Matthew 21:42–43
By “stone” here he means Christ, and by “corner” the joining and fellowship of these two peoples — the remnant saved from Israel and those from the nations. For this reason “the kingdom of the heavens will be taken from you” (Matthew 21:42–43) — that is, the knowledge of salvation, the way toward everything praiseworthy, and sharing in the Spirit, through which one acquires the kingdom of the heavens.
Greek
Λίθον ἐνταῦθα τὸν Χριστόν φησιν, γωνία δὲ ἡ συνάφειά τε καὶ συνήθεια τῶν δύο λαῶν τούτων, τοῦ ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ ἀνασεσωσμένου καὶ τοῦ ἐξ ἐθνῶν. διὰ τοῦτο ἀρθήσεται ἀφ' ὑμῶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρα νῶν, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἡ τῆς σωτηρίας εἴδησις καὶ ἡ πρὸς πᾶν ὅ τι οὖν τῶν ἐπαινουμένων 30 ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ πρὸς τὸ πνεῦμα κοινωνία, δι' ὧν τις κτᾶται τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείαν.
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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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