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Matthew 18:25
Through the sale of the wife and the rest is signified the total removal and complete falling away of the pleasant things from God. The sale shows alienation from God; for those to whom that bitter, unsmiling word comes are alien to God: “Depart from me, workers of lawlessness; for I never knew you.” (Matthew 7:23 )
Greek ∆ιὰ τῆς πράσεως τῆς γυναικὸς καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν σημαίνεται τῶν παρὰ θεοῦ τερπνῶν ἡ εἰς ἅπαν ἀφαίρεσις καὶ ἀπόπτωσις παντελής. ἡ δὲ πρᾶσις δηλοῖ τὴν ἀλλοτρίωσιν δηλονότι τὴν ἀπὸ θεοῦ· ἀλλότριοι γὰρ θεοῦ πρὸς οὓς ἂν γένοιτο λόγος ὁ πικρὸς ἐκεῖνος καὶ ἀμειδής· "ἀπό στητε ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἐργάται" τῆς ἀνομίας· "οὐδέπω" γὰρ "ἔγνων ὑμᾶς".
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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.
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