Matthew 2:9
The star stood as a single unmoved fixture so the magi would go no farther. It did not come down from heaven and stand on the earth, nor lodge itself above the house. Its custom was not to travel like the other stars, but to run a strange course, appearing at different times in different regions — and only then did it stand still.
The star was unmoved and standing, yet it had not left heaven to travel near the earth, nor was it fixed on the house. It did not share the other stars’ motion, but a strange and outlandish one.
Greek
Πότερον δὲ ἅμα τῷ γεννηθῆναι κατέλαβον καὶ ἐν σπαργάνοις ἐθεά σαντο τὸν Χριστὸν οἱ μάγοι ἢ ἐν οἰκίᾳ μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς καθεζόμενον; ἀληθέστερον οἶμαι τὸ ἐν σπαργάνοις. διὸ καί, ὡς ἀνωτέρω εἴπομεν, ὁ ἀστὴρ πρὸ τῆς τοῦ κυρίου γεννήσεως ἐφάνη. ἐκ τούτου δὲ δῆλον, ὅτι προέλαβε καὶ τὴν τῶν μάγων ἄφιξιν.
About this text
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.
Witnesses
- 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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