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Origen — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 4:31-34

Patristic A.D. 253

Origen · c. A.D. 184–253

“(tom. xiii. c. 31) They think the present time convenient for dining; it being after the departure of the woman to the city, and before the coming of the Samaritans; so that they sit at meat by themselves. This explains, In the mean while.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 4:31-34 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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