From His Healings to His Betrayal
“…has stood against Me? Or who will stand against Me and endure?” (Job 41:10-11)
33. That He will heal many. Isaiah says, “Be strong, you drooping hands and feeble knees; give comfort, you who are faint of heart; do not be afraid” (Isaiah 35:3-4). And again, “Then God will come; then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will hear; then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of those who stammer will speak clearly” (Isaiah 35:4-6).
34. That He will raise the dead. Isaiah says, “Death, grown strong, swallowed up; and again God has taken away every tear from every face” (Isaiah 25:8).
35. That the Jews will not believe. Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” (Isaiah 53:1). “Those to whom nothing was announced about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand” (Isaiah 52:15).
36. That from five loaves He will feed many. Isaiah says, “On that day they will say: Behold, our God; we have hoped and rejoiced in our salvation, for God will give rest on this mountain” (Isaiah 25:9-10).
37. That He will enter Zion on a donkey. Zechariah says, “Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; proclaim, daughter of Jerusalem, for your king is coming to you, righteous and gentle, mounted on a beast of burden and a young colt” (Zechariah 9:9). And Jacob says, “Binding his donkey to the vine” (Genesis 49:11). And Malachi says, “Suddenly the Lord whom you desire will come to His temple, and the messenger of the covenant” (Malachi 3:1).
38. That the little children will run ahead of Him, crying, “Blessed is He who comes” (Psalm 118:26; Matthew 21:9). David says in the 8th Psalm, “Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have perfected praise” (Psalm 8:2).
39. That He will rebuke the people. Malachi says, “I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulteresses, and against those who swear by falsehoods” (Malachi 3:5). And Jeremiah says, “Is My house a den of robbers? And has My name been called over them?” (Jeremiah 7:11).
40. That nard will be poured over Him. In the Song of Songs it says, “While the king reclined at his table, nard gave forth its fragrance” (Song of Solomon 1:12).
41. That they will gather together against Him. David says in the 2nd Psalm, “Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot vain things? The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ” (Psalm 2:1-2). And again he says in the 3rd Psalm, “Lord, why have those who afflict me multiplied? Many rise up against me; many say to my soul, ‘There is no salvation for him in his God’” (Psalm 3:1-2). And Jeremiah says, “The Spirit before our face, Christ the Lord, was seized in our corruptions, of whom we said, ‘In his shadow we shall live’” (Lamentations 4:20). And again he says, “For they set their hands to words to seize me, and laid snares for me. And You, Lord, have known all their counsel against me for my death; do not hold their wrongs guiltless, and do not blot out their sins from Your sight” (Jeremiah 18:22-23).
42. That they will bear false witness against Him. David says in the 35th Psalm, “Unjust witnesses rose up against me; they questioned me about things I did not know; they repaid me evil for good” (Psalm 35:11-12). And again he says in the 59th Psalm, “Rescue me from my enemies, O God, and redeem me from those who rise up against me; deliver me from those who work lawlessness, and save me from men of blood” (Psalm 59:1-2).
43. That Judas will betray Him. David says in the 41st Psalm, “My enemies spoke evil of me: ‘When will he die, and his name perish?’ And he came in to see; he spoke empty words; his heart gathered lawlessness for itself; he went outside and spoke. All my enemies whispered together against me; against me they devised evil for me; they laid a lawless word against me” (Psalm 41:5-8). And again, “He who eats my bread has raised his heel high against me” (Psalm 41:9). And again he says in the 52nd Psalm, “Why do you boast in wickedness, O mighty one, in lawlessness all day long? Your tongue has devised injustice; like a sharpened razor you have worked deceit; you have loved wickedness more than goodness” (Psalm 52:1-3). And again he says in the 38th Psalm, “My friends and my neighbors drew near and stood opposite me” (Psalm 38:11).
44. That Judas will say, “Greetings, Rabbi” (Matthew 26:49). David says in the 55th Psalm, “His words were softer than oil, yet they are darts. Cast your care upon the Lord, and He will sustain you” (Psalm 55:21-22). And again he says in the 109th Psalm, “O God, do not pass over my praise in silence, for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful has been opened against me” (Psalm 109:1-2).
