Fragments on Matthew · §237 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 24:1

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Having said, “Your house is left to you,” (Matthew 23:38–24:1) he does the matching act: he goes out from the temple and walks on, and by this shows the departure of divine grace from the Jewish race as it transfers to others. He used strong language; yet it also came about in deed when the sanctuary was utterly ruined.

Greek

Εἰπὼν "ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν" ἀκόλουθον τοῦτο ποιεῖ ἐξελ θὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ πορευόμενος καὶ διὰ τοῦτο δεικνὺς τὴν ἐκ τοῦ γένους τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀπόστασιν τῆς θείας χάριτος, ἐφ' ἑτέρους μεταχωρούσης. ὑπερβολικῶς δὲ ἐχρήσατο τούτοις, ὅμως καὶ ἔργῳ ἐξέβη ἐριπωθὲν τελείως τὸ τέμενος.

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