¹¹ Ezek. i. 22, 26, 27.

¹² Or, by His throne.

¹³ Or example, kato/rqwma.

¹⁴ Or, truth.

¹⁵ Amos viii. 10.

¹⁶ Cf. Jer. xxxi.

¹⁷ Or, justifying observances, dikaiw/mata.

¹⁸ Cf. John 1.

¹⁹ John xvii. 2.

²⁰ Or, ye will find eternal life. John v. 39.

²¹ Rom. v. 14.

²² o9moiou/menoj.

²³ Or, joy.

²⁴ Luke i. 26, 27 [Marah = bitterness, Exod xv. 23.]

²⁵ Ex. xii. 2. [The name Mary is misinterpreted, infra]

²⁶ Luke i. 41.

²⁷ Luke i. 41.

²⁸ Or, and with the bound feet of her child in the womb.

²⁹ Luke i. 42, 43.

³⁰ Or, resurrection.

³¹ Luke i. 46, etc.

³² Gen. xvii. 11; Rom. iv. 11.

³³ Luke i. 51.

³⁴ Isa. xiv. 14.

³⁵ Isa. xiv. 15.

³⁶ Matt. xv. 27.

³⁷ Luke i. 54.

³⁸ Ps. xviii. 9.

³⁹ me/xrij e0autou=.

⁴⁰ Luke ii. 7.

⁴¹ Ps. lxxx. 1.

⁴² e0n toi=j a@kroij tw=n nohtw=n basileiw=n. Others read no/tou = in the high places of the kingdoms of the south.

⁴³ The close is otherwise given thus: To whom be the glory and the power unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

¹ "The Third Discourse by the same sainted Gregory, Bishop of Neo-Caesareia, surnamed Thaumaturgus, on the Annunciation to the all-holy Virgin Mary, mother of God."

² Luke i. 26, 27.

³ Luke i. 36.

⁴ Isa. vii. 14.

⁵ Isa. xxix. 11.

⁶ Ps. lxxxvii. 3.

⁷ Or, angelic.

⁸ u9perorioij me/lesin.

⁹ Or, and after her.

¹⁰ Gen. xviii.

¹¹ Ps. lxxii. 6. [A sub-allusion, in bad taste, to Semele.]

¹² numfoto/ke. The Latin version gives it as = sponsa, simul et mater. [Apostrophe not worship.]

¹³ i0so/r0r9opon.

¹⁴ Eph. ii. 14.

¹ "A Discourse by our sainted Father Gregory, Bishop of Neo-Caesareia, surnamed Thaumaturgus, on the Holy Theophany, or, as the title is also given, on the Holy Lights."

² katadu/sewj.

³ Matt. iii. 13.

⁴ Or, armies.

⁵ Or subaltern, e0n th|\ stratiwtikh|= morfh|=.

⁶ Matt iii. 14.

⁷ Or, because for my sake Thou hast been born as I have been.

⁸ Ps. civ. 2.

⁹ Matt. iii. 3; Mark i. 3; Luke iii. 4; John i. 23.

¹⁰ John i. 1.

¹¹ Heb. i. 3.

¹² Or, of the perfect Light; to wit, the Father.

¹³ John i. 9.

¹⁴ Luke iii. 16; John i. 27.

¹⁵ Ps. civ. 2.

¹⁶ Ps. cxxxvi. 6.

¹⁷ John i. 29.

¹⁸ Or, the Hebrews.

¹⁹ Matt. iii. 13.

²⁰ Or, with my name.

²¹ Or, to the Saviour's object.

²² Matt. iii. 17, xvii. 5; Mark i. 11; Luke ix. 35.

²³ John x. 30.

²⁴ John xiv. 9.

²⁵ John xiv. 28.

²⁶ Matt. xvi. 13.

²⁷ Matt. xvi. 16.

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