Sophia Scriptura

Excerpts from Theodotus 75.3

Clement of Alexandria · Excerpts from Theodotus · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: So the Savior came first to the Jews, then renowned for piety.

Greek text · Stählin 3:130

διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ σωτήρ, πρὸς θεοσεβεῖς κατιών, ἐπὶ τούτους ἦλθεν πρώτους τοὺς τότε ἐπὶ θεοσεβείᾳ δόξαν ἀποφερομένους.

English · Claude translation

That is why the Savior, coming down to the God-fearing, came first to those who at that time had the reputation for piety.

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Source
Stählin 3:130 · Otto Stählin, ed., Clemens Alexandrinus, vol. 3, Stromata Buch VII und VIII, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae propheticae, Quis dives salvetur, Fragmente, GCS 17 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909) · Greek text: Otto Stählin, Clemens Alexandrinus 3 (GCS 17, 1909), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Stählin (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (accent: acute before a comma): ὁ σωτὴρ, πρὸς θεοσεβεῖς → ὁ σωτήρ, πρὸς θεοσεβεῖς.

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 75.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/75/3/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 75.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/75/3/).

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