__________________________________________________________________ Title: SBL Greek New Testament - With Editorial Symbols Creator(s): Anonymous Language: Greek Rights: Copyright 2010 Society of Bible Literature and Logos Bible Software CCEL Subjects: All; Bible; New Testament __________________________________________________________________ The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition Michael W. Holmes, General Editor Copyright 2010 Logos Bible Software and the Society of Biblical Literature See [1]SBLGNT.com for license details. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ KATA MAThThAION __________________________________________________________________ Biblos geneseos Iesou christou huiou Dauid huiou Abraam. Abraam egennesen ton Isaak, Isaak de egennesen ton Iakob, Iakob de egennesen ton Ioudan kai tous adelphous autou, Ioudas de egennesen ton Phares kai ton Zara ek tes Thamar, Phares de egennesen ton Hesrom, Hesrom de egennesen ton Aram, Aram de egennesen ton Aminadab, Aminadab de egennesen ton Naasson, Naasson de egennesen ton Salmon, Salmon de egennesen ton ?Boes ek tes Rhachab, Boes? de egennesen ton ?Iobed ek tes Rhouth, Iobed? de egennesen ton Iessai, Iessai de egennesen ton Dauid ton basilea. Dauid ?de egennesen ton Solomona ek tes tou Ouriou, Solomon de egennesen ton Rhoboam, Rhoboam de egennesen ton Abia, Abia de egennesen ton ?Asaph, Asaph? de egennesen ton Iosaphat, Iosaphat de egennesen ton Ioram, Ioram de egennesen ton Ozian, Ozias de egennesen ton Ioatham, Ioatham de egennesen ton Achaz, Achaz de egennesen ton Hezekian, Hezekias de egennesen ton Manasse, Manasses de egennesen ton ?Amos, Amos? de egennesen ton Iosian, Iosias de egennesen ton Iechonian kai tous adelphous autou epi tes metoikesias Babulonos. Meta de ten metoikesian Babulonos Iechonias egennesen ton Salathiel, Salathiel de egennesen ton Zorobabel, Zorobabel de egennesen ton Abioud, Abioud de egennesen ton Eliakim, Eliakim de egennesen ton Azor, Azor de egennesen ton Sadok, Sadok de egennesen ton Achim, Achim de egennesen ton Elioud, Elioud de egennesen ton Eleazar, Eleazar de egennesen ton Matthan, Matthan de egennesen ton Iakob, Iakob de egennesen ton Ioseph ton andra Marias, ex hes egennethe Iesous ho legomenos christos. Pasai oun hai geneai apo Abraam heos Dauid geneai dekatessares, kai apo Dauid heos tes metoikesias Babulonos geneai dekatessares, kai apo tes metoikesias Babulonos heos tou christou geneai dekatessares. Tou de ?Iesou christou he ?genesis houtos en. ?mnesteutheises tes metros autou Marias to Ioseph, prin e sunelthein autous heurethe en gastri echousa ek pneumatos hagiou. Ioseph de ho aner autes, dikaios on kai me thelon auten ?deigmatisai, eboulethe lathra apolusai auten. tauta de autou enthumethentos idou angelos kuriou kat' onar ephane auto legon· Ioseph huios Dauid, me phobethes paralabein ?Marian ten gunaika sou, to gar en aute gennethen ek pneumatos estin hagiou· texetai de huion kai kaleseis to onoma autou Iesoun, autos gar sosei ton laon autou apo ton hamartion auton. touto de holon gegonen hina plerothe to rhethen ?hupo kuriou dia tou prophetou legontos· Idou he parthenos en gastri hexei kai texetai huion, kai kalesousin to onoma autou Emmanouel· ho estin methermeneuomenon Meth' hemon ho theos. ?egertheis de ho Ioseph apo tou hupnou epoiesen hos prosetaxen auto ho angelos kuriou kai parelaben ten gunaika autou· kai ouk eginosken auten heos hou eteken ?huion· kai ekalesen to onoma autou Iesoun. __________________________________________________________________ Tou de Iesou gennethentos en Bethleem tes Ioudaias en hemerais Herodou tou basileos, idou magoi apo anatolon paregenonto eis Hierosoluma legontes· Pou estin ho techtheis basileus ton Ioudaion; eidomen gar autou ton astera en te anatole kai elthomen proskunesai auto. akousas de ?ho basileus Herodes? etarachthe kai pasa Hierosoluma met' autou, kai sunagagon pantas tous archiereis kai grammateis tou laou epunthaneto par' auton pou ho christos gennatai. hoi de eipan auto· En Bethleem tes Ioudaias· houtos gar gegraptai dia tou prophetou· Kai su, Bethleem ge Iouda, oudamos elachiste ei en tois hegemosin Iouda· ek sou gar exeleusetai hegoumenos, hostis poimanei ton laon mou ton Israel. Tote Herodes lathra kalesas tous magous ekribosen par' auton ton chronon tou phainomenou asteros, kai pempsas autous eis Bethleem eipen· Poreuthentes ?exetasate akribos? peri tou paidiou· epan de heurete, apangeilate moi, hopos kago elthon proskuneso auto. hoi de akousantes tou basileos eporeuthesan, kai idou ho aster hon eidon en te anatole proegen autous, heos elthon ?estathe epano hou en to paidion. idontes de ton astera echaresan charan megalen sphodra. kai elthontes eis ten oikian eidon to paidion meta Marias tes metros autou, kai pesontes prosekunesan auto, kai anoixantes tous thesaurous auton prosenenkan auto dora, chruson kai libanon kai smurnan. kai chrematisthentes kat' onar me anakampsai pros Heroden di' alles hodou anechoresan eis ten choran auton. Anachoresanton de auton idou angelos kuriou ?phainetai kat' onar? to Ioseph legon· Egertheis paralabe to paidion kai ten metera autou kai pheuge eis Aigupton, kai isthi ekei heos an eipo soi· mellei gar Herodes zetein to paidion tou apolesai auto. ho de egertheis parelabe to paidion kai ten metera autou nuktos kai anechoresen eis Aigupton, kai en ekei heos tes teleutes Herodou· hina plerothe to rhethen ?hupo kuriou dia tou prophetou legontos· Ex Aiguptou ekalesa ton huion mou. Tote Herodes idon hoti enepaichthe hupo ton magon ethumothe lian, kai aposteilas aneilen pantas tous paidas tous en Bethleem kai en pasi tois horiois autes apo dietous kai katotero, kata ton chronon hon ekribosen para ton magon. tote eplerothe to rhethen ?dia Ieremiou tou prophetou legontos· Phone en Rhama ?ekousthe, klauthmos kai odurmos polus· Rhachel klaiousa ta tekna autes, kai ouk ethelen paraklethenai hoti ouk eisin. Teleutesantos de tou Herodou idou angelos kuriou ?phainetai kat' onar? to Ioseph en Aigupto legon· Egertheis paralabe to paidion kai ten metera autou kai poreuou eis gen Israel, tethnekasin gar hoi zetountes ten psuchen tou paidiou. ho de egertheis parelabe to paidion kai ten metera autou kai ?eiselthen eis gen Israel. akousas de hoti Archelaos ?basileuei tes Ioudaias anti ?tou patros autou Herodou? ephobethe ekei apelthein· chrematistheis de kat' onar anechoresen eis ta mere tes Galilaias, kai elthon katokesen eis polin legomenen Nazaret, hopos plerothe to rhethen dia ton propheton hoti Nazoraios klethesetai. __________________________________________________________________ En de tais hemerais ekeinais paraginetai Ioannes ho baptistes kerusson en te eremo tes Ioudaias ?kai legon· Metanoeite, engiken gar he basileia ton ouranon. houtos gar estin ho rhetheis ?dia Esaiou tou prophetou legontos· Phone boontos en te eremo· Hetoimasate ten hodon kuriou, eutheias poieite tas tribous autou. autos de ho Ioannes eichen to enduma autou apo trichon kamelou kai zonen dermatinen peri ten osphun autou, he de trophe ?en autou? akrides kai meli agrion. tote exeporeueto pros auton Hierosoluma kai pasa he Ioudaia kai pasa he perichoros tou Iordanou, kai ebaptizonto en to Iordane ?potamo hup' autou exomologoumenoi tas hamartias auton. Idon de pollous ton Pharisaion kai Saddoukaion erchomenous epi to baptisma ?autou eipen autois· Gennemata echidnon, tis hupedeixen humin phugein apo tes mellouses orges; poiesate oun karpon axion tes metanoias kai me doxete legein en heautois· Patera echomen ton Abraam, lego gar humin hoti dunatai ho theos ek ton lithon touton egeirai tekna to Abraam. ede ?de he axine pros ten rhizan ton dendron keitai· pan oun dendron me poioun karpon kalon ekkoptetai kai eis pur balletai. Ego men ?humas baptizo? en hudati eis metanoian· ho de opiso mou erchomenos ischuroteros mou estin, hou ouk eimi hikanos ta hupodemata bastasai· autos humas baptisei en pneumati hagio ?kai puri?· hou to ptuon en te cheiri autou, kai diakathariei ten halona autou kai sunaxei ton siton autou eis ten ?apotheken, to de achuron katakausei puri asbesto. Tote paraginetai ho Iesous apo tes Galilaias epi ton Iordanen pros ton Ioannen tou baptisthenai hup' autou. ho de ?Ioannes diekoluen auton legon· Ego chreian echo hupo sou baptisthenai, kai su erche pros me; apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen ?pros auton?· Aphes arti, houtos gar prepon estin hemin plerosai pasan dikaiosunen. tote aphiesin auton. ?baptistheis de? ho Iesous ?euthus anebe? apo tou hudatos· kai idou ?eneochthesan hoi ouranoi, kai eiden ?pneuma theou katabainon hosei ?peristeran erchomenon ep' auton· kai idou phone ek ton ouranon legousa· Houtos estin ho huios mou ho agapetos, en ho eudokesa. __________________________________________________________________ Tote ho Iesous anechthe eis ten eremon hupo tou pneumatos, peirasthenai hupo tou diabolou. kai nesteusas hemeras tesserakonta kai nuktas tesserakonta husteron epeinasen. kai proselthon ?ho peirazon eipen auto?· Ei huios ei tou theou, eipe hina hoi lithoi houtoi artoi genontai. ho de apokritheis eipen· Gegraptai· Ouk ep' arto mono zesetai ?ho anthropos, all' ?epi panti rhemati ekporeuomeno dia stomatos theou. Tote paralambanei auton ho diabolos eis ten hagian polin, kai ?estesen auton epi to pterugion tou hierou, kai legei auto· Ei huios ei tou theou, bale seauton kato· gegraptai gar hoti Tois angelois autou enteleitai peri sou kai epi cheiron arousin se, mepote proskopses pros lithon ton poda sou. ephe auto ho Iesous· Palin gegraptai· Ouk ekpeiraseis kurion ton theon sou. Palin paralambanei auton ho diabolos eis oros hupselon lian, kai deiknusin auto pasas tas basileias tou kosmou kai ten doxan auton kai ?eipen auto· Tauta ?soi panta? doso, ean peson proskuneses moi. tote legei auto ho Iesous· ?Hupage, Satana· gegraptai gar· Kurion ton theon sou proskuneseis kai auto mono latreuseis. tote aphiesin auton ho diabolos, kai idou angeloi proselthon kai diekonoun auto. Akousas ?de hoti Ioannes paredothe anechoresen eis ten Galilaian. kai katalipon ten Nazara elthon katokesen eis Kapharnaoum ten parathalassian en horiois Zaboulon kai Nephthalim· hina plerothe to rhethen dia Esaiou tou prophetou legontos· Ge Zaboulon kai ge Nephthalim, hodon thalasses, peran tou Iordanou, Galilaia ton ethnon, ho laos ho kathemenos en ?skotia ?phos eiden? mega, kai tois kathemenois en chora kai skia thanatou phos aneteilen autois. Apo tote erxato ho Iesous kerussein kai legein· Metanoeite, engiken gar he basileia ton ouranon. Peripaton de para ten thalassan tes Galilaias eiden duo adelphous, Simona ton legomenon Petron kai Andrean ton adelphon autou, ballontas amphiblestron eis ten thalassan, esan gar halieis· kai legei autois· Deute opiso mou, kai poieso humas halieis anthropon. hoi de eutheos aphentes ta diktua ekolouthesan auto. Kai probas ekeithen eiden allous duo adelphous, Iakobon ton tou Zebedaiou kai Ioannen ton adelphon autou, en to ploio meta Zebedaiou tou patros auton katartizontas ta diktua auton, kai ekalesen autous. hoi de eutheos aphentes to ploion kai ton patera auton ekolouthesan auto. Kai periegen ?en hole te Galilaia?, didaskon en tais sunagogais auton kai kerusson to euangelion tes basileias kai therapeuon pasan noson kai pasan malakian en to lao. kai apelthen he akoe autou eis holen ten Surian· kai prosenenkan auto pantas tous kakos echontas poikilais nosois kai basanois ?sunechomenous, daimonizomenous kai seleniazomenous kai paralutikous, kai etherapeusen autous. kai ekolouthesan auto ochloi polloi apo tes Galilaias kai Dekapoleos kai Hierosolumon kai Ioudaias kai peran tou Iordanou. __________________________________________________________________ Idon de tous ochlous anebe eis to oros· kai kathisantos autou proselthan auto hoi mathetai autou· kai anoixas to stoma autou edidasken autous legon· Makarioi hoi ptochoi to pneumati, hoti auton estin he basileia ton ouranon. makarioi hoi penthountes, hoti autoi paraklethesontai. makarioi hoi praeis, hoti autoi kleronomesousi ten gen. makarioi hoi peinontes kai dipsontes ten dikaiosunen, hoti autoi chortasthesontai. makarioi hoi eleemones, hoti autoi eleethesontai. makarioi hoi katharoi te kardia, hoti autoi ton theon opsontai. makarioi hoi eirenopoioi, hoti autoi huioi theou klethesontai. makarioi hoi dediogmenoi heneken dikaiosunes, hoti auton estin he basileia ton ouranon. makarioi este hotan oneidisosin humas kai dioxosin kai eiposin pan ?poneron kath' humon pseudomenoi heneken emou. chairete kai agalliasthe, hoti ho misthos humon polus en tois ouranois· houtos gar edioxan tous prophetas tous pro humon. Humeis este to halas tes ges· ean de to halas moranthe, en tini halisthesetai; eis ouden ischuei eti ei me ?blethen exo? katapateisthai hupo ton anthropon. Humeis este to phos tou kosmou. ou dunatai polis krubenai epano orous keimene· oude kaiousin luchnon kai titheasin auton hupo ton modion all' epi ten luchnian, kai lampei pasin tois en te oikia. houtos lampsato to phos humon emprosthen ton anthropon, hopos idosin humon ta kala erga kai doxasosin ton patera humon ton en tois ouranois. Me nomisete hoti elthon katalusai ton nomon e tous prophetas· ouk elthon katalusai alla plerosai· amen