The Jews' rejection and Christ's service
He will establish their knowledge and their unbelief will be set right; for such are most especially the Jews, as if fleeing to other gods as an insult to God, and as if insulting God as not willing or not able to help, they ran to gods, trusting more in the help from others. For indeed they compelled Aaron to make gods for themselves which would go before them, as an insult and a reproach to God. Therefore, as concerning the person of Christ toward the Father, the psalm is said, saying: 'the insults of those insulting you have fallen upon me' (Psalm 88:50). From the presence of Christ, neither did the Jews still worship idols, and the nations were turned toward piety. The Lord has become a servant of the promise and of the philanthropy of God (Rom 15:8). For he fulfilled the promise, having become from the seed of Abraham and subsequently receiving circumcision according to the race. But he showed mercy and philanthropy through the...
Greek
αὐτοὺς ἐπιστηρίξῃ γνῶσιν καὶ τὴν ἀπιστίαν αὐτῶν διορθώσηται· τοιοῦτοι γὰρ μάλιστα Ἰουδαῖοι, ὥσπερ εἰς ὄνειδος θεοῦ πρὸς ἄλλους ἀποφοιτῶντες 111 θεοὺς καὶ ὥσπερ οὐ βουλόμενον ἢ οὐ δυνάμενον βοηθεῖν ὀνειδίζοντες τὸν θεόν, προσέτρεχον θεοῖς τῇ παρ' ἑτέρων μᾶλλον βοηθείᾳ πιστεύοντες. τὸν γοῦν Ἀαρὼν ἠνάγκαζον ποιῆσαι θεοὺς αὐτοῖς οἳ προπορεύσονται αὐτῶν, ὥσπερ εἰς διαβολὴν καὶ ὄνειδος τοῦ θεοῦ. διὸ δὴ ὡς ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Χριστοῦ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα εἴρηται ὁ ψαλμὸς λέγων· οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσον ἐπ' ἐμέ. ἀπὸ γοῦν τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Χριστοῦ οὔτε Ἰουδαῖοι ἔτι εἰδωλολάτρευσαν, καὶ τὰ ἔθνη εἰς εὐσέβειαν ἐπέστρεψεν. Rom 15,8 ∆ιάκονος γεγένηται ὁ κύριος ἐπαγγελίας καὶ φιλανθρωπίας θεοῦ. ἐπαγγελίαν μὲν γὰρ ἐπλήρου θεοῦ γενόμενος ἐκ σπέρματος Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ἀκολούθως τῷ γένει τὴν περιτομὴν δεξάμενος. ἔλεον δὲ καὶ φιλανθρωπίαν ἐπεδείκνυτο διὰ τῆς
About this text
Diodorus of Tarsus on Romans (catena fragments).
Original English Translation — new OET from PG Greek.
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Khazarzar scan
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- Copy-text PG (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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