# Expositio in Proverbia (fragmenta e catenis) 2-5

Origen, Expositio in Proverbia (fragmenta e catenis), CAP. IX.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/expositio-in-proverbia-fragmenta-e-catenis/2-5

Θύματα ἐνταῦθά φησι τοὺς ὅσοι προφῆται τῇ παραινέσει Χριστοῦ σφραγισθέντες καὶ σφαγιαζόμενοι, διὰ τὸ κιρνᾷν αὐτοὺς τῷ τῆς γνώσεως κρατῆρι τὴν ὠς οἶνον ἡδὺν ἐπίγνωσιν αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἐχέφροσι· λέγων, Μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπό τῶν ἀποκτεινόντων τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν μὴ δυναμένων ἀποκτεῖναι· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς αὐτοὺς ἐσφαγίασε, καὶ σφαγιάζει, διὰ τὸ παρακελεύειν αὐτὸς τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύοντας ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ, ὡς αὐτὸς ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἀποθνήσκει.

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Origen, Expositio in Proverbia (fragmenta e catenis), ed. Charles de La Rue, Charles Vincent de La Rue. 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.tlg075.local001/.