Condemning the Jews
The prophets are being dragged and stoned, the righteous are being slaughtered with swords and divided by saws, and the hands and feet of the pious are being cut off. The defenders are being held by bloody hands, and the palms are being stained with the continuous slaughter of the righteous. Those who have come to such a level of impiety against our Savior that they dare to interrogate him openly are saying, 'We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from.'
Whenever I want to flee from their abomination, they clearly oppose me, either by accusing the words of the prophets, or by insulting the syllables of the law, or by railing against the books of the revered Gospels. As now the divine pages have brought them before us, they utter shameless voices and say boldly what you have heard. They say, 'We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from.' Oh, the shameless audacity! Oh, the uncovered gluttony of the robbers! Oh, the blind opposition of words!
Christ cried out to them, saying that he had played the flute for them, but they did not dance, and he had mourned for them, but they did not lament (Matthew 11:17). Who can reprove their ignorant and contentious attitude? Christ performed numerous miracles for them, healing the paralyzed, cleansing lepers, curing the afflicted, healing the demon-possessed, opening the eyes of the blind, raising the dead from their tombs, turning water into wine, and providing many other wonders, which are too numerous to mention. Despite all this, there is not even a spark of faith among them.
Let the Jewish scriptures be read and the pages unrolled. Do not accept the testimony of Peter or Paul, and reject the accounts of the evangelists. Instead, listen to Moses and what he wrote in the law. What did he write in the law?
Greek
προφήτας, τὸ κατ' ἐδάφους ἕλκειν καὶ λιθάζειν δικαίους, τὸ μαχαίραις ἐκκεντεῖν καὶ μερίζειν πρίοσι τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας κήρυκας, τὸ κόπτειν χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν μέρη τῶν εὐσεβῶν, καὶ ταῖς χερσὶν ᾑμαγμέναις κρατεῖν τὰ πρὸς ἄμυναν ὄργανα, τὸ τὰς παλάμας φοινίσσειν τῇ συνεχεῖ ἀναιρέσει τῶν δικαίων· οἵτινες τοσοῦτον πρὸς δυσσεβεστάτην κατὰ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐληλάκασι τόλμαν ὡς ἀνέδην ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀνακράζειν· «Ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι Μωυσῇ λελάληκεν ὁ θεός, τοῦτον δὲ οὐκ οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν.» 6 Ὢ τῶν τολμηρῶν πραγμάτων. Ὢ μίσους πρὸς Ἰουδαίους πρὸς φυγὴν ἀτονοῦντος. Ὁσάκις γὰρ ἂν τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς δραπετεῦσαι βουληθῶ βδελυρίαν, τοσαυτάκις μοι φανερῶς ἀπαντῶσιν, ἢ προφητῶν ἐγκαλούμενοι λόγοις, ἢ ταῖς τοῦ νόμου συλλαβαῖς ὑβριζόμενοι, ἢ ταῖς τῶν προσκυνουμένων εὐαγγελίων ἐνειλούμενοι βίβλοις, ὡς καὶ νῦν αἱ θεῖαι σελίδες ὑπ' ὄψιν ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς παρήγαγον, τὰς ἀναισχύντους περὶ τὸν δεσπότην τῶν ὅλων προβαλλομένους φωνὰς καὶ λέγοντας τολμηρῶς ἅπερ ἠκούσατε· «Μωυσῇ λελάληκεν ὁ θεός, τοῦτον δὲ οὐκ οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν.» Ὢ τῆς φανερᾶς ἀναιδείας. Ὢ τῆς ἀνακεκαλυμμένης τῶν λῃστῶν γλωσσαλγίας. Ὢ τῆς τυφλῆς τῶν λόγων ἐναντιότητος. Ὅτε μὲν γὰρ Ἡρῴδης «παρ' αὐτῶν ἐπυνθάνετο ποῦ ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται», παρρησιωδέστερον ἔλεγον· «Ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας», καὶ τὴν τῆς προφητείας ἐπεδείκνυον χρῆσιν καὶ τὸν ἱεροφάντην μαρτυροῦντα παρῆγον· «Προφήτης μέγας ἐγήγερται» ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ. Καὶ νῦν κεκαλυμμένῳ προσώπῳ κεκράγασι· «Μωυσῇ λελάληκεν ὁ θεός, 2 τοῦτον δὲ οὐκ οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν.» Ὄντως «οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν, ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται.» Ἀληθῶς οὗτος «λαὸς μωρὸς καὶ οὐχὶ σοφός.» Εἰκότως ὁ Χριστὸς πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἀνεβόα· «Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε.» Τίς πρὸς τὴν οὕτως κατ' αὐτῶν παρατάξηται ἀγνώμονα γνώμην; Τίς τὴν φιλόνεικον αὐτῶν δυσμένειαν διελέγξει; Τοσαύτας αὐτοῖς θαυματουργίας ὁ Χριστὸς περιήντλησε, τοὺς παραλελυμένους νευρῶν, τοὺς λεπροὺς καθαρίζων, τοὺς κακωμένους ὑγιάζων, τοὺς δαιμονιῶντας ἰώμενος, ἀνοίγων τῶν ὀμμάτων τὰ βλέφαρα, τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν ἀνιστῶν ἐκ τάφων, ὕδωρ εἰς οἶνον μεταποιῶν, καὶ ἄλλα μυρία παρέχων ἅπερ ἐργῶδες λαλεῖν. Καὶ πίστεως παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδαμοῦ κἂν βραχύ. 7 Ἔστω ἡμῖν οὐ πείθῃ, ὦ Ἰουδαῖε, τοὺς ἱεροφάντας ἀνάγνωθι, τὰς παρὰ σοὶ κειμένας σελίδας ἀνάπτυξον. Μὴ δέξῃ τὸν Πέτρον μηδὲ τὸν Παῦλον. Τοὺς εὐαγγελιστὰς ἀφωσίωσαι. Ἄκουσον γοῦν καὶ Μωυσέως. Τί ἐν νόμῳ προέγραψε; –
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Hesychius of Jerusalem, Homilia ii de sancta Maria deipara (Greek).
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- Copy-text PG 93 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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