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Matthew 26:18
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So that the betrayer might not hand him over to his killers “before the feast of the Passover,” (Matthew 26:18 ) the Savior disclosed neither the house nor the man with whom he fulfilled the Passover (John 13:1 ).
Greek Ἵνα μὴ "πρὸ τῆς ἑορτῆς τοῦ πάσχα" τοῖς φονεῦσιν αὐτὸν ὁ προ δότης παραδῷ, οὐ διαμεμήνυκεν ὁ σωτὴρ ἢ τὸν οἶκον ἢ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, παρ' ᾧ τὸ πάσχα πεπλήρωκεν.
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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.
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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