The Passover is not a type of the passion
For we must sacrifice the true sheep, if we have been made priests or offer equally with the priests, and we must roast and eat his flesh. And if this has not happened in the passion of the Savior, then his passion is not a type of the Passover. The Passover becomes a type of Christ himself, who is sacrificed by us (Exodus 12:8–9) (1 Peter 2:5).
Greek
Ἡμᾶς γὰρ δεῖ θῦσαι τὸ ἀ[λη]θὲς πρόβατον, ἐὰν ἱερω[θῶ]μεν ἢ ἴσον τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν [προσ]ενέγκωμεν, καὶ ἡμᾶ[ς ὀπτ]ῆσαι καὶ ἡμᾶς φαγεῖν [τὰς σ]άρκας αὐτοῦ· τοῦτ[ο] δὲ [ἐπ]ὶ τοῦ πάθους τοῦ σ(ωτῆ)ρ(ο)ς εἰ οὐ γ[εγ]ένηται, οὐκ ἄρα τύπος τοῦ [πάσ]χα τὸ πάθος αὐ[το]ῦ, ἀλλὰ [τύπος αὐτο]ῦ τοῦ X(ριστο)ῦ [τὸ πά]σχα
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Origen on the Passover. Damaged lines are marked as gaps, not filled in.
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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