Matthew 10:5–6
First one must preach to the Jews. The promises had been made to them, that from them Christ was going to appear according to the flesh; and when they disobeyed, then one must go to the nations. He joins the Samaritans to those from the nations, since they too were from the nations by race — Babylonians who settled Judea.
It is just that the word be preached to the Jews first, since the promises were first toward them, and since from them Christ appeared according to the flesh. But when they disobeyed, it was necessary to go to the nations. He joins the Samaritans to those from the nations as themselves also being from the nations and having settled Judea (Matthew 10:5–6).
Greek
Ὅτι δεῖ πρῶτον τοῖς Ἰου δαίοις κηρύττειν· πρὸς αὐτοὺς γὰρ ἦσαν γεγονυῖαι αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, ὅτι ἐξ αὐτῶν ἤμελλεν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὀφθῆναι καὶ ὅταν ἠπείθησαν, τότε εἰς τὰ ἔθνη χω ρῆσαι. Σαμαρείτας δὲ συνάπτει τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἐξ ἐθνῶν ἦσαν κατὰ γένος Βαβυλώνιοι ὄντες καὶ οἰκήσαντες τὴν Ἰουδαίαν. ∆ίκαιον γάρ ἐστι πρὸς Ἰου δαίους πρῶτον κηρυχθῆναι τὸν λόγον, ἐπεὶ καὶ πρὸς ἐκείνους αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι πρῶτον, καὶ ὅτι ἐξ αὐτῶν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ἐφάνη. ὅτε δὲ ἠπείθησαν, ἀναγ καῖον ἦν εἰς τὰ ἔθνη χωρῆσαι. συν άπτει δὲ τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν τοὺς Σαμαρείτας ὡς ἐξ ἐθνῶν ὑπάρ χοντας καὶ αὐτοὺς καὶ τὴν Ἰου δαίαν οἰκήσαντας.
About this text
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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