The Wheel upon the Pit
And what is the 'face to face'? We often encounter this, where the presence 'abolishes the partial'. Often we say that something is more pleasant for one to hear, from which we would be benefited if we see him; there we 'crush' those things, because we perceive greater things, we 'cast out' them; we do not set them aside, but rather we 'crush' them into greater things.
12,6d And so the wheel shall run upon the pit (Ecclesiastes 12:6). It is possible to draw from a parallel 'pit'; just as it is to draw 'water' from a 'spring', so also to draw water from a 'pit' with a 'wheel'. When therefore there is no longer a need to move it thus, then 'the wheel shall run upon the pit' and destroys it. And it is also possible otherwise; for each verse is a line, and each line has its own meaning. We say therefore this, that in many...
Greek
καὶ τὸ "πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον" ποι·····δε···κι ἡμεῖς πολλάκις ἐν-ταῦθα ··ασον ·αρ·······νο, οὗ ἡ παρουσία "καταργεῖ τὸ ἐκ μέρους". πολλάκις ἐλέγομεν εἶναι ··· ··τα ἐπιπολαιότερα α̣·······κ̣ι̣νος ἀκοῦσαι, ἐξ ὧν ὠφεληθῆναι ······ ἐὰν ἴδωμεν αὐτόν, υ········· ε᾿̣κεῖνα "συντρίβομεν"· ἐπεὶ μείζονα θεω̣ροῦμεν, "ἐκβάλλομεν" αὐτά· οὐκ ἀθετοῦμε̣ν̣ α̣ὐτά, ἀλ̣λ̣α`̣ "συν-τρίβομεν" αὐτὰ εἰς μείζονα. 12,6d καὶ συντροχάσε̣ι οὖν ὁ τροχὸς ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον. δύναται ἐκ παραλλήλου "λάκκος" καταληφθῆναι· ὥσπερ ἔστιν "ὑδρίᾳ" α᾿̣πὸ "πηγῆς" ἀρύσασθαι, οὕτω καὶ ἀ-πὸ "λάκκου" "τ̣ροχῷ" ἀνιμήσασθαι ὕδωρ. ὅταν οὖν μη-κέτι χρεία ἦν τοῦ οὕτως ἀνιμᾶσθα̣ι, τότε "ὁ τρ̣οχ̣ο`̣ς̣ ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον συντροχάσει" ·····c·······ο̣λεις α̣ὐτὸν ·········ι. δυνατὸν δὲ καὶ ἑτέρως· στιχήριον γάρ ἐστιν καὶ ἕκαστος στίχος ἰδίαν ἔχει νόησιν. λέγομεν τοίνυν τοῦτο ὅτι ἐν πολλοῖς
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Didymus the Blind on Ecclesiastes.
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