From the lambs and the goats
Those then who are perfect and already straining to be without sin will eat from the lambs, since Christ is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. But those still lying under sin will take from the kids, since the kid is said according to the law to be offered as a victim for sin (John 1:29) (Leviticus 4:23) (Leviticus 4:28) (Leviticus 5:6).
Greek
Οἱ <μὲν> οὖν τέλειοι καὶ ἤδη ἀναμάρτητοι βιαζόμενοι εἶναι ἀπὸ τῶν ἀμνῶν φάγονται, ἐπεὶ ὁ X(ριστό)ς ἐστιν ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου, οἱ δὲ ὑπὸ ἁμαρτί]αν ἔτι [κε]ί[μενοι] ἀπ[ὸ τῶν ἐρ]ίφων [λήψοντ]αι, ἐπ[εὶ ὁ ἔρι]φος ἀναφέρεσθαι σ[φάγιον π]ερὶ ἁμαρ[τ]ίας εἴρητ[αι κα]τ[ὰ] τ[ὸ]ν νόμον.
About this text
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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