Cyril of Alexandria: Fragments on Matthew · §287

Matthew 28:9–10

The female race has gained both the loosing of reproach and the overturning of the curse. For the one who once said to them, “In pains you will bear children,” gave them a pause when he met them in the garden and said, “Rejoice.” With exceeding gladness the women [came] to him — and he was healing what had suffered, and leading them into good hopes.

Greek

Οὐ δήπου νοήσομεν ἐκ τούτου τῶν μὲν ἄλλων οὐδένα μαθητῶν, μόνον δὲ τὸν Ἰούδαν ἐμβάψαι τὸ ψωμίον ἐν τῷ τρυβλίῳ μετ' αὐτοῦ. οἶμαι δὲ ἔγωγε τοιαύτην ἔχειν διάνοιαν τὸ εἰρημένον· βούλεται γὰρ εἰπεῖν κατά γε τὸ εἰκός, ὅτι προδότης ἔσται ὁ ἐμβάψας μετ' ἐμοῦ τὴν χεῖρα ἐν τῷ τρυβλίῳ, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ὁ συνδειπνητὴς καὶ συνέστιος καὶ τραπέζης καὶ ἁλῶν κοινωνός τε καὶ μέτοχος· οὕτω γὰρ αὐτὸν καὶ διὰ φωνῆς τοῦ 38 μακαρίου ∆αβὶδ ᾐτιᾶτο λέγων· "σὺ δέ, ἄνθρωπε ἰσό ψυχε, ὃς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐγλύκανάς μοι ἐδέσματα". καὶ πάλιν· "ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου, ἐμεγάλυνεν ἐπ' ἐμὲ πτερνισμόν". αὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτο σαφέστερον ὁ Ἰωάννης ἐποίησεν· ἔφη γὰρ εἰρηκέναι τὸν κύριον, ὅτι "ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν, ᾧ ἐγὼ βάψας δώσω τὸ ψωμίον".

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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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