# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 1.20

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/1.20

οὐκ ἔσονται οὖν οὗτοι δοδάσκαλοι ὅσον ἐπὶ τῇ ἀκριβείᾳ τῆς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου φωνῆς. οὕτως οὐκ ἔσταο εὐαγγέλιον τὸ κατὰ τὰς ἐπιστολὰς πᾶν γράμμα, ὅταν παραβάλληται τῇ διηγήσει τῶν περὶ Ἰησοῦ πράξεων καὶ παθημάτων καὶ λόγων αὐτοῦ. πλὴν ἀπαρχὴ πάσης γραφῆς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, καὶ πασῶν τῶν κατ’ εὐχὴν ἡμῶν πράξεων ἐσομένων ἀπαρχὴν ποιούμεθα εἰς τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τῶν γραφῶν.

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Origenes, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, 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.tlg005.local001/.