Samaritan charge: dogmatic insult, not shared doctrine
It is likely that in unspoken talk they called him a Samaritan as one counterfeiting Jewish things like the Samaritans.
Ask how, when Samaritans deny the coming age, they dared call Samaritan the one who taught resurrection and judgment — perhaps as insult, not as shared dogma.
Greek
Εἰκὸς ὅτι κατὰ τὸ σιωπώμενον Σαμαρείτην αὐτὸν ὠνόμαζον ὡς παραχαράσσοντα τὰ Ἰουδαϊκά παραπλησίως τοῖς Σαμαρείταις.
Ζητητέον πῶς Σαμαρειτῶν τὸν μέλλοντα αἰῶνα ἀρνουμένων ἐτόλμησαν Σαμαρείτην εἰπεῖν τὸν περὶ ἀναστάσεως καὶ κρίσεως διδάξαντα· μήποτε ὡς λοιδοροῦντες, οὐχ ὡς τὰ αὐτὰ δογματίζοντα.
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).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV = GCS 10 (1903) (Greek · Book 20 §§1–44)
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