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Fragments on Matthew · §150

Matthew 14:13–21

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And now he also filled baskets, and that rather each of the disciples was given one as the wage of service — which signifies that those who serve will have a great wage. Since another evangelist also calls the loaves “of barley,” (Matthew 14:13–21) the aim of contemplation looks to this: barley is beastlike food, which is the contemplation through Moses brought to the more irrational. That is also why we say five loaves, because of the fivefold writing of Moses, and two fish, through which is shown the double writing of the fishermen — both apostolic and evangelical (John 6:9).

Greek

Νῦν δὲ καὶ κοφίνους ἐγέμισεν καὶ ὅτι μᾶλλον ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν μαθητῶν ἐδόθη εἰς μισθὸν τῆς διακονίας, δι' οὗ σημαίνεται, ὅτι οἱ διακονούμενοι πολὺν ἕξουσιν τὸν μισθόν. ἐπειδὴ καὶ ὁ ἄλλος εὐαγγε λιστὴς "κριθίνους" λέγει τοὺς ἄρτους, ὁ τῆς θεωρίας σκοπὸς εἰς τοῦτο ὁρᾷ· ἡ κριθὴ κτηνώδης ἐστὶ τροφή, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἡ διὰ Μωσέως θεωρία τοῖς ἀλογωτέροις προσενεχθεῖσα· διὰ τοῦτο δὲ καὶ πέντε τοὺς ἄρτους φαμὲν διὰ τὸ πενταμερὲς τοῦ Μωσέως συγγράμματος, δύο δὲ τοὺς ἰχθύας, δι' ὧν δηλοῦται ἡ διττὴ τῶν ἁλιέων συγγραφή, ἀποστολική τε καὶ εὐαγγελική.

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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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