Matthew 14:19
Fulfilling the mystery of the economy, the Savior looks up to heaven. For though God by nature, he took a slave’s form (Philippians 2:7), and through the disciples’ hands he gives the foods to the crowds (Matthew 14:19), hinting at the holy ones’ nearness to God. That is why those who are not such stand outside him.
Greek
Τὸ τῆς οἰκονομίας μυστήριον πληρῶν ὁ σωτὴρ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀναβλέπει· καὶ γὰρ δούλου μορφὴν ἀνέλαβε θεὸς ὢν κατὰ φύσιν καὶ διὰ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν μαθητῶν δίδωσι τὰς τροφὰς τοῖς ὄχλοις τὴν τῶν ἁγίων αἰνιττόμενος πρὸς θεὸν ἐγγύτητα. διὸ οἱ μὴ τοιοῦτοι ἔξω ἑστήκασιν αὐτοῦ.
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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