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ἐφανέρωσεν: ἔργῳ δὲ τοὺς λόγους ἐπιστώσατο,
πολλοὺς ἐγείρας νεκρούς, πρὸς δὲ τῷ τέλει τῆς
1 ἐπὶ γῆς αὐτοῦ πολιτείας, καὶ τεταρταῖον ἤδη
καταφθαρέντα καὶ ὀδωδότα Λάζαρόν τινα φίλον
ἑαυτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ μνήματος καλέσας, καὶ ζῶντα τὸν
ἄπνουν παραστησάμενος. ἐπὶ τούτοις δὲ καὶ
2 αὐτὸς ὁ Κύριος ἀπαρχὴ τῆς τελείας καὶ μηκέτι
θανάτῳ ὑποπιπτούσης ἀναστάσεως γέγονε, σαρκὶ
τοῦ θανάτου γευσάμενος, ἀναστὰς δὲ τριήμερος
3 καὶ τῶν νεκρῶν πρωτότοκος γενόμενος. ἠγέρθησαν
μὲν γὰρ καὶ ἄλλοι ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἀλλ̓ αὖθις
ἀπέθανον καὶ οὐκ ἔφθασαν εἰκόνα τῆς μελλούσης
ἀληθινῆς ἀναστάσεως παραστῆσαι: μόνος δὲ
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αὐτὸς τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἐκείνης ἀρχηγὸς ἐγένετο,
πρῶτος τὴν ἀθάνατον ἐγερθεὶς ἀνάστασιν. ταῦτα
4 καὶ οἱ ἀπ̓ ἀρχῆς αὐτόπται καὶ ὑπηρέται γενόμενοι
τοῦ λόγου ἐκήρυξαν. φησὶ γὰρ ὁ μακάριος
5 Παῦλος, οὗ ἡ κλῆσις οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλ̓
οὐρανόθεν γέγονε: Γνωρίζω ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὸ
Εὐαγγέλιον ὃ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν: παρέδωκα
γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐν πρώτοις ὃ καὶ παρέλαβον, ὅτι
Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν,
κατὰ τὰς Γραφάς: εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς κηρύσσεται, ὅτι
ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγήγερται, πῶς λέγουσί τινες ὅτι ἀνάστασις
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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