Fragments on Matthew · §235 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 23:37

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Having said this he shows what is God-befitting in himself even while in human form. For Moses also said about God, “Spreading his wings he received them” (Deuteronomy 32:11) (Matthew 23:37); and again David, “But the sons of humans will hope in the shelter of your wings.” (Psalm 36:7)

Greek

Εἰπὼν τοῦτο δείκνυσιν ἑαυτοῦ τὸ θεοπρεπὲς καὶ ἐν ἀνθρωπίνῃ μορφῇ ὤν· καὶ γὰρ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς· "διεὶς τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ ἐδέξατο αὐτούς"· καὶ πάλιν ∆αβίδ· "οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐν σκέπῃ τῶν πτερύγων σου ἐλπιοῦσιν".

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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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