# Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis) 10.18.2

Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), Chapter 10, Verse 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/catenae-novum-testamentum/catena-in-epistulam-ad-romanos-typus-monacensis/10.18.2

Θεοδωρήτου. Πῶς γὰρ οἷόν τε ἦν Ἰουδαίους μὴ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἀκηκοότων ἐθνῶν ; πρώτοις γὰρ αὐτοῖς οἱ κήρυκες τῆς ἀληθείας προσήνεγκαν τὰ κηρύγματα. καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ Κύριος πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔφη, “ πορεύεσθε μᾶλλον πρὸς τὰ πρόβατα “ τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.” καὶ ἐν ταῖς Πράξεσιν οἱ Ἀπόστολοι, “ ὑμῖν ἦν πρῶτον ἀναγκαῖον λαληθῆναι τὸν λόγον τοῦ “ Θεοῦ. μὴ, τοίνυν, φησὶ, Θεὸς μὲν καὶ προεβίβασεν Ἀποστόλους, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψεν αὐτοῖς ἃ κηρύξουσιν, αὐτοὶ δὲ κατερραθύμησαν. καὶ τοῖς οὐ πιστεύσασι, τὸ μὴ ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ κηρύγματος τῆς ἀπιστίας παραίτιον γέγονεν ; οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν οὐδὲ τοῦτο. μᾶλλον γὰρ ἐπὶ τούτων ἀληθέστερον γένοιτο τὸ τοῦ Δαβὶδ, τὸ, “ εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν,” καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. τοῦτο δὲ πρόδηλον, ὅτι οὐχ ὡς προφητικῶς περὶ αὐτῶν εἰρημένον τέθεικεν, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἁρμόττειν δυνάμενον τοῖς παροῦσι πράγμασιν.

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Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), ed. John Anthony Cramer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4102.tlg011.local001/.