The Death Of The Wise

Ὅτι οὐκ ὄψεται καταφθορὰν, ὅταν ἴδῃ σοφοὺς ἀποθνήσκοντας, ἐπιτοαυτὸ ἄφρων καὶ ἄνους ἀπολοῦνται, κ.τ.ἑ. Ὀψόμεθα τοὺς σοφοὺς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τῷ μέλλοντι στερηθέντας τῆς ζωῆς τῆς εἰπούσης· Ἐγω εἰμι ἡ ζωή. Τίνες δὲ οὖτοι οἱ ἀποθνήσκοντες σοφοὶ, ἢ περὶ ὦν λέλεκται· Ἀπολῶ τὴν σοφίαν τῶν σοφῶν, ἀφ' ὦν ἔκρυψεν ὁ Θεὸς τὰ μυστήρια ἂ νηπίπις ἀπεκάλυψε; Λέγει δὲ σοφοὺς τοὺς πανούργους κατὰ τὸ, Σοφοί εἰσι τοῦ κακοποιῆσαι, καὶ τοὺς μαθητὰς τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου· ὦν τὸν θάνατον οὐκ ὄψεται ὁ λυτρωθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ εὐδοκήσαντος διὰ τῆς μωρίας τοῦ κηρύγματος σῶσαι τοὺς πιστεύοντας. Ὁ πεπληροφορημένος περὶ τῆς μελλούσης κρίσεως, ὅταν ἴδῃ τοὺς σοφοὺς ἀποθνήσκοντας, οὐ νομίσῃ τὸ γινόμενον καταφθορὰν ὁμοῦ ψυχῆς τε καὶ σώματος, ὡς ἐκεῖνοι ζῶντες τὸν θάνατον ὡριζοντο, ἀλλὰ μετοικίαν εἰς κόσμον ἕτερον. Ὠριγένης, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΜΗ'

'Because he shall not see death, when he sees the wise dying, alike  the foolish and witless perish.' 1 We see the wise of this world in the future age shall be deprived of the life of Him who said, 'I am the life'. 2 For who are these wise who die unless concerning which it was said, 'I shall destroy the wisdom of the wise,' 3 from whom God conceals his mysteries which he reveals to little ones? 4 And the wise are even named the wicked , according to which it is said, 'They are wise in the doing of evil,' 5 and they are the disciples of the prince of this age. And he who shall not see death is that one who is redeemed by Him who is pleased through the foolishness of the preaching to save the faithful. 6 He who shall be justified in the future judgement when he sees the wise dying, not thinking that the soul is dissolved along with the body, as those ones living defined death, but a passing over to another world. Origen, On the Psalms, from Psalm 48 1 Ps 48.5 2 Jn 14.6 3 1 Cor 1.19 4 Lk 10.21 5 Jer 4.22 6 1 Cor 1.21