# Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32) 20.3.10

Origen, Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32), Book 20, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis-lib-19-20-28-32/20.3.10

ἐροῦμεν δὲ πρὸς ταῦτα ὡσπερεὶ ἐπιβάθρᾳ χρησάμενοι τῇ ἱστορίᾳ καὶ τὰ ἴχνη τῆς κατὰ τὸν τόπον ἀληθείας ζητοῦντες ἐν τοῖς γράμμασιν, ὅτι εἰ μὲν μὴ ὤν τις τέκνον τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ οὐδενὸς δικαίου σπέρμα ἦν, καὶ ἀνέγκλητος ἐτύγχανεν 〈ἂν〉 τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν τις, μηδεμίαν ἔχων ἀπὸ σπερμάτων ἀφορμὴν τοῦ καλοῦ· νυνὶ δὲ ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν σωμάτων ὁ μέν τίς ἐστιν πλειόνων δικαίων σπέρμα, ἕτερος δὲ ὀλιγωτέρων, ὡς δῆλον ἔσται ἐκ τῆς παραθέσεως τῶν λεχθησομένων, οὕτως καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τῆς ἀναγωγῆς τὸ ἀνάλογον ἔσται λέγειν.

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Origen, Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32), ed. Erwin Preuschen. 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/tlg2042.tlg079.local001/.