Matthew 14:20
That fragments of the loaves abounded after a not small multitude of men had been satisfied would be clear assurance that hospitality’s work has rich repayment from God. One can see the new wonders agreeing with the more ancient, workings of one and the same power. He rained the manna in the desert for those from Israel (Exodus 16); and look — again in the desert he has supplied abundantly to those in need of food, as if sending it down from heaven. For multiplying the little and, as from nothing, feeding so great a multitude would not be unlike the first sign (Matthew 14:20).
Greek
Τὸ τῶν ἄρτων περισσεῦσαι τὰ κλάσματα πληθύος ἀνδρῶν οὐκ ὀλίγης κατακορεσθείσης πληροφορία σαφὴς ἂν γένοιτο, εἰ τῆς φιλο ξενίας τὸ χρῆμα πλουσίαν ἔχει παρὰ θεοῦ τὴν ἀντέκτισιν. ἔξεστι δὲ ἰδεῖν τοῖς ἀρχαιοτέροις θαύμασι τὰ νέα συμβαίνοντα καὶ μιᾶς ὄντα καὶ τῆς αὐτῆς δυνάμεως ἐνεργήματα. ἔβρεξεν ἐν ἐρήμῳ τὸ μάννα τοῖς ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, ἀλλ' ἰδοὺ δὴ πάλιν ἐν ἐρήμῳ τοῖς ἐν ἐνδείᾳ τροφῆς κεχορήγηκεν ἀφθόνως οἷον ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καθιεὶς αὐτήν· τὸ γὰρ πολυπλασιάσαι τὸ βραχὺ καὶ οἷον ἐκ τοῦ μηδενὸς τὴν οὕτω πολλὴν ἀποθρέψαι πληθὺν οὐκ ἀπεοικὸς ἂν εἴη τῷ πρώτῳ σημείῳ.
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.
Witnesses
- 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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