gar lego humin, heos an parelthe ho ouranos kai he ge, iota hen e mia keraia ou me parelthe apo tou nomou, heos an panta genetai. hos ean oun luse mian ton entolon touton ton elachiston kai didaxe houtos tous anthropous, elachistos klethesetai en te basileia ton ouranon· hos d' an poiese kai didaxe, houtos megas klethesetai en te basileia ton ouranon. lego gar humin hoti ean me perisseuse ?humon he dikaiosune? pleion ton grammateon kai Pharisaion, ou me eiselthete eis ten basileian ton ouranon. Ekousate hoti errethe tois archaiois· Ou phoneuseis· hos d' an phoneuse, enochos estai te krisei. ego de lego humin hoti pas ho orgizomenos to adelpho ?autou enochos estai te krisei· hos d' an eipe to adelpho autou· Rhaka, enochos estai to sunedrio· hos d' an eipe· More, enochos estai eis ten geennan tou puros. ean oun prospheres to doron sou epi to thusiasterion kakei mnesthes hoti ho adelphos sou echei ti kata sou, aphes ekei to doron sou emprosthen tou thusiasteriou kai hupage proton diallagethi to adelpho sou, kai tote elthon prosphere to doron sou. isthi eunoon to antidiko sou tachu heos hotou ei ?met' autou en te hodo?, mepote se parado ho antidikos to krite, kai ho ?krites to huperete, kai eis phulaken blethese· amen lego soi, ou me exelthes ekeithen heos an apodos ton eschaton kodranten. Ekousate hoti errethe· Ou moicheuseis. ego de lego humin hoti pas ho blepon gunaika pros to epithumesai auten ede emoicheusen auten en te kardia autou. ei de ho ophthalmos sou ho dexios skandalizei se, exele auton kai bale apo sou, sumpherei gar soi hina apoletai hen ton melon sou kai me holon to soma sou blethe eis geennan. kai ei he dexia sou cheir skandalizei se, ekkopson auten kai bale apo sou, sumpherei gar soi hina apoletai hen ton melon sou kai me holon to soma sou ?eis geennan apelthe?. Errethe ?de· Hos an apoluse ten gunaika autou, doto aute apostasion. ego de lego humin hoti ?pas ho apoluon? ten gunaika autou parektos logou porneias poiei auten ?moicheuthenai, kai hos ean apolelumenen gamese moichatai. Palin ekousate hoti errethe tois archaiois· Ouk epiorkeseis, apodoseis de to kurio tous horkous sou. ego de lego humin me omosai holos· mete en to ourano, hoti thronos estin tou theou· mete en te ge, hoti hupopodion estin ton podon autou· mete eis Hierosoluma, hoti polis estin tou megalou basileos· mete en te kephale sou omoses, hoti ou dunasai mian tricha leuken ?poiesai e melainan?. esto de ho logos humon nai nai, ou ou· to de perisson touton ek tou ponerou estin. Ekousate hoti errethe· Ophthalmon anti ophthalmou kai odonta anti odontos. ego de lego humin me antistenai to ponero· all' hostis se ?rhapizei ?eis ten dexian ?siagona, strepson auto kai ten allen· kai to thelonti soi krithenai kai ton chitona sou labein, aphes auto kai to himation· kai hostis se angareusei milion hen, hupage met' autou duo. to aitounti se ?dos, kai ton thelonta apo sou danisasthai me apostraphes. Ekousate hoti errethe· Agapeseis ton plesion sou kai miseseis ton echthron sou. ego de lego humin, agapate tous echthrous ?humon kai proseuchesthe huper ?ton diokonton humas· hopos genesthe huioi tou patros humon tou ?en ouranois, hoti ton helion autou anatellei epi ponerous kai agathous kai brechei epi dikaious kai adikous. ean gar agapesete tous agapontas humas, tina misthon echete; ouchi kai hoi telonai ?to auto? poiousin; kai ean aspasesthe tous ?adelphous humon monon, ti perisson poieite; ouchi kai hoi ?ethnikoi ?to auto? poiousin; Esesthe oun humeis teleioi ?hos ho pater humon ho ?ouranios teleios estin. __________________________________________________________________ Prosechete ?de ten ?dikaiosunen humon me poiein emprosthen ton anthropon pros to theathenai autois· ei de me ge, misthon ouk echete para to patri humon to en tois ouranois. Hotan oun poies eleemosunen, me salpises emprosthen sou, hosper hoi hupokritai poiousin en tais sunagogais kai en tais rhumais, hopos doxasthosin hupo ton anthropon· amen lego humin, apechousin ton misthon auton. sou de poiountos eleemosunen me gnoto he aristera sou ti poiei he dexia sou, hopos e sou he eleemosune en to krupto· kai ho pater sou ho blepon en to ?krupto apodosei ?soi. Kai hotan ?proseuchesthe, ouk esesthe hos? hoi hupokritai· hoti philousin en tais sunagogais kai en tais goniais ton plateion hestotes proseuchesthai, ?hopos phanosin tois anthropois· amen lego ?humin, apechousi ton misthon auton. su de hotan proseuche, eiselthe eis to tameion sou kai kleisas ten thuran sou proseuxai to patri sou to en to krupto· kai ho pater sou ho blepon en to krupto apodosei ?soi. Proseuchomenoi de me battalogesete hosper hoi ethnikoi, dokousin gar hoti en te polulogia auton eisakousthesontai· me oun homoiothete autois, oiden gar ?ho pater humon hon chreian echete pro tou humas aitesai auton. Houtos oun proseuchesthe humeis· Pater hemon ho en tois ouranois· hagiastheto to onoma sou, eltheto he basileia sou, genetheto to thelema sou, hos en ourano kai ?epi ges· ton arton hemon ton epiousion dos hemin semeron· kai aphes hemin ta opheilemata hemon, hos kai hemeis ?aphekamen tois opheiletais hemon· kai me eisenenkes hemas eis peirasmon, alla rhusai hemas apo tou ?ponerou. ean gar aphete tois anthropois ta paraptomata auton, aphesei kai humin ho pater humon ho ouranios· ean de me aphete tois ?anthropois, oude ho pater humon aphesei ta paraptomata humon. Hotan de nesteuete, me ginesthe ?hos hoi hupokritai skuthropoi, aphanizousin gar ta prosopa auton hopos phanosin tois anthropois nesteuontes· amen lego ?humin, apechousin ton misthon auton. su de nesteuon aleipsai sou ten kephalen kai to prosopon sou nipsai, hopos me phanes tois anthropois nesteuon alla to patri sou to en to ?kruphaio· kai ho pater sou ho blepon en to ?kruphaio apodosei soi. Me thesaurizete humin thesaurous epi tes ges, hopou ses kai brosis aphanizei, kai hopou kleptai diorussousin kai kleptousin· thesaurizete de humin thesaurous en ourano, hopou oute ses oute brosis aphanizei, kai hopou kleptai ou diorussousin oude kleptousin· hopou gar estin ho thesauros ?sou, ekei estai kai he kardia ?sou. Ho luchnos tou somatos estin ho ophthalmos. ean oun ?e ho ophthalmos sou haplous?, holon to soma sou photeinon estai· ean de ho ophthalmos sou poneros e, holon to soma sou skoteinon estai. ei oun to phos to en soi skotos estin, to skotos poson. Oudeis dunatai dusi kuriois douleuein· e gar ton hena misesei kai ton heteron agapesei, e henos anthexetai kai tou heterou kataphronesei. ou dunasthe theo douleuein kai mamona. Dia touto lego humin· me merimnate te psuche humon ti ?phagete, mede to somati humon ti endusesthe· ouchi he psuche pleion esti tes trophes kai to soma tou endumatos; emblepsate eis ta peteina tou ouranou hoti ou speirousin oude therizousin oude sunagousin eis apothekas, kai ho pater humon ho ouranios trephei auta· ouch humeis mallon diapherete auton; tis de ex humon merimnon dunatai prostheinai epi ten helikian autou pechun hena; kai peri endumatos ti merimnate; katamathete ta krina tou agrou pos ?auxanousin· ou kopiosin oude nethousin?· lego de humin hoti oude Solomon en pase te doxe autou periebaleto hos hen touton. ei de ton chorton tou agrou semeron onta kai aurion eis klibanon ballomenon ho theos houtos amphiennusin, ou pollo mallon humas, oligopistoi; me oun merimnesete legontes· Ti phagomen; e· Ti piomen; e· Ti peribalometha; panta gar tauta ta ethne ?epizetousin· oiden gar ho pater humon ho ouranios hoti chrezete touton hapanton. zeteite de proton ten ?basileian kai ten dikaiosunen autou, kai tauta panta prostethesetai humin. me oun merimnesete eis ten aurion, he gar aurion merimnesei ?hautes· arketon te hemera he kakia autes. __________________________________________________________________ Me krinete, hina me krithete· en ho gar krimati krinete krithesesthe, kai en ho metro metreite metrethesetai humin. ti de blepeis to karphos to en to ophthalmo tou adelphou sou, ten de en to so ophthalmo dokon ou katanoeis; e pos ereis to adelpho sou· Aphes ekbalo to karphos ?ek tou ophthalmou sou, kai idou he dokos en to ophthalmo sou; hupokrita, ekbale proton ?ek tou ophthalmou sou ten dokon?, kai tote diablepseis ekbalein to karphos ek tou ophthalmou tou adelphou sou. Me dote to hagion tois kusin, mede balete tous margaritas humon emprosthen ton choiron, mepote ?katapatesousin autous en tois posin auton kai straphentes rhexosin humas. Aiteite, kai dothesetai humin· zeteite, kai heuresete· krouete, kai anoigesetai humin. pas gar ho aiton lambanei kai ho zeton heuriskei kai to krouonti ?anoigesetai. e tis ?estin ex humon anthropos, hon ?aitesei ho huios autou arton-- me lithon epidosei auto; ?e kai ?ichthun aitesei?-- me ophin epidosei auto; ei oun humeis poneroi ontes oidate domata agatha didonai tois teknois humon, poso mallon ho pater humon ho en tois ouranois dosei agatha tois aitousin auton. Panta oun hosa ?ean thelete hina poiosin humin hoi anthropoi, houtos kai humeis poieite autois· houtos gar estin ho nomos kai hoi prophetai. Eiselthate dia tes stenes pules· hoti plateia ?he pule? kai euruchoros he hodos he apagousa eis ten apoleian, kai polloi eisin hoi eiserchomenoi di' autes· ?hoti stene he pule kai tethlimmene he hodos he apagousa eis ten zoen, kai oligoi eisin hoi heuriskontes auten. ?Prosechete apo ton pseudopropheton, hoitines erchontai pros humas en endumasi probaton esothen de eisin lukoi harpages. apo ton karpon auton epignosesthe autous. meti sullegousin apo akanthon ?staphulas e apo tribolon suka; houtos pan dendron agathon karpous kalous poiei, to de sapron dendron karpous ponerous poiei· ou dunatai dendron agathon karpous ponerous ?poiein, oude dendron sapron karpous kalous poiein. pan dendron me poioun karpon kalon ekkoptetai kai eis pur balletai. ara ge apo ton karpon auton epignosesthe autous. Ou pas ho legon moi· Kurie kurie eiseleusetai eis ten basileian ton ouranon, all' ho poion to thelema tou patros mou tou en ?tois ouranois. polloi erousin moi en ekeine te hemera· Kurie kurie, ou to so onomati epropheteusamen, kai to so onomati daimonia exebalomen, kai to so onomati dunameis pollas epoiesamen; kai tote homologeso autois hoti Oudepote egnon humas· apochoreite ap' emou hoi ergazomenoi ten anomian. Pas oun hostis akouei mou tous logous toutous kai poiei autous, ?homoiothesetai andri phronimo, hostis okodomesen ?autou ten oikian? epi ten petran. kai katebe he broche kai elthon hoi potamoi kai epneusan hoi anemoi kai prosepesan te oikia ekeine, kai ouk epesen, tethemelioto gar epi ten petran. kai pas ho akouon mou tous logous toutous kai me poion autous homoiothesetai andri moro, hostis okodomesen ?autou ten oikian? epi ten ammon. kai katebe he broche kai elthon hoi potamoi kai epneusan hoi anemoi kai prosekopsan te oikia ekeine, kai epesen, kai en he ptosis autes megale. Kai egeneto hote ?etelesen ho Iesous tous logous toutous, exeplessonto hoi ochloi epi te didache autou· en gar didaskon autous hos exousian echon kai ouch hos hoi grammateis ?auton. __________________________________________________________________ ?Katabantos de autou? apo tou orous ekolouthesan auto ochloi polloi. kai idou lepros ?proselthon prosekunei auto legon· Kurie, ean theles dunasai me katharisai. kai ekteinas ten cheira hepsato ?autou legon· Thelo, katharistheti· kai eutheos ekatharisthe autou he lepra. kai legei auto ho Iesous· Hora medeni eipes, alla hupage seauton deixon to hierei, kai prosenenkon to doron ho prosetaxen Mouses eis marturion autois. ?Eiselthontos de autou? eis Kapharnaoum proselthen auto hekatontarchos parakalon auton kai legon· Kurie, ho pais mou bebletai en te oikia paralutikos, deinos basanizomenos. ?kai legei ?auto· Ego elthon therapeuso auton. ?kai apokritheis? ho hekatontarchos ephe· Kurie, ouk eimi hikanos hina mou hupo ten stegen eiselthes· alla monon eipe logo, kai iathesetai ho pais mou· kai gar ego anthropos eimi hupo ?exousian, echon hup' emauton stratiotas, kai lego touto· Poreutheti, kai poreuetai, kai allo· Erchou, kai erchetai, kai to doulo mou· Poieson touto, kai poiei. akousas de ho Iesous ethaumasen kai eipen tois akolouthousin· Amen lego humin, ?par' oudeni tosauten pistin en to Israel? heuron. lego de humin hoti polloi apo anatolon kai dusmon hexousin kai anaklithesontai meta Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakob en te basileia ton ouranon· hoi de huioi tes basileias ekblethesontai eis to skotos to exoteron· ekei estai ho klauthmos kai ho brugmos ton odonton. kai eipen ho Iesous to hekatontarche· Hupage, ?hos episteusas genetheto soi· kai iathe ho ?pais en te hora ekeine. Kai elthon ho Iesous eis ten oikian Petrou eiden ten pentheran autou beblemenen kai puressousan· kai hepsato tes cheiros autes, kai apheken auten ho puretos, kai egerthe kai diekonei auto. Opsias de genomenes prosenenkan auto daimonizomenous pollous· kai exebalen ta pneumata logo, kai pantas tous kakos echontas etherapeusen· hopos plerothe to rhethen dia Esaiou tou prophetou legontos· Autos tas astheneias hemon elaben kai tas nosous ebastasen. Idon de ho Iesous ?pollous ochlous? peri auton ekeleusen apelthein eis to peran. kai proselthon heis grammateus eipen auto· Didaskale, akoloutheso soi hopou ean aperche. kai legei auto ho Iesous· Hai alopekes pholeous echousin kai ta peteina tou ouranou kataskenoseis, ho de huios tou anthropou ouk echei pou ten kephalen kline. heteros de ton ?matheton eipen auto· Kurie, epitrepson moi proton apelthein kai thapsai ton patera mou. ho de Iesous ?legei auto· Akolouthei moi, kai aphes tous nekrous thapsai tous heauton nekrous. Kai embanti auto ?eis ploion ekolouthesan auto hoi mathetai autou. kai idou seismos megas egeneto en te thalasse, hoste to ploion kaluptesthai hupo ton kumaton, autos de ekatheuden. kai ?proselthontes egeiran auton legontes· Kurie, ?soson, apollumetha. kai legei autois· Ti deiloi este, oligopistoi; tote egertheis epetimesen tois anemois kai te thalasse, kai egeneto galene megale. hoi de anthropoi ethaumasan legontes· Potapos estin houtos hoti kai hoi anemoi kai he thalassa ?auto hupakouousin?; Kai ?elthontos autou? eis to peran eis ten choran ton ?Gadarenon hupentesan auto duo daimonizomenoi ek ton mnemeion exerchomenoi, chalepoi lian hoste me ischuein tina parelthein dia tes hodou ekeines. kai idou ekraxan legontes· Ti hemin kai ?soi, huie tou theou; elthes hode pro kairou basanisai hemas; en de makran ap' auton agele choiron pollon boskomene. hoi de daimones parekaloun auton legontes· Ei ekballeis hemas, ?aposteilon hemas? eis ten agelen ton choiron. kai eipen autois· Hupagete. hoi de exelthontes apelthon eis ?tous choirous?