# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 36

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, ΤΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΚΛΤΑ ΙΩΛΝΝΗΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ ΕΞΗΓΗΤΙΚΩΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/36

δύναται μέντοι γε τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ὄνομα λαμβάνεσθαι καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου ἀρχῆς, μανθανόντων ἡμῶν διὰ τῶν λεγομένον ὅτι πρεσβύτερος ὁ λόγος τῶν ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς γενομένων ἦν. εἰ γὰρ »ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁθεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν«, τὸ δὲ »Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν« δαφῶς πρεσβύτερόν ἐστι τοῦ ἐν ἀρχῇ πεποιημένου, οὐ μόνον στερεώματος καὶ ξηρᾶς, ἀλλὰ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς πρεσβήτερός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος.

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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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