# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 1.236-237

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, 1.236 to 1.237. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/1.236

ἀλλà καὶ >ἀνὴρ< ρ< πρὸς τούτοις λέγεται ὀπίσω Ἰωάννου ἐρχόμενος, ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ γεγενημένος καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ ὤν, ἕνα διδαχθῶμεν καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν τῇ θεότητι αὐτοῦ ἀνακεκραμένον πρεσβύτερον εἶναι τῆς ἐκ Μαρίας γενέσεως, ὅντινα ἄνθρωπόν φησιν ὁ βαπτιστὴς ὄτι »οὐκ »ᾔδει.« πῶς δὲ οὐκ ᾔδει ὁ σκιρτήσας ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει ἔτι βρέφος τυγχάνων ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τῆς Ἐλισάβετ, ὅτε »ἐγένετο ἡ φωνὴ τοῦ ἀσπα- »σμοῦ« τῆς Μαρίας »εἰς τὰ ὦτα« τῆς Ζαχαρίου γυναικός;

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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.
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