Other senses of death; close of Book 20
If then there is a difference between tasting death and seeing death, the Jews as unintelligent hearers confused the Lord’s word.
You will also ask whether by the other senses one can hear or smell or touch death — the hands of false apostles handling the word of death. So much for the twentieth tome.
Greek
Εἴπερ οὖν διαφορά τίς ἐστιν τοῦ γεύσασθαι θανάτου καὶ τοῦ θεωρεῖν τὸν θάνατον, ὡς οὐ συνετοὶ ἀκροαταὶ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι συνέχεον τὸν τοῦ κυρίου λόγον.
Ζητήσεις εἰ καὶ κατὰ τὰ λοιπὰ αἰσθητήρια ἔστιν ἀκούειν ἢ ὀσφραίνεσθαι ἢ ἅπτεσθαι θανάτου· ταῦτα μὲν εἰς τὸν εἰκοστὸν τόμον.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on John, Book 20 (later tomoi). Complete on this page: §§1–44.
English follows Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV (GCS 10, 1903). Heine FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Book 20 §§1–44 of the later books (13, 19, 20, 28, 32).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV = GCS 10 (1903) (Greek · Book 20 §§1–44)
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.