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Patristic A.D. 180 · Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Eph 4:8-9 (New Fragment #3:4-5, lines 24-36, as quoted by Stuart George Hall in 'Melito of Sardis: On Pascha and Fragments' (2012 revised edition), pp. 62-96)

Melito of Sardis, on Eph 4:8

Melito of Sardis · c. A.D. 100–180

Eph 4:8 · Douay-Rheims

“Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men.”

On this verse:

“By the cross death is destroyed, and by the cross salvation shines; by the cross the gates of hell are burst, and by the cross the gates of paradise are opened... the cross is the destroyer of hell.”

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