Matthew 17:3–7
What they speak together shows that the prophets of old uttered the same things as Christ, even if in riddles. The disciples fall from extreme fear, and the Savior raises them, showing that unless he had become flesh, mediated between God and humans, and strengthened our nature, it could not have borne to hear God’s voice (Matthew 17:3–7).
Greek
∆ι' ὧν συλλαλοῦσι δείκνυται, ὅτι τὰ αὐτὰ τῷ Χριστῷ καὶ οἱ πάλαι προφῆται ἐφθέγξαντο, εἰ καὶ δι' αἰνιγμάτων. ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς ἄκρας δειλίας πίπτουσιν οἱ μαθηταὶ καὶ ἀνίστησιν αὐτοὺς ὁ σωτὴρ δεικνύς, ὅτι εἰ μὴ ἐσαρκώθη καὶ ἐμεσίτευσε θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἰσχυροποίησεν τὴν αὐτοῦ φύσιν, οὐκ ἂν ἔφερε φωνὴν θεοῦ ἀκοῦσαι.
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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