Matthew 14:19
Fulfilling the mystery of the economy, the Savior looks up to heaven. For though God by nature, he took a slave’s form, and through the disciples’ hands he gives the foods to the crowds, hinting at the holy ones’ nearness to God. That is why those who are not such stand outside him.
Greek
Ἔνθα μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν γίνεται μέγα καὶ γενναῖον, ἡσυχάζουσιν, ἔνθα δὲ ὁρῶσί τινας σῳζομένους, καὶ πάντων εἰσὶ φορτικώτεροι· οὕτως ἐχθροὶ τῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων εἰσὶ σωτηρίας καὶ τῶν ἱερῶν γραμμάτων ἀνεπιστή μονες. εἰ γὰρ ἑτέρα 16 παρὰ τὴν πρώτην διαθήκην ἐστὶν ἡ καινὴ ἡ διὰ Ἰερεμίου προκηρυχθεῖσα, δεῖ πάντως καὶ νόμοις οὐχὶ τοῖς ἀρχαίοις κεχρῆσθαι, ἀλλὰ τοῖς καινοῖς. ἀλλ' οἱ Φαρισαῖοι τοῦτο συνιδεῖν μὴ θελή σαντες ἐφεδρεύουσι τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀποστόλοις καί φασι περὶ αὐτῶν τῷ Χριστῷ· ἰδού, τοῖς νομικοῖς ἐντάλμασι ἐναντιουμένους ὁρῶμεν τοὺς ὑπὸ σοῦ παιδαγωγουμένους· τοῦ γὰρ νόμου κελεύοντος ἀργεῖν ἐν σαβ βάτῳ καὶ μηδενὸς παντάπασιν ἅπτεσθαι πόνου περιτρίβουσι ταῖς χερσὶν ἀστάχυας οἱ μαθηταί. σὺ δὲ αὐτὸς εἰπέ μοι, ὦ Φαρισαῖε, τὴν σαββατι κὴν ἑαυτῷ τράπεζαν παραθεὶς οὐ συνθραύεις τὸν ἄρτον; τί οὖν ἑτέρους αἰτιᾷ; πῶς δὲ καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ περὶ αὐτῶν ἀπολογεῖται;
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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