Capernaum: where the sick are, the Word goes down
We have also noted that in Capernaum both took place: the royal official’s son and Peter’s mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.
It fits that where Jesus goes down, there the sick are. The official’s ailing son was not where Jesus was, but in Capernaum he was healed by a word.
Greek
Τετηρήκαμεν δὲ καὶ ὅτι ἐν Καφαρναοὺμ ἀμφότερα γεγένηται, ὅ τε τοῦ βασιλικοῦ υἱὸς καὶ ἡ πενθερὰ Πέτρου βεβλημένη πυρέσσουσα.
Ἁρμόζει γάρ, ὅπου καταβαίνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς, εἶναι τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας· οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὅπου Ἰησοῦς ὁ νοσῶν τοῦ βασιλικοῦ υἱός, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν Καφαρναοὺμ λόγῳ ἐθεραπεύθη.
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.