The sacrifice and the eating as roast
For the sacrificing of this one, which was through them, was taking place in ignorance, because they did not know what they were doing — hence it is also forgiven them. For it is good that one human being die for the whole people. For it is not permitted that a prophet die outside Jerusalem — that is, of those who try to dwell in peace and righteousness (Luke 23:34) (John 11:50) (Luke 13:33) (Acts 3:17) (Hebrews 7:2).
Greek
Ἡ γὰρ τούτου θύσις ἡ δι' αὐτῶν ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ ἐγίνετο διὰ τὸ μὴ αὐτοὺς γινώσκειν ὃ ποιοῦσιν – ἔνθεν καὶ ἀφίεται αὐτοῖς –· καλὸν γὰρ ἕνα ἄν(θρωπ)ον ἀποθανεῖν ὑπὲρ ὅλου τοῦ λαοῦ. Οὐ γὰρ ἐξὸν προφήτην|| ἔξω Ἰ(ερουσα)λὴμ ἀποθανεῖν, τοῦτ' ἔστιν τῶν ἐπὶ εἰρήνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ ἐνοικεῖν πειρωμένων.
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. 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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