1. On Jewish Perfidy and Divine Vengeance
Latin Text (lines 2747-2760): “dies ultionis, in qua Judaeorum perfidiam ulciscitur ipse, de quo Psalmista dicit: Deus ultionum Dominus, Deus ultionum libere egit. Exaltare, qui judicas terram, redde retributionem superbis. In ista die ultionis visitantur super gentem illam dies Baalim, visitatione, quam totus orbis novit, quia et secundum corpus captivi, et secundum animam in tenebras exteriores missi…”
English Translation: “A day of vengeance, in which He Himself avenges the perfidy of the Jews, concerning whom the Psalmist says: The Lord is a God of vengeance, the God of vengeance has acted freely. Rise up, You who judge the earth, render retribution to the proud. In that day of vengeance the days of Baal are visited upon that nation, with a visitation which the whole world knows, because both according to the body they are captive, and according to the soul they are cast into outer darkness…”
2. On Jews as Inhabitants of Samaria – Loss of Temple and True Worship
Latin Text (lines 11269-11280): “Judaei fuere, qui civitatem sanctam Hierusalem et templum in illa divini nominis videbantur inhabitare non utique corde, sed tantum corpore. Si enim Dominum nostrum non dubitaverunt Samaritanum dicere, qui utique secundum carnem Judeus ex Judeis erat… quanto magis ipsa Scriptura dicere debuit, habitatores Samariae, quis nimis crudeliter imitati sunt, atque impleverunt peccatum Samariae?”
English Translation: “They were Jews who seemed to inhabit the holy city of Jerusalem and the temple of the divine name in it—not with the heart, but only with the body. For if they did not hesitate to call our Lord a Samaritan, who was certainly a Jew from Jews according to the flesh… how much more ought Scripture itself to say, inhabitants of Samaria, because they very cruelly imitated and fulfilled the sin of Samaria?”
3. On Jews‘ Willful Choice to Reject Christ
Latin Text (lines 11398-11404): “Et bene, cum dixisset, confundetur Israel, addidit, in voluntate sua, quia videlicet sic voluerunt Judaei sic electione praefixerunt ac praescripserunt sibi Christum regem negantes, et Caesarem profitentes, Christum occidentes, et Barabbam dimittentes, et clamantes coram Pilato: ‘Sanguis ejus super nos et super filios nostros.'”
English Translation: “And well, when he said, Israel shall be confounded, he added, by their own will, because thus the Jews willed it, thus by their own choice they predetermined and prescribed for themselves—denying Christ as king, and professing Caesar, killing Christ and releasing Barabbas, and crying out before Pilate: ‘His blood be upon us and upon our children.'”
4. On Jews‘ Loss of Kingdom and Priesthood After Christ
Latin Text (lines 11409-11420): “Transire ergo fecit regem suum, id est regem habere maluit transitorium, quam regem suum. Verum non conceditur ei ut saltem transitorium regem habere possit, sed omnino ablatum est illi regnum, et dux pariter et rex ab ea transivit. Nec enim dignatus est Caesarum quisquam regnare super eos, aut in regno suo cives habere illos, sed tantummodo captivos…”
English Translation: “Therefore he made their king pass away, that is, they preferred to have a transitory king rather than their own [true] king. But it is not granted to them that they should have even a transitory king, but the kingdom has been entirely taken away from them, and both leader and king have departed from them. For not one of the Caesars has deigned to reign over them, or to have them as citizens in his kingdom, but only as captives…”
5. On the Dispersion and Blindness of the Jews
Latin Text (lines 11696-11698): “quia disperditis incredulis Judaeis, qui negaverunt…”
English Translation: “because the unbelieving Jews who denied [Christ] have been scattered…”
6. On Prophecy Fulfilled – Jews Without King, Prince, or Sacrifice
Latin Text (lines 4055-4080): “Ecce hodie veritatem hujus prophetiae completam videmus, quia Judei ducti in omnes gentes captivi, sine rege et sine principe sunt. Hoc non fuit antequam Christus veniret, sed sicut praedixerat patriarcha Jacob: ‘Non auferetur sceptrum de Juda et dux de femore ejus, donec veniat qui mittendus est.’ usque ad ejus adventum… At ubi Christus venit quem non receperunt, judices et praesides alienos habuerunt… Ex tunc sedent sine rege, et sine principe, et multi dies sunt. Nam quia regem suum Christum non requirunt, nec regem nec principem de semetipsis habere digni sunt. Sedent et sine sacrificio et sine altari; quia perdito loco, ubi templum et altare habebant…”
English Translation: “Behold, today we see the truth of this prophecy completed, because the Jews, led captive into all nations, are without a king and without a prince. This was not so before Christ came, but as the patriarch Jacob had foretold: ‘The scepter shall not be taken away from Judah, nor a leader from his thigh, until he comes who is to be sent’—until his coming… But when Christ came, whom they did not receive, they had foreign judges and rulers… From that time they sit without a king and without a prince, and many days have passed. For because they do not seek Christ their king, they are worthy to have neither king nor prince from among themselves. They also sit without sacrifice and without altar; because the place where they had the temple and altar has been lost…”
7. On Jews‘ False Expectation of Another Messiah
Latin Text (lines 4128-4137): “Haec omnia Judei perdiderunt. Quomodo autem expectant Christum, vel quomodo illos Christus exspectat? Dicit enim: ‘Dies multos exspectabis me; non fornicaberis; et non eris viro; sed et ego exspectabo te.’ Nimirum male expectant, quia respuentes illum, qui jam venit, alium sibi pollicentur Messiam. Hinc ipse, cum dixisset: ‘Ego veni in nomine Patris mei, et non accepistis me,’ subiunxit: ‘Si alius venerit in nomine suo, illum accipietis.'”
