# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 32-2-33

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, 32 to 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/32-2

ἐπεὶ δὲ πάντη φράσσεσθαι δεὶ τοὺς γενναίους Χριστοῦ στρατιώτας ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας, οὐδαμοῦ κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν παρείδυσιν ἐῶντας ἐγγενέσθαι τῇ ἀπὸ τοῦ ψεύδους πιθανότητι, φέρε καὶ ταῦτα σκοπήσωμεν. τάχα γὰρ φήσουσι τὴν προτέραν Ἰωάννουπερὶ περὶ Χριστοῦ μαρτυρίαν εἶναι· »Ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν«. τὸ δὲ »Ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβο- »μεν καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος« καὶ τὰ ἑξξῆς εἰρῆσθαι ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ μαθητοῦ.

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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.
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/.