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Ante-Nicene Fathers • VOLUME 9

Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypse of Peter & Other Early Texts

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[5287] Matt. xiii. 58.

[5287] Matt. xiii. 58. [5288] Matt. xiii. 12. [5289] Matt. xvii. 19, 20. [5290] Matt. xiv. 31. [5291] Luke viii. 45, 46. [5292] Matt. xvii. 20. [5293] Matt. xiii. 58. [5294] Mark vi. 5. [5295] Mark vi. 5. [5296] Gen. i. 11. [5297] Wisdom of Solomon ix. 6. [5298] Jer. ix. 23. 20. Different Conceptions of John the Bapt…

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[5318] Gen. xl. 20.

[5318] Gen. xl. 20. [5319] Matt. xi. 11. [5320] Luke vii. 26. [5321] Ps. lxxxviii. 6. [5322] 2 Cor. xiii. 4. [5323] John v. 46. [5324] Ex. xii. 46; John xix. 36. 23. The Withdrawal of Jesus. And the disciples of John having come bury his remains, and "they went and told Jesus." [5325] And He withdrew to a desert place,--…

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Book XI.

Book XI. 1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. "And when even was come His disciples came to Him," [5337] that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, "It is the last hour." [5338] They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say …

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[5365] Matt. xiv. 22.

[5365] Matt. xiv. 22. [5366] Matt. v. 1-3. [5367] Matt. xii. 15. [5368] Matt. xiv. 46-49. [5369] Matt. xiv. 50. [5370] Matt. xiii. 2, 3. [5371] Matt. xiii. 10. [5372] Matt. xiii. 11. [5373] Matt. xiii. 11. [5374] Matt. xiii. 36. [5375] Matt. xiii. 36. [5376] Matt. xiv. 13, 14. [5377] Matt. xiv. 15. [5378] Matt. xiv.…

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[5395] Matt. xiv. 33.

[5395] Matt. xiv. 33. [5396] Matt. xiv. 35. [5397] Matt. xiv. 36. [5398] Matt. ix. 20, 21. [5399] Matt. xiv. 36. [5400] diesothesan. [5401] sothenai. [5402] Matt. ix. 22. 8. Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Who Came and Inquired, Why Do Thy Disciples Transgress the Tradition of the Elders? "Then there came to Him fr…

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[5422] Matt. xv. 4.

[5422] Matt. xv. 4. [5423] Matt. xv. 5. [5424] Or, you, if we read humas. [5425] Cf. Luke i. 6. 11. Exposition of the Prophecy of Isaiah Quoted by Jesus. And, after this, wishing to refute completely from the words of the prophets all these traditions of the elders among the Jews, He brought before them a saying, from Isaia…

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[5445] Matt. xv. 10.

[5445] Matt. xv. 10. [5446] Matt. xv. 13. [5447] John xv. 1. [5448] Col. ii. 21, 22. [5449] Col. iii. 2. [5450] Matt. xv. 14. [5451] Ps. vii. 15. [5452] Matt. v. 1. [5453] Matt. xv. 10, 11. 14. Why the Pharisees Were Not a Plant of God. Teaching of Origen on the "Bread of the Lord." After this, it is worth while to loo…

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[5479] Matt. xv. 18, 19.

[5479] Matt. xv. 18, 19. [5480] Prov. iv. 23. [5481] 1 Cor. iv. 5. [5482] Rom. ii. 15. [5483] Hos. vii. 2. [5484] Matt. vi. 1, 2. [5485] 1 Cor. xii. 28. [5486] 1 Tim. iii. 1. 16. Concerning the Canaanitish Woman. Meaning of the "Borders of Tyre and Sidon." "And Jesus went out thence and withdrew into the parts of Tyre a…

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[5498] Matt. xx. 30.

