Psalm 22:4 — shadow of death is bodily death, distinct from the soul’s death
“For even if I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not fear evils” (Psalm 22:4).
You might also say that the shadow of death is the physical and common death, distinguished from the death of the soul; according as it has been said that the soul that sins shall die, as the one who believes in the Son of God will not die unto the age, having passed from death into life; for they do not undergo a shadow of death, or dangers, or dissolution of the body.
Greek
22.4 ̓Εὰν γὰρ καὶ πορευθῶ ἐν μέσῳ σκιᾶς θανάτου, οὐ φοβηθήσομαι κακά. Λέγοις δ' α ν καὶ σκιὰν θανάτου τὸν φυ σικόν τε καὶ κοινὸν θάνατον τῷ τῆς ψυχῆς θανάτῳ διαστελλόμενον· καθὸ λέλεκται ἡ ψυχὴ ἡ ἁμαρτάνουσα ἀποθανεῖν, ὡς ὁ πισ τεύων εἰς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ μὴ ἀποθα νεῖται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, μεταβεβηκὼς ἀπὸ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν· σκιὰν γὰρ οὐχ ὑπο μένουσι θανάτου, η κινδύνους, η σώματος λύσιν.
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New English from locked PG 12 / Khazarzar Greek of Fragmenta in Psalmos, Psalms 1–22.3. Earlier lemma-led SERIES-CLOSEOUT English was discarded.
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- Copy-text PG 12 Fragmenta in Psalmos (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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