The Right Hand of God and the Glory of the Son
A few days, being enlightened, before he betrays the truth. Being enlightened by the true light, and receiving also the oversight of this instead of himself, becoming a teacher who both remained and progressed in the truth.
The 'fathers of Judas' who fathered him for treachery (Ps 108:14a) may be those who urged him to it by the gift of silver, as well as Satan, who put it into his heart to betray the Lord, and the rulers of this age who hold its wisdom, of whom Paul says, 'For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory' (1 Cor 2:8). And he slew him, having become the cause of his being delivered to death (Ps 108:16c).
He who is clothed in the form of the slave speaks as to the Lord the Father (Ps 108:21–23). And he says to the Lord how he will do mercy with him, benefiting those who are his body; for the things happening to his body are reckoned to himself. Therefore he says, 'Do with me for the sake of your name, since in this I have come to those whom you sent, saying, I have come in the name of the Father; because of this name do it, for your mercy is good, benefiting and full of goodness; do it, since also my heart is troubled within me.' You say 'heart,' and the apostles are his equals, the lesser ones having become believing ones who were found to be his body. Since the disciples were not scattered having been scandalized in that night, but Judas and the crowd of the Pharisees stood over to hold him, it happened that their being troubled was his heart. But even if his heart was troubled, he did not depart from him, being held by him and dwelling in his disciples. But also everyone whose heart is being troubled from thoughts or suffering, doing nothing and saying nothing according to the trouble, says, 'My heart was troubled within me.' Since, indeed, the Savior is to live always among men (for indeed he was taken up after the resurrection into the heavens), he speaks concerning human life as not permanent nor standing, like a shadow in its vanishing: 'You were cast away from me like a chaff.' For just as the chaffs are scattered away through weakness of nature.
They are tossed about; not that I, having taken on a weak life through men, was quickly driven out of weakness to be crucified, but having been taken up after the resurrection. It is possible also to say concerning all the disciples as it is said concerning Him, 'I was tossed about like locusts' (Ps 108:30-31), since, being persecuted and tossed about by those desiring evil, they are not humbled but are carried away flying upward. And all the martyrs, having been tossed about like locusts, having left the things below, pursue the prize of the high calling.
Giving the reason for confessing and praising Him, He brought it so that He might stand at the right hand of the poor; it is evident regarding Him who became poor for all, that through my poverty they might become rich. He stands at the right hand of Him who does all things rightly and thinks all things rightly. Again, the God, having set the pretext of standing at His right hand, says, 'To save my soul' (Ps 109:1).
Having fulfilled the economy, both having been raised from the dead and having been taken up into heaven, the Lord Jesus says, 'Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet' (Ps 109:6), that is, the Father. Paul, therefore, says that after this ascension, the voice was spoken through Him to say, 'Having made a cleansing of sins, He sat in the right hand of majesty in the high places.' For to which of the angels was it ever said, 'Sit at my right hand?' (Heb 1:8).
The Lord, therefore, who is the Father of all those having been brought forth with Him, says to the Lord of creation, 'Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.' And the Father says to the Son, as if a father to a son and a son to a father, for He does not converse using speech; for He is His own thought, truth, wisdom, and word. And the Lord of the Lord sits in the right hands.
It is not locally, in the body, that He says these things, as if we were seeking the right hand in a place. Rather, those partaking of God are indeed in the right hand, since God is holy and good; no one else will be counted holy, reigning with the Father. For the 'Sit at my right hand' declares the co-reigning of the Son toward the Father. If it is regarding the rational beings: those having wisdom and the most keen virtue are thrones of God; and in these, the Savior sits at the right hand of God.
