Matthew 24:36
Since the disciples wanted to learn things beyond themselves, he finds an opening to check them from such inquiries in not knowing insofar as he is human, and he says that not even the holy angels in heaven can know these things.
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.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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