Using up the sacrificed meat
For if these rushed to obey the legislation according to what was said, having completed it in a bunch of hyssop — that is, in an exhalation of thoughts toward turning — which for them the true Passover has been completed, Christ who said: "I sanctify myself for these, and not for these only, but also for all who believe in you." (Exodus 12:22) (John 17:19–20) (Psalm 51:7)
Greek
Εἰ γὰρ τῇ νομοθεσίᾳ κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον οὗτοι ὥρμησαν <ὑπακούειν> τελέσαντες ἐν δεσμῇ ὑσσώπου, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἀναθυμιάσει ἐννοιῶν πρὸς ἐπιστρέφειαν, ἣν αὐτοῖς ἐκτετελεσμένον τὸ ἀληθινὸν πάσχα, X(ριστὸ)ς ὁ εἰπών· "Ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτὸν ὑπὲρ τούτων, καὶ οὐ τούτων μόνων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὲρ ὅλων τῶν πιστευόντων εἰς σέ".
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.
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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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