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Portrait of Origen Origen Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, Origen on Matthew… (1885)

For John reclined on His breast through love, and we may conclude that before the Supper they had seen many tokens of special honour given by Jesus to John; but Peter on his confession was called blessed in their hearing, because of his saying, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God;” [3] but again because of the saying, “Get thee behind Me, Satan; thou art a stumbling-block unto Me, for thou mindest not the things of God but the things of men,” [4] they were distracted in mind as to whether it was not he but one of the sons of Zebedee, that was the greatest.
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