Zion's Revelation of Christ
You prepared a meal, but Zion brought it to the altar.
You hid Jesus in swaddling clothes, but she revealed his side to Thomas when he desired to touch it.
You have a virgin giving birth with the organs of nature having been shut up, but she received the bridegroom inside closed doors and had him.
2 How can I praise the…
Greek
δεῖπνον ἀνέδειξε. Σὺ τὸν μόσχον ἐπὶ τῆς φάτνης ἔθρεψας, ἀλλ' ἡ Σιὼν εἰς τὸν βωμὸν ἀνήγαγε. Σὺ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐν τοῖς σπαρ γάνοις ἔκρυψας, αὕτη δὲ τῷ Θωμᾷ τὴν πλευρὰν βουληθέντι ψηλαφῆσαι ἐγύμνωσε. Σὺ παρθένον ἔχεις τίκτουσαν κεκλεισμένων τῶν ὀργάνων τῆς φύσεως, αὕτη παστάδα κεκλεισμένων τῶν θυρῶν ἔνδον τὸν νυμφίον δεχομένην καὶ ἔχουσαν. 2 Πῶς ἐγκωμιάσω τὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ
About this text
Hesychius of Jerusalem, Homilia i in sanctum Lazarum (Greek).
Original English Translation of Hesychius of Jerusalem’s Homilia i in sanctum Lazarum — new OET from PG 93 Greek.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 93 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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