45. That He will be sold for silver. Zechariah says, “I will say to them: If it is good in your sight, give me my wages, thirty pieces of silver” (Zechariah 11:12).
Greek
ἀντιστάς; ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί με καὶ ὑπομενεῖ; 33.t λγ ὅτι θεραπεύσει πολλούς– 33.1 Ησαϊας λέγει· Ἰσχυσάτε χεῖρες ἀνειμέναι καὶ γόνατα παραλελυμένα· παρακαλέσατε ὀλιγόψυχοι τῇ διανοίᾳ· μὴ φοβηθῆτε. 33.2 Καὶ πάλιν· Ὁ Θεὸς τότε ἥξει· τότε ἀνοιχθήσονται ὀφθαλμοὶ τυφλῶν, καὶ ὦτα κωφῶν ἀκούσονται· τότε ἁλεῖται ὡς ἔλαφος ὁ χωλός, καὶ τρανὴ ἔσται γλῶσσα μογιλάλων. 34.t λδ ὅτι ἀναστήσει νεκρούς– 34.1 Ησαϊας λέγει· Κατέπιεν ὁ θάνατος ἰσχύσας, καὶ πάλιν ἀφεῖλεν ὁ Θεὸς πᾶν δάκρυον ἀπὸ παντὸς προσώπου. 35.t λε ὅτι ἀπιστήσουσιν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι– 35.1 Ησαϊας λέγει· Κύριε, τίς ἐπίστευσε τῇ ἀκοῇ ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βραχίων Κυρίου τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη; Ὄψονται οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασι συνήσουσιν. 36.t λ ὅτι ἀπὸ ε ἄρτων θρέψει πολλούς– 36.1 Ησαϊας λέγει· Ἐροῦσιν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρα ἐκείνῃ· ἰδοὺ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν· ἠλπίζομεν καὶ ἠγαλλιασάμεθα ἐπὶ τῷ σωτηρίῳ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἀνάπαυσιν δώσει ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος τοῦτο. 37.t λζ ὅτι ἐπὶ ὄνου εἰς τὴν Σιων ἐπελεύσεται– 37.1 Ζαχαριας λέγει· Χαῖρε σφόδρα θύγατερ Σιων, κήρυσσε θύγατερ Ιερουσαλημ, ὅτι ὁ βασιλεύς σου ἔρχεταί σοι δίκαιος καὶ πραῢς καὶ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἐπὶ ὑποζύγιον καὶ πῶλον νέον. 37.2 Καὶ Ιακωβ λέγει· ∆εσμεύων πρὸς ἄμπελον τὴν ὄνον αὐτοῦ. 37.3 Καὶ Μαλαχιας λέγει· Ἐξαίφνης ἥξει εἰς τὸν ναὸν αὐτοῦ Κύριος, ὃν ὑμεῖς θέλετε, καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς διαθήκης. 38.t λη ὅτι τὰ βρέφη προδράμουσι κράζοντα τὸ εὐλογήμενος ὁ ἐρχόμενος– 38.1 ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ η ψαλμῷ λέγει· Ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον. 39.t λθ ὅτι ἐλέγξει τὸν λαόν– 39.1 Μαλαχιας λέγει· Προσάξω πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν κρίσει καὶ ἔσομαι μάρτυς ταχὺς ἐπὶ τοῦς φαρμακοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς μοιχαλίδας καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀμνύοντας ἐπὶ ψεύσμασι. 39.2 Καὶ Ιερεμιας λέγει· Μὴ σπήλαιον λῃστῶν ὁ οἶκος μου ἐστι; καὶ ἐπικέκ ληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ' αὐτοῖς; 40.t μ ὅτι ἐπιχυθήσεται αὐτῷ νάρδος– 40.1 Ἐν τοῖς Ἄσμασι λέγει· Ἕως οὐ βασιλεὺς ἐν ἀνακλίσει αὐτοῦ νάρδος ἔδωκεν ὀσμὴν αὐτοῦ. 41.t μα ὅτι συναχθήσονται κατ' αὐτοῦ– 41.1 ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ β ψαλμῷ λέγει· Ἵνα τί ἐρρύαξαν ἔθνη καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά; παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτῶν. 41.2 Καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ γ ψαλμῷ λέγει· Κύριε, τί ἐπληθύνθησαν οἱ θλίβοντές με; πολλοὶ ἐπανίστανται ἐπ' ἐμέ· πολλοὶ λέγουσι τῇ ψυχῇ μου· οὐκ ἔστι σωτηρία αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ αὐτοῦ. 