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Origen, on Isa 40:6
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
Isa 40:6 · Douay-Rheims
“The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the held.”
On this verse:
“And [Christ] commanded all the multitudes to sit down on the grass because of what is said in Isaiah, "All flesh is grass." That is to say, he commanded them to subjugate the flesh and to keep in subjection "the mind of the flesh," so that one might be able to partake of the loaves that Jesus blesses.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.