· kai idou hormesen pasa he ?agele kata tou kremnou eis ten thalassan, kai apethanon en tois hudasin. hoi de boskontes ephugon, kai apelthontes eis ten polin apengeilan panta kai ta ton daimonizomenon. kai idou pasa he polis exelthen eis ?hupantesin to Iesou, kai idontes auton parekalesan hopos metabe apo ton horion auton. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ?embas ?eis ploion dieperasen kai elthen eis ten idian polin. Kai idou prosepheron auto paralutikon epi klines beblemenon. kai idon ho Iesous ten pistin auton eipen to paralutiko· Tharsei, teknon· ?aphientai ?sou hai hamartiai?. kai idou tines ton grammateon eipan en heautois· Houtos blasphemei. kai ?eidos ho Iesous tas enthumeseis auton eipen· ?Hinati enthumeisthe ponera en tais kardiais humon; ti gar estin eukopoteron, eipein· ?Aphientai sou hai hamartiai, e eipein· ?Egeire kai peripatei; hina de eidete hoti exousian echei ho huios tou anthropou epi tes ges aphienai hamartias-- tote legei to paralutiko· ?Egertheis aron sou ten klinen kai hupage eis ton oikon sou. kai egertheis apelthen eis ton oikon autou. idontes de hoi ochloi ?ephobethesan kai edoxasan ton theon ton donta exousian toiauten tois anthropois. Kai paragon ho Iesous ekeithen eiden anthropon kathemenon epi to telonion, Maththaion legomenon, kai legei auto· Akolouthei moi· kai anastas ekolouthesen auto. Kai egeneto autou anakeimenou en te oikia, ?kai idou polloi telonai kai hamartoloi elthontes sunanekeinto to Iesou kai tois mathetais autou. kai idontes hoi Pharisaioi ?elegon tois mathetais autou· Dia ti meta ton telonon kai hamartolon esthiei ho didaskalos humon; ho ?de akousas ?eipen· Ou chreian echousin hoi ischuontes iatrou alla hoi kakos echontes. poreuthentes de mathete ti estin· Eleos thelo kai ou thusian· ou gar elthon kalesai dikaious alla ?hamartolous. Tote proserchontai auto hoi mathetai Ioannou legontes· Dia ti hemeis kai hoi Pharisaioi nesteuomen ?polla, hoi de mathetai sou ou nesteuousin; kai eipen autois ho Iesous· Me dunantai hoi huioi tou numphonos penthein eph' hoson met' auton estin ho numphios; eleusontai de hemerai hotan aparthe ap' auton ho numphios, kai tote nesteusousin. oudeis de epiballei epiblema rhakous agnaphou epi himatio palaio· airei gar to pleroma autou apo tou himatiou, kai cheiron schisma ginetai. oude ballousin oinon neon eis askous palaious· ei de me ge, rhegnuntai hoi askoi, kai ho oinos ekcheitai kai hoi askoi ?apolluntai· alla ballousin oinon neon eis askous kainous, kai amphoteroi sunterountai. Tauta autou lalountos autois idou archon heis ?elthon prosekunei auto legon hoti He thugater mou arti eteleutesen· alla elthon epithes ten cheira sou ep' auten, kai zesetai. kai egertheis ho Iesous ?ekolouthei auto kai hoi mathetai autou. Kai idou gune haimorroousa dodeka ete proselthousa opisthen hepsato tou kraspedou tou himatiou autou· elegen gar en heaute· Ean monon hapsomai tou himatiou autou sothesomai. ho de Iesous ?strapheis kai idon auten eipen· Tharsei, thugater· he pistis sou sesoken se. kai esothe he gune apo tes horas ekeines. kai elthon ho Iesous eis ten oikian tou archontos kai idon tous auletas kai ton ochlon thoruboumenon ?elegen· Anachoreite, ou gar apethanen to korasion alla katheudei· kai kategelon autou. hote de exeblethe ho ochlos, eiselthon ekratesen tes cheiros autes, kai egerthe to korasion. kai exelthen he pheme haute eis holen ten gen ekeinen. Kai paragonti ekeithen to Iesou ekolouthesan ?auto duo tuphloi krazontes kai legontes· Eleeson hemas, ?huie Dauid. elthonti de eis ten oikian proselthon auto hoi tuphloi, kai legei autois ho Iesous· Pisteuete hoti dunamai touto poiesai; legousin auto· Nai, kurie. tote hepsato ton ophthalmon auton legon· Kata ten pistin humon genetheto humin. kai eneochthesan auton hoi ophthalmoi. kai ?enebrimethe autois ho Iesous legon· Horate medeis ginosketo· hoi de exelthontes diephemisan auton en hole te ge ekeine. Auton de exerchomenon idou prosenenkan auto ?anthropon kophon daimonizomenon· kai ekblethentos tou daimoniou elalesen ho kophos. kai ethaumasan hoi ochloi legontes· Oudepote ephane houtos en to Israel. hoi de Pharisaioi elegon· En to archonti ton daimonion ekballei ta daimonia. Kai periegen ho Iesous tas poleis pasas kai tas komas, didaskon en tais sunagogais auton kai kerusson to euangelion tes basileias kai therapeuon pasan noson kai pasan ?malakian. Idon de tous ochlous esplanchnisthe peri auton hoti esan eskulmenoi kai errimmenoi ?hosei probata me echonta poimena. tote legei tois mathetais autou· Ho men therismos polus, hoi de ergatai oligoi· deethete oun tou kuriou tou therismou hopos ekbale ergatas eis ton therismon autou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai proskalesamenos tous dodeka mathetas autou edoken autois exousian pneumaton akatharton hoste ekballein auta kai therapeuein pasan noson kai pasan malakian. ton de dodeka apostolon ta onomata estin tauta· protos Simon ho legomenos Petros kai Andreas ho adelphos ?autou, Iakobos ho tou Zebedaiou kai Ioannes ho adelphos autou, Philippos kai Bartholomaios, Thomas kai Maththaios ho telones, Iakobos ho tou Halphaiou kai ?Thaddaios, Simon ho ?Kananaios kai Ioudas ?ho Iskariotes ho kai paradous auton. Toutous tous dodeka apesteilen ho Iesous parangeilas autois legon· Eis hodon ethnon me apelthete kai eis polin Samariton me eiselthete· poreuesthe de mallon pros ta probata ta apololota oikou Israel. poreuomenoi de kerussete legontes hoti Engiken he basileia ton ouranon. asthenountas therapeuete, ?nekrous egeirete?, leprous katharizete, daimonia ekballete· dorean elabete, dorean dote. me ktesesthe chruson mede arguron mede chalkon eis tas zonas humon, me peran eis hodon mede duo chitonas mede hupodemata mede ?rhabdon· axios gar ho ergates tes trophes ?autou. eis hen d' an polin e komen eiselthete, exetasate tis en aute axios estin· kakei meinate heos an exelthete. eiserchomenoi de eis ten oikian aspasasthe auten· kai ean men e he oikia axia, elthato he eirene humon ep' auten· ean de me e axia, he eirene humon ?pros humas epistrapheto. kai hos ?an me dexetai humas mede akouse tous logous humon, exerchomenoi ?exo tes oikias e tes poleos ekeines ektinaxate ton koniorton ton podon humon. amen lego humin, anektoteron estai ge Sodomon kai Gomorron en hemera kriseos e te polei ekeine. Idou ego apostello humas hos probata en meso lukon· ginesthe oun phronimoi hos hoi opheis kai akeraioi hos hai peristerai. prosechete de apo ton anthropon· paradosousin gar humas eis sunedria, kai en tais sunagogais auton mastigosousin humas· kai epi hegemonas de kai basileis achthesesthe heneken emou eis marturion autois kai tois ethnesin. hotan de ?paradosin humas, me merimnesete pos e ti lalesete· dothesetai gar humin en ekeine te hora ti ?lalesete· ou gar humeis este hoi lalountes alla to pneuma tou patros humon to laloun en humin. paradosei de adelphos adelphon eis thanaton kai pater teknon, kai epanastesontai tekna epi goneis kai thanatosousin autous. kai esesthe misoumenoi hupo panton dia to onoma mou· ho de hupomeinas eis telos houtos sothesetai. hotan de diokosin humas en te polei taute, pheugete eis ten ?heteran· amen gar lego humin, ou me telesete tas poleis ?tou Israel heos ?an elthe ho huios tou anthropou. Ouk estin mathetes huper ton didaskalon oude doulos huper ton kurion autou. arketon to mathete hina genetai hos ho didaskalos autou, kai ho doulos hos ho kurios autou. ei ton oikodespoten Beelzeboul ?epekalesan, poso mallon tous oikiakous autou. Me oun phobethete autous· ouden gar estin kekalummenon ho ouk apokaluphthesetai, kai krupton ho ou gnosthesetai. ho lego humin en te skotia, eipate en to photi· kai ho eis to ous akouete, keruxate epi ton domaton. kai me ?phobeisthe apo ton apoktennonton to soma ten de psuchen me dunamenon apokteinai· ?phobeisthe de mallon ton dunamenon ?kai psuchen ?kai soma apolesai en geenne. ouchi duo strouthia assariou poleitai; kai hen ex auton ou peseitai epi ten gen aneu tou patros humon. humon de kai hai triches tes kephales pasai erithmemenai eisin. me oun ?phobeisthe· pollon strouthion diapherete humeis. Pas oun hostis homologesei en emoi emprosthen ton anthropon, homologeso kago en auto emprosthen tou patros mou tou ?en ouranois· hostis ?d' an? arnesetai me emprosthen ton anthropon, arnesomai ?kago auton? emprosthen tou patros mou tou ?en ouranois. Me nomisete hoti elthon balein eirenen epi ten gen· ouk elthon balein eirenen alla machairan. elthon gar dichasai anthropon kata tou patros autou kai thugatera kata tes metros autes kai numphen kata tes pentheras autes, kai echthroi tou anthropou hoi oikiakoi autou. ho philon patera e metera huper eme ouk estin mou axios· kai ho philon huion e thugatera huper eme ouk estin mou axios· kai hos ou lambanei ton stauron autou kai akolouthei opiso mou, ouk estin mou axios. ho heuron ten psuchen autou apolesei auten, kai ho apolesas ten psuchen autou heneken emou heuresei auten. Ho dechomenos humas eme dechetai, kai ho eme dechomenos dechetai ton aposteilanta me. ho dechomenos propheten eis onoma prophetou misthon prophetou lempsetai, kai ho dechomenos dikaion eis onoma dikaiou misthon dikaiou lempsetai. kai hos ?an potise hena ton mikron touton poterion psuchrou monon eis onoma mathetou, amen lego humin, ou me apolese ton misthon autou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai egeneto hote etelesen ho Iesous diatasson tois dodeka mathetais autou, metebe ekeithen tou didaskein kai kerussein en tais polesin auton. Ho de Ioannes akousas en to desmoterio ta erga tou christou pempsas ?dia ton matheton autou eipen auto· Su ei ho erchomenos e heteron prosdokomen; kai apokritheis ho Iesous eipen autois· Poreuthentes apangeilate Ioanne ha akouete kai blepete· tuphloi anablepousin kai choloi peripatousin, leproi katharizontai kai kophoi akouousin, ?kai nekroi egeirontai kai ptochoi euangelizontai· kai makarios estin hos ?ean me skandalisthe en emoi. Touton de poreuomenon erxato ho Iesous legein tois ochlois peri Ioannou· Ti exelthate eis ten eremon theasasthai; kalamon hupo anemou saleuomenon; alla ti exelthate idein; anthropon en ?malakois emphiesmenon; idou hoi ta malaka phorountes en tois oikois ton ?basileon ?eisin. alla ti exelthate?; propheten idein?; nai, lego humin, kai perissoteron prophetou. ?houtos estin peri hou gegraptai· Idou ego apostello ton angelon mou pro prosopou sou, hos kataskeuasei ten hodon sou emprosthen sou. amen lego humin, ouk egegertai en gennetois gunaikon meizon Ioannou tou baptistou· ho de mikroteros en te basileia ton ouranon meizon autou estin. apo de ton hemeron Ioannou tou baptistou heos arti he basileia ton ouranon biazetai, kai biastai harpazousin auten. pantes gar hoi prophetai kai ho nomos heos Ioannou epropheteusan· kai ei thelete dexasthai, autos estin Elias ho mellon erchesthai. ho echon ?ota akoueto. Tini de homoioso ten genean tauten; homoia estin paidiois ?kathemenois en tais agorais ha prosphonounta tois heterois? ?legousin· Eulesamen humin kai ouk orchesasthe· ?ethrenesamen kai ouk ekopsasthe· elthen gar Ioannes mete esthion mete pinon, kai legousin· Daimonion echei· elthen ho huios tou anthropou esthion kai pinon, kai legousin· Idou anthropos phagos kai oinopotes, telonon philos kai hamartolon. kai edikaiothe he sophia apo ton ?ergon autes. Tote ?erxato oneidizein tas poleis en hais egenonto hai pleistai dunameis autou, hoti ou metenoesan· Ouai soi, Chorazin· ouai soi, Bethsaida· hoti ei en Turo kai Sidoni egenonto hai dunameis hai genomenai en humin, palai an en sakko kai spodo metenoesan. plen lego humin, Turo kai Sidoni anektoteron estai en hemera kriseos e humin. kai su, Kapharnaoum, ?me heos ouranou hupsothese?; heos hadou ?katabese· hoti ei en Sodomois ?egenethesan hai dunameis hai genomenai en soi, ?emeinen an mechri tes semeron. plen lego humin hoti ge Sodomon anektoteron estai en hemera kriseos e soi. En