Matthew 17:17
When he says, “How long shall I dwell with you who insult and are unbelieving?” (Matthew 17:17) he shows that the time of the incarnate presence required him to dwell with the not-good in God-befitting gentleness, so that through what he does he might correct them. “How long,” he says, “shall I dwell with you so insolent and unbelieving?” — showing that his presence with flesh compelled him to associate with the not-good in order to correct them.
Greek
Ὅταν δὲ εἴπῃ, ὅτι ἕως πότε συνδιαιτῶμαι ὑμῖν τοῖς οὕτως ὑβρί ζουσιν καὶ ἀπίστοις δείκνυσιν, ὅτι ὁ τῆς ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας καιρὸς ἀπῄτει αὐτὸν συνδιαιτᾶσθαι μετὰ θεοπρεποῦς ἡμερότητος τοῖς οὐκ ἀγαθοῖς, ἵνα αὐτοὺς δι' ὧν ποιεῖ διορθώσηται. Ἕως πότε, φησίν, συνδιαι τῶμαι ὑμῖν τοῖς οὕτως ὑβρισταῖς καὶ ἀπίστοις δεικνύων, ὅτι ἡ μετὰ σαρκὸς παρουσία αὐτοῦ ἠνάγκασεν αὐτὸν συναναστρέφεσθαι τοῖς οὐκ ἀγαθοῖς, ἵνα διορθώσηται αὐτούς.
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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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