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Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:861expounds v.21“προσκολλησαι Κυριος εις σε τον θανατον εως αν εξαναλωσῃ σε επι της γης εις ην εισπορευῃ εκει κληρονομησαι αυτην.”168. Why the Apostle calls Christ’s death «death» but ours «sleep»
1Deut 28:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1181…the land which the lord your god gives you and you keep to do all his commandments which i command you this day that the lord your god will set you on high above all nations…
3Deut 28:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1661…who has lived according to the law is blessed the scripture saying blessed shalt thou be in the city blessed shalt thou be in the field whoever therefore is in such a field of total plantation… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:943…things written in the book of the law to do them ' blessed shalt thou be in the city and blessed in the field xxviii in the church where he who acts sows and reaps fruit… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1417C…ll love you, and bless the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your land, your corn, and your wine, and your oil; and you shall be blessed above all nations. Deut. XXVIII, 3-6, 8, 12, 13. — If by hearing you hear th…
4Deut 28:4
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:613A…y certain subsequent sins. Thus, we too, who interpret according to the spiritual and divine law the blessing which says, Blessed are the fruits of thy womb (Deut. xxviii, 4), consider that nothing else is signifi… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:779A…e who perished in wars because of their own wickedness. And in the Law through Moses, indeed, the begetting of children was even considered worthy of blessing (Deut. XXVIII, 4). But after the world had flourished ev… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:1125A…o be both the giver and the receiver: just as somewhere the law says: "My gifts, my offerings, my sacrifices, my sacrifices, you shall observe to offer to me" (Deut. xxviii, 4); for since every good thing is born fr… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421…the field cursed shall be thy barns and cursed thy stores cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy ground the herds of thy oxen and the flocks of thy sheep…
9Deut 28:9
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:759…what does the lord thy god require of thee but to fear the lord thy god and walk in all his ways and to love him with all thy heart and with all thy soul and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1659…good things makes his words with a condition if thou wilt keep the commandments of the lord thy god and if thou walk in his ways and if thou wilt and hearken unto me thou shalt…
10Deut 28:10
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1627…and who he was when antiochus cyzicenus reigned in syria who were called by the name of the writer antipater the three books of the stoic antipater on virtue in them he subscribed to plato's teachings… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1625…meek and humble and the remnant of israel shall fear c the name of the lord and they shall not do iniquity and they shall not speak vain things and there shall not be found in… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:179…lord the hebrew is in another manner here he hoped to be called by the name of the lord god h aquila h and god was appeased al inclined and cain was very angry and his… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:185…the published editions of theodoret read aq then he began to be called by the name of the lord all the mss of the chains possess the version from the hebrew under the name of eusebius… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:231…the land of egypt speaking with the language of canaan and swearing by the name of the lord of sabaoth the city of asedek shall one city be called if five cities are spoken of in… Eusebius of Emesa c. 300-359PG 86:547…eusebius of emesa in the hebrew it reads he hoped to be called by the name of the lord that is to be called god and the son of god for the just who were from… Eusebius of Emesa c. 300-359PG 86:555…it is not so in the hebrew but he hoped to be called by the name of the lord god that is to be called a son of god and god for those who were of… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:727…c i will fulfill what i promised through the prophets the justifications of the lord and they shall be filled with the holy spirit those who delight in his beauty shall sing hymns to him they… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:823…nor a thirst for water but a hunger for hearing the word of the lord and they shall run to and fro from east to west seeking the word of the lord and they shall not… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:63…nor a thirst for water but a famine of hearing the word of the lord and they shall run to and fro from east to west seeking the word of the lord and they shall not… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:525…silence the masters of the house so that they may not swear by the name of the lord and they add that the minds of those from ephraim had slipped into such extreme godlessness that they… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:715…stand and shall see and shall feed his flock in the strength of the lord and they shall be in the glory of the name of the lord their god because now they shall be magnified… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:1009…meek and humble and the remnant of israel shall fear from the name of the lord and they shall not do injustice nor shall they speak vain things and there shall not be found in their… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:943…a cloud as it is written and stood with him there and called by the name of the lord and the lord passed by before his face and called 'the lord the lord god merciful and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1105…of his very great justice for he hoped he says to be called by the name of the lord his god d now those who were born from enos were practitioners of justice and every good… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:147…indeed translated this in this way then it was begun to be called by the name of the lord that statement indicates that on account of his piety this man was the first to obtain a… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1855…people meek and humble and the remnant of israel will reverence the name of the lord and they shall not do iniquity and they shall not speak vain things and there shall not be found in… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:261…said it is not so but rather this man hoped to be called by the name of the lord god that is to be called a son of god and divine for all those who drew… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:329…upon the name of the lord that is he invoked the land by the name of the lord since from then on it was the inheritance of god for it had been said to him in… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:709…those days and at that time they shall call jerusalem the throne of the lord and they shall be gathered still after the desires of their evil heart such is the divine prophet but since we… Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:245…that christ is received in his sign or sacrament which is commonly called by the name of the thing signified and that adoration is accustomed to be attributed to things that are most diverse from god… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:671…will pass by before you with my glory and i will call by the name of the lord before you being the lord what lord does he call upon you see how he covertly taught the… Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1429…united for even in the case of man although his parts are called by the name of the whole with some addition of inner or outer or not without such an addition and even if the…