ekeino to kairo apokritheis ho Iesous eipen· Exomologoumai soi, pater kurie tou ouranou kai tes ges, hoti ?ekrupsas tauta apo sophon kai suneton, kai apekalupsas auta nepiois· nai, ho pater, hoti houtos ?eudokia egeneto? emprosthen sou. Panta moi paredothe hupo tou patros mou, kai oudeis epiginoskei ton huion ei me ho pater, oude ton patera tis epiginoskei ei me ho huios kai ho ean bouletai ho huios apokalupsai. Deute pros me pantes hoi kopiontes kai pephortismenoi, kago anapauso humas. arate ton zugon mou eph' humas kai mathete ap' emou, hoti praus eimi kai tapeinos te kardia, kai heuresete anapausin tais psuchais humon· ho gar zugos mou chrestos kai to phortion mou elaphron estin. __________________________________________________________________ En ekeino to kairo eporeuthe ho Iesous tois sabbasin dia ton sporimon· hoi de mathetai autou epeinasan kai erxanto tillein stachuas kai esthiein. hoi de Pharisaioi idontes eipan auto· Idou hoi mathetai sou poiousin ho ouk exestin poiein en sabbato. ho de eipen autois· Ouk anegnote ti epoiesen Dauid hote ?epeinasen kai hoi met' autou; pos eiselthen eis ton oikon tou theou kai tous artous tes protheseos ?ephagon, ho? ouk exon en auto phagein oude tois met' autou, ei me tois hiereusin monois; e ouk anegnote en to nomo hoti tois sabbasin hoi hiereis en to hiero to sabbaton bebelousin kai anaitioi eisin; lego de humin hoti tou hierou meizon estin hode. ei de egnokeite ti estin· Eleos thelo kai ou thusian, ouk an katedikasate tous anaitious. kurios gar estin tou sabbatou ho huios tou anthropou. Kai metabas ekeithen elthen eis ten sunagogen auton· kai idou ?anthropos cheira echon xeran. kai eperotesan auton legontes· Ei exesti tois sabbasin ?therapeuein; hina kategoresosin autou. ho de eipen autois· Tis ?estai ex humon anthropos hos hexei probaton hen, kai ean empese touto tois sabbasin eis bothunon, ouchi kratesei auto kai egerei; poso oun diapherei anthropos probatou. hoste exestin tois sabbasin kalos poiein. tote legei to anthropo· Ekteinon ?sou ten cheira?· kai exeteinen, kai apekatestathe hugies hos he alle. ?exelthontes de hoi Pharisaioi sumboulion elabon kat' autou? hopos auton apolesosin. Ho de Iesous gnous anechoresen ekeithen. kai ekolouthesan ?auto polloi, kai etherapeusen autous pantas, kai epetimesen autois hina me phaneron auton poiesosin, ?hina plerothe to rhethen dia Esaiou tou prophetou legontos· Idou ho pais mou hon heretisa, ho agapetos mou ?eis hon? eudokesen he psuche mou· theso to pneuma mou ep' auton, kai krisin tois ethnesin apangelei. ouk erisei oude kraugasei, oude akousei tis en tais plateiais ten phonen autou. kalamon suntetrimmenon ou kateaxei kai linon tuphomenon ou sbesei, heos an ekbale eis nikos ten krisin. kai to onomati autou ethne elpiousin. Tote ?prosenechthe auto daimonizomenos tuphlos kai kophos?· kai etherapeusen auton, hoste ton ?kophon lalein kai blepein. kai existanto pantes hoi ochloi kai elegon· Meti houtos estin ho huios Dauid; hoi de Pharisaioi akousantes eipon· Houtos ouk ekballei ta daimonia ei me en to Beelzeboul archonti ton daimonion. eidos ?de tas enthumeseis auton eipen autois· Pasa basileia meristheisa kath' heautes eremoutai, kai pasa polis e oikia meristheisa kath' heautes ou stathesetai. kai ei ho Satanas ton Satanan ekballei, eph' heauton emeristhe· pos oun stathesetai he basileia autou; kai ei ego en Beelzeboul ekballo ta daimonia, hoi huioi humon en tini ekballousin; dia touto autoi ?kritai esontai humon?. ei de en pneumati theou ego ekballo ta daimonia, ara ephthasen eph' humas he basileia tou theou. e pos dunatai tis eiselthein eis ten oikian tou ischurou kai ta skeue autou ?harpasai, ean me proton dese ton ischuron; kai tote ten oikian autou ?diarpasei. ho me on met' emou kat' emou estin, kai ho me sunagon met' emou skorpizei. dia touto lego humin, pasa hamartia kai blasphemia aphethesetai tois anthropois, he de tou pneumatos blasphemia ouk ?aphethesetai. kai hos ean eipe logon kata tou huiou tou anthropou, aphethesetai auto· hos d' an eipe kata tou pneumatos tou hagiou, ouk aphethesetai auto oute en ?touto to? aioni oute en to mellonti. E poiesate to dendron kalon kai ton karpon autou kalon, e poiesate to dendron sapron kai ton karpon autou sapron· ek gar tou karpou to dendron ginosketai. gennemata echidnon, pos dunasthe agatha lalein poneroi ontes; ek gar tou perisseumatos tes kardias to stoma lalei. ho agathos anthropos ek tou agathou thesaurou ekballei agatha, kai ho poneros anthropos ek tou ponerou thesaurou ekballei ponera. lego de humin hoti pan rhema argon ho ?lalesousin hoi anthropoi, apodosousin peri autou logon en hemera kriseos· ek gar ton logon sou dikaiothese, kai ek ton logon sou katadikasthese. Tote apekrithesan ?auto tines ton grammateon kai Pharisaion legontes· Didaskale, thelomen apo sou semeion idein. ho de apokritheis eipen autois· Genea ponera kai moichalis semeion epizetei, kai semeion ou dothesetai aute ei me to semeion Iona tou prophetou. hosper gar en Ionas en te koilia tou ketous treis hemeras kai treis nuktas, houtos estai ho huios tou anthropou en te kardia tes ges treis hemeras kai treis nuktas. andres Nineuitai anastesontai en te krisei meta tes geneas tautes kai katakrinousin auten· hoti metenoesan eis to kerugma Iona, kai idou pleion Iona hode. basilissa notou egerthesetai en te krisei meta tes geneas tautes kai katakrinei auten· hoti elthen ek ton peraton tes ges akousai ten sophian Solomonos, kai idou pleion Solomonos hode. Hotan de to akatharton pneuma exelthe apo tou anthropou, dierchetai di' anudron topon zetoun anapausin, kai ouch heuriskei. tote legei· ?Eis ton oikon mou epistrepso? hothen exelthon· kai elthon ?heuriskei ?scholazonta sesaromenon kai kekosmemenon. tote poreuetai kai paralambanei meth' heautou hepta hetera pneumata ponerotera heautou, kai eiselthonta katoikei ekei· kai ginetai ta eschata tou anthropou ekeinou cheirona ton proton. houtos estai kai te genea taute te ponera. Eti ?de autou lalountos tois ochlois idou he meter kai hoi adelphoi autou heistekeisan exo zetountes auto lalesai. ?eipen de tis auto· Idou he meter sou kai hoi adelphoi sou exo hestekasin, zetountes soi lalesai.? ho de apokritheis eipen to ?legonti auto· Tis estin he meter mou, kai tines eisin hoi adelphoi mou; kai ekteinas ten cheira autou epi tous mathetas autou eipen· Idou he meter mou kai hoi adelphoi mou· hostis gar an poiese to thelema tou patros mou tou en ouranois, autos mou adelphos kai adelphe kai meter estin. __________________________________________________________________ ?En te hemera ekeine exelthon ho Iesous ?tes oikias ekatheto para ten thalassan· kai sunechthesan pros auton ochloi polloi, hoste auton ?eis ploion embanta kathesthai, kai pas ho ochlos epi ton aigialon heistekei. kai elalesen autois polla en parabolais legon· Idou exelthen ho speiron tou speirein. kai en to speirein auton ha men epesen para ten hodon, kai ?elthonta ta peteina? katephagen auta. alla de epesen epi ta petrode hopou ouk eichen gen pollen, kai eutheos exaneteilen dia to me echein bathos ges, heliou de anateilantos ekaumatisthe kai dia to me echein rhizan exeranthe. alla de epesen epi tas akanthas, kai anebesan hai akanthai kai ?epnixan auta. alla de epesen epi ten gen ten kalen kai edidou karpon, ho men hekaton ho de hexekonta ho de triakonta. ho echon ?ota akoueto. Kai proselthontes hoi mathetai eipan auto· Dia ti en parabolais laleis autois; ho de apokritheis eipen ?autois· Hoti humin dedotai gnonai ta musteria tes basileias ton ouranon, ekeinois de ou dedotai. hostis gar echei, dothesetai auto kai perisseuthesetai· hostis de ouk echei, kai ho echei arthesetai ap' autou. dia touto en parabolais autois lalo, hoti blepontes ou blepousin kai akouontes ouk akouousin oude suniousin· kai anapleroutai autois he propheteia Esaiou he legousa· Akoe akousete kai ou me sunete, kai blepontes blepsete kai ou me idete. epachunthe gar he kardia tou laou toutou, kai tois osin bareos ekousan, kai tous ophthalmous auton ekammusan· mepote idosin tois ophthalmois kai tois osin akousosin kai te kardia sunosin kai epistrepsosin, kai iasomai autous. humon de makarioi hoi ophthalmoi hoti blepousin, kai ta ota humon hoti ?akouousin. amen gar lego humin hoti polloi prophetai kai dikaioi epethumesan idein ha blepete kai ouk eidan, kai akousai ha akouete kai ouk ekousan. Humeis oun akousate ten parabolen tou ?speirantos. pantos akouontos ton logon tes basileias kai me sunientos, erchetai ho poneros kai harpazei to esparmenon en te kardia autou· houtos estin ho para ten hodon spareis. ho de epi ta petrode spareis, houtos estin ho ton logon akouon kai euthus meta charas lambanon auton, ouk echei de rhizan en heauto alla proskairos estin, genomenes de thlipseos e diogmou dia ton logon euthus skandalizetai. ho de eis tas akanthas spareis, houtos estin ho ton logon akouon, kai he merimna tou aionos ?toutou kai he apate tou ploutou sumpnigei ton logon, kai akarpos ginetai. ho de epi ten ?kalen gen? spareis, houtos estin ho ton logon akouon kai ?sunieis, hos de karpophorei kai poiei ho men hekaton ho de hexekonta ho de triakonta. Allen parabolen paretheken autois legon· Homoiothe he basileia ton ouranon anthropo ?speiranti kalon sperma en to agro autou. en de to katheudein tous anthropous elthen autou ho echthros kai ?epespeiren zizania ana meson tou sitou kai apelthen. hote de eblastesen ho chortos kai karpon epoiesen, tote ephane kai ta zizania. proselthontes de hoi douloi tou oikodespotou eipon auto· Kurie, ouchi kalon sperma ?espeiras en to so agro; pothen oun echei zizania; ho de ephe autois· Echthros anthropos touto epoiesen. hoi de ?douloi auto legousin?· Theleis oun apelthontes ?sullexomen auta; ho de ?phesin· Ou, mepote sullegontes ta zizania ekrizosete hama autois ton siton· aphete sunauxanesthai amphotera ?mechri tou therismou· kai en kairo tou therismou ero tois theristais· Sullexate proton ta zizania kai desate auta eis desmas pros to katakausai auta, ton de siton ?sunagagete eis ten apotheken mou. Allen parabolen paretheken autois legon· Homoia estin he basileia ton ouranon kokko sinapeos, hon labon anthropos espeiren en to agro autou· ho mikroteron men estin panton ton spermaton, hotan de auxethe meizon ton lachanon estin kai ginetai dendron, hoste elthein ta peteina tou ouranou kai kataskenoun en tois kladois autou. Allen parabolen elalesen autois· Homoia estin he basileia ton ouranon zume, hen labousa gune ?enekrupsen eis aleurou sata tria heos hou ezumothe holon. Tauta panta elalesen ho Iesous en parabolais tois ochlois, kai choris paraboles ?ouden elalei autois· hopos plerothe to rhethen dia tou prophetou legontos· Anoixo en parabolais to stoma mou, ereuxomai kekrummena apo ?kataboles. Tote apheis tous ochlous elthen eis ten ?oikian. kai proselthon auto hoi mathetai autou legontes· ?Diasapheson hemin ten parabolen ton zizanion tou agrou. ho de apokritheis ?eipen· Ho speiron to kalon sperma estin ho huios tou anthropou· ho de agros estin ho kosmos· to de kalon sperma, houtoi eisin hoi huioi tes basileias· ta de zizania eisin hoi huioi tou ponerou, ho de echthros ho speiras auta estin ho diabolos· ho de therismos sunteleia ?aionos estin, hoi de theristai angeloi eisin. hosper oun sullegetai ta zizania kai puri ?kaietai, houtos estai en te sunteleia tou ?aionos· apostelei ho huios tou anthropou tous angelous autou, kai sullexousin ek tes basileias autou panta ta skandala kai tous poiountas ten anomian, kai balousin autous eis ten kaminon tou puros· ekei estai ho klauthmos kai ho brugmos ton odonton. Tote hoi dikaioi eklampsousin hos ho helios en te basileia tou patros auton. ho echon ?ota akoueto. ?Homoia estin he basileia ton ouranon thesauro kekrummeno en to agro, hon heuron anthropos ekrupsen, kai apo tes charas autou hupagei kai ?polei panta hosa echei? kai agorazei ton agron ekeinon. Palin homoia estin he basileia ton ouranon ?anthropo emporo zetounti kalous margaritas· ?heuron de? hena polutimon margariten apelthon pepraken panta hosa eichen kai egorasen auton. Palin homoia estin he basileia ton ouranon sagene bletheise eis ten thalassan kai ek pantos genous sunagagouse· hen hote eplerothe anabibasantes epi ton aigialon kai kathisantes sunelexan ta kala eis ?ange, ta de sapra exo ebalon. houtos estai en te sunteleia tou aionos· exeleusontai hoi angeloi kai aphoriousin tous ponerous ek mesou ton dikaion kai balousin autous eis ten kaminon tou puros· ekei estai ho klauthmos kai ho brugmos ton odonton. ?Sunekate tauta panta; legousin auto· ?Nai. ho de eipen autois· Dia touto pas grammateus matheteutheis ?te basileia? ton ouranon homoios estin anthropo oikodespote hostis ekballei ek tou thesaurou autou kaina kai palaia. kai egeneto hote etelesen ho Iesous tas parabolas tautas, meteren ekeithen. kai elthon eis ten patrida autou edidasken autous en te sunagoge auton, hoste ekplessesthai autous kai legein· Pothen touto he sophia haute kai hai dunameis; ouch houtos estin ho tou tektonos huios; ?ouch he meter autou legetai Mariam kai hoi adelphoi autou Iakobos kai ?Ioseph kai Simon kai Ioudas; kai hai adelphai autou ouchi pasai pros hemas eisin; pothen oun touto tauta panta; kai eskandalizonto en auto. ho de Iesous eipen autois· Ouk estin prophetes atimos ei me en te ?patridi kai en te oikia autou. kai ouk epoiesen ekei dunameis pollas dia ten apistian auton. __________________________________________________________________ En ekeino to kairo ekousen Herodes ho tetraarches ten akoen Iesou, kai eipen tois paisin autou· Houtos estin Ioannes ho baptistes· autos egerthe apo ton nekron, kai dia touto hai dunameis energousin en auto. Ho gar Herodes kratesas ton Ioannen edesen ?auton kai ?en phulake apetheto? dia Herodiada ten gunaika Philippou tou adelphou autou, elegen gar ?auto ho Ioannes?