# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 198-2

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, ΩΡΙΓΕΝΟΓΣ ΙΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ ΕΞΗΓΗΤΙΚΩΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/198-2

πολὺ δὲ ἁπλούστερον τὸ »Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος, »ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος‘ ἐξείληφεν ὅτι οὐδὲ τῆς ἀτιμοτάτης ὑπηρεσίας τῆς πρὸς τὸν χριστὸν ἄξιος εἶναι διὰ τούτων ὁ βαπτιστὴς ὁμολογεὶ. πλὴν μετὰ ταύτην τὴν ἀκδοχὴν οὐκ ἀπιθάνως ὑποβέβληκεν τὸ Οὐκ ἐγώ εἰμι ἱκανός, ἵνα δἰ ἐμὲ κατέλθῃ ἀπὸ μεγέθους καὶ σάρκα λάβῃ ὡς ὑπόδημα, περὶ ἧς ἐγὼ λόγον ἀποδοῦναι οὐ δύναμαι οὐδὲ διηγήσασθαι ἢ ἐπιλῦσαι τὴν περὶ αὐτῆς οἰκονομίαν.

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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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