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Matthew 10:19
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“It is given,” (Matthew 10:19 ) he says — a word is given to some when it is useful to make a defense, so that through the confession some may be helped and the church strengthened.
Greek Τὸ δὲ δίδοται, φησίν, τισὶ λόγος, ὅτε συμφέρει ἀπολογεῖσθαι, ἵνα διὰ τῆς ὁμολογίας ὠφελῶνταί τινες καὶ ἰσχυροποιηθῇ ἡ ἐκκλησία.
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
Cyril of Alexandria's short notes on Matthew's Gospel, kept in later chains of comments, in the order of Matthew's chapters and verses.
English follows the named base text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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