# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 142

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, ΤΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΚΛΤΑ ΙΩΛΝΝΗΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ ΕΞΗΓΗΤΙΚΩΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/142

καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς συνηθείας τὸ παράδειγμα· ἄξιον δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν θεοπνεύστων λόγων ὅμοιον ἀντιπαραβαλεῖν. ἐνθάδε τοίνυν ζητοῦμεν εἰ μηδὲν κωλύει τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἑτέρων εἶναι φῶς, λέγοντες ὅτι οὐχί, ἐπεὶ λέγεται φῶς ἀνθρώπων, ἤδη ἀποκέκλεισται καὶ ἐτέρων παρὰ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους κρειττόνων ἢ ἀνθρώποις ἀμοίων εἶναι φῶς.

---

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/.
