Econlib

The Library

Other Sites

 Front Page arrow Titles (by Subject) arrow SECTION III. - Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 9: The Gospel of Peter, Apocalypses and Romances, Commentaries of Origen

Return to Title Page for Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 9: The Gospel of Peter, Apocalypses and Romances, Commentaries of Origen

Search this Title:

Also in the Library:

Subject Area: Religion

SECTION III. - A. Cleveland Coxe, Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 9: The Gospel of Peter, Apocalypses and Romances, Commentaries of Origen [1896]

Edition used:

Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 9: The Gospel of Peter, the Diatessaron of Tatian, the Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, the Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, the Testament of Abraham, the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, the Narrative of Zosimus, the Apology of Aristides, the Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary of John, Books 1-10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10-14, ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. Revised and Chronologically arranged with brief prefaces and occasional notes by A. Cleveland Coxe (New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896-97).

Part of: Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325, 10 vols.

About Liberty Fund:

Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.


SECTION III.

§ 3Mt. 2, 1b.Mt. 2, 2.1, 2And after that,1 the Magi came from the east to Jerusalem, and said, Where is the King of the Jews which was born? We have seen his star in the east, and have3 come to worship him.Mt. 2, 3.Mt. 2, 4.Mt. 2, 5. And Herod the king heard, and he was troubled, and all4 Jerusalem with him. And he gathered all the chief priests and the scribes of the5 people, and asked them in what place2 the Messiah should be born. They said, In Bethlehem of Judæa: thus it is written in the prophet,

  • 6Thou also, Bethlehem of Judah,

    Mt. 2, 6.

  • Art not contemptible among the kings of Judah:
  • From thee shall go forth a king,
  • And he shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.

7Then Herod called the Magi secretly, and inquired of them the time at which8 the star appeared to them. And he sent them to Bethlehem,Mt. 2, 7.Mt. 2, 8. and said unto them, Go and search about the child diligently; and when ye have found him, come and9 make known to me, that I also may go and worship him.Mt. 2, 9. And they, when they heard the king, departed; and lo, the star which they had seen in the east went before them,Arabic, p. 11 until it came and stood above the place where the child10, 11 was. And when they beheld the star, they rejoiced with very great joy.Mt. 2, 10.Mt. 2, 11. And they entered the house and beheld the child with Mary his mother, and fell down worshipping him, and opened their saddle-bags and offered to him offerings, gold and12 myrrh and frankincense.Mt. 2, 12. And they saw in a dream3 that they should not return to Herod, and they travelled by another way in going to their country.

Mt. 2, 13.13And when they had departed, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, and said unto him, Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I speak to thee; for Herod is determined to seek the child14 to slay him. And Joseph arose and took the child and his mother in the night, and15 fled into Egypt, and remained in it until the time of the death of Herod:Mt. 2, 14.Mt. 2, 15. that that might be fulfilled which was said by the Lord in the prophet, which said, From16 Egypt did I call my son.Mt. 2, 16. And Herod then, when he saw that he was mocked of the Magi, was very angry, and sent and killed all the male children which were in Bethlehem and all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time17 which he had inquired from the Magi.Mt. 2, 17. Then was fulfilled the saying in Jeremiah the prophet, which said,

  • 18A voice was heard in Ramah,

    Mt. 2, 18.

  • Weeping and much lamentation;
  • Rachel weeping4 for her children,
  • And not willing to be consoled for their loss.

Mt. 2, 19.Mt. 2, 20.19But when Herod the king died, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to20 Joseph in Egypt, and said unto him, Rise and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel;Arabic, p. 12 for they have died who sought the child’s life.21 And Joseph rose and took the child and his mother,Mt. 2, 21.Mt. 2, 22. and came to the land22 of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus had become king over Judæa instead of Herod his father, he feared to go thither; and he saw in a dream that he should 23go into the land of Galilee, and that he should abide in a city called Nazareth:Mt. 2, 23. that the saying in the prophet might be fulfilled, that he should be called a Nazarene.

Lk. 2, 40.24And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, becoming filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.

Lk. 2, 41.Lk. 2, 42.Lk. 2, 43.Lk. 2, 44.25And his kinsfolk1 used to go every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.26 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to their custom,27 to the feast. And when the days were accomplished, they returned; and the child28 Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew not: and they supposed that he was with the children of their company. And when they had gone one day’s journey, they sought him beside their people and those who knew them,29 and they found him not;Lk. 2, 45.Lk. 2, 46.Lk. 2, 47.Lk. 2, 48. so they returned to Jerusalem and sought him again.30 And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers,31 hearing them and asking them questions; and all who heard him wondered at32 his wisdom and his words. And when they saw him they wondered, and his mother said unto him, My son, why hast thou dealt with us thus? behold, I and thy father33 have been seeking for thee with much anxiety.Lk. 2, 49.Lk. 2, 50.Lk. 2, 51. And he said unto them, Why were34 ye seeking me? know2 ye not that I must be in the house of my Father? And they35 understood not the word which he spake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was obedient to them: and his mother used to keep all these sayings in her heart.

Lk. 2, 52.36And Jesus grew in his stature and wisdom, and in grace with God and men.Arabic, p. 1337And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar,Lk. 3, 1. when Pontius Pilate was governor in Judæa, and one of the four rulers, Herod, in Galilee; and Philip his brother, one of the four rulers, in Ituræa and in the district of Trachonitis; and38 Lysanias, one of the four rulers, in Abilene;Lk. 3, 2. in the chief-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the command3 of God went forth to John the son of Zacharias in the39 desert. And he came into all the region which is about Jordan, proclaiming the40 baptism of repentance unto4 the forgiveness of sins.Lk. 3, 3.Mt. 3, 1b.Mt. 3, 2.Mt. 3, 3a. And he was preaching in the41 wilderness of Judæa, and saying, Repent ye; the kingdom of heaven is come near.42 This is he that was spoken of in Isaiah the prophet,

  • The voice which crieth in the desert,
  • 43Prepare ye the way of the Lord,

    Lk. 3, 4b.

  • And make straight in the plain, paths for our God.
  • 44All the valleys shall become filled,

    Lk. 3, 5.

  • And all the mountains and hills shall become low;
  • And the rough shall become plain,
  • And the difficult place, easy;
  • 45And all flesh shall see the salvation5 of God.

    Lk. 3, 6.

Jo. 1, 7.Jo. 1, 8.Jo. 1, 9.Jo. 1, 10.Jo. 1, 11.Jo. 1, 12.Jo. 1, 13.Jo. 1, 14.46This man came to bear witness, that he might bear witness to the light, that47 every man might believe through his mediation. He was not the light, but that he48 might bear witness to the light, which was the light of truth, that giveth light to49 every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made50 by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received51 him not. And those who received him, to them gave he the power6 that they might52 be sons of God,—those which believe in his name: which were born, not of blood,53 nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God. And the Word became flesh, and took up his abode among us; and we saw his glory as the glory54 of the only Son from the Father, which is full of grace and equity.7Jo. 1, 15. John bare witness of him, and cried, and said, This is he that I said cometh after me and55 was before me,Arabic, p. 14 because he was before me.8Jo. 1, 16.Jo. 1, 17. And of his fulness received56 we all grace for grace. For the law was given through the mediation of Moses, but truth and grace were9 through Jesus Christ.