# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 40

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/40

Καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· τὸν Ἀδὰμ τυφλὸν λέγεις γεννηθῆναι, ὅπερ οὐκ ἦν. οὐ γὰρ ἂν τυφλῷ ἐντελλόμενος ἐδείκνυε λέγων· ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ γινώσκειν καλὸν καὶ πονηρὸν μὴ γεύσησθε. καὶ ὁ Σίμων μεταβαλών· τυφλὸν ἔλεγε τὸν νοῦν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· πῶς καὶ τὸν νοῦν τυφλὸς ἠδύνατο εἶναι ὁ πρὸ τοῦ γεύσασθαι τοῦ φυτοῦ σνμφώνως τῷ κτίσαντι αὐτὸν οἰκεῖα πᾶσιν ἐπιθεὶς τοῖς ζώοις ὀνόματα; καὶ ὁ Σίμων· εἰ πρόγνωσιν εἶχεν ὁ Ἀδὰμ, διὰ τί οὐ προέγνω τὸν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἀπατήσαντα ὄφιν; καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· εἰ πρόγνωσιν μὴ εἶχεν ὁ Ἀδὰμ, πῶς τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὰς ἐσομένας πράξεις ἅμα τῷ γεννηθῆναι καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα ἐπιτέθεικε, τὸν μὲν πρῶτον καλέσας Κάϊν, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται ζῆλος, ὃς καὶ ζηλώσας ἀνεῖλε τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἄβελ, ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται πέθνος, ἐπ’ αὐτῷ γὰρ πρώτῳ φονευθέντι ἐπένθησαν οἱ γονεῖς; εἰ δὲ Ἀδὰμ ἔργον θεοῦ ὑπάρχων πρόγνωσιν εἶχε, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὁ δημιουργήσας αὐτὸν θεός. σὺ δὲ, ὦ Σίμων, κακῶς νοῶν τὰς θείας γραφὰς φιμώθητι.

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Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, ed. Albert Dressel. 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/tlg1271.tlg011.local001/.