[5498] Matt. xx. 30. [5499] Matt. viii. 29. [5500] Matt. xiv. 33. [5501] Rom. i. 3. [5502] Rom. i. 4. [5503] Luke vii. 12. [5504] Matt. ix. 18. [5505] John iv. 46. [5506] John iv. 48. [5507] Matt. xv. 24. [5508] Matt. xv. 28. [5509] Gal. iv. 26. [5510] Gen. xv. 15. [5511] Matt. xv. 22. [5512] Matt. xv. 24. [5513] …

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Book XII.

Book XII. 1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. "And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to shew them a sign from heaven." [5553] The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths,--for the Pharisees champion the doctrine…

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[5572] Rom. vii. 23.

[5572] Rom. vii. 23. [5573] Prov. xix. 14. [5574] Rom. vii. 1, 2. E gar hupandros gune to zonti andri dedetai nomo. The reader must note that Origen takes nomo in apposition to andri. [5575] 1 Cor. ix. 10. [5576] Or, who was God. [5577] Rom. vi. 9. [5578] Rom. vii. 2, 3. [5579] Matt. xvi. 4. [5580] Rom. vii. 23. [5581] …

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9. Concerning the Question of Jesus in Cæsarea, Who Do Men Say that I Am? Different Conceptions of Jesus.

9. Concerning the Question of Jesus in Cæsarea, Who Do Men Say that I Am? Different Conceptions of Jesus. "Now when Jesus came into the parts of Cæsarea Philippi, He asked His disciples." [5605] Jesus inquires of the disciples, "Who do men say that I am," that we may learn from the answer of the Apostles the different conceptio…

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[5634] Or, each of the sins on account of which Christ was about to go to Hades. (Erasmus)

[5634] Or, each of the sins on account of which Christ was about to go to Hades. (Erasmus) [5635] Eph. v. 27. [5636] Or, you. [5637] Matt. xxii. 14. [5638] Luke xiii. 24. [5639] Matt. vii. 14. [5640] Luke xiii. 24. [5641] Phil. iv. 13. [5642] John x. 9. [5643] 1 Tim. vi. 20. 13. The "Gates of Hades" And the "Gates of Z…

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[5661] Matt. xvi. 20.

[5661] Matt. xvi. 20. [5662] Matt. x. 5. [5663] Matt. xvi. 20. [5664] Mark viii. 30. [5665] Luke ix. 21. [5666] Matt. xvi. 15, 16. [5667] Matt. xvi. 20. [5668] Or, which he may regard as mediocre. [5669] John viii. 31, 32. [5670] Matt. xvi. 16. [5671] Matt. xvi. 18. 16. Gradual Growth in Knowledge of the Disciples. B…

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[5694] Matt. xvi. 22.

[5694] Matt. xvi. 22. [5695] Matt. xvi. 23. [5696] These three sentences are supplied from the old Latin version, as at this point there is a hiatus in the mss. [5697] Rom. iii. 25. [5698] Matt. xvi. 22. [5699] Matt. xvi. 23. [5700] Matt. iv. 19. 22. Importance of the Expressions "Behind" And "Turned." But you will compa…

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[5730] Gal. vi. 14.

[5730] Gal. vi. 14. 28. The Exchange for One's Life. But the saying, "What shall a man give in exchange for his own life," [5731] if spoken by way of interrogation, will seem to be able to indicate that an exchange for his own life is given by the man who after his sins has given up his whole substance, that his property may f…

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[5764] John xiv. 6.

[5764] John xiv. 6. [5765] Col. iii. 3, 4. [5766] 1 Cor. xv. 26. [5767] Deut. xxx. 15. [5768] Deut. xxviii. 66, 67. [5769] John vi. 33, 51. 34. Meaning of "Until." No Limitation of Promise. But since some one may think that the promise of the Saviour prescribes a limit of time to their not tasting of death, namely, that t…

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[5784] Matt. xvii. 2.

