Origen writes that Jesus is first delivered up by God, to "the prince of this age" and the rest, and "then by them delivered into the hands of men who would slay Him."
Origen, Commentary on Matthew, 13.8
Origen, Commentary on Matthew, 13.8
As for these matters let us inquire by what person or persons He will be delivered up into the hands of men; for there we are taught of whom He will suffer, and in what place He will suffer; but here, in addition, we learn that while His suffering many things takes place at the hands of the aforesaid, they are not the prime causes of His suffering many things, but the one or ones who delivered Him up into the hands of men. For some one will say that the Apostle, interpreting this, says with reference to God, He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all; [Romans 8:32] but the Son also gave Himself to death for us, so that He was delivered up, not only by the Father but also by Himself. But another will say not merely that, but also collecting the passages together, will say that the Son is first delivered up by God — then about to be tempted, then to be in conflict, then to suffer for men, or even for the whole world that He might take away its sin, [John 1:29] — to the prince of this age, and to the rest of its princes, and then by them delivered into the hands of men who would slay Him.
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