Matthew 1:20
The angel called her Joseph’s wife so no one would suspect another man. If she is named the wife of Joseph, who had not known her, the virgin is free of any thought of suspicion toward someone else (Matthew 1:20).
Greek
Γυναῖκα αὐτὴν ἐκάλεσεν ὁ ἄγγελος, ὅπως πάσης ὑποψίας τῆς πρὸς ἕτερον πρόσωπον ἐλευθερώσῃ τὴν παρθένον· εἰ γὰρ τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ γυναῖκα αὐτὴν 1 καλεῖ τοῦ ἀμυήτως ἔχοντος πρὸς αὐτήν, ἄρα οὐδὲ πρὸς ἄλλον τινὰ ἔχει ὑποψίας ἔννοιαν ἡ παρθένος.
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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