Fragments on Matthew · §215 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 21:42–43

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By “stone” here he means Christ, and by “corner” the joining and fellowship of these two peoples — the remnant saved from Israel and those from the nations. For this reason “the kingdom of the heavens will be taken from you” (Matthew 21:42–43) — that is, the knowledge of salvation, the way toward everything praiseworthy, and sharing in the Spirit, through which one acquires the kingdom of the heavens.

Greek

Λίθον ἐνταῦθα τὸν Χριστόν φησιν, γωνία δὲ ἡ συνάφειά τε καὶ συνήθεια τῶν δύο λαῶν τούτων, τοῦ ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ ἀνασεσωσμένου καὶ τοῦ ἐξ ἐθνῶν. διὰ τοῦτο ἀρθήσεται ἀφ' ὑμῶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρα νῶν, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἡ τῆς σωτηρίας εἴδησις καὶ ἡ πρὸς πᾶν ὅ τι οὖν τῶν ἐπαινουμένων 30 ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ πρὸς τὸ πνεῦμα κοινωνία, δι' ὧν τις κτᾶται τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείαν.

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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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