Fragments on Matthew · §236 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 23:39

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What was said has an intelligible sight through faith. For when “the fullness of the nations enters” (Romans 11:25) and they believe in Christ, then the Jews who believe after that see the beauty of Christ’s divinity, beholding the Father to be in the Son, and saying that he is the redeemer proclaimed through the prophets, of whom the prophet foretold as coming in the Lord’s name. For the other prophets did not come in the Lord’s name; they were saying, “Thus says the Lord,” and “I am a slave of the Lord, and I worship the God of heaven.” (Matthew 23:39)

Greek

Τὸ εἰρημένον 33 νοητὴν ἔχει τὴν διὰ πίστεως θέαν· ὅταν γὰρ "εἰσέλθῃ τὸ πλήρωμα τῶν ἐθνῶν" καὶ πιστεύσωσι τῷ Χριστῷ, τότε οἱ μετὰ ταῦτα πιστεύσαντες Ἰουδαῖοι ὁρῶσι τὸ τῆς θεότητος κάλλος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν υἱῷ θεωροῦντες εἶναι τὸν πατέρα καὶ αὐτὸν λέγοντες εἶναι τὸν λυτρωτὴν τὸν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν κηρυχθέντα, περὶ οὗ προμεμήνυκεν ὁ προφήτης ὡς ἐρχόμενον ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου· οἱ γὰρ ἄλλοι προφῆται οὐκ ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου ἦλθον· ἔλεγον γάρ· "τάδε κύριος" καὶ "δοῦλος κυρίου ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ τὸν θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐγὼ σέβομαι".

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