Leave nothing until morning
The Greek is lost. Victor of Capua preserves this in Latin.
As the mysteries of the Passover, which used to be celebrated in the old testament, have been taken away by the truth of the new testament, so the mysteries of the new testament, which we must likewise now celebrate, will not be needed in the resurrection — which time "morning" (Exodus 12:10) signifies — in which nothing will be left, and what remains of it will be burned with fire (1 Corinthians 13:10) (Hebrews 8:13).
Greek
[Sicut mysteria paschae, quae in testamento ueteri celebrabantur, noui testamenti ueritate sublata sunt, ita mysteria noui testamenti, quae similiter nunc celebrare debemus, necessaria in resurrectione non erunt, quod tempus mane significat, in quo nihil relinquetur, et quod superauerit ex eo igne comburetur.] ...||
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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