# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 34-2

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/34-2

ἀναγκαῖον δὲ καὶ οὕτως διελέγξαι ὡς βεβιασμένην καὶ ἀνακόλουθον τὴν ἐκδοχήν· πάνυ γὰρ βίαιον τὸ οἴεσθαι αἰφνίδιον οἱονεὶ ἀκαίρως διακόπτεσθαι τὸν τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ λόγον ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ μαθητοῦ, καὶ παντὶ τῷ καὶ ἐπὶ ποσὸν ἀκούειν συμφράσεως λεγομένων ἐπισταμένῳ σαφὲς τὸ τοῦ εἱρμοῦ τῆς λέξεως· »Oÿtow ἡν ὁ εἰπών· Ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, »ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν«.

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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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