· Ouk exestin soi echein auten· kai thelon auton apokteinai ephobethe ton ochlon, hoti hos propheten auton eichon. ?genesiois de genomenois? tou Herodou orchesato he thugater tes Herodiados en to meso kai eresen to Herode, hothen meta horkou homologesen aute dounai ho ?ean aitesetai. he de probibastheisa hupo tes metros autes· Dos moi, phesin, hode epi pinaki ten kephalen Ioannou tou baptistou. kai ?lupetheis ho basileus dia? tous horkous kai tous sunanakeimenous ekeleusen dothenai, kai pempsas apekephalisen ?ton Ioannen en te phulake· kai enechthe he kephale autou epi pinaki kai edothe to korasio, kai enenken te metri autes. kai proselthontes hoi mathetai autou eran to ?ptoma kai ethapsan ?auton, kai elthontes apengeilan to Iesou. ?Akousas de? ho Iesous anechoresen ekeithen en ploio eis eremon topon kat' idian· kai akousantes hoi ochloi ekolouthesan auto peze apo ton poleon. kai ?exelthon eiden polun ochlon, kai esplanchnisthe ep' autois kai etherapeusen tous arrostous auton. opsias de genomenes proselthon auto hoi ?mathetai legontes· Eremos estin ho topos kai he hora ede parelthen· apoluson tous ochlous, hina apelthontes eis tas komas agorasosin heautois bromata. ho de Iesous eipen autois· Ou chreian echousin apelthein· dote autois humeis phagein. hoi de legousin auto· Ouk echomen hode ei me pente artous kai duo ichthuas. ho de eipen· Pherete moi ?hode autous?. kai keleusas tous ochlous anaklithenai epi ?tou chortou?, labon tous pente artous kai tous duo ichthuas, anablepsas eis ton ouranon eulogesen kai klasas edoken tois mathetais tous artous hoi de mathetai tois ochlois. kai ephagon pantes kai echortasthesan, kai eran to perisseuon ton klasmaton dodeka kophinous plereis. hoi de esthiontes esan andres hosei pentakischilioi choris gunaikon kai paidion. Kai eutheos ?enankasen tous mathetas embenai ?eis ploion kai proagein auton eis to peran, heos hou apoluse tous ochlous. kai apolusas tous ochlous anebe eis to oros kat' idian proseuxasthai. opsias de genomenes monos en ekei. to de ploion ede ?stadious pollous apo tes ges apeichen?, basanizomenon hupo ton kumaton, en gar enantios ho anemos. tetarte de phulake tes nuktos ?elthen pros ?autous peripaton epi ?ten thalassan?. ?hoi de mathetai idontes auton? epi ?tes thalasses? peripatounta etarachthesan legontes hoti Phantasma estin, kai apo tou phobou ekraxan. ?euthus de elalesen ?autois ho Iesous? legon· Tharseite, ego eimi· me phobeisthe. Apokritheis de ?auto ho Petros eipen?· Kurie, ei su ei, keleuson me ?elthein pros se? epi ta hudata· ho de eipen· Elthe. kai katabas apo tou ?ploiou Petros periepatesen epi ta hudata ?kai elthen? pros ton Iesoun. blepon de ton anemon ?ischuron ephobethe, kai arxamenos katapontizesthai ekraxen legon· Kurie, soson me. eutheos de ho Iesous ekteinas ten cheira epelabeto autou kai legei auto· Oligopiste, eis ti edistasas; kai ?anabanton auton eis to ploion ekopasen ho anemos. hoi de en to ?ploio prosekunesan auto legontes· Alethos theou huios ei. Kai diaperasantes elthon ?epi ten gen eis? Gennesaret. kai epignontes auton hoi andres tou topou ekeinou apesteilan eis holen ten perichoron ekeinen, kai prosenenkan auto pantas tous kakos echontas, kai parekaloun auton hina monon hapsontai tou kraspedou tou himatiou autou· kai hosoi hepsanto diesothesan. __________________________________________________________________ Tote proserchontai to ?Iesou apo Hierosolumon ?Pharisaioi kai grammateis? legontes Dia ti hoi mathetai sou parabainousin ten paradosin ton presbuteron; ou gar niptontai tas cheiras ?auton hotan arton esthiosin. ho de apokritheis eipen autois· Dia ti kai humeis parabainete ten entolen tou theou dia ten paradosin humon; ho gar theos ?eipen· Tima ton patera kai ten metera, kai· Ho kakologon patera e metera thanato teleutato· humeis de legete· Hos an eipe to patri e te metri· Doron ho ean ex emou ophelethes, ?ou me ?timesei ton patera ?autou· kai ekurosate ?ton logon? tou theou dia ten paradosin humon. hupokritai, kalos epropheteusen peri humon Esaias legon· ?Ho laos houtos? tois cheilesin me tima, he de kardia auton porro apechei ap' emou· maten de sebontai me, didaskontes didaskalias entalmata anthropon. Kai proskalesamenos ton ochlon eipen autois· Akouete kai suniete· ou to eiserchomenon eis to stoma koinoi ton anthropon, alla to ekporeuomenon ek tou stomatos touto koinoi ton anthropon. Tote proselthontes hoi ?mathetai ?legousin auto· Oidas hoti hoi Pharisaioi akousantes ton logon eskandalisthesan; ho de apokritheis eipen· Pasa phuteia hen ouk ephuteusen ho pater mou ho ouranios ekrizothesetai. aphete autous· ?tuphloi eisin hodegoi tuphlon?· tuphlos de tuphlon ean hodege, amphoteroi eis bothunon pesountai. Apokritheis de ho Petros eipen auto· Phrason hemin ten parabolen ?tauten. ho ?de eipen· Akmen kai humeis asunetoi este; ?ou noeite hoti pan to eisporeuomenon eis to stoma eis ten koilian chorei kai eis aphedrona ekballetai; ta de ekporeuomena ek tou stomatos ek tes kardias exerchetai, kakeina koinoi ton anthropon. ek gar tes kardias exerchontai dialogismoi poneroi, phonoi, moicheiai, porneiai, klopai, pseudomarturiai, blasphemiai. tauta estin ta koinounta ton anthropon, to de aniptois chersin phagein ou koinoi ton anthropon. Kai exelthon ekeithen ho Iesous anechoresen eis ta mere Turou kai Sidonos. kai idou gune Chananaia apo ton horion ekeinon exelthousa ?ekrazen legousa· Eleeson me, kurie ?huios Dauid· he thugater mou kakos daimonizetai. ho de ouk apekrithe aute logon. kai proselthontes hoi mathetai autou ?erotoun auton legontes· Apoluson auten, hoti krazei opisthen hemon. ho de apokritheis eipen· Ouk apestalen ei me eis ta probata ta apololota oikou Israel. he de elthousa ?prosekunei auto legousa· Kurie, boethei moi. ho de apokritheis eipen· Ouk estin kalon labein ton arton ton teknon kai balein tois kunariois. he de eipen· Nai, kurie, kai gar ta kunaria esthiei apo ton psichion ton piptonton apo tes trapezes ton kurion auton. tote apokritheis ho Iesous eipen aute· O gunai, megale sou he pistis· genetheto soi hos theleis. kai iathe he thugater autes apo tes horas ekeines. Kai metabas ekeithen ho Iesous elthen para ten thalassan tes Galilaias, kai anabas eis to oros ekatheto ekei. kai proselthon auto ochloi polloi echontes meth' heauton ?kophous, tuphlous, cholous, kullous?, kai heterous pollous, kai erripsan autous para tous podas ?autou, kai etherapeusen autous· hoste ?ton ochlon? thaumasai blepontas kophous lalountas ?kullous hugieis? ?kai cholous peripatountas kai tuphlous blepontas· kai edoxasan ton theon Israel. Ho de Iesous proskalesamenos tous mathetas autou eipen· Splanchnizomai epi ton ochlon, hoti ede hemerai treis prosmenousin moi kai ouk echousin ti phagosin· kai apolusai autous nesteis ou thelo, mepote ekluthosin en te hodo. kai legousin auto hoi ?mathetai· Pothen hemin en eremia artoi tosoutoi hoste chortasai ochlon tosouton; kai legei autois ho Iesous· Posous artous echete; hoi de eipan· Hepta, kai oliga ichthudia. kai ?parangeilas ?to ochlo? anapesein epi ten gen ?elaben tous hepta artous kai tous ichthuas ?kai eucharistesas eklasen kai ?edidou tois ?mathetais hoi de mathetai ?tois ochlois?. kai ephagon pantes kai echortasthesan, kai ?to perisseuon ton klasmaton eran? hepta spuridas plereis. hoi de esthiontes esan tetrakischilioi andres choris gunaikon kai paidion. kai apolusas tous ochlous enebe eis to ploion, kai elthen eis ta horia ?Magadan. __________________________________________________________________ Kai proselthontes hoi Pharisaioi kai Saddoukaioi peirazontes eperotesan auton semeion ek tou ouranou epideixai autois. ho de apokritheis eipen autois· ?Opsias genomenes legete· Eudia, purrazei gar ho ouranos· kai proi· Semeron cheimon, purrazei gar stugnazon ho ouranos. ?to men prosopon tou ouranou ginoskete diakrinein, ta de semeia ton kairon ou dunasthe.? Genea ponera kai moichalis semeion epizetei, kai semeion ou dothesetai aute ei me to semeion ?Iona. kai katalipon autous apelthen. Kai elthontes hoi ?mathetai eis to peran epelathonto artous labein. ho de Iesous eipen autois· Horate kai prosechete apo tes zumes ton Pharisaion kai Saddoukaion. hoi de dielogizonto en heautois legontes hoti Artous ouk elabomen. gnous de ho Iesous ?eipen· Ti dialogizesthe en heautois, oligopistoi, hoti artous ouk ?elabete; oupo noeite, oude mnemoneuete tous pente artous ton pentakischilion kai posous kophinous elabete; oude tous hepta artous ton tetrakischilion kai posas spuridas elabete; pos ou noeite hoti ou peri ?arton eipon humin; ?prosechete de? apo tes zumes ton Pharisaion kai Saddoukaion. tote sunekan hoti ouk eipen prosechein apo tes zumes ?ton arton? alla apo tes didaches ton Pharisaion kai Saddoukaion. Elthon de ho Iesous eis ta mere Kaisareias tes Philippou erota tous mathetas autou legon· ?Tina legousin hoi anthropoi einai ton huion tou anthropou; hoi de eipan· Hoi men Ioannen ton baptisten, alloi de Elian, heteroi de Ieremian e hena ton propheton. legei autois· Humeis de tina me legete einai; apokritheis de Simon Petros eipen· Su ei ho christos ho huios tou theou tou zontos. ?apokritheis de? ho Iesous eipen auto· Makarios ei, Simon Bariona, hoti sarx kai haima ouk apekalupsen soi all' ho pater mou ho en tois ouranois· kago de soi lego hoti su ei Petros, kai epi taute te petra oikodomeso mou ten ekklesian, kai pulai hadou ou katischusousin autes· ?doso soi tas ?kleidas tes basileias ton ouranon, kai ho ?ean deses epi tes ges estai dedemenon en tois ouranois, kai ho ?ean luses epi tes ges estai lelumenon en tois ouranois. tote ?diesteilato tois ?mathetais hina medeni eiposin hoti autos ?estin ho christos. Apo tote erxato ?ho Iesous? deiknuein tois mathetais autou hoti dei auton ?eis Hierosoluma apelthein? kai polla pathein apo ton presbuteron kai archiereon kai grammateon kai apoktanthenai kai te trite hemera egerthenai. kai proslabomenos auton ho Petros erxato epitiman auto legon· Hileos soi, kurie· ou me estai soi touto. ho de strapheis eipen to Petro· Hupage opiso mou, Satana· skandalon ?ei emou?, hoti ou phroneis ta tou theou alla ta ton anthropon. Tote ho Iesous eipen tois mathetais autou· Ei tis thelei opiso mou elthein, aparnesastho heauton kai arato ton stauron autou kai akoloutheito moi. hos gar ?ean thele ten psuchen autou sosai apolesei auten· hos d' an apolese ten psuchen autou heneken emou heuresei auten. ti gar ?ophelethesetai anthropos ean ton kosmon holon kerdese ten de psuchen autou zemiothe; e ti dosei anthropos antallagma tes psuches autou; mellei gar ho huios tou anthropou erchesthai en te doxe tou patros autou meta ton angelon autou, kai tote apodosei hekasto kata ten praxin autou. amen lego humin ?hoti eisin tines ?ton hode hestoton? hoitines ou me geusontai thanatou heos an idosin ton huion tou anthropou erchomenon en te basileia autou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai meth' hemeras hex paralambanei ho Iesous ton Petron kai Iakobon kai Ioannen ton adelphon autou, kai anapherei autous eis oros hupselon kat' idian. kai metemorphothe emprosthen auton, kai elampsen to prosopon autou hos ho helios, ta de himatia autou ?egeneto leuka hos to phos. kai idou ?ophthe autois Mouses kai Elias ?sullalountes met' autou?. apokritheis de ho Petros eipen to Iesou· Kurie, kalon estin hemas hode einai· ei theleis, ?poieso hode treis skenas, soi mian kai Mousei mian kai ?Elia mian?. eti autou lalountos idou nephele photeine epeskiasen autous, kai idou phone ek tes nepheles legousa· Houtos estin ho huios mou ho agapetos, en ho eudokesa· ?akouete autou?. kai akousantes hoi mathetai epesan epi prosopon auton kai ephobethesan sphodra. kai ?proselthen ho Iesous kai hapsamenos auton? eipen· Egerthete kai me phobeisthe. eparantes de tous ophthalmous auton oudena eidon ei me ?auton Iesoun monon. Kai katabainonton auton ek tou orous eneteilato autois ho Iesous legon· Medeni eipete to horama heos hou ho huios tou anthropou ek nekron ?egerthe. kai eperotesan auton hoi ?mathetai legontes· Ti oun hoi grammateis legousin hoti Elian dei elthein proton; ho ?de apokritheis ?eipen· Elias men ?erchetai kai apokatastesei panta· lego de humin hoti Elias ede elthen, kai ouk epegnosan auton alla epoiesan en auto hosa ethelesan· houtos kai ho huios tou anthropou mellei paschein hup' auton. tote sunekan hoi mathetai hoti peri Ioannou tou baptistou eipen autois. Kai ?elthonton pros ton ochlon proselthen auto anthropos gonupeton auton kai legon· Kurie, eleeson mou ton huion, hoti seleniazetai kai kakos ?paschei, pollakis gar piptei eis to pur kai pollakis eis to hudor. kai prosenenka auton tois mathetais sou, kai ouk edunethesan auton therapeusai. apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen· O genea apistos kai diestrammene, heos pote ?meth' humon esomai?; heos pote anexomai humon; pherete moi auton hode. kai epetimesen auto ho Iesous, kai exelthen ap' autou to daimonion· kai etherapeuthe ho pais apo tes horas ekeines. Tote proselthontes hoi mathetai to Iesou kat' idian eipon· Dia ti hemeis ouk edunethemen ekbalein auto; ho de ?legei autois· Dia ten ?oligopistian humon· amen gar lego humin, ean echete pistin hos kokkon sinapeos, ereite to orei touto· ?Metaba enthen? ekei, kai metabesetai, kai ouden adunatesei ?humin. ?Sustrephomenon de auton en te Galilaia eipen autois ho Iesous· Mellei ho huios tou anthropou paradidosthai eis cheiras anthropon, kai apoktenousin auton, kai te trite hemera egerthesetai. kai elupethesan sphodra. Elthonton de auton eis Kapharnaoum proselthon hoi ta didrachma lambanontes to Petro kai eipan· Ho didaskalos humon ou telei ta didrachma; legei· Nai. kai ?elthonta eis ten oikian proephthasen auton ho Iesous legon· Ti soi dokei, Simon; hoi basileis tes ges apo tinon lambanousin tele e kenson; apo ton huion auton e apo ton allotrion; ?eipontos de?