# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 281-3-283

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, 281 to 283. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/281-3

εἰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως τις παραδέχεται τὸ »Εἶδεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι »καλόν«, διηγησάσθω πῶς έν τῷ »Ἐξαγαγέτω τὰ ὕδατα ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν »ζωσῶν, καὶ πετεινὰ πετόμενα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ τὸ στερέωμα τοῦ »οὐρανοῦ« σώζεται τὸ »Εἶδεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι καλόν«, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπεὶ » Ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ κήτη τὰ μεγάλα«. ἀλλὰ ὁ λόγος ὁ περὶ ἑκάστου τούτων ἐστὶν ὁραθεὶς θεῷ τὸ »καλόν«. τὰ δ’ αὐτὰ καὶ περὶ τοῦ » Ἐξαγαγέτω ἡ γῆ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν κατὰ γένος· τετράποδα καὶ » ἑρπετὰ καὶ θηρία τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένος« λεκτέον, οἷς καὶ ἐπιφέρεται τὸ »Εἶδεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι καλόν( πῶς γὰρ καλὸν τὰ θηρία καὶ τὰ ἐρπετά, εἰ μὴ ἄρα ὁ λόγος ὁ περὶ αὐτῶν έστιν τὸ καλόν;

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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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