Fragments on the Gospel of John (in the catenae) 1 Positing him as the Creator of all things, he predicates the name of the Word of him. For since, in

 but by the good pleasure of God, he willed that creation should exist. This wisdom, therefore, willed to assume a creative relation to the things that

 again overtakes the light. And that I might change the theorem to something clearer, the light is the truth but when falsehood and all deceit, that i

 but having come to him with scientific proof and articulated understanding, they believe in him and call upon him. Whence Jesus, after the great progr

 But First must be understood instead of Before. However, what he says is something like this: Jesus, being before me and prior to me, came behind

 it is accomplished by choice, then that which is from God comes to pass, and this is the giving of grace for grace from God. 12 But the law was given

 he sees by applying his own mind, just as we are said to see visible things by a glance of the eyes. But God is also seen by those to whom He judges t

 and hiding his power for proceeding toward the dispensation. Since, therefore, it is not possible for any human to show a demonstration of the manner

 a more solid body. But if this were so, the opening of the heavens would not <have> come under sight, for neither is the Holy Spirit which descended f

 he says confidently, from Nazareth is indeed the one who was found and truly he is good. To whom Philip said: “Come and see” the found Jesus, wishing

 having been cast upon it, it seemed to be thought that all things came from water〛. 30 They believed is said instead of They were confirmed. For h

 For to know certain people from their actions and words is possible even for a mere man. But Jesus, not being a mere man, but God become man, knows al

 is grieved at the loss of pleasant things, does not cling with steadfastness to the agreeable things that are present. He wants us, therefore, to be s

 saying we may signify it through the ones being ruled, declaring it either from the place † when of the earth [of him] or of the inhabited world we an

 of wild beasts, having disbelieved God, who promised them the land, thus will they be saved by gazing at the uplifted serpent because of God who comma

 that the one who has done evil should depart from evil † but look to the good and that the one who professes to rejoice in the truth should at some t

 of the only sower of good things. He is none other than Jesus, of whom you have said you baptize, who has been testified to by me, to whom you say all

 by the prophets, in the last «of the days has spoken to us, who live during the visitation

 John. He came for a witness, to bear witness «of the Light».〛 For if the prophets before John also spoke from the earth, how do they bear witness conc

 to come to a woman. 53 But perhaps someone might inquire into the reason why Jews do not associate with Samaritans, which it is possible to find in th

 it must be said, from which Jacob along with his sons was drinking spiritually, and from it were drinking also

 and being lovers of the word, they considered that it was then the time for food and supposed that perhaps just as to Daniel in Babylon by the command

 human nature is not able. But since such a discourse does not come to men bare of matter and bodily examples, for this reason Jesus spits on the groun

 For since there are differences of signs, so that, as the apostle says, both the one in the law and the lawless one, whom the lord consumes with the b

 God, being asked for things by sinners on the basis of works, does not listen. 71 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he sai

 of the sensible it is no longer possible to hear about the bodily... when “Jesus answered and said to her: If you knew the gift of God and who it is

 Aenon, near Salem. Aenon is interpreted as Eye of torment and Salem He who is ascending. Therefore, those who receive the second ransom are now mo

 Jesus to the one who had died. For your sakes, he says, I am glad, those of you believing from learning that he died when I was not with him, and so t

 waits at home to receive him, as one capable of his visit. And she would not have gone out of her own house, unless she had heard her sister saying: “

 outcome is uncertain. But for an allegorical interpretation, it must be said that 〚Jesus formerly walked openly among the Jews through the prophets, b

 to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance so from the one who has not, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from

 able to believe 〚because their eyes had been blinded by the evil one〛 it was not impossible for them to believe by approaching Jesus 〚and saying: Son

 the sun, the light that does not set and is without evening, having come to the world and through wonders both befitting God and beyond reason having

 you see that I have.”〛 And concerning how it is said to him, “Do not be unbelieving, but believing,” and concerning the name of Thomas, such things mi

 emphatic. For one who proclaims great doctrines, according to the meaning, as is fitting, utters them with a great voice. 116 And has become should

 named it from the reigning God. For indeed among us in common usage, his kingdom is sometimes signified from the one who reigns, and sometimes from th

 and the mere sight of the one envied casts no small spark into the envious.] 130 [For this reason he would have mingled with us .... and becoming for

 risen from the dead. We acknowledge him as head according to the prefiguration of his resurrection, of whom we are members in part and a body through

a more solid body. But if this were so, the opening of the heavens would not <have> come under sight, for neither is the Holy Spirit which descended from there a body. Therefore, these things were also seen by the Baptist in a spiritual sense. And we must also pay attention to the fact that the Holy Spirit remained on Jesus alone, for if, having descended, it had also remained on another, it would not have been a sign indicating the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit. And this must be demonstrated thus: The Holy Spirit dwells in undefiled and pure souls, not enduring to be where sin is. "For the Holy Spirit of instruction will flee from deceit, and will withdraw from foolish thoughts." And David, having fallen into a certain sin, beseeches God, saying: "Take not your Holy Spirit from me." Since, therefore, Jesus alone committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth (for about him alone it is said: "Him who knew no sin"), it is fitting that the Holy Spirit, having descended upon him, remained. But all these things, I mean the Spirit's descent from heaven upon Jesus and remaining on him, have been written for the sake of the economy, not having a historical narrative, but a spiritual contemplation, as has already been said. For the Holy Spirit is inseparable from the Son; for neither is the Son in a place, nor again the Father, so that the Holy Spirit, moving in a transitional manner, might pass from the Father to the Son. For in general it is proper to understand matters concerning the divinity in a spiritual sense, even if they are spoken of in human terms, such as to stand <and> to

