Matthew 26:26-
After Judas went out, the Savior handed over to the eleven the saving mystery. For a little later Christ was about, having risen with his own flesh, to go up to the Father, so that we might have the presence of his body — for without Christ’s presence it is impossible for a human to be saved and freed from death and sin if the Life is not with us. So he gave us his own body and blood, so that through them the power of corruption might also be destroyed, and that it might dwell in our souls through the Holy Spirit, and we might become sharers of sanctification and be called heavenly and spiritual humans.
Since after the resurrection Christ was about to be taken up to the Father with a body, for this reason he has given us his own body and blood, so that his flesh and blood, dwelling in us, may make us holy and sharers of immortality.
Greek
Τί δὴ ἄρα φησὶν ὁ σωτήρ, ἀκριβῶς ἐρευνήσομεν. οἱ μὲν τῶν Ἰου δαίων πατέρες ἀπέκτειναν κατὰ καιροὺς τοὺς ἁγίους προφήτας τὸν θεῖον αὐτοῖς διαπορθμεύοντας λόγον· οἵ γε μὴν ἐξ 32 αὐτῶν γεγονότες ὁμολογοῦντες, ὅτι οἱ προφῆται γεγόνασι σεπτοὶ καὶ τίμιοι, περιήρμοσαν αὐτοῖς τοὺς στεφάνους ἤτοι τὰ μνημεῖα τιμὴν ἀπονείμαντες τὴν τοῖς ἁγίοις πρεπωδεστάτην, αὐτοὶ δὲ προφήτας εἶναι πιστεύσαντες καὶ ἄνδρας ἁγίους κριταὶ γεγόνασιν τῶν ἀποκτεινάντων αὐτούς· δι' ὧν γὰρ τιμᾶν ἐγνώκασι τοὺς ἀνῃρημένους, διὰ τούτων αὐτῶν κατηγοροῦσιν ὡς ἠσε βηκότων. ἀλλ' οἱ τῶν ἰδίων πατέρων ἐπὶ ταῖς οὕτω δειναῖς μιαιφονίαι κατα ψηφισάμενοι τοῖς ἴσοις ἔμελλον ἁλῶναι κακοῖς, μᾶλλον δὲ τοῖς ἔτι χεί ροσιν. "ἀπέκτειναν" μὲν "τὸν τῆς ζωῆς ἀρχηγόν", προστεθείκασι δὲ ταῖς κατ' αὐτοῦ δυσσεβείαις μιαιφονίας ἑτέρας κατὰ τῶν θεσπεσίων αὐτοῦ μαθητῶν· ἕως μὲν γάρ τις τὰς ἑτέρων ἀδικίας ἐξετάζῃ φυσικῷ λογισμῷ κρίνων, ὁρᾷ τὸ φαῦλον καὶ μέμφεται, αὐτὸς δὲ εἰς τὰ ἴσα πάθη προαγόμενος οἱονεὶ τυφλὸς ἐπὶ ταῦτα φέρεται.
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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.
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- 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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