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

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, Zophar the king of the Minaeans. And they spoke to him contentiously and mercilessly, leaping against him; so that sin was also reckoned to them from this. But Job prayed to God for them, and they were forgiven. There are, therefore, nine dialogues of Job with his friends; three of Eliphaz to him, two of Zophar to him, and three of Bildad. And there is also one of Elihu son of Barachel, the Buzite. And finally the Lord speaks to Job through a whirlwind and clouds. And Job answers the Lord with words a second time. Book 18, The 12 prophets. Hosea, 1. Indeed, there have been prophets before this one; in the time of David, Samuel, and Nathan, and Gad; and in the time of Rehoboam and Abijah and Asa, Ahijah the Shilonite, and Shemaiah, and Iddo, and Azariah, and Hanani; and in the time of Jehoshaphat and Ahab, Elijah and Elisha, and the one who prophesied to Ahab concerning Syria and who struck himself with a wound, and reproved Ahab, and Jehu the son of Hanani, and Jahaziel and Eliezer. But their own writings are not extant, except only their words in the Books of Kings and the Books of Chronicles. But among those who wrote, whose writings are also extant, these were the first, 28.360 Hosea, and Isaiah. For during the reigns of the same kings of Judah, Uzziah, and Jotham, and Ahaz and Hezekiah king of Judah; and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, they prophesied. And a word came to Hosea, and he prophesies to the priests, and against Israel, and against the house of the king, and concerning the destruction of Samaria. And having reproved and shut them up in disobedience, he signifies the Church from the Gentiles, through the harlot wife he himself took, whom, having taken, he made chaste, leading her to himself. He also prophesies concerning the coming of the Savior. Amos, 2. And this one was a contemporary at the beginning with Hosea and Isaiah; for in the reign of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, it happened two years before the earthquake. And he saw words, and he prophesies against Jerusalem, and against Israel of Samaria, and against the nations of Damascus, Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Tyre, Edom, Teman, the sons of Ammon and Moab. And this one reproves and shuts up all in disobedience. But also when Amaziah the priest of Bethel slandered him to king Jeroboam, as speaking against him and against Samaria, and against the people, he nonetheless did not cease speaking boldly, and speaking the oracles, and concerning the coming of the Savior. Micah, 3. This one was second of the aforementioned; because he prophesied after Uzziah; but he was contemporary with them, since he himself also began to prophesy in the time of Jotham, and Ahaz, and Hezekiah. And the word of the Lord came to him, and he prophesies against Jerusalem, and Samaria, and against the prophets who lead the people astray, and against Ahab. And he also foretells the coming of the Savior, saying: “In the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be manifest.” Joel the son of Pethuel, 4. The word of the Lord came to this one, and he prophesies to the elders and to all who inhabit the land concerning the capture of the land and of those in it. He also prophesies concerning the grace of the Holy Spirit, and of that which would come to all from the Savior. And he preaches also concerning fasting and repentance, and concerning the coming of the Savior, and of the signs that happened at the cross. Obadiah, 5. A vision