12Deut 28:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1447…read the law of moses he would likely have taken the statement thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt not borrow which is spoken to those who keep the law as if it had… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:945…through him also the amen a may the lord open to you his good treasure the heaven to give rain to your land xxviii and who is this good treasure surely he with whom all the…
13Deut 28:13
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1659…good things makes his words with a condition if thou wilt keep the commandments of the lord thy god and if thou walk in his ways and if thou wilt and hearken unto me thou shalt… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1417…you shall rule over many nations and the lord shall make you the head and not the tail and he shall give you the rain of your land in its season i kings xv samuel said…
16Deut 28:16
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1661…has lived according to the law is blessed the scripture saying blessed shalt thou be in the city blessed shalt thou be in the field whoever therefore is in such a field of total plantation which… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:261A…ess some and curse others. The blessing and the curse were prophecies of things to come. For he said: Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed in the field (Deut. 28:16); and the tribes, by composing myriads… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:943…written in the book of the law to do them ' blessed shalt thou be in the city and blessed in the field xxviii in the church where he who acts sows and reaps fruit unto… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421C…hters." Deut. xxvii, 26. — "Cursed be he that abideth not in the words of this law, and fulfilleth them not in work. And all the people shall say: Amen." Deut. xxviii, 16 seqq. — "Cursed shalt thou be in the ci…
18Deut 28:18
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421…in the field cursed shall be thy barns and cursed thy stores cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy ground the herds of thy oxen and the flocks of thy…
22Deut 28:22
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421…strike thee with poverty and with fever and with cold and with burning and with the sword and with blasting and heaven that is over thy head be of brass and the earth that is under…
23Deut 28:23
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:361…and cloudless drought with the old curse upon it being confirmed for and thy heaven that is over thy head shall be as brass and the earth under thee as iron and again the lord shall… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:901A…as it is a region of the earth abounding in such supplies of goods. But also in the curses of Israel: "Let the heaven over your head," he says, "be as bronze" (Deut. xxviii, 23), indicating total dryness and the lack… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:343B…yone feared the extremes, and they entreated God to dissolve this fear: and then it was possible to see what was said by Moses, "the heaven becoming as brass" (Deut. 28:23), and death, more grievous than every d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:723A…promise, however, has been turned to the opposite for us; nay rather, the curse of Jeremiah has overtaken us: Let the heaven over your head be brass, he says (Deut. 28:23): the prophet indicating by this commin… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:67A…orum illorum ordinem gubernetur et temperetur. Similiter agit in commemorandis maledictionibus vel exsecrationibus: « Erit cœlum, quod tibi impendet, aeneum » (Deut. XXVIII, 23), quibus verbis significavit summam et… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421…cold and with burning and with the sword and with blasting and heaven that is over thy head be of brass and the earth that is under thee of iron the lord give thee dust for… Isaac the Great, Catholicos of Armenia fl. c. 1145PG 132:1167…the opposite or rather the imprecation of jeremiah has overtaken us the heaven that is over thy head shall be as brass b by which threatening words a total drought and lack of water is signified… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1265A…s to us, and we gaze upon it when we first look up, is by a greater abuse called heaven. For the Scripture says, "The heaven which is above you shall be iron" [Deut. 28:23]. And David, "The fowls of the air" [Ps… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:73…but also in the curses upon israel the heaven he says which is over thy head shall be brass what does he mean by these words an utter drought and lack of the aerial waters through… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:399B…(the brightness and radiance are angelic, when they are represented bodily, I think it is a symbol). Verse 38, ho ouranos chalkous (the heaven [like] brass). Deut. XXVIII, 23. Verse penult. H. St. 2, ek tōn phain
26Deut 28:26
OrigenesPG 16:503…maker who gives songs in the night who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wise more than the fowl of the heavens and now because he has not visited his… OrigenesPG 16:2315…people shall be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth and there shall be none to scare them away and i will cause to cease from the cities of…
31Deut 28:31
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1001…believe in him for he says and thy life shall be hanging before thine eyes and thou shalt not believe in thy life and again is not this same thy father who possessed thee and made…
37Deut 28:37
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:431B…a place to stand for the sole of your foot. And the Lord your God will give you there a despondent heart, and failing eyes, and a soul wasting away with grief [Deut. 28:37, 62–65]. You shall be in fear day and n…
43Deut 28:43
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:315A…: The proselyte who is among you shall be above you, above you, but you shall be below, below; he shall be your head, and you shall be his tail (Deut. xxviii, 43). VERS. 27, 28. Let them exult and re…
48Deut 28:48
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:945…shall ascend above you and you shall descend speaking of the nations and he shall put a yoke of iron upon you he speaks of grievous servitude and therefore he preferred to put iron rather than…
49Deut 28:49