[5784] Matt. xvii. 2. [5785] Matt. xvii. 3. [5786] Luke ix. 30, 31. [5787] 1 Cor. ii. 7. 39. Jesus Was Transfigured--"As He Was Praying." Then, since it will be necessary to expound the passage as given in Mark, "And as He was praying He was transfigured before them," [5788] we must say that perhaps it is possible especiall…

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Book XIII.

[5814] Matt. xvii. 5. [5815] The text is mutilated. 43. Relation of Moses and Elijah to Jesus. The Injunction of Silence. But after these things it is written that, when they heard the voice from the cloud bearing testimony to the Son, the three Apostles, not being able to bear the glory of the voice and power resting upon it…

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Book XIII.

I have thought it necessary to dwell some time on the examination of the doctrine of transmigration, because of the suspicion of some who suppose that the soul under consideration was the same in Elijah and in John, being called in the former case Elijah, and in the second case John; and that, not apart from God, had he been cal…

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[5864] Eph. vi. 12.

[5864] Eph. vi. 12. [5865] Hos. vii. 4. [5866] Ecclus. xxvii. 11. 5. The Deaf and Dumb Spirit. Now the father of the epileptic--perhaps the angel to whom he had been allotted, if we are to say that every human soul is put in subjection to some angel--prays the Physician of souls for his son that He may heal him who could not…

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[5880] Matt. xvii. 22.

[5880] Matt. xvii. 22. [5881] Matt. xvi. 21. [5882] Matt. xvii. 22. [5883] Rom. viii. 32. [5884] John i. 29. [5885] Job i. 12. [5886] Job i. 15-19. [5887] Eph. ii. 2. [5888] Job i. 16. [5889] John xiii. 27. [5890] 1 Cor. ii. 7, 8. [5891] 1 Cor. xv. 22. [5892] Heb. ii. 14, 15. 9. Satan and the "Delivery" Of Jesus. N…

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[5916] Matt. xviii. 1.

[5916] Matt. xviii. 1. [5917] Matt. xvii. 27; xviii. 1. [5918] Matt. xvi. 16, 17. [5919] Matt. xvi. 23. 15. Greatness Varies in Degree. But next we must seek to understand this: the disciples came to Him, as disciples to a teacher proposing difficult questions, and making inquiry, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heav…

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[5935] Psa. viii. 18.

[5935] Psa. viii. 18. [5936] Matt. xviii. 4. [5937] Isa. xlviii. 16. [5938] Matt. xviii. 6. 19. The Parallel Passages in Mark and Luke. But let us consider also the like account in the other Evangelists. Mark, [5939] then, says, that the Twelve reasoned in the way as to which of them was the greatest. Wherefore He sat down,…

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[5964] Matt. xviii. 7.

[5964] Matt. xviii. 7. [5965] Matt. xi. 22. [5966] Matt. xviii. 6. [5967] 1 Cor. viii. 11, 12. 23. In What Sense "Necessary." Next we must test accurately the meaning of the word "necessity" in the passage, "For there is a necessity that the occasions come," [5968] and to the like effect in Luke, "It is inadmissible' but th…

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[5991] Tit. iii. 5.

[5991] Tit. iii. 5. [5992] 1 Pet. ii. 2. [5993] Rom. viii. 29. [5994] Gal. i. 15. [5995] Ps. lxxi. 6. [5996] Ps. cxxxix. 13. [5997] Ps. xxii. 10. [5998] Jude 1. 28. Close Relationship of Angels to Their "Little Ones." With reference to the words, "When through the laver I became a child in Christ," [5999] it may be said…

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Book XIV.

[6016] Matt. xviii. 15. [6017] 1 Cor. v. 11. [6018] 1 John v. 16. [6019] Num. xviii. 22. [6020] Matt. xviii. 15. [6021] Matt. xviii. 15, 16. [6022] Matt. xviii. 17. [6023] Matt. xviii. 17. [6024] Matt. vii. 1. [6025] 1 Cor. iv. 5. [6026] Matt. xviii. 14. [6027] 2 Cor. v. 10. [6028] Matt. vii. 2. [6029] Isa. iii. 11.…

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[6064] Rom. vi. 12.

