Matthew 26:67–68
One might fittingly say what one of the holy prophets said: “Heaven was amazed at this and shuddered still more exceedingly, says the Lord,” the God of all, the King of those who reign and Lord of those who lord it. He is dishonored as one of us, endures being struck, and undergoes the laugh of the impious, setting beside us a pattern of his extreme forbearance. For how could the one who “examines hearts and kidneys,” the giver of all prophecy, not have known who it was that struck him?
Greek
Πῶς οὐ φρίξουσιν; ἀναστοιχειουμένων γὰρ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς πρὸς τὸ δοκοῦν τῷ θεῷ (ἀκριβὲς γάρ τι λέγειν ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις οὐκ ἔνι) ὁ μὲν ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἀμαυρωθήσονται, τὰ δὲ ἄστρα ὡς ἄνθη πε σεῖται τοῦ δημιουργήσαντος αὐτὰ πάλιν μεταστοιχειοῦντος, καθὼς θέ λει, θορυβηθήσονται καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα· ἀνακαινιζομένης γὰρ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται καὶ συνανακτίζεται καὶ ἡ διὰ τὸν ἄν θρωπον δημιουργηθεῖσα κτίσις.
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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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