Scripture on Judas: Spirit, David, and the Savior's voice
Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through David's mouth concerning Judas—the psalm in which the things about Judas are written.
Someone might object that it is not the Holy Spirit speaking, since the words are plainly the Savior's: "O God, do not keep silent at my praise; for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me," and so on through "let another take his office."
How then, if the Savior is the speaker, does Peter say that Scripture had to be fulfilled which…
Greek
Fragmentum ex homiliis in Acta apostolorum ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΩΡΙΓΕΝΟΥΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΑΣ ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ. Ἐκ τῆς εἰς τὰς Πράξεις ὁμιλίας δʹ. 14.829 Ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν Γραφὴν, ἣν προεῖπε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον διὰ στόματος ∆αυῒδ περὶ Ἰούδα· 14.832 ἐν ᾧ ψαλμῷ τὰ περὶ τοῦ Ἰούδα γέγραπται. Εἴποι τις ἂν, ὅτι οὐ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον λαλεῖ· σαφῶς γὰρ τοῦ Σωτῆρός εἰσιν οἱ λόγοι λέγοντος· Ὁ Θεὸς, τὴν αἴνεσίν μου μὴ παρασιωπήσης· ὅτι στόμα ἁμαρτωλοῦ, καὶ στόμα δολίου, ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἠνοίχθη· καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς ἕως· Καὶ τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λάβοι ἕτερος. Πῶς οὖν, εἰ ὁ Σωτήρ ἐστιν ὁ ταῦτα λέγων, φησὶν ὁ Πέτρος· Ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὴν Γραφὴν, ἣν
About this text
Origen of Alexandria, Fragmentum ex homiliis in Acta apostolorum (Greek).
Original English Translation of Origen’s Fragmentum ex homiliis in Acta apostolorum — new OET from PG 14 Greek.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 14 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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