# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 1.23

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/1.23

ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος « τολμητέον τοίνυν εἰπεῖν ἀπαρχὴν μὲν πασῶν γραφῶν εἶναι τὰ εὐαγγέλια, τῶν δὲ εὐαγγελίων λίων ἀπαρχὴν τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην, οὗ τὸν νοῦν οὐδεὶς δύναται λαβεῖν μὴ ἀναπεσὼν ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος Ἰησοῦ μηδὲ λαβὼν ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ τὴν ρίαν γινομένην καὶ αὐτοῦ μητέρα. καὶ τηλικοῦτον δὲ γενέσθαι δεῖ τὸν ἐσόμενον ἄλλον Ἰωάννην, ὥστε οἱονεὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην δειχθῆναι ὄντα Ἰησοῦν ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ. εἰ γὰρ οὐδεὶς υἱὸς Μαρίας κατὰ τοὺς ὑγιῶς περὶ αὐτῆς δοξάζοντας ἢ Ἰησοῦς, φησὶ δὲ Ἰησοῦς τῇ μητρί· » Ἴδε ὁ » υἱός σου« καὶ οὐχί » Ἴδὲ καὶ οὗτος υἱός σου « ἴσον εἴρηκε τῷ » Ἴδε » οὑτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὃν ἐγέννησας «. καὶ γὰρ πᾶς ὁ τετελειωμένος » ζῇ » οὐκέτι «, ἀλλ’ ἐν » ζῇ Χριστός «, καὶ ἐπεὶ » ζῇ « ἐν αὐτῷ » Χρι- » στός «, λέγεται περὶ αὐτοῦ τῇ Μαρίᾳ· » Ἴδε ὁ υἱός σου « ὁ χριστός.

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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/.