Burning the remainder
And of those who heard and were in a way grieved, he said: "It is to your advantage that I go away; for unless the grain of wheat dies, it remains alone, but if it dies, it bears much fruit," (John 16:7) which he confesses with: "Behold I and the children whom God has given me." (John 12:24) (Isaiah 8:18) (Hebrews 2:13)
Greek
Καὶ τῶν δὲ ἀκουσάντων καὶ τρόπῳ τινὶ λυπηθέντων, εἶπεν· "Συμφέρει ὑμῖν ἵνα ἐγὼ ἀπελθῶ· ὁ γὰρ κόκκος τοῦ σίτου ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ, μόνος μένει, ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ, πολὺν καρπὸν φέρει", ὅπερ ὁμολογεῖ <τῷ>· "Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καὶ τὰ παιδία ἅ μοι ἔδωκεν ὁ θ(εό)ς.
About this text
Origen on the Passover. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled in.
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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