Fragments on Matthew · §268 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 26:53

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He said “twelve legions,” saying it instead of “you twelve disciples,” so that “I do not need your help; for I have not used the authority, but I give myself over to the Jews, since the scriptures foretold that this would be, that the Jews are about to do these things.” (Matthew 26:53)

Greek

40 ∆ώδεκα εἶπε λεγεῶνας· ἀντὶ ὑμῶν λέγων τῶν δώδεκα μαθητῶν, ὥστε οὐ τῆς ὑμῶν ἐπικουρίας δέομαι· οὐ γὰρ κέχρημαι τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ, ἀλλ' ἐκδίδωμι ἐμαυτὸν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, ἐπείπερ τοῦτο ἐσόμενον προανήγγειλαν αἱ γραφαί, ὅτι ταῦτα μέλλουσιν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ποιεῖν.

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