Matthew 2:7–11
Did the magi arrive at the birth itself and see Christ in swaddling clothes, or find him later sitting in a house with his mother? I think the truer reading is the swaddling clothes.
That is also why, as we said above, the star appeared before the Lord’s birth. From this it is clear that the star also preceded the magi’s arrival (Matthew 2:7–11).
Greek
Πότερον δὲ ἅμα τῷ γεννηθῆναι κατέλαβον καὶ ἐν σπαργάνοις ἐθεά σαντο τὸν Χριστὸν οἱ μάγοι ἢ ἐν οἰκίᾳ μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς καθεζόμενον; ἀληθέστερον οἶμαι τὸ ἐν σπαργάνοις. διὸ καί, ὡς ἀνωτέρω εἴπομεν, ὁ ἀστὴρ πρὸ τῆς τοῦ κυρίου γεννήσεως ἐφάνη. ἐκ τούτου δὲ δῆλον, ὅτι προέλαβε καὶ τὴν τῶν μάγων ἄφιξιν.
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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