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
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 building of the temple, and of Jerusalem, he prophesies. Book 22. Daniel. And he was in the captivity until the time of King Cyrus the Persian. And he himself judges the case concerning Susanna, and condemns the elders as slanderers; and he both relates and interprets the king's dreams. He also sees perfect visions, two concerning the kingdoms, and two concerning the coming of the Savior, and the cessation of Jerusalem, and the coming of the antichrist. And he narrates concerning the testimony of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and concerning their hymn; and that they themselves were saved, but those who stoked the fire were burned up, and the king repented; and that he himself was twice thrown into the lions' den; the first time, because when the Babylonians were praying to Darius the king, he alone prayed to God; the second, because he destroyed Bel, and killed the dragon in the time of King Cyrus; and he himself was saved, and came up from the lions' den; but those who plotted against him were thrown into their own. 28.368 The end of the canonized books of the Old Testament, amounting to twenty-two, according to the number of the letters among the Hebrews. For such are the letters among them, as we have said before. And likewise we must speak also concerning the other books of the Old Testament, those not being canonized, but only read, as has been previously shown. Book of Esther. The book is so called, because it also contains the history concerning Esther, how God through her saved the Jews, who were about to be destroyed as a whole race, but struck down Haman, who wished to plot against them. And the history took place in Susa, and is as follows. Artaxerxes the king, having cast out his own wife, sought in his kingdom the most beautiful and fairest of all to take as a wife for himself. And Esther was found, being a Jewess by race. And there was also Mordecai, a kinsman of hers from the captivity that happened under Zedekiah in that same land. The king, therefore, having promoted one of his own, named Haman, commanded everyone to bow down to him. But when Mordecai, on account of his worship of God, did not bow down to him, Haman was angered; and having learned that he was a Jew, he persuades King Artaxerxes, and writes, so that all the Jews in his kingdom would be utterly destroyed in a single day in the 12th month. Therefore, when Mordecai learned this, he mourned, and fasting, he fell before Esther, asking that help come from her. Therefore Esther, having fasted and prayed to God, adorned herself with royal adornment, and though not summoned (for it was not permitted to enter unsummoned), she nevertheless went in out of season to the king, trusting in her prayer instead of the occasion; then, as the king was marveling at the strange event, she fell from fear. But God changed the king's anger into a disposition of gentleness, and rising up he held his wife, and urged her not to be afraid; but he also bid her to ask for whatever she might wish. And she asked both the king himself and Haman to come to a banquet, not once, but a second time. So Haman, overjoyed and elated at being deemed worthy to be invited by the queen, was all the more puffed up against Mordecai, and having caused a great beam of wood to be cut,
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Τῷ τε ἄρχοντι Τύρου, καὶ θρῆνον κατ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐ τοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ποιμένας τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. Καὶ τὸ τε λευταῖον
τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ ναοῦ, καὶ τῆς Ἱερουσα λὴμ διαγράφων, προφητεύει. Βιβλίον κβʹ. ∆ανιήλ. Καὶ οὗτος ἐν τῇ αἰχμαλωσίᾳ γέγονεν
ἕως τοῦ βασιλέως Κύρου Πέρσου. Καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ Σουσάν ναν κρίνει αὐτὸς, καὶ κατακρίνει τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους, ὡς συκοφάντας· τὰ
δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐνύπνια αὐτὸς ἀπαγγέλλει τε καὶ ἑρμηνεύει. Βλέπει δὲ καὶ ὁράσεις τελείας περὶ μὲν τῶν βασιλειῶν δύο, περὶ
δὲ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος παρουσίας, καὶ καταπαύσεως τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τῆς τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου παρουσίας, δύο. ∆ιηγεῖται δὲ περὶ τοῦ
μαρτυρίου Σεδρὰχ, Μισὰχ, καὶ Ἀβδεναγὼ, καὶ περὶ τοῦ ὕμνου αὐτῶν· καὶ ὅτι αὐτοὶ μὲν διεσώθησαν, οἱ δὲ ὑποκαίοντες κατεφλέ χθησαν,
καὶ μετέγνω ὁ βασιλεύς· καὶ ὅτι αὐτὸς δὶς ἐβλήθη εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων· τὸ μὲν πρῶτον, ἐπειδὴ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων προσευχομένων
∆αρείῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ μόνος αὐτὸς Θεῷ προσηύχετο· τὸ δὲ δεύτε ρον, διότι τὸν Βὴλ κατέστρεψε, καὶ τὸν δράκοντα ἀνεῖλεν ἐπὶ Κύρου
τοῦ βασιλέως· καὶ αὐτὸς μὲν διεσώθη, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν λεόντων ἀνῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ λάκ κου· οἱ δὲ ἐπιβουλεύσαντες αὐτῷ ἐβλήθησαν εἰς
τὸν αὐτῶν. 28.368 Τέλος τῶν κανονιζομένων βιβλίων τῆς Παλαιᾶς ∆ιαθήκης εἰς εἴκοσι καὶ δύο συμποσουμένων, κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν
τῶν παρ' Ἑβραίοις γραμμάτων. Τοσ αῦτα γάρ ἐστι παρ' αὐτοῖς τὰ στοιχεῖα, ὡς προεί πομεν. Ῥητέον δὲ ὁμοίως καὶ περὶ τῶν ἑτέρων
τῆς Παλαιᾶς βίβλων, τῶν μὴ κανονιζομένων μὲν, ἀναγι νωσκομένων δὲ μόνον, ὡς προδεδήλωται. Βιβλίον Ἐσθήρ. Οὕτω καλεῖται τὸ
βιβλίον, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὴν περὶ τῆς Ἐσθὴρ ἱστορίαν περιέχει, πῶς ὁ Θεὸς δι' αὐτῆς, μέλλοντας ἀπόλλυσθαι παγγενεὶ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους,
αὐ τοὺς μὲν διέσωσε, τὸν δὲ Ἀμὰν, τὸν θελήσαντα ἐπι βουλεῦσαι, ἐπάταξεν. Ἡ δὲ ἱστορία γέγονεν ἐν Σού σοις, καὶ ἔστιν αὕτη.
Ἀρταξέρξης ὁ βασιλεὺς, ἐκβαλὼν τὴν ἰδίαν γυναῖκα, ἐζήτησεν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ τὴν πάντων καλλιστεύουσαν καὶ ὡραιοτέραν λαβεῖν
ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα. Καὶ εὑρέθη ἡ Ἐσθὴρ, τὸ γένος Ἰουδαία τυγχάνουσα. Ἦν δὲ καὶ Μαρδοχαῖος συγγενὴς αὐτῆς ἀπὸ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς
γενομένης ἐπὶ Σεδεκίου ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ χώρᾳ. Ὁ οὖν βασιλεὺς, μέγα ποιήσας τινὰ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ, λεγόμενον Ἀμὰν, ἐκέλευσε πάντας αὐτὸν
προσκυνεῖν. Ἀλλὰ τοῦ Μαρδοχαίου διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν λατρείαν μὴ προσκυνοῦντος αὐτὸν, ὠρ γίσθη ὁ Ἀμάν· καὶ μαθὼν, ὅτι Ἰουδαῖός
ἐστι, πείθει τὸν βασιλέα Ἀρταξέρξην, καὶ γράφει, ὥστε πάν τας τοὺς ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ Ἰουδαίους ὁλοῤῥίζους ἀπολέσθαι ἐν
μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ τῷ ιβʹ μηνί. Τοῦτο τοίνυν μαθὼν ὁ Μαρδοχαῖος, ἐπένθει, καὶ νηστεύων προσ έπεσε τῇ Ἐσθὴρ, ἀξιῶν παρ' αὐτῆς βοήθειαν
γενέ σθαι. Ἡ τοίνυν Ἐσθὴρ, νηστεύσασα, καὶ εὐξαμένη τῷ Θεῷ, ἐκόσμησεν ἑαυτὴν τῷ βασιλικῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ μὴ κληθεῖσα (οὐκ ἦν γὰρ
ἐξὸν εἰσελθεῖν ἀκλητί), ὅμως εἰσῆλθε παρὰ τὸν καιρὸν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, ἀντὶ τοῦ καιροῦ θαῤῥοῦσα τῇ εὐχῇ· εἶτα τοῦ βασι λέως
θαυμάζοντος τὸ ξένον, ἔπεσεν ἐκείνη ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου. Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς μετέβαλε τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ βασιλέως εἰς διάθεσιν καὶ πρᾳότητα, καὶ
ἀναστὰς ἐβάστασε τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὴν μὴ φοβεῖσθαι· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἠξίωσεν αὐτὴν αἰτήσασθαι, εἴ τι βούλοιτο. Ἡ δὲ ἐπὶ
δεῖπνον ἠξίωσεν ἐλθεῖν αὐτόν τε τὸν βασι λέα καὶ τὸν Ἀμὰν, οὐχ ἅπαξ, ἀλλὰ καὶ δεύτερον. Ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἀμὰν, διαχυθεὶς, καὶ γανωθεὶς,
ὡς ἀξιωθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς βασιλίσσης κληθῆναι, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπή ρετο κατὰ τοῦ Μαρδοχαίου, καὶ ποιήσας κοπῆναι ξύλον μέγα,
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