Matthew 12:23–28
“Since,” he says, “I do not cast out the demons by the ruler of the demons — as he showed by saying that every kingdom divided against itself is dissolved and destroyed — then I cast them out by the power of the Spirit, and for that reason the kingdom of God has drawn near.”
Greek
Οὐκ ἀγνοῶν εἶναι αὐτὸν τὸν Χριστὸν ἐρωτᾷ ἢ ὅτι ἤμελλεν εἰς ᾅδου κατελθεῖν, ὥς τινές φασιν· ᾔδει γὰρ τὸ πάθος αὐτοῦ. διὸ καὶ ἀμνὸν αὐτὸν ὠνόμασεν· ἀλλ' ἵνα ἔτι ζῶν πείσῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ μὴ μετὰ θάνατον αὐτοῦ προστεθῶσιν ἑτέρῳ διδασκάλῳ.
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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