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Cyril of Alexandria: Fragments on Matthew · §169

Matthew 16:20

That he is Jesus Christ is shown through this. For he says the things of the economy that were about to be — which had to be proclaimed completely after this — *** so that Christ crucified, by those able to bear witness *** But since it was not accepted that a “prophet <perish> outside Jerusalem” — a destruction that has an analogy to “the one who has lost his soul will find it” — for that reason he goes away into Jerusalem.

Greek

Ματθαῖος ἔγραψε πονηρός, Μᾶρκος δὲ "σατανᾶς", Λουκᾶς δὲ "διάβολος". οὐ ταὐτόν ἐστι παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, δεόμεθα δὲ τῆς διαφορᾶς διὰ τὸ "ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδός"· πλὴν οἱ τρεῖς ἔγραψαν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν. χαριέστατα δὲ Ματθαῖος καὶ Μᾶρκος "ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη", οὐκ ἐπὶ πέτραν φησὶν ἐσπάρθαι τὸν λόγον. ἐπὶ μὲν σύμπαντος τοῦ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν εἴρηται τὸ μὴ συνιέντος. ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς καλῆς γῆς, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων καὶ συνιείς· μήποτ' οὖν οἱ ἐπὶ τὰ πε τρώδη καὶ οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας μεταξύ εἰσιν ἀσυνετούντων καὶ συν ιέντων. προτρεπτικὸν δὲ εἰς τὸ συνέσεως ἐπιμελεῖσθαι· εἰ γὰρ μὴ τοῦ συνιέντος ἁρπάζεται ὁ σπόρος, σύνεσιν ἀναληπτέον καὶ καλυπτέον τὸν σπόρον ἐν τῇ γῇ, τῇ μνήμῃ, ἵνα ῥιζοβολήσῃ καὶ μὴ γυμνὸν εὑρισκόμενον ἁρπαγῇ ὑπὸ τῶν τῆς πονηρίας πνευμάτων.

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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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