· Apo ton allotrion, ephe auto ho Iesous· Ara ge eleutheroi eisin hoi huioi. hina de me skandalisomen autous, poreutheis ?eis thalassan bale ankistron kai ton ?anabanta proton ichthun aron, kai anoixas to stoma autou heureseis statera· ekeinon labon dos autois anti emou kai sou. __________________________________________________________________ En ekeine te hora proselthon hoi mathetai to Iesou legontes· Tis ara meizon estin en te basileia ton ouranon; kai ?proskalesamenos paidion estesen auto en meso auton kai eipen· Amen lego humin, ean me straphete kai genesthe hos ta paidia, ou me eiselthete eis ten basileian ton ouranon. hostis oun tapeinosei heauton hos to paidion touto, houtos estin ho meizon en te basileia ton ouranon· kai hos ?ean dexetai ?hen paidion toiouto? epi to onomati mou, eme dechetai. Hos d' an skandalise hena ton mikron touton ton pisteuonton eis eme, sumpherei auto hina kremasthe mulos onikos ?eis ton trachelon autou kai katapontisthe en to pelagei tes thalasses. ouai to kosmo apo ton skandalon· ananke ?gar elthein ta skandala, plen ouai to ?anthropo di' hou to skandalon erchetai. Ei de he cheir sou e ho pous sou skandalizei se, ekkopson ?auton kai bale apo sou· kalon soi estin eiselthein eis ten zoen ?kullon e cholon?, e duo cheiras e duo podas echonta blethenai eis to pur to aionion. kai ei ho ophthalmos sou skandalizei se, exele auton kai bale apo sou· kalon soi estin monophthalmon eis ten zoen eiselthein, e duo ophthalmous echonta blethenai eis ten geennan tou puros. Horate me kataphronesete henos ton mikron touton, lego gar humin hoti hoi angeloi auton en ouranois dia pantos blepousi to prosopon tou patros mou tou en ?ouranois. ti humin dokei; ean genetai tini anthropo hekaton probata kai planethe hen ex auton, ouchi ?aphesei ta enenekonta ennea epi ta ore ?kai poreutheis zetei to planomenon; kai ean genetai heurein auto, amen lego humin hoti chairei ep' auto mallon e epi tois enenekonta ennea tois me peplanemenois. houtos ouk estin thelema ?emprosthen tou patros ?humon tou en ouranois hina apoletai ?hen ton mikron touton. Ean de hamartese ?eis se? ho adelphos sou, ?hupage elenxon auton metaxu sou kai autou monou. ean sou akouse, ekerdesas ton adelphon sou· ean de me akouse, paralabe meta sou eti hena e duo, hina epi stomatos duo marturon e trion stathe pan rhema· ean de parakouse auton, eipon te ekklesia· ean de kai tes ekklesias parakouse, esto soi hosper ho ethnikos kai ho telones. amen lego humin, hosa ?ean desete epi tes ges estai dedemena ?en ourano kai hosa ean lusete epi tes ges estai lelumena ?en ourano. Palin ?amen lego humin hoti ean duo ?sumphonesosin ex humon? epi tes ges peri pantos pragmatos hou ean aitesontai, genesetai autois para tou patros mou tou en ouranois. hou gar eisin duo e treis sunegmenoi eis to emon onoma, ekei eimi en meso auton. Tote proselthon ?auto ho Petros eipen?· Kurie, posakis hamartesei eis eme ho adelphos mou kai apheso auto; heos heptakis; legei auto ho Iesous· Ou lego soi heos heptakis alla heos hebdomekontakis hepta. Dia touto homoiothe he basileia ton ouranon anthropo basilei hos ethelesen sunarai logon meta ton doulon autou· arxamenou de autou sunairein ?prosenechthe ?auto heis? opheiletes murion talanton. me echontos de autou apodounai ekeleusen auton ho ?kurios prathenai kai ten ?gunaika kai ta tekna kai panta hosa ?echei kai apodothenai. peson oun ho doulos prosekunei auto legon· ?Makrothumeson ep' ?emoi, kai panta ?apodoso soi?. splanchnistheis de ho kurios tou doulou ekeinou apelusen auton, kai to daneion apheken auto. exelthon de ho doulos ekeinos heuren hena ton sundoulon autou hos opheilen auto hekaton denaria, kai kratesas auton epnigen legon· ?Apodos ei ti opheileis. peson oun ho sundoulos ?autou parekalei auton legon· Makrothumeson ep' ?emoi, kai apodoso soi. ho de ouk ethelen, alla apelthon ebalen auton eis phulaken heos ?hou apodo to opheilomenon. idontes ?oun hoi sundouloi autou ta genomena elupethesan sphodra, kai elthontes diesaphesan to kurio heauton panta ta genomena. tote proskalesamenos auton ho kurios autou legei auto· Doule ponere, pasan ten opheilen ekeinen apheka soi, epei parekalesas me· ouk edei kai se eleesai ton sundoulon sou, hos kago se eleesa; kai orgistheis ho kurios autou paredoken auton tois basanistais heos hou apodo pan to ?opheilomenon. Houtos kai ho pater mou ho ?ouranios poiesei humin ean me aphete hekastos to adelpho autou apo ton kardion ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ Kai egeneto hote etelesen ho Iesous tous logous toutous, meteren apo tes Galilaias kai elthen eis ta horia tes Ioudaias peran tou Iordanou. kai ekolouthesan auto ochloi polloi, kai etherapeusen autous ekei. Kai proselthon ?auto Pharisaioi peirazontes auton kai ?legontes· Ei exestin ?anthropo apolusai ten gunaika autou kata pasan aitian; ho de apokritheis ?eipen· Ouk anegnote hoti ho ?ktisas ap' arches arsen kai thelu epoiesen autous kai eipen· ?Heneka toutou kataleipsei anthropos ton patera kai ten metera kai ?kollethesetai te gunaiki autou, kai esontai hoi duo eis sarka mian; hoste ouketi eisin duo alla sarx mia. ho oun ho theos sunezeuxen anthropos me chorizeto. legousin auto· Ti oun Mouses eneteilato dounai biblion apostasiou kai apolusai ?auten; legei autois hoti Mouses pros ten sklerokardian humon epetrepsen humin apolusai tas gunaikas humon, ap' arches de ou gegonen houtos. lego de humin ?hoti hos an apoluse ten gunaika autou me epi porneia kai gamese allen moichatai ?kai ho apolelumenen gamesas moichatai?. Legousin auto hoi ?mathetai· Ei houtos estin he aitia tou anthropou meta tes gunaikos, ou sumpherei gamesai. ho de eipen autois· Ou pantes chorousi ton logon ?touton all' hois dedotai. eisin gar eunouchoi hoitines ek koilias metros egennethesan houtos, kai eisin eunouchoi hoitines eunouchisthesan hupo ton anthropon, kai eisin eunouchoi hoitines eunouchisan heautous dia ten basileian ton ouranon. ho dunamenos chorein choreito. Tote ?prosenechthesan auto paidia hina tas cheiras epithe autois kai proseuxetai· hoi de mathetai epetimesan autois. ho de Iesous eipen· Aphete ta paidia kai me koluete auta elthein pros me, ton gar toiouton estin he basileia ton ouranon. kai epitheis ?tas cheiras autois? eporeuthe ekeithen. Kai idou heis proselthon ?auto eipen?· ?Didaskale, ti agathon poieso hina ?scho zoen aionion; ho de eipen auto· Ti me ?erotas peri tou agathou; heis estin ho agathos?· ei de theleis ?eis ten zoen eiselthein?, ?tereson tas entolas. legei auto· Poias; ho de Iesous ?eipen· To Ou phoneuseis, Ou moicheuseis, Ou klepseis, Ou pseudomartureseis, Tima ton patera kai ten metera, kai Agapeseis ton plesion sou hos seauton. legei auto ho neaniskos· ?Panta tauta? ?ephulaxa· ti eti hustero; ephe auto ho Iesous· Ei theleis teleios einai, hupage poleson sou ta huparchonta kai ?dos ptochois, kai hexeis thesauron en ?ouranois, kai deuro akolouthei moi. akousas de ho neaniskos ton ?logon apelthen lupoumenos, en gar echon ktemata polla. Ho de Iesous eipen tois mathetais autou· Amen lego humin hoti ?plousios duskolos? eiseleusetai eis ten basileian ton ouranon· palin de lego humin, eukopoteron estin kamelon dia ?trupematos rhaphidos ?eiselthein e plousion ?eis ten basileian tou theou?. akousantes de hoi ?mathetai exeplessonto sphodra legontes· Tis ara dunatai sothenai; emblepsas de ho Iesous eipen autois· Para anthropois touto adunaton estin, para de theo panta dunata. Tote apokritheis ho Petros eipen auto· Idou hemeis aphekamen panta kai ekolouthesamen soi· ti ara estai hemin; ho de Iesous eipen autois· Amen lego humin hoti humeis hoi akolouthesantes moi en te palingenesia, hotan kathise ho huios tou anthropou epi thronou doxes autou, ?kathesesthe kai ?humeis epi dodeka thronous krinontes tas dodeka phulas tou Israel. kai pas ?hostis apheken ?oikias e? adelphous e adelphas e patera e metera e ?gunaika e? tekna e ?agrous heneken tou ?onomatos mou?, ?hekatontaplasiona lempsetai kai zoen aionion kleronomesei. polloi de esontai protoi eschatoi kai eschatoi protoi. __________________________________________________________________ Homoia gar estin he basileia ton ouranon anthropo oikodespote hostis exelthen hama proi misthosasthai ergatas eis ton ampelona autou. ?sumphonesas de? meta ton ergaton ek denariou ten hemeran apesteilen autous eis ton ampelona autou. kai exelthon peri triten horan eiden allous hestotas en te agora argous· kai ekeinois eipen· Hupagete kai humeis eis ton ampelona, kai ho ean e dikaion doso humin· hoi de apelthon. ?palin exelthon peri hekten kai enaten horan epoiesen hosautos. peri de ten ?hendekaten exelthon heuren allous ?hestotas, kai legei autois· Ti hode hestekate holen ten hemeran argoi; legousin auto· Hoti oudeis hemas emisthosato. legei autois· Hupagete kai humeis eis ton ?ampelona. opsias de genomenes legei ho kurios tou ampelonos to epitropo autou· Kaleson tous ergatas kai apodos ?autois ton misthon arxamenos apo ton eschaton heos ton proton. ?kai elthontes? hoi peri ten hendekaten horan elabon ana denarion. ?kai elthontes? hoi protoi enomisan hoti ?pleion lempsontai· kai elabon ?to ana denarion kai autoi?. labontes de egonguzon kata tou oikodespotou ?legontes· Houtoi hoi eschatoi mian horan epoiesan, kai isous ?autous hemin? epoiesas tois bastasasi to baros tes hemeras kai ton kausona. ho de apokritheis ?heni auton eipen?· Hetaire, ouk adiko se· ouchi denariou sunephonesas moi; aron to son kai hupage· thelo de touto to eschato dounai hos kai soi· ?ouk exestin moi ?ho thelo poiesai? en tois emois; ?e ho ophthalmos sou poneros estin hoti ego agathos eimi; houtos esontai hoi eschatoi protoi kai hoi protoi ?eschatoi. ?Kai anabainon ho? Iesous eis Hierosoluma parelaben tous dodeka ?mathetas kat' idian, ?kai en te hodo? eipen autois· Idou anabainomen eis Hierosoluma, kai ho huios tou anthropou paradothesetai tois archiereusin kai grammateusin, kai katakrinousin auton thanato, kai paradosousin auton tois ethnesin eis to empaixai kai mastigosai kai staurosai, kai te trite hemera ?egerthesetai. Tote proselthen auto he meter ton huion Zebedaiou meta ton huion autes proskunousa kai aitousa ti ?par' autou. ho de eipen aute· Ti theleis; legei auto· Eipe hina kathisosin houtoi hoi duo huioi mou heis ek dexion ?sou kai heis ex euonumon sou en te basileia sou. apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen· Ouk oidate ti aiteisthe· dunasthe piein to poterion ho ego mello ?pinein; legousin auto· Dunametha. ?legei autois· To men poterion mou ?piesthe, to de kathisai ek dexion mou kai ex ?euonumon ouk estin ?emon dounai, all' hois hetoimastai hupo tou patros mou. Kai akousantes hoi deka eganaktesan peri ton duo adelphon. ho de Iesous proskalesamenos autous eipen· Oidate hoti hoi archontes ton ethnon katakurieuousin auton kai hoi megaloi katexousiazousin auton. ouch houtos ?estai en humin· all' hos ?an thele en humin megas genesthai estai humon diakonos, kai hos ?an thele en humin einai protos ?estai humon doulos· hosper ho huios tou anthropou ouk elthen diakonethenai alla diakonesai kai dounai ten psuchen autou lutron anti pollon. Kai ekporeuomenon auton apo Iericho ekolouthesen auto ochlos polus. kai idou duo tuphloi kathemenoi para ten hodon, akousantes hoti Iesous paragei, ekraxan legontes· ?Kurie, eleeson hemas?, ?huios Dauid. ho de ochlos epetimesen autois hina siopesosin· hoi de meizon ?ekraxan legontes· ?Kurie, eleeson hemas?, ?huios Dauid. kai stas ho Iesous ephonesen autous kai eipen· Ti thelete poieso humin; legousin auto· Kurie, hina ?anoigosin hoi ophthalmoi hemon?. splanchnistheis de ho Iesous hepsato ton ?ommaton auton, kai eutheos ?aneblepsan kai ekolouthesan auto. __________________________________________________________________ Kai hote engisan eis Hierosoluma kai elthon eis Bethphage ?eis to Oros ton Elaion, tote ?Iesous apesteilen duo mathetas legon autois· ?Poreuesthe eis ten komen ten ?katenanti humon, kai ?eutheos heuresete onon dedemenen kai polon met' autes· lusantes ?agagete moi. kai ean tis humin eipe ti, ereite hoti Ho kurios auton chreian echei· ?euthus de ?apostelei autous. Touto ?de gegonen hina plerothe to rhethen dia tou prophetou