# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 52

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/52

οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων ἀπεσταλμένοι οὐδὲν περιεργασαμένων πρὸς τὰ εἰρημένα 〈ὑπὸ〉 τῶν Λευϊτῶν καὶ ἱερέων, οἱονεὶ ὑβριστικὰς καὶ ἀνοητοτέρας προσάγουσι τῷ βαπτιστῇ φωνὰς διὰ τοῦ »Τί οὖν βαπτίζεις, εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς οὐδὲ Ἠλίας »οὐδὲ ὁ προφήτης;‘ καὶ σχεδὸν οὐ μαθεῖν βουλόμενοι ὡς οἱ προειρημένοι ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευῖται ἀποστέλλουσιν, ἀλλὰ κωλῦσαι ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίξειν ἴσως οἰόμενοι οὐδενὸς ἑτέρου ἔργον τυγχάνειν τὸ βαπτίζειν ἢ Χριστοῦ καὶ Ἠλίου καὶ τοῦ προφήτου.

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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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