A defense of spiritual interpretation
We have found the sacred and lawful scriptures not silent, but compelling us to the fulfillment of the commandments that were given, commandments now being completed in us, according to what was said: "Search the scriptures, in which you have life in them, and they bear witness about me." (John 5:39)
Greek
εὕραμεν τὰς [ἱ]ερὰς καὶ ἐνθέσμους γραφὰς οὐ παρασιωπησά<ας> ἀλλὰ|| ἀναγκαζούσας ἡμᾶς τὴν περὶ τῶν γενομένων ἐντολῶν ἐκπλήρωσιν, εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐκτελουμένας κ[α]τὰ τὸ εἰρημένον· "Ζητεῖτ[ε] τὰς γραφὰς ἐν αἷς ζωὴν ἔχετε ἐν αὐταῖς κἀκεῖναι μαρ[τυρο]ῦσιν περὶ ἐμοῦ".
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.
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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