα καὶ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτῶν
περιέχει. ∆ιείλη 28.316 πται δὲ ἐν μὲν τῇ πρώτῃ βίβλῳ τῶν Βασιλειῶν ταῦτα· θάνατος μὲν Ἠλεὶ τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ·
γένεσις δὲ τοῦ Σαμουήλ· πῶς τε ὁ λαὸς, τὸ πρότερον ἀρχόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐγείροντος αὐτοῖς κατὰ και ρὸν τὸν βοηθὸν, ὅμως
ᾔτησε παρὰ τοῦ Σαμουὴλ, κα τὰ τὸ ἔθος τῶν ἐθνῶν, βασιλέα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Σαοὺλ, ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν· καὶ γέγονε λοιπὸν
ἐξ ἐκείνου καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἀρχὴ βασιλείας. Περιέχε ται δὲ ἐνταῦθα, πῶς ὁ μὲν Σαοὺλ παρέβη τὴν ἐντο λὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἀφῃρέθη
ἀπὸ τοῦ γένους αὐτοῦ ἡ βασιλεία· ὁ δὲ ∆αβὶδ ἀντ' αὐτοῦ ἐχρίσθη, καὶ μετ ηνέχθη εἰς τὸ γένος αὐτοῦ ἡ βασιλεία. Καὶ τὸν μὲν
Γολιὰθ ἀνεῖλεν ὁ ∆αβὶδ λιθαρίῳ μικροτάτῳ· ἐπειδὴ δὲ αἱ χορεύουσαι, τὰς μυριάδας δέδωκαν τῷ ∆αβὶδ, τὰς δὲ χιλιάδας τῷ Σαοὺλ,
φθονήσας ὁ Σαοὺλ, ἐδίωκε τὸν ∆αβίδ· καὶ ὁ μὲν ∆αβὶδ διεσώθη, ὁ δὲ Σαοὺλ πο λεμούμενος ἐζήτησεν ἐγγαστριμύθους, καὶ τῇ ἐπαύ
ριον ἀναιρεθεὶς ἀπέθανε. Καὶ ἐν τούτῳ συμπληροῦται ἡ πρώτη βίβλος τῶν Βασιλειῶν. Ἐν δὲ τῇ δευτέρᾳ πάλιν ∆αβὶδ διεδέξατο τὴν
βασιλείαν· Καὶ κατ' ἀρχὰς μὲν ὁ υἱὸς Σαοὺλ Μεμφι βοσὲθ ἐφιλονείκει, θέλων βασιλεύειν· ὕστερον δὲ πάντες προσετέθησαν τῷ ∆αβίδ.
Πάντας δὲ τοὺς πο λέμους περιεγένετο ∆αβίδ. Τὴν μὲν τοῦ Οὐρίου γυ ναῖκα τὴν Βηρσαβεὲ ἔλαβεν· ὁ δὲ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀβε σαλὼμ ἐδίωξεν
αὐτὸν, καὶ μετ' οὐ πολὺ συστάντος πολέμου, ἀνῃρέθη ὁ Ἀβεσαλώμ. Εἶτα τὸν λαὸν ἀρι θμήσας, κεκίνηκεν ὀργὴν θείαν καθ' ἑαυτοῦ.
Ἀλλὰ μετὰ ταῦτα, παρακληθέντος τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἡ ὀργὴ ἐπαύ θη. Καὶ εἰς τοῦτο λήγει καὶ τὸ δεύτερον βιβλίον τῶν Βασιλειῶν, γηράσαντος
τοῦ ∆αβίδ. ∆υνατοὺς δὲ ὑφ' ἑαυτὸν ἔσχεν ὁ ∆αβὶδ, μεγάλους μὲν καὶ πολλοὺς, ὥστε τὸν μὲν μικρότερον αὐτῶν πρὸς ἑκατὸν ποιεῖν,
τὸν δὲ μέγαν αὐτῶν πρὸς χιλίους. Ἔστι δέ τινων αὐτῶν τὰ ὀνόματα καὶ ἡ πρᾶξις· Σεβοχαὶ ὁ Ἀστω θί· οὗτος ἐπάταξεν τὸν Σὲρ, τὸν
τοῦ Ῥαφᾶ, τοῦ ἀπογόνου τῶν γιγάντων. Ἐλεανᾶν, υἱὸς Ἀριωργὶ ὁ Βηθλεεμίτης· οὗτος ἐπάταξε Γολιὰθ τὸν Χεταῖον, οὗ ἦν τὸ ξύλον
τοῦ δόρατος, ὡς ἀντίον ὑφαινόντων. Ἦν δὲ καὶ οὗτος υἱὸς τοῦ Ῥαφᾶ. Ἰωνάθαν υἱὸς Σεμεσεὶ, ἀδελφοῦ ∆αβίδ· οὗτος ἐπάταξεν ὀνειδίσαντα
τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἄνδρα ἐκ Ῥαμεδῶν, ἔχοντα ἐν ταῖς χερσὶ καὶ τοῖς ποσὶν ἀνὰ δακτύλους ἓξ, υἱὸν ὄντα καὶ αὐτὸν τοῦ Ῥαφᾶ, τοῦ ἀπογόνου
τῶν γιγάντων. Ἀδίνων ὁ Ἀσωναῖος· οὗτος ἐσπᾶτο τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ὀκτα κοσίους στρατιώτας εἰσάπαξ. Ἰεσσαιβαδὰ υἱὸς Ἀχαμανῆ·
καὶ οὗτος ἐσπᾶτο τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τριακοσίους τραυματίας ἐν καιρῷ ἑνί. Ἐλεανᾶν υἱὸς Σωσῆ· οὗτος, συναχθέντων τῶν ἀλλοφύλων,
μόνος ἥλατο ἐπ' αὐτοὺς, καὶ αὐτοὺς μὲν ἀνῄρει, ὥστε τὸ δόρυ ἐμπαγῆναι τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ λαὸς ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἐσκύλευε. Μαρᾶ
υἱὸς Ἀσᾶ, ὁ Σαρουχαῖος· οὗ τος ἐπελθόντων τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ βουλομένων ἁρ πάσαι τὴν μερίδα τοῦ ἀγροῦ, πλήρη οὖσαν φακῆς,
τοῦ τε λαοῦ φυγόντος, μόνος ἔστη· καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἀλ λοφύλους ἐδίωξε, τὸν δὲ μερίδα τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐφύλαξεν. 28.317 Ἐλεάζαρ, υἱὸς
∆ωδεθαρχωνί· καὶ οὗτος, μερίδος οὔ σης κριθῶν,
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