Matthew 1:24
She conceived after the betrothal so she would seem to have carried a child by Joseph, so the genealogy could run through him, and so she would have a guardian when plots rose against them.
Greek
Εἰ ἔχετε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως τοῦτ' ἔστιν θερμήν τε καὶ ζέουσαν ἤτοι τὴν τῷ βραχεῖ κόκκῳ παρεικασμένην διὰ τὸ ἐν λόγῳ μικροπρεπές. "ἔχομεν" γὰρ "ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν τὸν" τῆς πίστεως "θησαυρόν".
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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