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γενομένην κατ' αὐτοῦ πληγὴν ἦλθον τρεῖς αὐτοῦ φίλοι παρακαλέσαι αὐτὸν, Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανῶν βασιλεὺς, Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυ χαίων τύραννος, Σοφὰρ ὁ Μιναίων βασιλεύς. Καὶ φιλονείκως μὲν καὶ ἀνελεημόνως αὐτοὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ, ἐναλλόμενοι κατ' αὐτοῦ· ὥστε καὶ ἁμαρτίαν αὐτοῖς ἐκ τούτου λογισθῆναι. Ὁ δὲ Ἰὼβ παρεκάλεσεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ συνεχωρήθη αὐτοῖς. Εἰσὶν οὖν τοῦ μὲν Ἰὼβ διάλογοι πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ἐννέα· τοῦ δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ πρὸς αὐτὸν τρεῖς, τοῦ δὲ Σοφὰρ πρὸς αὐτὸν δύο, καὶ τοῦ Βαλδὰδ τρεῖς. Ἔστι δὲ καὶ τοῦ Ἐλιοῦς τοῦ Βαραχιὴλ, τοῦ Βουζίτου, αʹ. Καὶ λοιπὸν ὁ Κύριος χρηματίζει τῷ Ἰὼβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν. Ἀποκρίνεται δὲ καὶ Ἰὼβ τῷ Κυρίῳ διὰ λόγων δεύτερον. Βιβλίον ιηʹ, Οἱ ιβʹ προφῆται. Ὠσηὲ, αʹ. Γεγόνασι μὲν καὶ πρὸ τούτου προφῆται· ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ ∆αβὶδ, Σαμουὴλ, καὶ Ναθὰν, καὶ Γάδ· ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ Ῥοβοὰμ καὶ Ἀβιᾶ καὶ Ἀσᾶ, Ἀχίας ὁ Σλωνίτης, καὶ Σαμαίας, καὶ Ἀδδὼ, καὶ Ἀζαρίας, καὶ Ἀνεμῆ· ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ Ἰωσαφὰτ καὶ τοῦ Ἀχαὰβ Ἠλίακαὶ Ἐλισσαῖος, καὶ ὁ προφητεύσας τῷ Ἀχαὰβ περὶ τῆς Συρίας καὶ ὁ πατάξας ἑαυτὸν τραύματι, καὶ ἐλέγξας τὸν Ἀχαὰβ, καὶ Ἰοῦ ὁ τοῦ Ἀμῆ, καὶ Ὀζιὴλκαὶ Ἐλιάδα. Ἀλλ' οὐ φέρεται τούτων ἴδια συγγράμματα, εἰ μὴ μόνον οἱ λόγοι αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς Βασιλείαις καὶ ταῖς Παραλειπομέναις. Ἐν δὲ τοῖς συγγράψασιν, ὧν καὶ τὰ συγγράμματα φέρεται, πρῶτοι γεγόνασιν 28.360 οὗτοι, Ὠσηὲ, καὶ Ἡσαΐας. Ἐπὶ γὰρ τῶν αὐτῶν βασιλέων, τοῦ τε Ἰούδα, Ὀζίου, καὶ Ἰωαθὰμ, καὶ Ἀχὰζκαὶ Ἐζεκίου βασιλέως Ἰούδα· καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ἰωᾶς, βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ προεφήτευσαν. Ἐγένετο δὲ λόγος πρὸς τὸν Ὠσηὲ, καὶ προφητεύει οὗτος τοὺς ἱερέας, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀπωλείας τῆς Σα μαρείας. Καὶ ἐλέγξας καὶ συγκλείσας αὐτοὺς εἰς ἀπείθειαν, σημαίνει τὴν ἐξ ἐθνῶν Ἐκκλησίαν, δι' ἧς αὐτὸς ἔλαβε πόρνης γυναικὸς, ἢν καὶ λαβὼν ἐσωφρό νισεν, ἀνάγων αὐτὴν πρὸς ἑαυτόν. Προφητεύει δὲ καὶ περὶ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος παρουσίας. Ἀμὼς, βʹ. Καὶ οὗτος συνεχρόνισε κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῷ Ὠσηὲ καὶ τῷ Ἡσαΐᾳ· ἐπὶ γὰρ Ὀζίου βασιλέως Ἰούδκαὶ ἐν ἡμέραις Ἱεροβοὰμ τοῦ Ἰωᾶς, βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ, γέγονε πρὸ δύο ἐτῶν τοῦ σεισμοῦ. Λόγους δὲ εἶδε, καὶ προφητεύει κατὰ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τῆς Σαμαρείας, καὶ κατὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν ∆α μασκοῦ, Γάζης, Ἀσκάλωνος, Ἀζώτου, Ἀκκάρων, Τύρου, Ἰδουμαίας, Θαιμὰν, υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν καὶ Μωάβ. Καὶ οὗτος ἐλέγχει καὶ συγκλείει πάντας εἰς ἀπεί θειαν. Ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἀμασίου τοῦ ἱερέως Βαιθὴλ, διαβάλλοντος αὐτὸν τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἱεροβοὰμ, ὡς λέγοντα κατ' αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τῆς Σαμαρείας, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ λαοῦ, αὐτὸς οὐδὲν ἧττον οὐκ ἐπαύσατο παῤῥησιαζό μενος, καὶ λέγων τὰ λόγια, καὶ περὶ τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Σωτῆρος. Μιχαίας, γʹ. Οὗτος δεύτερος μὲν τῶν προειρημένων γέγο νεν· ὅτι μετὰ Ὀζίαν προεφήτευσε· συνεχρόνισε δὲ αὐτοῖς, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ Ἰωαθὰμ, καὶ Ἀχὰζ, καὶ Ἐζεκίου, ἤρξατο προφητεύειν. Ἐγένετο δὲ λόγος πρὸς αὐτὸν τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ προφητεύει ἐπὶ Ἱερου σαλὴμ, καὶ Σαμάρειαν, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς προφήτας τοὺς πλανῶντας τὸν λαὸν, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Ἀχαάβ. Προση μαίνει δὲ καὶ τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ Σωτῆρος, λέγων· «Ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐμφανὲς ἔσται τὸ ὄρος Κυρίου.» Ἰωὴλ ὁ τοῦ Βαθουὴλ, δʹ. Λόγος Κυρίου ἐγένετο πρὸς τοῦτον, καὶ προφη τεύει τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσι τὴν γῆν περὶ τῆς ἁλώσεως τῆς γῆς καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ. Προφητεύει δὲ καὶ περὶ τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος χάριτος, καὶ τῆς εἰς πάντας γενησομένης ὑπὸ τοῦ Σωτῆρος. Κηρύττει δὲ καὶ περὶ νηστείας καὶ μετα νοίας, καὶ περὶ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος παρουσίας, καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ γενομένων σημείων. Ἀβδιοῦ, εʹ. Ὅρασιν

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