English Translation: “All these things the Jews have lost. But how do they await Christ, or how does Christ await them? For he says: ‘For many days you will wait for me; you shall not fornicate; and you shall not belong to a man; but I also will wait for you.’ Surely they wait wrongly, because rejecting him who has already come, they promise themselves another Messiah. Hence he himself, when he had said: ‘I have come in my Father’s name, and you have not received me,’ added: ‘If another comes in his own name, him you will receive.'”
8. On Jews and Priests Being Polluted by Rejecting Christ
Latin Text (lines 49967-49976): “convincuntur et judicantur ex ore suo Judaei cum sacerdotibus suis, quod tam immundi sint, ut contaminetur omnis homo, quicunque communicat eorum ceremoniis. Quis enim est pollutus in anima, id est in morte hominis, nisi Judaicus populus, qui mediatorem Dei et hominum Jesum Christum occidt, et eumdem nunc iste blasphemare non desinit?”
English Translation: “The Jews with their priests are convicted and judged by their own mouth, that they are so unclean that every man is contaminated who participates in their ceremonies. For who is polluted in soul, that is, by the death of a man, except the Jewish people, who killed Jesus Christ the mediator between God and men, and who does not cease even now to blaspheme him?”
9. On the Conversion of Jews and Gentiles
Latin Text (lines 1706-1715): “Israel, scilicet apostoli, qui, tam secundum carnem quam secundum fidem filii sunt Israel, congregati sunt cum filiis Juda, id est, cum electis ex gentibus, quos ad fidem et confessionem Christi perducendo fecerunt filios Juda, congregati sunt pariter in unitatem fidei ita ut non sit, sicut Apostolus ait, distinctio Judaei et Graeci.”
English Translation: “Israel, namely the apostles, who are sons of Israel both according to the flesh and according to faith, have been gathered together with the sons of Judah, that is, with the elect from among the gentiles, whom by leading to faith and confession of Christ they made into sons of Judah, gathered together equally in the unity of faith so that there is not, as the Apostle says, a distinction between Jew and Greek.”
10. On the Church from Both Jews and Gentiles
Latin Text (lines 2967-2968): “omnis Ecclesia, tam ex Judeis quam ex gentibus veniens lactata est.”
English Translation: “The whole Church, coming both from Jews and from gentiles, has been nourished.”
11. On Gentiles Receiving What Was Promised
Latin Text (lines 18436-18443): “Haec omnia gentibus praedicata sunt secundum praeceptum dicentis superius: ‘Clamate hoc in gentibus,’ et quaecunque inde ab eo loco dicta sunt, propheta de persona Dei loquebatur. Nunc tandem ipse Deus in persona sua loquebatur et dicit: ‘Et scietis quia ego Dominus Deus vester, habitans in Sion, in monte sancto meo, et erit Hierusalem sancta, et alieni non transibunt per eam amplius.'”
English Translation: “All these things have been preached to the gentiles according to the command of him who said above: ‘Proclaim this among the gentiles,’ and whatever was said from that place onward, the prophet was speaking in the person of God. Now at last God himself speaks in his own person and says: ‘And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, in my holy mountain, and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall not pass through it anymore.'”
Key Themes Present:
Strong Supersessionism:
- Loss of Temple and Sacrifice – Jews lost temple, altar, and ability to offer sacrifices after rejecting Christ (passages 2, 6)
- Loss of Kingship – Kingdom taken from Jews, scattered among nations without king or prince (passages 4, 6)
- Loss of Priesthood – Priests polluted and ceremonies contaminated (passage 8)
- Transfer of Promises – What was promised to Jews now goes to gentiles and the Church (passages 9, 10, 11)
Willful Rejection:
- Jews deliberately chose to reject Christ (passage 3)
- They chose Caesar over Christ, Barabbas over Jesus
- They called for his blood upon themselves and their children
- They continue to blaspheme Christ and seek a false messiah (passages 7, 8)
Heavy Typology and Prophecy:
- Jacob’s prophecy about the scepter fulfilled in Christ’s coming (passage 6)
- Hosea’s prophecy about sitting without king/prince/sacrifice fulfilled (passage 6)
- Scripture’s prophecies about Samaria applied to Jews who rejected Christ (passage 2)
- Jews‘ dispersion and blindness as fulfillment of prophetic punishment (passages 1, 5)
Divine Vengeance:
- Day of vengeance for Jewish “perfidy” (passage 1)
- Jews cast into outer darkness both physically and spiritually
- Whole world witnesses their punishment through captivity and dispersion
Source. Patrologia Latina – Translated by Claude.AI. Rupert of Deutz, Writings. Migne, PL 167–170. 1894.