Matthew 2:23
It is worth noting that Nazareth lay at the edges of Judea. By settling there, Christ shows that because of the Jews’ murderousness he was about to leave Judea and go over to the nations, giving lovers of learning an occasion for faith in Christ.
Nazareth lay in the last parts of Judea. Leaving Judea for Nazareth, Christ showed clearly that he would leave the Jews and transfer worship to the nations — and at the same time give lovers of learning a reason to believe in him.
Greek
Οὐκέτι φησίν, φεῦγε, ἀλλὰ πορεύου, ἄνεσιν μετὰ τὸν πειρασμὸν αἰνιττόμενος· τὴν ψυχὴν δὲ τοῦ παιδίου εἰπὼν τὴν δόξαν Ἀπολι ναρίου ἀνατρέπει σάρκα λέγοντος εἰληφέναι τὸν κύριον ἄνουν καὶ ἄψυχον. ἐν μέντοι τῇ οἰκονομικῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καθόδῳ εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ τῇ ἐκεῖθεν αὖθις εἰς Ἰουδαίαν ἀναστροφῇ ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται τὴν αἰχμαλω σίαν τοῦ λαοῦ ὁ θεὸς καὶ λυτροῦται αὐτὸν ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς ἐπὶ τὰ ἴδια πάλιν ἀνάγων.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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