sit and to ascend 〚and whatever similar things are written about the divinity〛. 21 It is worth asking how it is that now Andrew, on the second day after Jesus' baptism, immediately finds his own brother Peter, while elsewhere Jesus, many days after the baptism, finds Peter and Andrew his brother, according to Matthew. It is likely, then, that Andrew first brought Peter to Jesus to be benefited a little by the teacher, then after the benefit to his brother, to have withdrawn to attend to his own affairs, and that Jesus, after the first call, called them to follow him continuously, having authority to fish for men through the teaching he provided them. "Come," he says, "and see." Perhaps through the "Come" he exhorts them to the practical, and through the "See" he signifies that the contemplation which follows the right performance of actions will certainly come to be for those who wish it, happening in their remaining with him. 22 And he said that he would be called Peter, named from the rock, which is Christ; so that just as one is wise from wisdom and holy from holiness, so also Peter is from the rock **. And this is demonstrated from what the Savior said to the one so named: "You are," he says, "Peter, and on this rock I will build my church." 23 The phrase "The next day he wanted to go out into Galilee," being stated ambiguously, indicates at one time that it was Andrew who had gone out, at another, Jesus. But it seems rather that what is said is about Andrew, who had gone out into Galilee and found Philip. To this Philip who was found by Andrew, Jesus says: "Follow me." And to follow Jesus is to follow reason, wisdom, righteousness, acting and thinking rightly. And Bethsaida is translated in the Greek language to "House of hunters," to whom Jesus said: "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." Concerning such hunters as are sent from God, there is a prophecy in Jeremiah from the person of God, which runs thus: "And behold, I am sending to you many hunters who will hunt you." 24 But he does not mean to say this, that the prophets wrote thus that Jesus would be the son of Joseph from Nazareth, but instead of "the son of Joseph," "the one from Nazareth," we have found this one to be he of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets spoke. 25 The "Can anything good be from Nazareth?" either doubting, can such a great good be from Nazareth? or

στερεώτερον σῶμα. εἰ δὲ τοῦτο, οὐχ ὑποπέσοι <ἂν> ὄψει οὐ ρανῶν ἄνοιξις, οὐδὲ γὰρ σῶμά ἐστι τὸ ἐκεῖθεν καταβεβηκὸς ἅγιον πνεῦμα. νοητῶς ἄρα καὶ ταῦτα τῷ βαπτιστῇ τεθεώρηται. ἐπι στατέον δὲ καὶ τῷ μεμενηκέναι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπὶ μόνον τὸν Ἰησοῦν, εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἐπ' ἄλλον ἔμενεν κατελθόν, οὐκ ἦν σημεῖον δεικνύον τὸν βαπτίζοντα ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι. ἀποδεικτέον δὲ καὶ τοῦτο οὕτως· τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἀχράντοις καὶ καθαραῖς ψυχαῖς ἐνοικίζεται, οὐχ ὑπομένον εἶναι ἔνθα ἁμαρτία. «Ἅγιον γὰρ πνεῦμα «παιδείας φεύξεται δόλον καὶ ἀπαναστήσεται ἀπὸ λογισμῶν ἀσυνέτων». καὶ ὁ ∆αυεὶδ ἐν τινὶ ἁμαρτίᾳ γεγονὼς ἀξιοῖ τὸν θεὸν λέγων· «Τὸ «πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἅγιον μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπ' ἐμοῦ». ἐπεὶ οὖν Ἰησοῦς μόνος ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ δόλον ἔσχεν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ (περὶ μόνου γὰρ αὐτοῦ εἴρηται· «Τὸν μὴ γνόντα ἁμαρτίαν»), εἰκότως κατελθὸν ἐπ' αὐτὸν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἔμεινεν. ταῦτα δὲ πάντα, τὸ κατελθεῖν λέγω ἐξ οὐρανοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ μεῖναι ἐπ' αὐτόν, οἰκονομίας ἕνεκεν γέγραπται, οὐχ ἱστορικὴν διήγησιν ἔχοντα, ἀλλὰ θεωρίαν νοητήν, ὡς ἤδη εἴρηται. ἀχώριστον γὰρ τοῦ υἱοῦ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα· οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς ἐν τόπῳ οὐδ' αὖ ὁ πατήρ, ἵνα καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα μεταβατικῶς κινούμενον ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς εἰς τὸν υἱὸν μεταβαίνῃ. καθόλου γὰρ τὰ περὶ τῆς θεότητος νοητῶς ἐκλαμβάνειν προσῆκεν, κἂν ἀνθρωπίνως λέγηται, οἷον τὸ ἵστασθαι <καὶ> τὸ

