5-8:8
Μεθόδιος ὁ Σίδης εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν ἐκλαμβάνει, καὶ φησίν· Αὐτοῦ ἄκουε λέγοντος· ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι σκώληξ καὶ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος. σκώληκα οὖν λέγει, οὐ διὰ κακίαν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν ταπεινοφροσύνην ἢ καὶ ὅτι φησὶν ὁ σκώληξ οὐκ ἐκ συνδυασμοῦ γίνεται, ἀλλ ἐκ παρακειμένης ὕλης
西得的梅鐸丟將這話解作論到基督,他說:你聽他如此說:「但我是蟲,不是人。」他稱自己為蟲,並非因為有甚麼卑劣,而是因為他的謙卑;又或是因為,如他所說,蟲不是由交合而生,乃是從旁邊現成的質料而出。
Methodius of Side understands this of Christ, and says: Hear him as he speaks: 'But I am a worm and no man.' He calls himself a worm, not on account of any baseness, but because of his humility; or also because, as he says, the worm does not come to be from any sexual union, but arises from the matter that lies at hand.