Matthew 1:1
The Hebrews used to call “Iao” (Matthew 1:1) salvation. Matthew says “of Christ,” though, because the old kings and priests were anointed with oil from the horn.
Our Jesus Christ was not named Christ because a horn anointed him, but because the divine Spirit did. For he truly and properly had the Holy Spirit himself.
Greek
Ἰαὼ τὴν σωτηρίαν οἱ Ἑβραῖοι ἔλεγον, Χριστοῦ δὲ εἶπε διὰ τὸ τοὺς παλαιοὺς βασιλεῖς τε καὶ ἱερεῖς τῷ ἐλαίῳ χρίεσθαι διὰ τοῦ κέρατος. ὁ δὲ ἡμέτερος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς οὐ διὰ τὸ τῷ κέρατι χρισθῆναι προσ ηγορεύθη Χριστός, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῷ θείῳ πνεύματι· ἀληθῶς γὰρ καὶ κυρίως αὐτὸς εἶχε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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