I am glad for your sake that I was not there
“I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
His absence is arranged for greater faith from the raising of the four-day dead.
Greek
Χαίρω δι᾽ ὑμᾶς, ἵνα πιστεύσητε, ὅτι οὐκ ἤμην ἐκεῖ· ἀλλὰ ἄγωμεν πρὸς αὐτόν.
Ἡ ἀπουσία οἰκονομεῖ μείζονα πίστιν ἐκ τῆς ἐγέρσεως τοῦ τεταρταίου.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on John, Book 28 (later tomoi). Complete on this page: §§1–26.
English follows Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV (GCS 10, 1903). Heine FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Book 28 §§1–26 of the later books (13, 19, 20, 28, 32).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV = GCS 10 (1903) (Greek · Book 28 §§1–26)
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.