§12.2Στίχ. β΄.
Verse 2.
Γυνὴ ἥτις ἐὰν σπερματισθῇ, καὶ τέκῃ ἄρσεν. Παρέλκειν δόξει τὸ, ἐὰν σπερματισθῇ, προτασσόμενον τοῦ· καὶ τέκῃ ἄρσεν.
"If a woman should conceive seed, and bear a male." The phrase "if she should conceive seed," being placed before "and bear a male," will seem to be redundant.
Ἀλλʼ ἐφίστημι μήποτε ἵνα προφητικῶς ἡ Μαρία, οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ ἐσπερματίσθαι (17) τεκοῦσα ἄρσεν, μὴ νομισθῇ ἀκάθαρτος εἶναι, γεγεννηκυῖα τὸν Σωτῆρα, εἴρηκεν ὅλον Ἐδύνατο δὲ καὶ μὴ προκειμένου τοῦ, Ἐὰν σπερματισθῇ, νοεῖσθαι μὴ οὖσα ἀκάθαρτος ἡ Μαρία· οὐ γὰρ ἀπλῶς γυνὴ, ἀλλὰ παρθένος.
But I suggest whether perhaps, in order that Mary—who bore a male child not from having conceived seed (17) and gave birth to the Savior—should not be deemed unclean, [the Scripture] has spoken the entire phrase prophetically. But it was also possible, even without the phrase "if she should conceive seed" being set before, to understand that Mary was not unclean; for she was not simply a woman, but a virgin.