Fragments on Matthew · §176 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 17:5

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He has commanded that we hear him, because God the Father no longer wills us to obey legal writings, nor even the shadow-sketches in type, but rather to follow what has been enjoined on us through the Savior — without thrusting out Moses and the prophets. For they were standing beside him and speaking with him, so that their presence might signify servant-like service to us, while their conversing might signify intimacy with Christ and, as it were, speaking the same things (Matthew 17:5).

Greek

Αὐτοῦ προστέταχεν ἀκούειν, ἐπειδήπερ οὐ νομικοῖς ἔτι πείθε σθαι γράμμασιν ἡμᾶς θελητὸν τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ταῖς ἐν τύπῳ σκιαγραφίαις, ἕπεσθαι δὲ μᾶλλον τοῖς διὰ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῖν ἐντεταλ μένοις οὐκ ἐξωθουμένων Μωσέως τε καὶ τῶν προφητῶν· συμπαρειστή κεσαν γὰρ καὶ συνελάλουν αὐτῷ, ἵν' ἡ μὲν παράστασις τὴν οἰκετικὴν ἡμῖν σημαίνῃ λειτουργίαν, τὸ δέ γε συλλαλεῖν τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν οἰκειότητα καὶ οἱονεὶ τὴν ταὐτολογίαν.

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