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:463…how is it from the end of the earth the savior says he who wishes to be first among you shall be the last of all paul… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:891C…nless you serve the Lord your God," it says, "I will bring upon you a nation without shame, who will not understand its voice, and you shall be few in number" (Deut. 28:49-50). The three children also declared this… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1915…other seas far more numerous than those mentioned vers bringing up clouds from the end of the earth for the downward tending nature of water is drawn up by the divine word and becomes sublime and… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:467…deuteronomy and the lord shall bring upon you a nation from afar from the end of the earth as the eagle swoops down a nation shameless in countenance and it shall crush you in all your… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:431B…u, she who went out from her womb, even the child which she will bear, will eat in secret, because of the lack of all things in that straitness and affliction [Deut. 28:49–53, 56–57]. You shall be a proverb, a para… OrigenesPG 16:891…himself but as if he said h psalm lx h hebrew text from the end of the earth unto thee i will call hieron from the farthest part of the earth unto thee i will cry…
53Deut 28:53
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:497…are also commensurate a thorn cannot kill it can only draw blood and thou shalt eat the fruit of the earth in sorrows that one gives birth in sorrows you eat in sorrows for the ancient…
55Deut 28:55
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:727…from you that he is a deceiver he becomes a judge and he will not give to any of these for he will suspect that all are such and for what reason he says does he…
56Deut 28:56
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:899…the hebrew the hebrew in greek characters aquila she did not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground because of her luxury and delicacy she shall act evilly second he shall make… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:891C…foot has not made trial of stepping upon the ground because of her tenderness and delicacy, shall reach for the impious table, and shall eat her own children" (Deut. 28:56). Jeremiah, however, declares that this… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:467…with which your enemy shall press you in all your cities and the tender and delicate woman among you whose little one that has gone forth from between her feet and… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:431…affliction where the enemy shall afflict you in all your cities and the tender and delicate woman among you she who went out from her womb even the child which she will bear will eat in…
58Deut 28:58
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:237…but the manifest things belong to us and to our children forever to do all the words of this law the lord is a god of knowledge and god preparing inventions i know the counsels of…
61Deut 28:61
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:769…cursed is everyone who does not remain in all things which are written in the book of this law to do them c by the fact that he again expresses indignation that the pharisees condemn the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:649…somewhere cursed is he who does not remain in all the things written in the book of this law to do them the curse is therefore ours and not others for those to whom transgression is…
62Deut 28:62
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:469…and you shall be left in small number whereas you were like the stars of heaven for multitude because you did not hearken to the voice of the lord your god and it shall be as…
63Deut 28:63
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:85…your beauty and another as the bridegroom will rejoice over the bride so the lord will rejoice over you alt version omitted… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:253…your beauty and elsewhere as a bridegroom will rejoice over a bride so the lord will rejoice over you whenever we search for some divine dogma and grasp it with our mind let us consider that… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1149A…Lord your God." (Num. xxxiii, 52, 55) "And it shall be, just as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you." (Deut. xxviii, 63) "From the wicked shall transgression… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:469…to the voice of the lord your god and it shall be as the lord rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you so shall the lord rejoice over you to destroy you…
65Deut 28:65
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:575C…lague, and the eating of human flesh, he added this punishment, using these words: "I will give them a grieving heart, and failing eyes, and a consuming soul" (Deut. 28. 65). But why do I mention the Jews, a lech…
66Deut 28:66
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:911C…fathers' (Luc. xi, 48); and in you this prophecy finds its fulfillment: 'And your life shall be hanging before your eyes, and ye shall not believe your life' (Deut. xxviii, 66). For you did not have faith in the Lif… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:695…also rebuked saying and thy life shall be hanging before thine eyes and thou shalt fear day and night and shalt not believe in thy life d concerning the lance however the prophet zechariah speaks as… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:731D…tion of their will, the unstable soul, the cowardice and the fear, according to that which is said: "You shall be in anguish and trembling upon the earth" (Deut. xxviii, 66), on account of the unbelief and confus… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:839A…human race would be saved through Christ. For Moses says first: "You shall see your life hanging before your eyes; and you shall not have faith in your life" (Deut. 28:66). And Isaiah: "He was led as a sheep to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:335B…that children also are to be eaten, happened in the sieges. He makes mention here of Christ Himself. "Your life," he says, "shall be hanging before your eyes" (Deut. 28:66). Here lies that passage: "Lest there b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:721B…of the rich, and you never found such a pearl as Christ. You did not become an apostle, you did not hear the lawgiver saying: You shall see your life hanging (Deut. 28:66); and how did you pluck life from a tre… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:379A…n" (John III, 13). In the ninth book he discourses on: "And the Rock was Christ" (I Cor. X, 4), and on: "And you shall see your life hanging before your eyes" (Deut. XXVIII, 66), and on: "This gate shall be shut" (Ez… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:431B…h grief [Deut. 28:37, 62–65]. You shall be in fear day and night. Morning, from the fear of your heart, you will wish for evening, and at evening for morning” [Deut. 28:66–67]. Let these things be for Ezekiel: “Thu… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:825C…Christ and his resurrection. And indeed, he also signifies the passion by the words he says elsewhere: "And you shall see your life hanging before your eyes." (Deut. xxviii, 66). "And that he would be the first from…