This month is the beginning of months
And for the one who crosses, that is then a beginning of months, when the month of the crossing from Egypt comes. So for him a beginning of another birth comes: a new way of life for the one who has left the darkness and is coming to the light. I speak of the sign given through water to those who have hoped in Christ, which has been named a washing of regeneration. For what else does regeneration mean but the beginning of another birth (Titus 3:5) (John 3:3–5) (Colossians 1:12–13) (1 Peter 2:9)?
Greek
καὶ ἔστι τ[ῷ διαβαίνοντι] τότε ἀρ[χὴ μηνῶν, ὅτε γίνε-ται] ὁ μὴν ὁ τ[ῆς] δια[βάσε]ως τ[ῆς] Α[ἰγ]ύπτου, ὥσπε[ρ α]ὐτῷ γ[εν]νήσεως γίν[εται ἀρ]χή [τις ἑ]τέρας, κ[αινῆς π]ολιτ[είας γι]νομένη[ς καταλί]πον[τι] τὸ σκότος κ[αὶ ἐρχ]ομένῳ πρὸς τὸ φῶς, λ[έγω] οἰκείω[ς] ὡς πρὸς τὸ σύμ[βολ]ον τὸ δι' ὕδατος διδόμ[ενον] τοῖς εἰς X(ριστὸ)ν ἠλπικόσ[ι]ν, ὃ [λο]υτρὸν παλιγγενεσίας ὠνόμασται. Ἡ γὰρ παλιγγενεσία τί ἕτερον ἢ ἑτέρας γενέσεως ἀρχὴν σημαίνει;
About this text
Origen on the Passover: what the feast means, and how Christians should keep it.
English follows the Greek as printed in Witte (1993), from the page images. OCR of those pages was checked. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled from another edition. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Witte, Die Schrift des Origenes „Über das Passa“ (1993) (Greek · On Pascha, from the page images)
- Checked print OCR of the Witte page images (Greek · Same print)
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