Clean Garments

Τυπικῶς, μᾶλλον δὲ προφητικῶς ὁ τοῦ Ἰωσεδέκ ποτε Ἰησοῦς ὤφθη φορῶν ἱμάτια ῥυπαρὰ, ἀλλ' ἐξεδύθη τὰ ῥυπανθέντα, καὶ ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτια καθαρά. Τοῦτο δὲ γέγονεν, ἵνα γνῶμεν καὶ μάθωμεν, ὅτι καθὼς ἐφορέσαμεν τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ χοϊχοῦ, φορέσομεν καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἐπουρανίου· κατὰ πολὺ γὰρ νικᾷ Χριστὸς ταῖς οἰκείαις ἀρεταῖς τὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων κηλῖδας, ὅθεν εὔχεσθασι δεῖ ῥυσθῆναι καὶ λυτρωθῆναι χρονίας προλήψεως, καὶ μὴ ἀποθανειν τῇ ἐῥῥυπωμένῃ, καὶ ψεκτῇ καταστάσει. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΤΛ' Θεοπομπῳ Συνκλητικῳ Source: Migne PG 79.120b

As a prophetic type rather was the vision of Joshua the son of Jozadak 1 when he was clothed with filthy garments, which then were stripped off and he was invested with clean ones. 2 And this was done that we know and learn that as we have borne the terrestial image so we should bear the celestial image, 3 for Christ with his own virtues can utterly overwhelm the filth of men, whence it is necessary to pray to be relieved and liberated from tardy perception, lest we die in vile and disgraceful state. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 330, to Theopompus Syncleticus 1 High Priest for the reconstruction of the Temple after the return from the Babylonian Captivity 2 Zech 3.1-4 3 1 Cor 15.49