Matthew 26:26-
After Judas went out, the Savior handed over to the eleven the saving mystery. For a little later Christ was about, having risen with his own flesh, to go up to the Father, so that we might have the presence of his body — for without Christ’s presence it is impossible for a human to be saved and freed from death and sin if the Life is not with us. So he gave us his own body and blood, so that through them the power of corruption might also be destroyed, and that it might dwell in our souls through the Holy Spirit, and we might become sharers of sanctification and be called heavenly and spiritual humans.
Since after the resurrection Christ was about to be taken up to the Father with a body, for this reason he has given us his own body and blood, so that his flesh and blood, dwelling in us, may make us holy and sharers of immortality (Matthew 26:26–28).
Greek
28 Μετὰ τὸ ἐξελθεῖν τὸν Ἰούδαν παραδίδωσιν ὁ σωτὴρ τοῖς ἕνδεκα τὸ σωτηριῶδες μυστήριον· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ μικρὸν ὕστερον ἔμελλεν ὁ Χρι στὸς ἀναστὰς μετὰ τῆς ἰδίας σαρ κὸς ἀναφοιτῆσαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ἵνα τὴν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ παρ ουσίαν ἔχωμεν– ἄνευ γὰρ τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀδύνατον σωθῆναι ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἀπαλλα γῆναι θανάτου καὶ ἁμαρτίας μὴ συν ούσης ἡμῖν τῆς ζωῆς–ἔδωκεν οὖν ἡμῖν τὸ ἴδιον σῶμά τε καὶ αἷμα, ἵνα δι' αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ τῆς φθορᾶς καταλύηται κράτος, ἐνοικίζηται δὲ ταῖς ἡμετέραις ψυχαῖς διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, καὶ γενώμεθα ἁγιασμοῦ μέτοχοι καὶ οὐράνιοι ἄν θρωποι καὶ πνευματικοὶ χρημα τίσωμεν. Ἐπειδὴ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἔμελλεν ὁ Χριστὸς ἀναληφθῆναι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μετὰ σώματος, διὰ τοῦτο δέδωκεν ἡμῖν τὸ ἴδιον σῶμά τε καὶ αἷμα, ἵνα ἐνοικιζομένη ἐν ἡμῖν ἡ αὐτοῦ σὰρξ καὶ τὸ αἷμα ποιήσῃ ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ τῆς ἀθανα σίας μετόχους.
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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