# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 165-3

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, ΤΩΝ EIΣ ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ ΕΞΗΓΗΤΙΚΩΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/165-3

Ἐπεκάθισεν, γάρ φησιν, ἐπάνω αὐτῶν( ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὸ » Ἐάν τις »ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ἐρεῖτε ὅτι ὁ κύριος αὐτῶν χρείαν ἔχει· εὐθὺς δὲ ἀπο »στέλλει αὐτούς« οὐκ οἶμαι ἄξιον εἶναι τοῦ μεγέθους τῆς τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ θειότητος, ὥστε εἰπεῖν τὴν τηλικαύτην φύσιν χρείαν ὁμολογεῖν ἔχειν ὄνου ἀπὸ δεσμῶν λυομένης, καὶ πώλου σὺν αὐτῇ ἐρχομένου· δεῖ γὰρ μέγα εἶναι πᾶν, οὑ χρείαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἄξιον τῆς χρηστότητος αὐτοῦ.

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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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