The Samaritan woman expects Christ from the Mosaic books alone
The woman says to him, “I know that Messiah is coming, who is called Christ; when he comes, he will tell us all things.” Notice: the Samaritan woman receives nothing beyond Moses’ Pentateuch, yet she expects Christ’s coming as something the law alone proclaims.
They likely draw that hope from Jacob’s blessing on Judah: “A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a leader from his thighs, until the things stored up for him come.”
Greek
Λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή · Οἶδα ὅτι Μεσσίας ἔρχεται, ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός · ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, ἀναγγελεῖ ἡμῖν ἅπαντα. ἄξιον ἰδεῖν πῶς ἡ Σαμαρεῖτις, πλεῖον τῆς Πεντατεύχου Μωϋσέως μηδὲν προσιεμένη, τὴν παρουσίαν Χριστοῦ ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου μόνου κηρυσσομένην προσδοκᾷ.
καὶ εἰκὸς γε ἐκ τῆς εὐλογίας τοῦ Ἰακὼβ τῆς πρὸς τὸν Ἰούδαν ἐλπίζειν αὐτούς · Οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἄρχων ἐξ Ἰούδα καὶ ἡγούμενος ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ τὰ ἀποκείμενα αὐτῷ.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on John, Book 13 (later tomoi). Complete on this page: §§1–64.
English follows Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV (GCS 10, 1903). Heine FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Book 13 §§1–64 of the later books (13, 19, 20, 28, 32).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV = GCS 10 (1903) (Greek · Book 13 §§1–64)
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.