legontos· Eipate te thugatri Sion· Idou ho basileus sou erchetai soi praus kai epibebekos epi onon kai ?epi polon huion hupozugiou. poreuthentes de hoi mathetai kai poiesantes kathos ?sunetaxen autois ho Iesous egagon ten onon kai ton polon, kai epethekan ?ep' auton ta ?himatia, kai epekathisen epano auton. ho de pleistos ochlos estrosan heauton ta himatia en te hodo, alloi de ekopton kladous apo ton dendron kai estronnuon en te hodo. hoi de ochloi hoi proagontes ?auton kai hoi akolouthountes ekrazon legontes· Hosanna to huio Dauid· Eulogemenos ho erchomenos en onomati kuriou· Hosanna en tois hupsistois. kai eiselthontos autou eis Hierosoluma eseisthe pasa he polis legousa· Tis estin houtos; hoi de ochloi elegon· Houtos estin ?ho prophetes Iesous? ho apo Nazareth tes Galilaias. Kai eiselthen ?Iesous eis to ?hieron, kai exebalen pantas tous polountas kai agorazontas en to hiero kai tas trapezas ton kollubiston katestrepsen kai tas kathedras ton polounton tas peristeras, kai legei autois· Gegraptai· Ho oikos mou oikos proseuches klethesetai, humeis de auton ?poieite spelaion leston. Kai proselthon auto ?tuphloi kai choloi? en to hiero, kai etherapeusen autous. idontes de hoi archiereis kai hoi grammateis ta thaumasia ha epoiesen kai tous paidas ?tous krazontas en to hiero kai legontas· Hosanna to huio Dauid eganaktesan kai eipan auto· Akoueis ti houtoi legousin; ho de Iesous legei autois· Nai. oudepote anegnote hoti Ek stomatos nepion kai thelazonton katertiso ainon; kai katalipon autous exelthen exo tes poleos eis Bethanian, kai eulisthe ekei. ?Proi de ?epanagon eis ten polin epeinasen. kai idon suken mian epi tes hodou elthen ep' auten, kai ouden heuren en aute ei me phulla monon, kai legei aute· ?Meketi ek sou karpos genetai eis ton aiona· kai exeranthe parachrema he suke. kai idontes hoi mathetai ethaumasan legontes· Pos parachrema exeranthe he suke; apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen autois· Amen lego humin, ean echete pistin kai me diakrithete, ou monon to tes sukes poiesete, alla kan to orei touto eipete· Artheti kai bletheti eis ten thalassan, genesetai· kai panta hosa ?an aitesete en te proseuche pisteuontes lempsesthe. Kai ?elthontos autou? eis to hieron proselthon auto didaskonti hoi archiereis kai hoi presbuteroi tou laou legontes· En poia exousia tauta poieis; kai tis soi edoken ten exousian tauten; apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen autois· Eroteso humas kago logon hena, hon ean eipete moi kago humin ero en poia exousia tauta poio· to baptisma ?to Ioannou pothen en; ex ouranou e ex anthropon; hoi de dielogizonto ?en heautois legontes· Ean eipomen· Ex ouranou, erei hemin· Dia ti oun ouk episteusate auto; ean de eipomen· Ex anthropon, phoboumetha ton ochlon, pantes gar ?hos propheten echousin ton Ioannen?. kai apokrithentes to Iesou eipan· Ouk oidamen. ephe autois kai autos· Oude ego lego humin en poia exousia tauta poio. Ti de humin dokei; anthropos eichen tekna duo. ?proselthon to proto eipen· Teknon, hupage semeron ergazou en to ?ampeloni. ho de apokritheis eipen· ?Ou thelo· husteron de metameletheis? apelthen. ?proselthon de? to ?deutero eipen hosautos· ho de apokritheis eipen· ?Ego, kurie· kai ouk? apelthen. tis ek ton duo epoiesen to thelema tou patros; ?legousin· Ho ?protos. legei autois ho Iesous· Amen lego humin hoti hoi telonai kai hai pornai proagousin humas eis ten basileian tou theou. elthen gar ?Ioannes pros humas? en hodo dikaiosunes, kai ouk episteusate auto· hoi de telonai kai hai pornai episteusan auto· humeis de idontes ?oude metemelethete husteron tou pisteusai auto. Allen parabolen akousate. ?Anthropos en oikodespotes hostis ephuteusen ampelona kai phragmon auto perietheken kai oruxen en auto lenon kai okodomesen purgon, kai exedeto auton georgois, kai apedemesen. hote de engisen ho kairos ton karpon, apesteilen tous doulous autou pros tous georgous labein tous karpous autou. kai labontes hoi georgoi tous doulous autou hon men edeiran, hon de apekteinan, hon de elithobolesan. palin apesteilen allous doulous pleionas ton proton, kai epoiesan autois hosautos. husteron de apesteilen pros autous ton huion autou legon· Entrapesontai ton huion mou. hoi de georgoi idontes ton huion eipon en heautois· Houtos estin ho kleronomos· deute apokteinomen auton kai ?schomen ten kleronomian autou· kai labontes auton exebalon exo tou ampelonos kai apekteinan. hotan oun elthe ho kurios tou ampelonos, ti poiesei tois georgois ekeinois; legousin auto· Kakous kakos apolesei autous, kai ton ampelona ekdosetai allois georgois, hoitines apodosousin auto tous karpous en tois kairois auton. Legei autois ho Iesous· Oudepote anegnote en tais graphais· Lithon hon apedokimasan hoi oikodomountes houtos egenethe eis kephalen gonias· para kuriou egeneto haute, kai estin thaumaste en ophthalmois hemon; dia touto lego humin hoti arthesetai aph' humon he basileia tou theou kai dothesetai ethnei poiounti tous karpous autes. ?Kai ho peson epi ton lithon touton sunthlasthesetai· eph' hon d' an pese likmesei auton.? Kai akousantes hoi archiereis kai hoi Pharisaioi tas parabolas autou egnosan hoti peri auton legei· kai zetountes auton kratesai ephobethesan tous ochlous, ?epei eis? propheten auton eichon. __________________________________________________________________ Kai apokritheis ho Iesous palin eipen ?en parabolais autois? legon· Homoiothe he basileia ton ouranon anthropo basilei, hostis epoiesen gamous to huio autou. kai apesteilen tous doulous autou kalesai tous keklemenous eis tous gamous, kai ouk ethelon elthein. palin apesteilen allous doulous legon· Eipate tois keklemenois· Idou to ariston mou ?hetoimaka, hoi tauroi mou kai ta sitista tethumena, kai panta hetoima· deute eis tous gamous. hoi de amelesantes apelthon, ?hos men eis ton idion agron, ?hos de ?epi ten emporian autou· hoi de loipoi kratesantes tous doulous autou hubrisan kai apekteinan. ?ho de basileus? orgisthe, kai pempsas ta strateumata autou apolesen tous phoneis ekeinous kai ten polin auton enepresen. tote legei tois doulois autou· Ho men gamos hetoimos estin, hoi de keklemenoi ouk esan axioi· poreuesthe oun epi tas diexodous ton hodon, kai hosous ?ean heurete kalesate eis tous gamous. kai exelthontes hoi douloi ekeinoi eis tas hodous sunegagon pantas ?ohus heuron, ponerous te kai agathous· kai eplesthe ho ?gamos anakeimenon. eiselthon de ho basileus theasasthai tous anakeimenous eiden ekei anthropon ouk endedumenon enduma gamou· kai legei auto· Hetaire, pos eiselthes hode me echon enduma gamou; ho de ephimothe. tote ?ho basileus eipen? tois diakonois· Desantes autou podas kai cheiras ?ekbalete auton? eis to skotos to exoteron· ekei estai ho klauthmos kai ho brugmos ton odonton. polloi gar eisin kletoi oligoi de eklektoi. Tote poreuthentes hoi Pharisaioi sumboulion elabon hopos auton pagideusosin en logo. kai apostellousin auto tous mathetas auton meta ton Herodianon ?legontes· Didaskale, oidamen hoti alethes ei kai ten hodon tou theou en aletheia didaskeis, kai ou melei soi peri oudenos, ou gar blepeis eis prosopon anthropon· eipon oun hemin ti soi dokei· exestin dounai kenson Kaisari e ou; gnous de ho Iesous ten ponerian auton eipen· Ti me peirazete, hupokritai; epideixate moi to nomisma tou kensou. hoi de prosenenkan auto denarion. kai legei autois· Tinos he eikon haute kai he epigraphe; legousin ?auto· Kaisaros. tote legei autois· Apodote oun ta Kaisaros Kaisari kai ta tou theou to theo. kai akousantes ethaumasan, kai aphentes auton apelthan. En ekeine te hemera proselthon auto Saddoukaioi, ?legontes me einai anastasin, kai eperotesan auton legontes· Didaskale, Mouses eipen· Ean tis apothane me echon tekna, epigambreusei ho adelphos autou ten gunaika autou kai anastesei sperma to adelpho autou. esan de par' hemin hepta adelphoi· kai ho protos ?gemas eteleutesen, kai me echon sperma apheken ten gunaika autou to adelpho autou· homoios kai ho deuteros kai ho tritos, heos ton hepta· husteron de panton apethanen ?he gune. en te ?anastasei oun? tinos ton hepta estai gune; pantes gar eschon auten. Apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen autois· Planasthe me eidotes tas graphas mede ten dunamin tou theou· en gar te anastasei oute gamousin oute ?gamizontai, all' hos angeloi ?theou en ?to ourano eisin· peri de tes anastaseos ton nekron ouk anegnote to rhethen humin hupo tou theou legontos· Ego eimi ho theos Abraam kai ho theos Isaak kai ho theos Iakob; ouk estin ?ho theos? nekron alla zonton. kai akousantes hoi ochloi exeplessonto epi te didache autou. Hoi de Pharisaioi akousantes hoti ephimosen tous Saddoukaious sunechthesan epi to auto. kai eperotesen heis ex auton nomikos peirazon ?auton· Didaskale, poia entole megale en to nomo; ho ?de ephe auto· Agapeseis kurion ton theon sou en hole ?te kardia sou kai en hole ?te psuche sou kai en hole te dianoia sou· haute estin ?he megale kai prote? entole. Deutera ?de homoia ?aute· Agapeseis ton plesion sou hos seauton. en tautais tais dusin entolais holos ho nomos ?krematai kai hoi prophetai?. Sunegmenon de ton Pharisaion eperotesen autous ho Iesous legon· Ti humin dokei peri tou christou; tinos huios estin; legousin auto· Tou Dauid. legei autois· Pos oun Dauid en pneumati ?kalei auton kurion? legon· ?Eipen kurios to kurio mou· Kathou ek dexion mou heos an tho tous echthrous sou ?hupokato ton podon sou; ei oun Dauid kalei auton kurion, pos huios autou estin; kai oudeis edunato ?apokrithenai auto? logon, oude etolmesen tis ap' ekeines tes hemeras eperotesai auton ouketi. __________________________________________________________________ Tote ho Iesous elalesen tois ochlois kai tois mathetais autou legon· Epi tes Mouseos kathedras ekathisan hoi grammateis kai hoi Pharisaioi. panta oun hosa ?ean eiposin humin ?poiesate kai tereite?, kata de ta erga auton me poieite, legousin gar kai ou poiousin. desmeuousin ?de phortia ?barea kai epititheasin epi tous omous ton anthropon, ?autoi de to? daktulo auton ou thelousin kinesai auta. panta de ta erga auton poiousin pros to theathenai tois anthropois· platunousi ?gar ta phulakteria auton kai megalunousi ta ?kraspeda, philousi ?de ten protoklisian en tois deipnois kai tas protokathedrias en tais sunagogais kai tous aspasmous en tais agorais kai kaleisthai hupo ton anthropon· ?Rhabbi. humeis de me klethete· Rhabbi, heis gar estin humon ho ?didaskalos, pantes de humeis adelphoi este· kai patera me kalesete humon epi tes ges, heis gar estin ?humon ho pater? ho ?ouranios· mede klethete kathegetai, ?hoti kathegetes humon estin heis? ho christos· ho de meizon humon estai humon diakonos. hostis de hupsosei heauton tapeinothesetai, kai hostis tapeinosei heauton ?hupsothesetai. Ouai ?de humin, grammateis kai Pharisaioi hupokritai, hoti kleiete ten basileian ton ouranon emprosthen ton anthropon· humeis gar ouk eiserchesthe, oude tous eiserchomenous aphiete ?eiselthein. Ouai humin, grammateis kai Pharisaioi hupokritai, hoti periagete ten thalassan kai ten xeran poiesai hena proseluton, kai hotan genetai poieite auton huion geennes diploteron humon. Ouai humin, hodegoi tuphloi hoi legontes· Hos an omose en to nao, ouden estin, hos d' an omose en to chruso tou naou opheilei. moroi kai tuphloi, tis gar meizon estin, ho chrusos e ho naos ho ?hagiasas ton chruson; kai· Hos ?an omose en to thusiasterio, ouden estin, hos d' an omose en to doro to epano autou opheilei. ?tuphloi, ti gar meizon, to doron e to thusiasterion to hagiazon to doron; ho oun omosas en to thusiasterio omnuei en auto kai en pasi tois epano autou· kai ho omosas en to nao omnuei en auto kai en to ?katoikounti auton· kai ho omosas en to ourano omnuei en to throno tou theou kai en to kathemeno epano autou. Ouai humin, grammateis kai Pharisaioi hupokritai, hoti apodekatoute to heduosmon kai to anethon kai to kuminon, kai aphekate ta barutera tou nomou, ten krisin kai ?to eleos? kai ten pistin· ?tauta edei poiesai kakeina me ?aphienai. hodegoi tuphloi, ?hoi diulizontes ton konopa ten de kamelon katapinontes. Ouai humin, grammateis kai Pharisaioi hupokritai, hoti katharizete to exothen tou poteriou kai tes paropsidos, esothen de gemousin ex harpages kai ?akrasias. Pharisaie tuphle, katharison proton to entos tou poteriou ?kai tes paropsidos?, hina genetai kai to ektos ?autou katharon. Ouai humin, grammateis kai Pharisaioi hupokritai, hoti ?paromoiazete taphois kekoniamenois, hoitines exothen men phainontai horaioi esothen de gemousin osteon nekron kai pases akatharsias· houtos kai humeis exothen men phainesthe tois anthropois dikaioi, esothen de ?este mestoi? hupokriseos kai anomias. Ouai humin, grammateis kai Pharisaioi hupokritai, hoti oikodomeite tous taphous ton propheton kai kosmeite ta mnemeia ton dikaion, kai legete· Ei ?emetha en tais hemerais ton pateron hemon, ouk an ?emetha ?auton koinonoi? en to haimati ton propheton· hoste martureite heautois hoti huioi este ton phoneusanton tous prophetas. kai humeis plerosate to metron ton pateron humon. opheis gennemata echidnon, pos phugete apo tes kriseos tes geennes; dia touto idou ego apostello pros humas prophetas kai sophous kai grammateis· ?ex auton apokteneite kai staurosete, kai ex auton mastigosete en tais sunagogais humon kai dioxete apo poleos