Fragments on Matthew · §93 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 9:23

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It is a custom among people to mourn unmarried girls who die when they are at the age for marriage, with symbolic wedding rites. That is why flute-players were inside — even if the Jews were then doing this against the Jewish command (Matthew 9:23).

Greek

Ἔθος τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰς ἀγάμους κόρας, ἡνίκα εἰσὶ πρὸς ὥραν γάμου, τελευτώσας θρηνεῖν διὰ τῶν συμβολικῶν γάμων· διὸ καὶ αὐληταὶ ἦσαν ἔσω, εἰ καὶ παρὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα τὸ Ἰουδαϊκὸν τότε ἐποίουν τοῦτο οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι.