Matthew 23:22
That is why the scriptures name heaven “God’s throne”: God rests upon the powers above. For in heaven are the angels who do his will and always glorify him; that is rest for him. “But the earth is the footstool of his feet”: for in it he associated with humans through flesh. And God’s “foot” is his holy flesh, and it is named in various ways.
Greek
∆ύο δέ φησιν εἶναι τοὺς μαθητάς, ὅ ἐστιν ἀποστόλους καὶ εὐαγ γελιστάς, οἵτινες γεγόνασιν συνεργοὶ καὶ ὑπηρέται Χριστοῦ πρὸς τοῦτο. ἢ καὶ εὐαγγέλους λέγει τοὺς ὑπηρετοῦντας Χριστῷ πρὸς ἡμετέραν λύτρωσιν "ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου". εἰ δὲ ἐρωτήσει ὁ καταδήσας αὐτοὺς ταῖς σειραῖς τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν "τί ποιεῖτε", ἀλλ' οὖν οὐ δυνάμενος ἀντιστῆναι τοῖς τοῦ σωτῆρος λόγοις σιωπήσεται οὐχ ἑκὼν διὰ τὸ ὑπερβάλλον τῆς δυνάμεως· θεία δὲ ἡ κλῆσις ἐν τούτῳ δεδήλωται.
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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