ACC ~ Mark 14 v11a

WHAT WAS SOLD AND WHAT BOUGHT

GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS: He is sold, and cheap was the price—thirty pieces of silver; [1] yet he buys back the world at the mighty cost of his own blood. [2] A sheep, he is led to the slaughter [3] —yet he shepherds Israel [4] and now the whole world as well. [5] ORATION 29, ON THE SON 20. [6]

[1] Cf. Mt 26:15.

[2] Cf. 1 Cor 6:20; 1 Pet 1:19.

[3] Cf. Acts 8:32; Is 53:7.

[4] Cf. Ps 80:1.

[5] Cf. Jn 10:11, 16.

[6] FGFR 259; TLG 2022.010, 20.18-21.