καθῆσθαι καὶ τὸ ἀναβαίνειν 〚καὶ ὅσα ὅμοια τού τοις γέγραπται περὶ τῆς θεότητος〛. 21 Ἄξιον ζητῆσαι πῶς νῦν μὲν Ἀνδρέας τῇ δευτέρᾳ ἡμέρᾳ ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος Ἰησοῦ εὐθὺς εὑρίσκει τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἴδιον Πέτρον, ἀλλαχοῦ δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς μετὰ πολλὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ βαπτίσματος εὑρίσκει Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὸν Ματθαῖον. εἰκὸς οὖν πρῶτον τὸν Ἀνδρέαν ἀναγαγόντα τὸν Πέτρον πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν ὠφελεῖσθαι μικρὸν παρὰ τοῦ διδασκάλου, εἶτα μετὰ τὴν ὠφέλειαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἀνακεχωρηκέναι πρὸς τὸ τοῖς ἰδίοις σχολάζειν, τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν μετὰ τὴν προτέραν κλῆσιν κεκληκέναι αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ ἕπε σθαι αὐτῷ διηνεκῶς, ἔχοντας ἐξουσίαν ἀνθρώπους ἁλιεύειν δι' ἧς παρέσχεν αὐτοῖς διδασκαλίας. «Ἔρχεσθε, φησί, καὶ ἴδετε»· τάχα διὰ τοῦ «Ἔρχεσθε» ἐπὶ τὸ πρακτικὸν αὐτοὺς παρακαλῶν, διὰ δὲ τοῦ «Ἴδετε» τὴν ἀκολουθοῦσαν τῆς κατορθώσεως τῶν πράξεων θεωρίαν πάντως ἔσεσθαι τοῖς βουλομένοις ὑπογράφων γινομένην ἐν τῇ τούτων διαμονῇ. 22 Πέτρον δὲ αὐτὸν κληθήσεσθαι εἶπεν, παρονομασθέντα ἀπὸ τῆς πέτρας, ἥτις ἐστὶν ὁ χριστός· ἵν' ὥσπερ ἐκ σοφίας σοφὸς καὶ ἅγιος ἐξ ἁγιότητος, οὕτως καὶ ἐκ τῆς πέτρας Πέτρος **. ἀποδείκνυται δὲ τοῦτο ἐξ ὧν εἶπεν ὁ σωτὴρ πρὸς τὸν οὕτως ὠνομασμένον· «Σὺ εἶ, «φησίν, Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκ «κλησίαν». 23 Τὸ «Τῇ ἐπαύριον ἠθέλησεν ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν» ἀμφι βόλως εἰρημένον δηλοῖ ὁτὲ μὲν τὸν Ἀνδρέαν εἶναι τὸν ἐξεληλυθότα, ὁτὲ δὲ τὸν Ἰησοῦν. δοκεῖ δὲ μᾶλλον περὶ τοῦ Ἀνδρέα εἶναι τὸ λε- γόμενον, ἐξεληλυθότος εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν καὶ εὑρόντος τὸν Φίλιππον. τούτῳ τῷ εὑρεθέντι ὑπὸ Ἀνδρέου Φιλίππῳ λέγει ὁ Ἰησοῦς· «Ἀκο»λούθει μοι». ἔστι δὲ τὸ ἀκολουθεῖν τῷ Ἰησοῦ τὸ ἕπεσθαι λόγῳ, σοφίᾳ, δικαιοσύνῃ, πράττοντα καὶ φρονοῦντα ὀρθῶς. μεταλαμ βάνεται δὲ ἡ Βηθσαϊδὰ Ἑλλάδι φωνῇ εἰς τὸ «Οἶκος θηρευτῶν», οἷς [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· «∆εῦτε ὀπίσω μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀν «θρώπων». περὶ τῶν τοιούτων θηρευτῶν ὡς ἐκ θεοῦ πεμπομένων ἐν τῷ Ἱερεμίᾳ προφητεία φέρεται ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ἔχουσα οὕτως· «Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω εἰς ὑμᾶς πολλοὺς θηρευτὰς οἳ «θηρεύσουσιν ὑμᾶς». 24 Οὐ τοῦτο δὲ εἰπεῖν βούλεται, ὅτι οἱ προφῆται οὕτως ἔγραψαν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἔσται ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωσὴφ ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ, ἀλλ' ἀντὶ τοῦ «Τὸν Ἰωσὴφ υἱὸν» «τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲτ» τοῦτον εὑρήκαμεν ὄντα ἐκεῖνον περὶ οὗ Μωϋσῆς τε ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται εἶπον. 25 Τὸ «Ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι;» ἤτοι ἀμφιβάλλων, ἆρα ἐκ τῆς Ναζαρὲτ τηλικοῦτον ἀγαθὸν δύναται; ἢ