Origen, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, Part II, Complete

Translated by John Patrick.

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But when it is said by the Saviour in the prayer to the Father, "And, now, glorify me, O Father, with Thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was," [5951] you must understand by the "world," that which is inhabited by us on the earth; for it was from this world that the Father gave men to the Son, in regard to whom alone the Saviour beseeches His Father, and not for the whole world of men. Moreover, also, when the Saviour says, "And I come to thee and am no longer in the world," [5952] He speaks of the terrestrial world; for it is not to be supposed that He spoke things contradictory when He said, "And I come to thee, and I am no longer in the world," and "I am in the world." But also in this, "And these things I speak in the world," [5953] we must think of the place round about the earth. And this is clearly indicated also by the words, "And the world hated them, because they are not of the world." [5954] For it hated us from the time when we no longer "look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen," [5955] because of the teaching of Jesus; not the world of heaven and earth and them that are therein, all compacted together but the men on the earth along with us. And the saying, "They are not of the world," [5956] is equivalent to, They are not of the place round about the earth. And so also the disciples of Jesus are not of this world, as He was not of the world. And further also the saying, "That the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me," [5957] twice spoken in the Gospel according to John, does not refer to the things that are superior to men, but to men who need to believe that the Father sent the Son into the world here. Yea, and also in the Apostle, "Your faith is proclaimed in the whole world." [5958]

[5951] John xvii. 5.

[5952] John xvii. 11.

[5953] John xvii. 13.

[5954] John xvii. 14.

[5955] 2 Cor. iv. 18.

[5956] John xvii. 21.

[5957] John xvii. 21, 23.

[5958] Rom. i. 8.

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