On Pascha · §2.34

Burning the remainder

For the true sheep, which is Christ Jesus, of whom the sheep slaughtered in Egypt became a type, has set free from the slavery of the world-ruler of this darkness of this age, having delivered the Hebrews of that time from the authority of the then ruler of Egypt, which is called darkness, and Pharaoh "scatterer," who scatters the works that are in the light of virtue through his ruling authority — that is, of a mind of those living in darkness.

Greek

Τῆς γὰρ δουλείας τοῦ κοσμοκράτορος τοῦ σκότος τούτου τοῦ αἰῶνος ἀπήλλαξεν τὸ ἀληθινὸν πρόβατον, ὅ ἐστιν X(ριστὸ)ς Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς, οὗ τύπος ἐγένετο <τὸ> ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ σφαγὲν πρόβατον, ῥυσάμενος τοὺς τότε Ἑβραίους ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ τότε ἄρχοντος Αἰγύπτου, ὃ καλεῖται σκότος, Φαραὼ δ<ὲ δ>ιασκεδαστής, ὃς διασκεδαννύει τὰ ἐν φωτὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἔργα διὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἀρχοντικῆς ἐξουσίας, τοῦτ' ἔστιν διανοίας ἐν σκότει ζώντων.