Matthew 3:10
He likens the word of God to an axe. Jeremiah says the same: the word of the Lord is “like an axe cutting rock.” (Matthew 3:10) So it lies against the root, that by fear it may make you better and prepare you to bear fruit.
Greek
Ἀξίνῃ δὲ παρεικάζει τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ Ἰερεμίας γὰρ ὧδέ φησιν· ὁ λόγος κυρίου "ὡς πέλυξ κόπτων πέτραν". οὕτως τῇ ῥίζῃ ἐπί κειται, ὅπως τῷ φόβῳ σε ποιήσῃ βελτίονα καὶ παρασκευάσῃ καρπὸν ἐνεγκεῖν.
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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