[6064] Rom. vi. 12. [6065] Gal. v. 17. [6066] Rom. viii. 11. [6067] Rom. x. 10. [6068] 1 Thess. v. 23. 4. Harmony of the Old and New Covenants. And likewise it is a pleasant thing to endeavour to understand and exhibit the fact of the concord of the two covenants,--of the one before the bodily advent of the Saviour and of …

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[6078] Matt. xviii. 23.

[6078] Matt. xviii. 23. [6079] Matt. v. 3. [6080] Rom. vi. 12. [6081] Rom. viii. 3. [6082] 2 Cor. v. 21. [6083] Col. i. 15. [6084] 1 Cor. vi. 17. [6085] Matt. xxv. 15. [6086] Luke vii. 41. [6087] Luke xix. 13. 8. The Principle of the Reckoning. But you will here inquire whether all men can be called servants of the ki…

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[6111] Matt. xviii. 25.

[6111] Matt. xviii. 25. [6112] Matt. xviii. 26. [6113] Matt. xviii. 28. [6114] 2 Thess. ii. 3. [6115] 1 Cor. ii. 10. 12. The Time of the Reckoning. But it is fitting to examine at what time the man--the king--in the parable wished to make a reckoning with his own servants, and to what period we ought to refer the things th…

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[6131] Matt. xviii. 23.

[6131] Matt. xviii. 23. [6132] Luke xix. 12. [6133] Matt. xviii. 24. [6134] Gal. iv. 26. [6135] Rev. xxi. 2. [6136] Matt. xviii. 28. [6137] Matt. xvii. 26, 29. [6138] Matt. xviii. 31. [6139] Matt. xviii. 34. [6140] That is, the God of the Old Testament--according to Marcion. [6141] Matt. xviii. 35. [6142] Luke xix. 27…

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[6161] Matt. xxii. 17.

[6161] Matt. xxii. 17. [6162] 1 Pet. iii. 7. [6163] Gal. vi. 2. [6164] Matt. xix. 4-6. [6165] Matt. xix. 6. [6166] Gen. i. 27. [6167] Gen. ii. 24. [6168] Matt. xix. 6. [6169] Gen. iii. 16. [6170] 1 Cor. vi. 17. [6171] Or, by God the woman is married to the man. [6172] 1 Cor. vii. 7. [6173] Eph. v. 25. [6174] Matt. x…

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[6201] Deut. xxiv. 3.

[6201] Deut. xxiv. 3. [6202] Deut. xxiv. 4. [6203] Rom. xi. 25, 26. [6204] Lev. xxi. 14. [6205] Hos. i. 2. [6206] Matt. xii. 5. [6207] Matt. xii. 8. [6208] Heb. ix. 10. [6209] 2 Cor. vi. 2. 21. Union of Angels and the Souls of Men. But some one may inquire whether the human soul can be figuratively called a wife, and t…

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[6228] Matt. v. 32.

[6228] Matt. v. 32. [6229] Deut. xxiv. 1. [6230] Matt. xix. 8. [6231] Matt. v. 32. [6232] Matt. v. 32. [6233] Rom. vii. 3. 25. Chastity and Prayer. Now after these things, having considered how many possible accidents may arise in marriages, which it was necessary for the man to endure and in this way suffer very great ha…

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Mark

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Acts

Acts [4667]1:8 [4668]1:8 [4669]4:11 [4670]4:13 [4671]4:27 [4672]4:27 [4673]4:32 [4674]5:20 [4675]5:29-30 [4676]5:36-37 [4677]7:43 [4678]7:52 [4679]8:26 [4680]9:4-5 [4681]12:13-15 [4682]13:10 [4683]15:20 [4684]16:3 [4685]17:23 [4686]18:18 [4687]19:2 [4688]20:7-9 [4689]20:35 [4690]21:24 [4691]21:26 [4692]21:26 Romans [4693]1:1-…

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