Fragments on Matthew · §27 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 4:1

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He was led by the devil by permission (Matthew 4:1).

Greek

Ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου ἤγετο κατὰ συγχώρησιν.

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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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Translated from Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
Also checked matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
Also checked PG 72 volume machine-read text (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (machine-read text damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)

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