Epistle to Gregory and Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John

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Introduction.

^[4755] Jer. i. 7.

^[4756] Ezek. ii. 3.

25. Argument from the Prayer of Joseph, to Show that the Baptist May Have Been an Angel Who Became a Man.

^[4757] Rom. ix. 11-14.

^[4758] Isa. xl. 3.

27. Significance of the Names of John and of His Parents.

^[4759] Origen appears to be pointing to the fact that the Christian rest which is connected in its origin with the resurrection of Christ is not held as the Jewish Sabbath rest on the seventh but on the first day of the week. John marking the end of the old period is the son of Elisabeth the oath, or seventh, of God, and is thus connected with the seventh day; but not so Jesus.

28. The Prophets Bore Witness to Christ and Foretold Many Things Concerning Him.

^[4760] John i. 7.

^[4761] The Old Testament belongs to the Creator, the Demiurge.

^[4762] 1 John ii. 23.

^[4763] John viii. 56.

^[4764] Isa. xliii. 10.

^[4765] Acts i. 8.

^[4766] Matt. viii. 4.

29. The Six Testimonies of the Baptist Enumerated. Jesus’ “Come and See.” Significance of the Tenth Hour.

^[4767] John 1.7,15-18.

^[4768] John 1.23.

^[4769] John 1.26.