What the Passover means for Christians
When this has been done, the people come out of Egypt, and the firstborn of the Egyptians perish. After the Hebrews have gone out, Pharaoh regrets it. He comes out pursuing them with the army and the chariots, and so is drowned in the Red Sea. Moses with the people passes through the sea (Exodus 12:29–33) (Exodus 14:5–9) (Exodus 14:23–29).
Greek
Καὶ τούτων γενομένων ὁ λαὸς τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἐξέρχεται καὶ τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀπόλλυται, καὶ ὁ Φαραὼ μετὰ τὴν|| τῶν Ἑβραίων ἔξοδον μεταμέλεται, καὶ ἅμα τῇ στρατιᾷ καὶ τοῖς ἅρμασιν καταδιώκων αὐτοὺς ἐξέρχεται, καὶ οὕτως ἐν τῇ Ἐρυθ[ρ]ᾷ θαλάσσῃ καταποντίζε[τα]ι, καὶ Μωϋσῆς σὺν τῷ λ[αῷ] διὰ τῆς θαλάσσης διέρχετ[αι].
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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