My word finds no place in you
“But you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.”
For the word to “find place” in someone is for him to receive it into the ruling faculty and become capacious of the thoughts of truth.
Greek
Ἀλλὰ ζητεῖτέ με ἀποκτεῖναι, ὅτι ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν.
Χωρεῖν τὸν λόγον ἐν τινί ἐστιν τὸ δέχεσθαι αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ἡγεμονικὸν καὶ χωρητικὸν γίνεσθαι τῶν τῆς ἀληθείας νοημάτων.
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.