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Matthew 15:28
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When he said, “Let it be for you as you wish,” (Matthew 15:28 ) he spoke royally — not accomplishing the matter through prayer, but through the authority that befits God in him.
Greek Εἰπὼν δὲ γενηθήτω σοὶ ὡς θέλεις βασιλικῶς ἐφθέγξατο οὐ δι' εὐχῆς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἀνύσας, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς θεοπρεποῦς αὐτῷ ἐξουσίας.
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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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