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Fragment number Vinzent 105
Klostermann 118
Rettb. 105
Ancient source used Eusebius, On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.12.
Modern edition M. Vinzent, Markell von Ankyra: Die Fragmente (Leiden, 1997).

Having taken hold of the human body and shown it to those who were looking, he said, “Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of Man going up to where he was before? The spirit gives life. The flesh profits nothing” (Jn 6:61-63).

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