Matthew 11:18–19
John was putting the passions of the flesh to death through an ascetic life; Jesus, as God, was putting them to death by an authoritative law, not helped by ascetic toils. John, “preaching a baptism of repentance,” (Matthew 11:18–19) was a type of gloom for those who ought to mourn for that; the Lord, “preaching the kingdom of heaven,” was showing brightness in himself, through which he now sketches for the faithful the life to come and toilless joy.
Greek
Ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ἰωάννης δι' ἀσκητικοῦ βίου τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐνέκρου πάθη, ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ὡς θεὸς ἐξουσιαστικῷ νόμῳ ταῦτα ἐνέκρου, οὐ μὴν δι' ἀσκητικῶν πόνων βοηθούμενος. καὶ ὁ μὲν Ἰωάννης "κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας" τύπος ἦν κατηφείας τοῖς ὀφείλουσιν ἐπὶ τούτῳ πενθεῖν, ὁ δὲ κύριος "βασιλείαν οὐρανῶν κηρύσσων" τὸ φαιδρὸν ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἐπεδείκνυτο, δι' οὗ νῦν τοῖς πιστοῖς ὑπογράφει τὴν ἐσομένην ζωὴν καὶ τὴν ἄπονον χαράν.
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Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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