Matthew 26:18
By saying “so-and-so” (Matthew 26:18) he does not make a name clear specifically, but obliquely indicates one of the holy. For the word also fits every holy person, who first receives the Lord’s disciples — evangelists and apostles leveling his soul beforehand — and then Christ himself, who will come not as one called but of his own accord, dwelling with the Holy Spirit beside the one with whom he sees the holy baptism. For that is what “the man carrying the jar of water” (Mark 14:13) makes clear, as Mark and Luke say (Luke 22:10).
Greek
Εἰπὼν τὸν δεῖνα οὐ δηλοῖ ὄνομα ἰδικῶς, ἀλλὰ πλαγίως δηλοῖ τινα τῶν ἁγίων· ἁρμόζει γὰρ καὶ ἐπὶ παντὸς ἁγίου ὁ λόγος, ὃς πρῶτον μὲν δέχεται τοὺς μαθητὰς τοῦ κυρίου, εὐαγγελιστάς, ἀποστόλους προομαλί ζοντας αὐτοῦ τὴν ψυχήν, εἶθ' οὕτως καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Χριστόν, ὃς οὐ κληθεὶς ἀλλ' αὐτόματος ἥξει σὺν τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι οἰκῶν παρ' ἐκείνῳ, παρ' ᾧ ὁρᾷ τὸ ἅγιον βάπτισμα· τοῦτο γὰρ δηλοῖ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ τὸ "κε ράμιον βαστάζων τοῦ ὕδατος", ὥς φησιν Μᾶρκος καὶ Λουκᾶς.
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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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