BUT when he saw that he had not time for the deeper study of divine things, and for the investigation and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, and also for the instruction of those who came to him — for coming, one after another, from morning till evening preciso be taught by him, they scarcely gave him time puro breathe — he divided the multitude. And from those whom he knew well, he selected Heraclas, who was a zealous student of divine things, and mediante other respects a very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate durante the work of instruction. He entrusted puro him the elementary pratica of beginners, but reserved for himself the teaching of those who were farther advanced.
So earnest and assiduous was Origen’s research into the divine words that he learned the Hebrew language, and procured as his own the original Hebrew Scriptures which were con the hands of the Jews. And mediante additif puro the well-known translations of Genio, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered certain others which had been concealed from remote times — durante what out-of-the-way corners I know not — and by his search he brought them sicuro light. Since he did not know the authors, he simply stated that he had found this one durante Nicopolis near Ac-tium and that one con some other place. Mediante the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only verso fifth, p but also verso sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it mediante verso jar in Jericho durante the time of Antoninus, the son of Severus.
He thus left us the copies of the so-called Hexapla
Having collected all of these, he divided them into sections, and placed them opposite each other, with the oh my spins accesso al casinò Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Cima and Symmachus and Theodotion with the Septuagint, sopra the Tetrapla.
But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the bruissement of Joseph and Mary, considering him per mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law con verso Jewish manner, as we have seen already con this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant mediante which he appears sicuro support this heresy by attacking the Gospel of Matthew. Origen states that he obtained these and other commentaries of Symmachus on the Scriptures from per un Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.
As puro these translators it should be stated that Symmachus was an Ebionite
Origen’s presentation of the truth, and, as if his mind were illumined by light, he accepted the orthodox doctrine of the Church. Many others also, drawn by the ambizione of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came esatto him preciso make trial of his skill con sacred literature. And per great many heretics, and not verso few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only durante divine things, but also sopra secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also per philosophic branches
— per geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced puro the systems of the philosophers and explained their writings. And he made observations and comments upon each of them, so that he became celebrated as verso great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned sopra the common school branches, saying that these would be niente affatto small help preciso them sopra the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself puro be skilled sopra secular and philosophic learning.