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Matthew 17:1
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He goes up onto the mountain to show that a lowly mind would not become fit for contemplation, but the one who has become his own, outside life’s cares, in quiet (Matthew 17:1 ).
Greek Εἰς τὸ ὄρος ἄνεισι δεικνύς, ὅτι ὁ χθαμαλὸς νοῦς οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο πρὸς θεωρίαν ἐπιτήδειος, ἀλλ' ὁ κατ' ἰδίαν γεγονὼς καὶ ἔξω φροντίδων βιωτικῶν ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ.
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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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