called Apostles, and commanded them to preach the kingdom of
heaven which he came upon earth to declare, and to make heavenly
us who are low and earthly, by virtue of his Incarnation.

"But, through envy of his marvellous and divine conversation and
endless miracles, the chief priests and rulers of the Jews
(amongst whom also he dwelt, on whom he had wrought his aforesaid
signs and miracles), in their madness forgetting all, condemned
him to death, having seized one of the Twelve to betray him.
And, when they had taken him, they delivered him to the Gentiles,
him that was the life of the world, he of his free will
consenting thereto; for he came for our sakes to suffer all
things, that he might free us from sufferings. But when they had
done him much despite, at the last they condemned him to the
Cross. All this he endured in the nature of that flesh which he
took from us, his divine nature remaining free of suffering: for,
being of two natures, both the divine and that which he took from
us, his human nature suffered, while his Godhead continued free
from suffering and death. So our Lord Jesus Christ, being
without sin, was crucified in the flesh, for he did no sin,
neither was guile found in his mouth; and he was not subject unto
death, for by sin, as I have said before, came death into the
world; but for our sakes he suffered death in the flesh, that he
might redeem us from the tyranny of death. He descended into
hell, and having harrowed it, he delivered thence souls that had
been imprisoned therein for ages long. He was buried, and on the
third day he rose again, vanquishing death and granting us the
victory over death: and he, the giver of immortality, having made
flesh immortal, was seen of his disciples, and bestowed upon them
peace, and, through them, peace on the whole human race.