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On Pascha

Origen of Alexandria · c. 245 · Witte’s 1993 edition of the Greek

Origen on the Passover. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled in.

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Sections 1.1–1.4040 sections
  1. 1.1 The name of the Passover
  2. 1.2 The name of the Passover
  3. 1.3 The name of the Passover
  4. 1.4 The name of the Passover
  5. 1.5 What the Passover means for Christians
  6. 1.6 What the Passover means for Christians
  7. 1.7 What the Passover means for Christians
  8. 1.8 What the Passover means for Christians
  9. 1.9 Exodus 12:1–2
  10. 1.10 Exodus 12:1–2
  11. 1.11 This month is the beginning of months
  12. 1.12 This month is the beginning of months
  13. 1.13 This month is the beginning of months
  14. 1.14 For you
  15. 1.15 For you
  16. 1.16 For you
  17. 1.17 For you
  18. 1.18 For you
  19. 1.19 For you
  20. 1.20 For you
  21. 1.21 For you
  22. 1.22 Beginning and first
  23. 1.23 Beginning and first
  24. 1.24 Beginning and first
  25. 1.25 Beginning and first
  26. 1.26 Beginning and first
  27. 1.27 Beginning and first
  28. 1.28 Beginning and first
  29. 1.29 Beginning and first
  30. 1.30 Beginning and first
  31. 1.31 Beginning and first
  32. 1.32 Beginning and first
  33. 1.33 Beginning and first
  34. 1.34 Beginning and first
  35. 1.35 Beginning and first
  36. 1.36 Beginning and first
  37. 1.37 Beginning and first
  38. 1.38 Beginning and first
  39. 1.39 Beginning and first
  40. 1.40 The Passover is not a type of the passion
Sections 1.41–1.8040 sections
  1. 1.41 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  2. 1.42 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  3. 1.43 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  4. 1.44 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  5. 1.45 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  6. 1.46 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  7. 1.47 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  8. 1.48 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  9. 1.49 The Passover is not a type of the passion
  10. 1.50 Exodus 12:3
  11. 1.51 How the Hebrews keep the Passover
  12. 1.52 How the Hebrews keep the Passover
  13. 1.53 Take on the tenth
  14. 1.54 Keep it until the fourteenth
  15. 1.55 Keep it until the fourteenth
  16. 1.56 Keep it until the fourteenth
  17. 1.57 Keep it until the fourteenth
  18. 1.58 Keep it until the fourteenth
  19. 1.59 Keep it until the fourteenth
  20. 1.60 Keep it until the fourteenth
  21. 1.61 Keep it until the fourteenth
  22. 1.62 Keep it until the fourteenth
  23. 1.63 One sheep per house
  24. 1.64 One sheep per house
  25. 1.65 Exodus 12:4–5
  26. 1.66 Take the neighbor
  27. 1.67 Perfect, a yearling, male
  28. 1.68 From the lambs and the goats
  29. 1.69 From the lambs and the goats
  30. 1.70 From the lambs and the goats
  31. 1.71 From the lambs and the goats
  32. 1.72 From the lambs and the goats
  33. 1.73 Exodus 12:6–7
  34. 1.74 The whole assembly slaughters at evening
  35. 1.75 Blood on the houses
  36. 1.76 Exodus 12:8–9
  37. 1.77 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
  38. 1.78 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
  39. 1.79 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
  40. 1.80 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
Sections 1.81–2.640 sections
  1. 1.81 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
  2. 1.82 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
  3. 1.83 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
  4. 1.84 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
  5. 1.85 Roast with fire, not raw, not boiled
  6. 1.86 Unleavened bread on bitter herbs
  7. 1.87 The head with the feet and the inwards
  8. 1.88 The head with the feet and the inwards
  9. 1.89 The head with the feet and the inwards
  10. 1.90 The head with the feet and the inwards
  11. 1.91 The head with the feet and the inwards
  12. 1.92 The head with the feet and the inwards
  13. 1.93 Exodus 12:10
  14. 1.94 Leave nothing until morning
  15. 1.95 Break no bone
  16. 1.96 Break no bone
  17. 1.97 Break no bone
  18. 1.98 Break no bone
  19. 1.99 Burn what remains
  20. 1.100 Burn what remains
  21. 1.101 Burn what remains
  22. 1.102 Exodus 12:11
  23. 1.103 Loins girded
  24. 1.104 Loins girded
  25. 1.105 Loins girded
  26. 1.106 Loins girded
  27. 1.107 Loins girded
  28. 1.108 Loins girded
  29. 1.109 Shoes on the feet
  30. 1.110 Shoes on the feet
  31. 1.111 Shoes on the feet
  32. 1.112 A staff in the hand
  33. 1.113 A staff in the hand
  34. 1.114 A staff in the hand
  35. 2.1 A defense of spiritual interpretation
  36. 2.2 A defense of spiritual interpretation
  37. 2.3 A defense of spiritual interpretation
  38. 2.4 A defense of spiritual interpretation
  39. 2.5 To whom the spiritual interpretation is spoken
  40. 2.6 To whom the spiritual interpretation is spoken
Sections 2.7–2.3529 sections
  1. 2.7 The taking and the keeping
  2. 2.8 The taking and the keeping
  3. 2.9 The taking and the keeping
  4. 2.10 The taking and the keeping
  5. 2.11 The sacrifice and the eating as roast
  6. 2.12 The sacrifice and the eating as roast
  7. 2.13 The sacrifice and the eating as roast
  8. 2.14 The sacrifice and the eating as roast
  9. 2.15 The sacrifice and the eating as roast
  10. 2.16 The clothing of those at the meal
  11. 2.17 The clothing of those at the meal
  12. 2.18 The clothing of those at the meal
  13. 2.19 The clothing of those at the meal
  14. 2.20 The clothing of those at the meal
  15. 2.21 The clothing of those at the meal
  16. 2.22 The clothing of those at the meal
  17. 2.23 The clothing of those at the meal
  18. 2.24 The clothing of those at the meal
  19. 2.25 The clothing of those at the meal
  20. 2.26 Using up the sacrificed meat
  21. 2.27 Using up the sacrificed meat
  22. 2.28 Using up the sacrificed meat
  23. 2.29 Burning the remainder
  24. 2.30 Burning the remainder
  25. 2.31 Burning the remainder
  26. 2.32 Burning the remainder
  27. 2.33 Burning the remainder
  28. 2.34 Burning the remainder
  29. 2.35 Burning the remainder