# De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum) 21

Hippolytus, De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum), Fragment 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/de-benedictione-balaam-fragmenta-ap-irenaeum/21

Καὶ οὗτος ἐπεβεβήκει ἐπὶ τῆς ὄνου αὐτοῦ. Ἡ μὲν ὄνος τύπον εἶχε σώματος Χριστοῦ· ἐφ' ὃν πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκ καμάτων ἀναπαυόμενοι, ὡς ὑπὸ ὀχήματος βαστάζονται. Τὸ γὰρ φορτίον τῶν ἡμετέρων ἁμαρτημάτων ὁ Σωτὴρ ἀνεδέξατο. Ὁ δὲ ἄγγελος ὀφθεὶς τῷ Βαλαὰμ, αὐτὸς ὁ Λόγος ἦν· εἶχε δὲ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ μάχαιραν, δηλονότι, ἣν εἶχεν ἄνωθεν ἐξουσίαν.

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Hippolytus Scr. Eccl., De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2115.tlg046.local001/.