Matthew 26:67–68
One might fittingly say what one of the holy prophets said: “Heaven was amazed at this and shuddered still more exceedingly, says the Lord,” (Jeremiah 2:12) the God of all, the King of those who reign and Lord of those who lord it. He is dishonored as one of us, endures being struck (Matthew 26:67–68), and undergoes the laugh of the impious, setting beside us a pattern of his extreme forbearance. For how could the one who “examines hearts and kidneys,” the giver of all prophecy, not have known who it was that struck him?
Greek
Πρέποι ἂν εἰπεῖν ὅπερ ἔφη τις τῶν ἁγίων προφητῶν· "ἐξέστη ὁ οὐρανὸς ἐπὶ τούτῳ καὶ ἔφριξεν ἐπὶ πλεῖον σφόδρα, λέγει" ὁ "κύριος" ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεός, ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων καὶ κύριος τῶν κυ ριευόντων· ὡς εἷς ἐξ ἡμῶν ἀτιμάζεται καὶ διακαρτερεῖ τυπτόμενος καὶ τὸν ἐκ τῶν ἀσεβῶν ὑπομένει γέλωτα τύπον ἡμῖν τῆς εἰς ἄκρον ἀνεξι κακίας αὐτοῦ παρατιθείς· ὁ γὰρ "ἐξετάζων καρδίας καὶ νεφροὺς" ὁ προφητείας ἁπάσης δοτὴρ πῶς ἂν ἠγνόησε τίς ἐστιν ὁ παίσας αὐτόν;