The clothing of those at the meal
For so he says: "The God of the Hebrews has called us." (Exodus 3:18) For as a crossing world is crossed over into the established paternal age, the turning of the children takes place, being effectively completed in the name of the Passover, which is called a going-over (Exodus 5:3) (Exodus 7:16).
Greek
Καὶ γὰρ οὕτως λέγει· "Ὁ θ(εὸ)ς τῶν Ἑβραίων προσκέκληται ἡμᾶς". Περατικοῦ γὰρ ἀντιπερατουμένου κόσμου εἰς τὸν καθεστηκότα πατρικὸν αἰῶνα, γίνεται ἡ τῶν τέκνων ἐπιστροφὴ τῇ τοῦ πάσχα ὀνομασίᾳ ἐνεργῶς τελουμένη, ἥτις καλεῖται ὑπέρβασις.
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. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled from another edition. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
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- 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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