Malachi to John the Baptist
And concerning the judgment of the dead, and that the customs of Moses shall be fulfilled and changed. Since all the people honored him as holy and pure, Malachi called him, a name interpreted as an angel. For he was exceedingly beautiful in appearance, and also whatever he himself spoke in prophecy, an angel appearing on that very day confirmed his prophecy, just as it happened in the days of anarchy, as it is written in Zephaniah, that is, in the book of Chronicles. And the prophet, being young, died and was added to his fathers in his field.
23. Zechariah, another prophet and priest. He was the son of Jehoiada the priest, and the father of John the Baptist. This one was killed by Herod the king, while standing by the altar and the house of the Lord. He was from Jerusalem, from the house of David, in the midst of Elam from the house of the Lord. He prophesied concerning the generation of Christ. There, therefore, they buried him in the house of God, standing by the temple of the Lord. From that time, many wonders and apparitions occurred in the temple, and the priests were no longer able to see the vision of angels, nor to give oracles to the people in David, nor to inquire by the Urim, nor to answer through the lot, until the time, until that day.
24. Simeon the priest; he was from the tribe of Aaron. He was signaled by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he should see the Christ in the flesh. He bore the Lord into his own arms. And he glorified God, saying: My eyes have seen your salvation. Now, Lord, you release your servant, according to your word, in peace. He died and was buried near the priests, an elder full of days.
26. John the Baptist, son of Zechariah and Elisabeth. He was from the tribe of Levi. He showed to us the Lamb of God, the Son of the Father, the one who takes away the sin of the world. He became for us an entrance to the kingdom of God. For no one among those born of women is greater than John the Baptist. He died, having his head cut off by Herod, because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother. And other prophets came to be, whose names are written in their own genealogies in the book of the names of Israel, whom we did not mention.
Greek
καὶ περὶ κρίσεως νεκρῶν· καὶ ὅτι τὰ ἔθη Μωϋσέως πληρωθήσονται καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐτίμα αὐτὸν ὡς ὅσιον καὶ πραΰν, ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν μαλαχί, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται ἄγγελος. Ἦν γὰρ καὶ τῷ εἴδει πάνυ εὐπρεπής, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅσα εἶπεν αὐτὸς ἐν προφητείᾳ, αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἄγγελος ὀφθεὶς ἐπεδευτέρωσεν αὐτοῦ τὴν προφητείαν, ὥσπερ ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς ἀναρχίας, ὡς γέγραπται ἐν Σφαρφωθείμ, τουτέστιν ἐν βίβλῳ Κριτῶν. Νέος δὲ ὢν ὁ προφήτης ἀπέθανε καὶ προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ αὐτοῦ. κγʹ. Ζαχαρίας ἄλλος προφήτης καὶ ἱερεύς. Οὗτος ἦν 24 υἱὸς Ἰωδαὲ ἱερέως, πατὴρ δὲ Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ. Τοῦ-τον ἀπέκτεινεν Ἡρώδης ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐχόμενα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου κυρίου. Οὗτος δὲ ἦν ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐξ οἴκου ∆αυίδ, ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ Ἐλὰμ ἐξ οἴκου κυρίου. Οὗτος ἐπροφήτευσε περὶ Χριστοῦ γενεᾶς. Ἐκεῖ οὖν αὐτὸν ἔθαψαν ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἐχόμενα ναοῦ κυρίου. Ἔκτοτε ἐγίνοντο τέρατα πολλὰ ἐν τῷ ναῷ καὶ φαντασίαι καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυον οἱ ἱερεῖς ἰδεῖν οὐκέτι ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων· οὐδὲ δοῦναι χρησμοὺς τῷ λαῷ ἐν ∆αβεὶρ οὔτε ἐρωτῆσαι ἐν τῷ Ἐφοὺδ οὔτε διὰ τῶν δήλων ἀποκριθῆναι, ἕως τὸ πρίν, ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης. κδʹ. Συμεὼν ὁ ἱερεύς· οὗτος ἦν ἐκ φυλῆς Ἀαρών. Οὗτος ἐχρηματίσθη ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἁγίου τοῦ μὴ ἰδεῖν θά-νατον ἕως ἂν ἴδῃ τὸν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκί. Οὗτος ἐβάστασε τὸν κύριον εἰς τὰς ἰδίας ἀγκάλας. Καὶ ἐδόξασε τὸν θεὸν εἰπών· εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου. Νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ. Ἀπέθανε δὲ καὶ ἐτάφη πλησίον τῶν ἱερέων πρε-σβύτης πλήρης ἡμερῶν. <κεʹ.> Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς υἱὸς Ζαχαρίου καὶ Ἐλι25 σάβετ. Οὗτος ἦν ἐκ φυλῆς Λευΐ. Οὗτος ἐδήλωσεν ἡμῖν τὸν ἀμνὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ πατρὸς τὸν ἄραντα τοῦ κόσμου τὴν ἁμαρτίαν. Οὗτος εἴσοδος ἡμῖν ἐγένετο τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ βασιλείας. Οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν μείζων ἐστὶν Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ. Ἀπέθανε δὲ τμηθεὶς τὴν κεφαλὴν παρὰ Ἡρῴδου, διὰ Ἡρῳδιάδα τὴν γυναῖκα Φιλίππου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἄλλοι δὲ προφῆται ἐγένοντο, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα ἐγγέ-γραπται ἐν ταῖς αὐτῶν γενεαῖς, ἐν βίβλῳ ὀνομάτων Ἰσραήλ, ὧν οὐκ ἐμνημονεύσαμεν.
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Explore the lives and deaths of biblical prophets through Epiphanius' vivid accounts of their courage and divine missions.
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- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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