Greek
ἡμέραι ὀλίγαι, α ς ει χε φωτιζόμενος, πρὶν προδῷ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ φωτὸς φωτιζόμενος, λαμβάνει δὲ καὶ τούτου τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν ἀντ' αὐτοῦ διδάσκαλος γινόμενος, ὁ καὶ ἐμμείνας καὶ προκόψας ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ. 1034 Ps 108,14a Πατέρες τοῦ ̓Ιούδα οἱ κατὰ προδοσίαν γεννήσαντες αὐτὸν ει ναι δύνανται οι τε διὰ τῆς δόσεως τῶν ἀργυρίων εἰς τοῦτο αὐτὸν παρορμήσαντες, καὶ ε τι ὁ βαλὼν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ Σατανᾶς προδοῦναι τὸν κύριον, καὶ οἱ ε χοντες σοφίαν τούτου τοῦ αἰῶνος α ρχοντες περὶ ω ν ὁ Παῦλος Εἰ γὰρ ε γνωσαν, οὐκ α ν τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν. 1035 Ps 108,16c ̓Εθανάτωσε δὲ αὐτόν, αι τιος γενόμενος τοῦ εἰς θάνατον παραδοθῆναι. 1036 Ps 108,21–23 ̔Ο τὴν τοῦ δούλου μορφὴν περικείμενος ὡς πρὸς κύριον τὸν πατέρα λαλεῖ. λέγει δὲ τῷ κυρίῳ, ο πως ποιήσει μετ' αὐτοῦ ε λεος εὐεργετῶν τοὺς πιστεύοντας ο ντας αὐτοῦ σῶμα· τὰ γὰρ εἰς τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ γινόμενα ἑαυτῷ λογίζεται. διό φησι Ποίησον μετ' ἐμοῦ ε νεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματος σου, ἐπείπερ ἐν τούτῳ ἐλήλυθα πρὸς ου ς ἀπέστειλάς με φάσκων ̓Εγὼ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρὸς ἐλήλυθα· ε νεκεν ου ν τούτου τοῦ ὀνόματος ποίησον, Οτι χρηστὸν τὸ ε λεός σου, εὐεργετικὸν ο ν καὶ μεστὸν ἀγαθότητος· ποίησον δέ, ἐπεὶ Καὶ ἡ καρδία μου τετάρακται ἐντός μου. Λέγοις δ' α ν καρδίαν καὶ ἰσοψύχους αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἀποστόλους, τῶν ὑποδεεστέρων πεπιστευκότων τυγχανόντων αὐτῷ σῶμα. ἐπεὶ ου ν ἐσκορπίσθησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ σκανδαλισθέντες ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ, ο τ' ἐπαρέστησαν ἐπὶ τῷ κρατῆσαι αὐτὸν ̓Ιούδας καὶ ὁ τῶν Φαρισαίων ο χλος, τεταράχθαι αὐτοὺς καρδίαν αὐτοῦ τυγχάνοντας συνέβη. πλὴν εἰ καὶ ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ' ου ν οὐκ ἀπέστη αὐτοῦ, περιεχομένη αὐτοῦ καὶ ε νδον ου σα τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ. ̓Αλλὰ καὶ πᾶς ὁ ταραττόμενος τὴν καρδίαν ἀπὸ λογισμῶν η παθῶν, μηδὲν δὲ πράττων η λέγων κατὰ τὴν ταραχήν, ἐρεῖ τὸ ̓Εταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου ἐντός μου. Ει τ' ἐπεὶ ἀεὶ ἐν 219 ἀνθρώποις η μελλεν ὁ σωτὴρ διάγειν (ἀνελήφθη γοῦν μετὰ ἀνάστασιν εἰς οὐρανούς), ἐρεῖ περὶ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ζωῆς οὐ μονίμου οὐδ' ἑστηκυίας ου σης ὡς σκιὰ ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν ̓Αντανῃρέθης μου ἐκτιναχθέντος ὡς ἀκρίδος· ὡς γὰρ αἱ ἀκρίδες δι' ἀσθένειαν φύσεως θᾶττον ἐκτινάσσονται σοβούμεναι, ου τω κἀγὼ ἀσθενῆ ζωὴν δι' ἀνθρώπους ἀναλαβὼν ἐπὶ τῷ σταυρωθῆναι ἐξ ἀσθενείας ταχέως ἐξεδιώχθην μετὰ ἀνάστασιν