וְעַל־שִׂכְל֗וֹ וְהִצְלִ֤יחַ מִרְמָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וּבִלְבָב֣וֹ יַגְדִּ֔יל וּבְשַׁלְוָ֖ה יַשְׁחִ֣ית רַבִּ֑ים וְעַ֤ל־שַׂר־שָׂרִים֙ יַעֲמֹ֔ד וּבְאֶ֥פֶס יָ֖ד יִשָּׁבֵֽר׃
At sa pamamagitan ng kanyang katusuhan ay pagtatagumpayin niya ang panlilinlang sa kanyang kamay; at magmamataas siya sa kanyang puso, at sa panahon ng kapanatagan ay wawasakin niya ang marami; at maghihimagsik pa siya laban sa Pinuno ng mga pinuno; ngunit siya'y babagsak nang hindi sa pamamagitan ng kamay ng tao.
Gittin
you will be a king; since were you not a king, Jerusalem would not be delivered into your hand, as it is written (Isaiah 10:34), 'and the Levanon will fall by a mighty one.' And 'mighty' can only be a king, as it is written (Jeremiah 30:21), 'And his mighty one shall be from him.' And Levanon can only be the Temple, as it is stated (Deuteronomy 3:25), 'this goodly mountain and the Levanon.' And that which you said, 'If I am a king, why did you not come to me until now;' the thugs that we have with us did not allow us."
Gittin
He said to him, "If there was a barrel of honey with a serpent wrapped over it, would one not break the barrel for the sake of [getting rid] of the serpent?" He was silent. Rav Yosef - and some say, Rabbi Akiva - would read [this verse to be] about this (Isaiah 44:25), "He turns back the wise and renders their knowledge foolish." He should have said to him, "We take tongs and we take the serpent and kill him and leave the barrel."
Gittin
Bye and bye, a messenger came to him from Rome. He said to him, "Get up, the [reigning] Caesar has died, and those dignitaries of Rome have placed you at the helm." He had put on one of his shoes, [and] wanted to put the other one on. It would not go on. He tried to remove the [first one and] it would not come off. He said, "What is this?"