Matthew 27:50

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Something great and exceptional was accomplished for our souls through Christ. Since we have been justified through faith in God, and in him human nature was found enriched with faultlessness, he has opened something new for us: that souls released from bodies no longer run into Hades as before, but are rather sent into the hands of the living God. Knowing this, holy Stephen said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” (Acts 7:59) And another of the apostles writes, “So that those who suffer according to God’s will should also entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.” (Matthew 27:50) (1 Peter 4:19)

Greek

Μέγα καὶ ἐξαίρετον κατωρθώθη διὰ Χριστοῦ ταῖς ἡμετέραις ψυχαῖς· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ δεδικαιώμεθα διὰ τῆς εἰς θεὸν πίστεως καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ ἀπλημμελὲς ἡ ἀνθρώπου φύσις ηὑρέθη πλουτήσασα, κεκαι νοτόμηκεν ἡμῖν τὸ μηκέτι μὲν εἰς ᾅδου τρέχειν τὰς τῶν σωμάτων ἀπαλλατ τομένας ψυχὰς καθὰ καὶ πρώην, πέμπεσθαι δὲ μᾶλλον εἰς χεῖρας θεοῦ ζῶντος. καὶ τοῦτο εἰδὼς ὁ ἅγιος ἔφη Στέφανος· "κύριε Ἰησοῦ, δέξαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου". καὶ ἕτερος δὲ γράφει τῶν ἀποστόλων· "ὥστε καὶ οἱ πάσχοντες κατὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ πιστῷ κτίστῃ παρατιθέσθωσαν τὰς" ἑαυτῶν "ψυχάς".

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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