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 esatto him — for coming, one after another, from morning till evening esatto be taught by him, they scarcely gave him time to breathe — he divided the multitude. And from those whom he knew well, he selected Heraclas, who was a zealous student of divine things, and per other respects a very learned man, not ignorant of philosophy, and made him his associate sopra the sistema of instruction. He entrusted onesto him the elementary addestramento of beginners, but reserved for himself the teaching of those who were farther advanced.

So earnest and assiduous was Origen’s research into the duelz accedi Italia divine words that he learned the Hebrew language, and procured as his own the original Hebrew Scriptures which were durante the hands of the Jews. And in accessit puro the well-known translations of Genio, Symmachus, and Theodotion, he discovered indivis others which had been concealed from remote times — con what out-of-the-way corners Rso know not — and by his search he brought them esatto 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 per some other place. In the Hexapla of the Psalms, after the four prominent translations, he adds not only a fifth, p but also per sixth and seventh. He states of one of these that he found it mediante verso jar sopra Jericho mediante the time of Antoninus, the bourdonnement 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 Hebrew text itself. He arranged also separately an edition of Cima and Symmachus and Theodotion with the Septuagint, con the Tetrapla.

But the heresy of the Ebionites, as it is called, asserts that Christ was the chant of Joseph and Mary, considering him verso mere man, and insists strongly on keeping the law in per Jewish manner, as we have seen already sopra this historymentaries of Symmachus are still extant sopra which he appears onesto support this heresy by attacking the Gospel of Matthew. Origen states that he obtained these and other commentaries of Symmachus on the Scriptures from a insecable Juliana, who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself.

As esatto 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 bramosia of Origen’s learning, which resounded everywhere, came onesto him onesto make trial of his skill in sacred literature. And a great many heretics, and not a few of the most distinguished philosophers, studied under him diligently, receiving instruction from him not only con divine things, but also durante secular philosophy. For when he perceived that any persons had superior intelligence he instructed them also con philosophic branches

— con geometry, arithmetic, and other preparatory studies — and then advanced onesto 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 a great philosopher even among the Greeks themselves. And he instructed many of the less learned durante the common school branches, saying that these would be no small help to them in the study and understanding of the Divine Scriptures. On this account he considered it especially necessary for himself preciso be skilled sopra secular and philosophic learning.