Beginning and first
But if he is already building this house as a second or third [...], the first the house does not have, but the one built before this, because of its being first as well.
Greek
Εἰ δὲ [δευτέραν ἤδη ἢ] τρίτην [ταύτην τὴν οἰκί]αν [οἰκοδομεῖ, ... ]μὲν ... ρ ... χεσθ[ ... ,] τὸ δὲ π[ρ]ῶ[τον] οὐκ [ἐχούση]ς τῆς οἰκίας <ταύτης ἀλλὰ τῆς πρὸ> [τ]αύτ[ης οἰκοδομ]ηθείσης [διὰ] τὸ κ[αὶ πρώτω]ς.
About this text
Origen on the Passover. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled in.
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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