Matthew 2:23
If “Nazorean” (Matthew 2:23) is interpreted “holy,” or according to some “flower,” the name shows up in many places. Daniel calls him “holy of holies.” Isaiah says, “a rod from the root of Jesse and a flower from it.” (Isaiah 11:1) And the Lord says of himself in the Song of Songs, “I am a flower of the field, a lily of the valleys.” (Song of Songs 2:1)
Greek
Εἰ δὲ ὁ Ναζωραῖος ἅγιος ἑρμηνεύεται ἢ κατά τινας 2 ἄνθος, εὑρί σκεται τοῦτο παρὰ πολλοῖς τὸ ὄνομα· "ἅγιον" γὰρ "ἁγίων" ὁ ∆ανιὴλ αὐτὸν ὀνομάζει. καὶ ὁ Ἠσαΐας· "ῥάβδον ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ καὶ ἄνθος ἐξ αὐτῆς" καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ κύριος περὶ ἑαυτοῦ λέγει ἐν τῷ ᾄσματι τῶν ᾀσμάτων· "ἐγὼ ἄνθος πεδίου, κρίνον τῶν κοιλάδων".
About this text
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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