To believers who still do not believe the truth
If we remember to whom the discourse is addressed — the Jews who had believed him — we will ask how he can say to such, “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.”
Someone can believe under one aspect and not under another: for example, believing in the one crucified under Pontius Pilate, yet not believing in the one born of the virgin Mary.
Greek
Εἰ μεμνήμεθα πρὸς τίνας ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος, ὅτι πρὸς τοὺς πεπιστευκότας αὐτῷ Ἰουδαίους, ἐπαπορήσομεν πῶς τοῖς τοιούτοις φησίν· Ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω, οὐ πιστεύετέ μοι.
Δύναταί τις κατὰ μέν τινα ἐπίνοιαν πιστεύειν, κατὰ δὲ ἑτέραν μὴ πιστεύειν· οἷον εἰς τὸν σταυρωθέντα πιστεύοντες, εἰς δὲ τὸν ἐκ τῆς παρθένου γεννηθέντα μὴ πιστεύοντες.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on John, Book 20 (later tomoi). Complete on this page: §§1–44.
English follows Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV (GCS 10, 1903). Heine FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Book 20 §§1–44 of the later books (13, 19, 20, 28, 32).
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- Copy-text Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV = GCS 10 (1903) (Greek · Book 20 §§1–44)
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