Beginning and first
For he could have said: "This month is for you the beginning of months and of the year," (Exodus 12:2) or: "This month is first of the year for you." But as if there were some distinction, he says that the month is both a beginning and first.
Greek
[Ἐδ]ύνατ[ο γὰρ εἰ]ρ[η]κέναι· "Ὁ [μ]ὴν οὗ[τος] ὑμῖν ἀρχὴ μηνῶν κ[αὶ το]ῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐστι[ν]", ἤ· "Ὁ μὴν [οὗτος] πρῶτος τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐστιν ὑμῖν", ἀλλ' ὡς διαστολῆς τινος οὔσης λέγει καὶ ἀρχὴν τὸν μῆνα καὶ πρῶτον αὐτὸν εἶναι.
About this text
Origen on the Passover: what the feast means, and how Christians should keep it.
English follows the Greek as printed in Witte (1993), from the page images. OCR of those pages was checked. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled from another edition. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Witte, Die Schrift des Origenes „Über das Passa“ (1993) (Greek · On Pascha, from the page images)
- Checked print OCR of the Witte page images (Greek · Same print)
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