Matthew 8:3
By the touch he accomplished the cleansing, making clear that his holy flesh is also needed for sanctification. The Spirit cleanses; communion with the body produces sanctification. Touching the leper, the Savior healed him, showing that the Spirit in him heals diseases, while the body, by contact, grants sanctification (Matthew 8:3).
Greek
∆ιὰ τῆς ἐπαφῆς ἐποιήσατο τὴν κάθαρσιν δηλῶν, ὅτι καὶ ἡ ἁγία αὐτοῦ σὰρξ χρειώδης ἐστὶ πρὸς ἁγιασμόν· τὸ μὲν γὰρ πνεῦμα καθαίρει, ἡ δὲ τοῦ σώματος κοινω νία ἐμποιεῖ τὸν ἁγιασμόν. Ἁπτόμενος τοῦ λεπροῦ ὁ σωτὴρ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτὸν δεικνύων ὡς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ θερα πεύει τὰς νόσους, τὸ δὲ σῶμα τῇ προσψαύσει τὸν ἁγιασμὸν παρέχε ται.
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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