Excerpts from Theodotus 4.3
Summary: Christ did not leave the Father to come to earth but was present in both; the Transfiguration fulfilled his saying that some would see the Son of Man in glory before death.
Greek text · Stählin 3:106
οὐδὲ διεκέκοπτο ᾗ ἄνωθεν μετέστη δεῦρο, τόπον ἐκ τόπου ἀμεῖβον, ὡς τὸν μὲν ἐπιλαβεῖν, τὸν δὲ ἀπολιπεῖν· ἀλλʼ ἦν τὸ πάντῃ ὂν καὶ παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ κἀνταῦθα· δύναμις γὰρ ἦν τοῦ πατρός. ἄλλως τε ἐχρῆν κἀκεῖνον πληρωθῆναι τὸν λόγον τοῦ σωτῆρος, ὃν εἶπεν· »εἰσί τινες τῶν ὧδε ἑστηκότων, οἳ οὐ μὴ γεύσονται θανάτου, ἕως ἂν ἴδωσι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν δόξῃ.« εἶδον οὖν καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ὅ τε Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης.
English · Claude translation
nor was he cut off when he moved from above to here, exchanging place for place, so as to take one and leave the other; but he was the one who is everywhere, both with the Father and here; for he was the power of the Father. Besides, that saying of the Savior had to be fulfilled, which he spoke: “There are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man in glory.” So Peter, James, and John saw and fell asleep.
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- The quotation is a form of Matt 16:28 (Mark 9:1; Luke 9:27).
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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 4.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/4/3/).
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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 4.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/4/3/).
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