Why he did not punish his insulters
To the question, “Why, if not before, does he not at least now display something divine, rescue himself from this disgrace, and punish those who insult both him and the Father?” we must say that something similar can be said to the Greeks also, who bring in providence and accept that divine signs occur: Why is it, then, that God does not punish those who insult the divine and do away with providence? For whatever defence the Greeks make against this, we too shall give a similar answer, or an even better one.
And a divine sign from heaven did in fact occur: the failing of the sun (Luke 23:44–45), and the other wonders, which showed that the one who was crucified had something divine about him, something more than most men.
Greek
Πρὸς δὲ τό· τί οὐκ εἰ μὴ πρόσθεν ἀλλὰ νῦν γοῦν θεῖόν τι ἐπιδείκνυται καὶ τῆς αἰσχύνης ταύτης ἑαυτὸν ῥύεται καὶ τοὺς ὑβρίζοντας εἰς ἑαυτόν τε καὶ τὸν πατέρα δικαιοῖ; λεκτέον ὅτι τὸ παραπλήσιον ἔστιν εἰπεῖν καὶ πρὸς Ἕλληνας. πρόνοιαν εἰσάγοντας καὶ θεοσημίας παραδεχομένους γενέσθαι. τί δή ποτε τοὺς ὑβρίζοντας τὸ θεῖον καὶ ἀναιροῦντας πρόνοιαν οὐ κολάζει ὁ θεός; ὡς γὰρ ἐὰν ἀπολογήσωνται πρὸς ταῦτα Ἕλληνες, καὶ ἡμεῖς τὰ ὅμοια ἢ καὶ κρείττονα ἐροῦμεν. γέγονε δὲ καὶ θεοσημία τις ἐξ οὐρανοῦ. ὁ ἐκλιπὼν ἥλιος, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ παράδοξα. ἐμφανίζοντα ὅτι θεῖόν τι καὶ πλεῖον τῶν πολλῶν εἶχεν ὁ σταυρωθείς.