Matthew 20:23

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You ask whether some are still going to sit. Learn that no one will. Such a thing belongs to the first substance alone, not to what is human. For the apostles, not understanding what it is to sit “on twelve thrones” (Matthew 19:28) and what being glorified then means, were seeking that sort of seat (Matthew 20:23).

Greek

Ἐρωτᾷς, εἰ λοιπόν τινες μέλλουσιν καθεσθῆναι· μάθε, ὅτι οὐδείς· μόνης γὰρ τῆς πρώτης οὐσίας τὸ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρωπίνης· μὴ νοήσαντες γὰρ οἱ ἀπόστολοι τί ἐστιν τὸ καθεσθῆναι "ἐπὶ δώδεκα θρόνους" καὶ ὅ τι τὸ δοξασθῆναι τότε δηλοῖ τοιαύτην ἐζήτουν καθέδραν.

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.

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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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