41.3 Καὶ Ιερεμιας λέγει· Πνεῦμα πρὸ πρόσωπον ἡμῶν Χριστὸς Κύριος συνελήφθη ἐν ταῖς διαφθοραῖς ἡμῶν, οὐ εἴπαμεν· ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ αὐτοῦ ζησόμεθα. 41.4 Καὶ πάλιν λέγει· 41.4 Ὅτι ἐνεχείρισαν λόγους εἰς σύλληψίν μου καὶ παγίδας ἔκριψάν μοι. Καὶ σύ, Κύριε, ἔγνως πᾶσαν αὐτῶν τὴν βουλὴν ἐπ' ἐμὲ εἰς θάνατον· μὴ ἀθῳώσῃς τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου μὴ ἐξαλείψῃς. 42.t μβ ὅτι καταψευδομαρτυρήσουσι– 42.1 ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ λδ ψαλμῷ λέγει· Ἀναστάντες μοι μάρτυρες ἄδικοι ἃ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον ἠρώτων με· ἀνταπεδίδοσάν μοι πονηρὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν. 42.2 Καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ νη ψαλμῷ λέγει· Ἐξελοῦ με ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου, ὁ Θεός, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐπανισταμένων ἐπ' ἐμὲ λύτρωσαί με· ῥῦσαί με ἐκ τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν καὶ ἐξ ἀνδρῶν αἱμάτων σῶσόν με. 43.t μγ ὅτι Ιουδας προδώσει– 43.1 ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ μ ψαλμῷ λέγει· Οἱ ἐχθροί μου εἶπον κακά μοι· πότε ἀποθανεῖται καὶ ἀπολεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ; καὶ εἰσεπορεύετο τοῦ ἰδεῖν, μάτην ἐλάλει· ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ συνήγαγεν ἀνομίαν ἑαυτῷ, ἐξεπορεύετο ἔξω καὶ ἐλάλει. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατ' ἐμοῦ ἐψιθύριζον πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί μου, κατ' ἐμοῦ ἐλογίζοντο κακά μοι, λόγον παράνομον κατέθεντο κατ' ἐμοῦ. 43.2 Καὶ πάλιν· Ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου ἐμεγάλυνεν ἐπ' ἐμὲ πτερνισμόν. 43.3 Καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ να ψαλμῷ λέγει· Τί ἐγκαυχᾷ ἐν κακίᾳ, ὁ δυνατός, ἀνομίαν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν; ἀδικίαν ἐλογίσατο ἡ γλῶσσά σου· ὡσεὶ ξυρὸν ἠκονημένον ἐποίησας δόλον· ἠγάπησας κακίαν ὑπὲρ ἀγαθοσύνην. 43.4 Καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ λζ ψαλμῷ λέγει· Οἱ φίλοι μου καὶ οἱ πλησίον μου ἐξ ἐναντίας μου ἤγγισαν καὶ ἔστησαν. 44.t μδ ὅτι ἐρεῖ ὁ Ιουδας· χαῖρε ῥαββί– 44.1 ∆αυιδ ἐν τῷ νδ ψαλμῷ λέγει· Ἡπαλύνθησαν οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ ἔλαιον, καὶ αὐτοί εἰσι βολίδες. ἐπίρριψον ἐπὶ Κύριον τὴν μέριμνάν σου, καὶ αὐτός σε διαθρέψει. 44.2 Καὶ πάλιν ὁ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ ρη ψαλμῷ λέγει· Ὁ Θεὸς τὴν αἴνεσίν μου μὴ παρασιωπήσῃς, ὅτι στόμα ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ στόμα δολίου ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἠνοίχθη. 45.t με ὅτι ἀργυρίου πραθήσεται– 45.1 Ζαχαριας λέγει· Ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτούς· εἰ καλὸν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν, δότε τὸν μισθόν μου τριάκοντα ἀργύρια.