Matthew 23:22
That is why the scriptures name heaven “God’s throne” (Isaiah 66:1): God rests upon the powers above. For in heaven are the angels who do his will and always glorify him; that is rest for him. “But the earth is the footstool of his feet” (Matthew 23:22): for in it he associated with humans through flesh. And God’s “foot” is his holy flesh, and it is named in various ways.
Greek
∆ιὰ τοῦτο δὲ "θρόνον θεοῦ" τὸν οὐρανὸν ὀνομάζουσιν αἱ γραφαί, ὅτι ταῖς ἄνω δυνάμεσι θεὸς ἐπαναπαύεται· ἐν οὐρανῷ γάρ εἰσιν οἱ ποιοῦντες τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἄγγελοι καὶ ἀεὶ δοξάζοντες αὐτόν· αὕτη γὰρ αὐτῷ ἀνάπαυσις. "ἡ δὲ γῆ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ"· ἐν αὐτῇ γὰρ διὰ σαρκὸς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις συνανεστράφη. ποὺς δὲ θεοῦ ἡ ἁγία αὐτοῦ σὰρξ καὶ διαφόρως ὀνομάζεται.
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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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