Beginning and first
And so that what is said may not seem a mere assertion, we also call the Savior himself as witness, teaching us to have a distinction between beginning and first. For in the Apocalypse that is current of John he is saying: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and last, the beginning and the end." (Revelation 22:13) [...] it is shown that the beginning is taken in one sense and the first in another (Revelation 1:8) (Revelation 21:6).
Greek
Καὶ ἵνα μὴ ἀπόφασ[ι]ς εἶν[αι δο]κῇ τὰ λεγόμεν[α, κ]αὶ μ[άρτ]υρα αὐτὸν τὸν σ(ωτῆ)ρα [παρ]α[καλο]ῦμεν διδάσκο[ντα ἡμᾶς δι]αίρεσιν ἔχειν [ἀρχὴν καὶ πρ]ῶτον· ἐν γὰρ [τῇ φερομέν]ῃ Ἰωάννου Ἀπ[οκαλύψει ἐ]στὶν λέγω[ν· "Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ᾱ] καὶ τὸ [ῶ, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ἔσ]χατος, [ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος" ... ] γὰρ διασ[τ ... ]τ[.. ᾱ] καὶ ῶ ... ον ἡ ἀ[ρ]χὴ παρὰ τ[ ... ο]υτα ... [π]ρῶτον ... ν ... δείκνυτ[αι πρὸς ἕτερο]ν τ[ὴν] ἀρχὴν κ[α]ὶ π[ρὸς ἕτε]ρον τ[ὸ] πρῶτο[ν] λαμβ[άνεσ]θαι.
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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