ἀναληφθείς. ∆ύναται καὶ περὶ πάντων τῶν μαθητῶν ὡς περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγειν τὸ ̓Εξετινάχθην ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδες, ἐπείπερ διωκόμενοι καὶ ἐκτινασσόμενοι πρὸς τῶν κακοῦν θελόντων οὐ ταπεινοῦνται ἀλλ' ἱπτάμενοι μετάρσιοι φέρονται. καὶ πάντες ου ν οἱ μάρτυρες ἐκτιναχθέντες ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδες, ἐάσαντες τὰ κάτω, διώκουσι τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς α νω κλήσεως. 1037 Ps 108,30.31 ̓Αποδιδοὺς δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι καὶ αἰνεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπήγαγεν Οτι παρέστη ἐκ δεξιῶν πένητος· ἐμοῦ δηλονότι τοῦ ὑπὲρ πάντων πτωχεύσαντος, ο πως τῇ ἐμῇ πτωχείᾳ πλουτήσωσι. παρίσταται δὲ ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ πάντα δεξιῶς πράττοντός τε καὶ φρονοῦντος. πάλιν δὲ τοῦ ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ παρεστάναι τὸν θεὸν τὴν πρόφασιν τιθεὶς λέγει Τοῦ σῶσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου. 1038 Ps 109,1bc Πληρώσαντι τὴν οἰκονομίαν ἐκ νεκρῶν τε ἀναστάντι καὶ εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀναληφθέντι τῷ υἱῷ κυρίῳ ο ντι ει πεν ὁ κύριος Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ε ως α ν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου, τουτέστιν ὁ πατήρ. Παῦλος γοῦν οι δε μετὰ τὴν ἀνάληψιν ταύτην εἰρῆσθαι τὴν φωνὴν διὰ τοῦ φάναι Καθαρισμὸν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ποιησάμενος ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν ὑψηλοῖς· καὶ ἑξῆς Τίνι γὰρ τῶν ἀγγέλων ει ρηκέ ποτε Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου; κύριος τοίνυν ω ν ὁ πατὴρ τῶν πρὸς αὐτοῦ γεγενημένων ἁπάντων λέγει τῷ κυρίῳ τῆς κτίσεως Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ε ως α ν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου. Λέγει δὲ ὁ πατὴρ τῷ υἱῷ ὡς α ν ει ποι πατὴρ υἱῷ καὶ υἱὸς πατρί, οὐ γὰρ προφορᾷ χρώμενος διαλέγεται τῷ υἱῷ· αὐτὸς γὰρ αὐτοῦ νόησις ἀλήθειά τε καὶ σοφία καὶ λόγος. κάθηται δὲ ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς ὁ κύριος τοῦ κυρίου. οὐ τοπικῶς η σῶμα η ν η ει χεν ὁ ταῦτα λέγων, κα ν ἐν τόπῳ τὸ δεξιὸν ἐζητοῦμεν. δεξιοῖ τοιγαροῦν τοῦ θεοῦ οἱ μετέχοντες αὐτοῦ καθὸ θεὸς καὶ α γιος καὶ ἀγαθός ἐστιν· ω ν οὐκ α λλος ἡγήσεται η α μα τῷ πατρὶ βασιλεύων. τὸ γὰρ Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν συμβασιλεύειν τοῦ υἱοῦ δηλοῖ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα. Ει τ' ἐπὶ τῶν λογικῶν· οἱ μὲν σοφίαν καὶ ἀκραιφνεστάτην ἀρετὴν ε χοντες θρόνος εἰσὶ τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ ἐν τούτοις καθήμενος ὁ σωτὴρ ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ
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