Homily II on the Holy Pascha · §4 · Hesychius of Jerusalem

Now I Will Arise

'…Galilee and Carmel will be laid bare. Now I will arise,' says the Lord, 'now I will be glorified, now I will be lifted up. Now you will see, now you will be put to shame' (Isaiah 33:9–11).

For he was directing these words at the Jews: "Now I will arise, when I raise up Adam, whom the transgression cast down. Now I will be glorified, when I establish for the nations freedom from the passions. Now I will be lifted up, when I lift your firstfruits into the heavens and raise to the throne of the cherubim 'the form of the servant' (Philippians 2:7) that I have taken from you. Now you will see the types coming to an end and the truth in flower. Now you will be put to shame, you who slander with words and are defeated by the facts."

For glory belongs to God, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Greek

Φανερὰ ἔσται ἡ Γαλιλαία καὶ ὁ Κάρμηλος. Νῦν ἀναστή σομαι, λέγει κύριος, νῦν δοξασθήσομαι, νῦν ὑψωθήσομαι. Νῦν ὄψεσθε, νῦν αἰσχυνθήσεσθε.» Πρὸς γὰρ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους τὸν λόγον ἀπετείνετο· νῦν ἀναστήσομαι ὅταν ἐγείρω τὸν Ἀδὰμ ὃν ἡ παράβασις ἔρριψεν, νῦν δοξασθήσομαι ὅταν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν τῶν παθῶν συστήσω τὴν ἀπάθειαν, νῦν ὑψω θήσομαι τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀπαρχὴν εἰς οὐρανοὺς ὑψῶν καὶ εἰς τὴν καθέδραν τῶν χερουβὶν ἐπαίρων «τὴν τοῦ δούλου μορ φὴν» ἥνπερ ἐξ ὑμῶν κέκτημαι, νῦν ὄψεσθε παυομέ νους τοὺς τύπους, ἀνθοῦσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν, νῦν αἰσχυνθή σεσθε συκοφαντοῦντες ῥήμασιν καὶ ἡττώμενοι πράγμασιν, ὅτι τῷ θεῷ ἡ δόξα, τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύ ματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. 1

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Hesychius of Jerusalem’s second homily on the holy Pascha, on the empty tomb and the risen Christ, in a fresh English translation from the Greek.

Hesychius of Jerusalem (fl. c. 412–450) preached this second homily on the holy Pascha. It is translated whole, from the opening to the closing doxology.

A sacred and royal trumpet, which Bethlehem filled and Zion tempered in fire, gathers the hearers. The tomb is a bridal chamber where the bridegroom slept for three days and from which the bride was raised incorrupt. The soldiers guard him as one dead, and the gatekeepers of Hades see him as God and cower.

He is the same one, not one and another. The Word made flesh is one, and it is not right for the Word to be separated from the flesh. The angels tell the women that the Nazarene who was crucified is not here, for he has risen. Hosea foretells the third day, and Isaiah's "Now I will arise" is the Lord's own word about his rising. The homily ends with glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

A fresh English translation made from the Greek text printed in PG 93.

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