Matthew 10:39
Here he calls “loss of soul,” (Matthew 10:39) by a stretched use of the word, separation from the body. The one who “finds” his soul — that is, who prefers this temporary life here and seems to gain it — endures something worse than death: he is sent into undying punishment and death.
Greek
Ψυχῆς ἀπώλειαν ἐνταῦθα καλεῖ τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος χωρισμὸν καταχρηστικῶς. ὁ εὑρὼν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, <τοῦτ'> ἔστιν ὁ τὴν ἐνθάδε πρόσκαιρον ζωὴν προτιμῶν καὶ οἱονεὶ κερδαίνων, θανάτου χείρω ὑπομένει εἰς ἀκατάλυτον παραπεμπόμενος τιμωρίαν καὶ θάνατον.
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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