Fragments on Matthew · §219 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 22:7

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Clearly the irresistible hand of the Roman army. We call the Roman campaign God’s, inasmuch as he is Master and Creator of all (Matthew 22:7).

Greek

∆ηλονότι τῆς Ῥωμαϊκῆς στρατιᾶς τὴν ἀκαταγώνιστον χεῖρα. θεοῦ δέ φαμεν τὴν Ῥωμαϊκὴν στρατείαν, καθ' ὅ ἐστιν δεσπότης καὶ πάντων δημιουργός.

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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.

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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