eis polin· hopos elthe eph' humas pan haima dikaion ekchunnomenon epi tes ges apo tou haimatos Habel tou dikaiou heos tou haimatos Zachariou huiou Barachiou, hon ephoneusate metaxu tou naou kai tou thusiasteriou. amen lego humin, ?hexei ?tauta panta? epi ten genean tauten. Ierousalem Ierousalem, he ?apokteinousa tous prophetas kai lithobolousa tous apestalmenous pros auten-- posakis ethelesa episunagagein ta tekna sou, hon tropon ?ornis episunagei? ta nossia ?autes hupo tas pterugas, kai ouk ethelesate; idou aphietai humin ho oikos humon ?eremos. lego gar humin, ou me me idete ap' arti heos an eipete· Eulogemenos ho erchomenos en onomati kuriou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai exelthon ho Iesous ?apo tou hierou eporeueto?, kai proselthon hoi mathetai autou epideixai auto tas oikodomas tou hierou· ho de ?apokritheis eipen autois· Ou blepete ?tauta panta?; amen lego humin, ou me aphethe hode lithos epi lithon hos ou kataluthesetai. Kathemenou de autou epi tou Orous ton Elaion proselthon auto hoi mathetai kat' idian legontes· Eipon hemin pote tauta estai, kai ti to semeion tes ses parousias ?kai sunteleias tou aionos. kai apokritheis ho Iesous eipen autois· Blepete me tis humas planese· polloi gar eleusontai epi to onomati mou legontes· Ego eimi ho christos, kai pollous planesousin. mellesete de akouein polemous kai akoas polemon· horate, me throeisthe· dei ?gar genesthai, all' oupo estin to telos. egerthesetai gar ethnos epi ethnos kai basileia epi basileian, kai esontai ?limoi kai seismoi kata topous· panta de tauta arche odinon. Tote paradosousin humas eis thlipsin kai apoktenousin humas, kai esesthe misoumenoi hupo panton ton ethnon dia to onoma mou. kai tote skandalisthesontai polloi kai allelous paradosousin kai misesousin allelous· kai polloi pseudoprophetai egerthesontai kai planesousin pollous· kai dia to plethunthenai ten anomian psugesetai he agape ton pollon. ho de hupomeinas eis telos houtos sothesetai. kai keruchthesetai touto to euangelion tes basileias en hole te oikoumene eis marturion pasin tois ethnesin, kai tote hexei to telos. Hotan oun idete to bdelugma tes eremoseos to rhethen dia Daniel tou prophetou ?hestos en topo hagio, ho anaginoskon noeito, tote hoi en te Ioudaia pheugetosan ?epi ta ore, ho epi tou domatos me ?katabato arai ta ek tes oikias autou, kai ho en to agro me epistrepsato opiso arai ?to himation? autou. ouai de tais en gastri echousais kai tais thelazousais en ekeinais tais hemerais. proseuchesthe de hina me genetai he phuge humon cheimonos mede sabbato· estai gar tote thlipsis megale hoia ou gegonen ap' arches kosmou heos tou nun oud' ou me genetai. kai ei me ekolobothesan hai hemerai ekeinai, ouk an esothe pasa sarx· dia de tous eklektous kolobothesontai hai hemerai ekeinai. tote ean tis humin eipe· Idou hode ho christos, e· Hode, me pisteusete· egerthesontai gar pseudochristoi kai pseudoprophetai, kai dosousin semeia megala kai terata hoste ?planesai ei dunaton kai tous eklektous· idou proeireka humin. ean oun eiposin humin· Idou en te eremo estin, me exelthete· Idou en tois tameiois, me pisteusete· hosper gar he astrape exerchetai apo anatolon kai phainetai heos dusmon, houtos ?estai he parousia tou huiou tou anthropou· ?hopou ean e to ptoma, ekei sunachthesontai hoi aetoi. Eutheos de meta ten thlipsin ton hemeron ekeinon ho helios skotisthesetai, kai he selene ou dosei to phengos autes, kai hoi asteres pesountai apo tou ouranou, kai hai dunameis ton ouranon saleuthesontai. kai tote phanesetai to semeion tou huiou tou anthropou en ?to ourano, kai tote kopsontai pasai hai phulai tes ges kai opsontai ton huion tou anthropou erchomenon epi ton nephelon tou ouranou meta dunameos kai doxes polles· kai apostelei tous angelous autou meta ?salpingos megales, kai episunaxousin tous eklektous autou ek ton tessaron anemon ap' akron ouranon heos ?ton akron auton. Apo de tes sukes mathete ten parabolen· hotan ede ho klados autes genetai hapalos kai ta phulla ekphue, ginoskete hoti engus to theros· houtos kai humeis, hotan idete ?panta tauta?, ginoskete hoti engus estin epi thurais. amen lego humin ?hoti ou me parelthe he genea haute heos an panta tauta genetai. ho ouranos kai he ge ?pareleusetai, hoi de logoi mou ou me parelthosin. Peri de tes hemeras ekeines kai horas oudeis oiden, oude hoi angeloi ton ouranon ?oude ho huios?, ei me ho ?pater monos. hosper ?gar hai hemerai tou Noe, houtos ?estai he parousia tou huiou tou anthropou· ?hos gar esan en tais ?hemerais tais pro tou kataklusmou trogontes kai pinontes, gamountes kai ?gamizontes, achri hes hemeras eiselthen Noe eis ten kiboton, kai ouk egnosan heos elthen ho kataklusmos kai eren hapantas, houtos estai ?kai he parousia tou huiou tou anthropou. tote ?duo esontai? en to agro, ?heis paralambanetai kai ?heis aphietai· duo alethousai en to ?mulo, mia paralambanetai kai mia aphietai. gregoreite oun, hoti ouk oidate poia ?hemera ho kurios humon erchetai. ekeino de ginoskete hoti ei edei ho oikodespotes poia phulake ho kleptes erchetai, egregoresen an kai ouk an eiasen dioruchthenai ten oikian autou. dia touto kai humeis ginesthe hetoimoi, hoti he ?ou dokeite hora? ho huios tou anthropou erchetai. Tis ara estin ho pistos doulos kai phronimos hon katestesen ho ?kurios epi tes ?oiketeias autou tou ?dounai autois ten trophen en kairo; makarios ho doulos ekeinos hon elthon ho kurios autou heuresei ?houtos poiounta?· amen lego humin hoti epi pasin tois huparchousin autou katastesei auton. ean de eipe ho kakos doulos ekeinos en te kardia autou· Chronizei ?mou ho kurios?, kai arxetai tuptein tous sundoulous ?autou, esthie de kai pine? meta ton methuonton, hexei ho kurios tou doulou ekeinou en hemera he ou prosdoka kai en hora he ou ginoskei, kai dichotomesei auton kai to meros autou meta ton hupokriton thesei· ekei estai ho klauthmos kai ho brugmos ton odonton. __________________________________________________________________ Tote homoiothesetai he basileia ton ouranon deka parthenois, haitines labousai tas lampadas ?heauton exelthon eis ?hupantesin tou numphiou. pente de ?ex auton esan? ?morai kai pente phronimoi?. ?hai gar? morai labousai tas lampadas auton ouk elabon meth' heauton elaion· hai de phronimoi elabon elaion en tois ?angeiois meta ton lampadon ?heauton. chronizontos de tou numphiou enustaxan pasai kai ekatheudon. meses de nuktos krauge gegonen· Idou ho ?numphios, exerchesthe eis apantesin ?autou. tote egerthesan pasai hai parthenoi ekeinai kai ekosmesan tas lampadas ?heauton. hai de morai tais phronimois eipan· Dote hemin ek tou elaiou humon, hoti hai lampades hemon sbennuntai. apekrithesan de hai phronimoi legousai· Mepote ?ou me? arkese hemin kai humin· ?poreuesthe mallon pros tous polountas kai agorasate heautais. aperchomenon de auton agorasai elthen ho numphios, kai hai hetoimoi eiselthon met' autou eis tous gamous, kai ekleisthe he thura. husteron de erchontai kai hai loipai parthenoi legousai· Kurie kurie, anoixon hemin· ho de apokritheis eipen· Amen lego humin, ouk oida humas. gregoreite oun, hoti ouk oidate ten hemeran oude ten ?horan. Hosper gar anthropos apodemon ekalesen tous idious doulous kai paredoken autois ta huparchonta autou, kai ho men edoken pente talanta ho de duo ho de hen, hekasto kata ten idian dunamin, kai apedemesen. eutheos ?poreutheis ho ta pente talanta labon ergasato en autois kai ?ekerdesen alla ?pente· ?hosautos ho ta duo ?ekerdesen alla duo· ho de to hen labon apelthon oruxen ?gen kai ?ekrupsen to argurion tou kuriou autou. meta de ?polun chronon? erchetai ho kurios ton doulon ekeinon kai sunairei ?logon met' auton? kai proselthon ho ta pente talanta labon prosenenken alla pente talanta legon· Kurie, pente talanta moi paredokas· ide alla pente talanta ?ekerdesa. ?ephe auto ho kurios autou· Eu, doule agathe kai piste, epi oliga es pistos, epi pollon se katasteso· eiselthe eis ten charan tou kuriou sou. proselthon ?de kai ho ta duo ?talanta eipen· Kurie, duo talanta moi paredokas· ide alla duo talanta ?ekerdesa. ephe auto ho kurios autou· Eu, doule agathe kai piste, epi oliga es pistos, epi pollon se katasteso· eiselthe eis ten charan tou kuriou sou. proselthon de kai ho to hen talanton eilephos eipen· Kurie, egnon se hoti skleros ei anthropos, therizon hopou ouk espeiras kai sunagon hothen ou dieskorpisas· kai phobetheis apelthon ekrupsa to talanton sou en te ge· ide echeis to son. apokritheis de ho kurios autou eipen auto· Ponere doule kai oknere, edeis hoti therizo hopou ouk espeira kai sunago hothen ou dieskorpisa; edei ?se oun? balein ?ta arguria? mou tois trapezitais, kai elthon ego ekomisamen an to emon sun toko. arate oun ap' autou to talanton kai dote to echonti ta deka talanta· to gar echonti panti dothesetai kai perisseuthesetai· ?tou de? me echontos kai ho echei arthesetai ap' autou. kai ton achreion doulon ekbalete eis to skotos to exoteron· ekei estai ho klauthmos kai ho brugmos ton odonton. Hotan de elthe ho huios tou anthropou en te doxe autou kai pantes ?hoi angeloi met' autou, tote kathisei epi thronou doxes autou· kai ?sunachthesontai emprosthen autou panta ta ethne, kai aphorisei autous ap' allelon, hosper ho poimen aphorizei ta probata apo ton eriphon, kai stesei ta men probata ek dexion autou ta de eriphia ex euonumon. tote erei ho basileus tois ek dexion autou· Deute, hoi eulogemenoi tou patros mou, kleronomesate ten hetoimasmenen humin basileian apo kataboles kosmou. epeinasa gar kai edokate moi phagein, edipsesa kai epotisate me, xenos emen kai sunegagete me, gumnos kai periebalete me, esthenesa kai epeskepsasthe me, en phulake emen kai elthate pros me. tote apokrithesontai auto hoi dikaioi legontes· Kurie, pote se eidomen peinonta kai ethrepsamen, e dipsonta kai epotisamen; pote de se eidomen xenon kai sunegagomen, e gumnon kai periebalomen; pote de se eidomen ?asthenounta e en phulake kai elthomen pros se; kai apokritheis ho basileus erei autois· Amen lego humin, eph' hoson epoiesate heni touton ton adelphon mou ton elachiston, emoi epoiesate. tote erei kai tois ex euonumon· Poreuesthe ap' emou ?hoi kateramenoi eis to pur to aionion to hetoimasmenon to diabolo kai tois angelois autou. epeinasa gar kai ouk edokate moi phagein, ?edipsesa kai ouk epotisate me, xenos emen kai ou sunegagete me, gumnos kai ou periebalete me, asthenes kai en phulake kai ouk epeskepsasthe me. tote apokrithesontai kai autoi legontes· Kurie, pote se eidomen peinonta e dipsonta e xenon e gumnon e asthene e en phulake kai ou diekonesamen soi; tote apokrithesetai autois legon· Amen lego humin, eph' hoson ouk epoiesate heni touton ton elachiston, oude emoi epoiesate. kai apeleusontai houtoi eis kolasin aionion, hoi de dikaioi eis zoen aionion. __________________________________________________________________ Kai egeneto hote etelesen ho Iesous pantas tous logous toutous, eipen tois mathetais autou· Oidate hoti meta duo hemeras to pascha ginetai, kai ho huios tou anthropou paradidotai eis to staurothenai. Tote sunechthesan hoi ?archiereis kai hoi presbuteroi tou laou eis ten aulen tou archiereos tou legomenou Kaiapha, kai sunebouleusanto hina ton Iesoun dolo kratesosin kai apokteinosin· elegon de· Me en te heorte, hina me thorubos genetai en to lao. Tou de Iesou genomenou en Bethania en oikia Simonos tou leprou, proselthen auto gune ?echousa alabastron murou? barutimou kai katecheen epi ?tes kephales? autou anakeimenou. idontes de hoi ?mathetai eganaktesan legontes· Eis ti he apoleia haute; edunato gar ?touto prathenai pollou kai dothenai ptochois. gnous de ho Iesous eipen autois· Ti kopous parechete te gunaiki; ergon gar kalon ergasato eis eme· pantote gar tous ptochous echete meth' heauton, eme de ou pantote echete· balousa gar haute to muron touto epi tou somatos mou pros to entaphiasai me epoiesen. amen lego humin, hopou ean keruchthe to euangelion touto en holo to kosmo, lalethesetai kai ho epoiesen haute eis mnemosunon autes. Tote poreutheis heis ton dodeka, ho legomenos Ioudas Iskariotes, pros tous archiereis eipen· Ti thelete moi dounai kago humin paradoso auton; hoi de estesan auto triakonta arguria. kai apo tote ezetei eukairian hina auton parado. Te de prote ton azumon proselthon hoi mathetai to Iesou ?legontes· Pou theleis ?hetoimasomen soi phagein to pascha; ho de eipen· Hupagete eis ten polin pros ton deina kai eipate auto· Ho didaskalos legei· Ho kairos mou engus estin· pros se poio to pascha meta ton matheton mou. kai epoiesan hoi mathetai hos sunetaxen autois ho Iesous, kai hetoimasan to pascha. Opsias de genomenes anekeito meta ton dodeka ?matheton kai esthionton auton eipen· Amen lego humin hoti heis ex humon paradosei me. kai lupoumenoi sphodra erxanto legein auto ?heis hekastos?· Meti ego eimi, kurie; ho de apokritheis eipen· Ho embapsas met' emou ?ten cheira en to trublio? houtos me paradosei· ho men huios tou anthropou hupagei kathos gegraptai peri autou, ouai de to anthropo ekeino di' hou ho huios tou anthropou paradidotai· kalon en auto ei ouk egennethe ho anthropos ekeinos. apokritheis de Ioudas ho paradidous auton eipen· Meti ego eimi, rhabbi; legei auto· Su eipas. Esthionton de auton labon ho Iesous ?arton kai ?eulogesas eklasen kai ?dous tois mathetais? eipen· Labete phagete, touto estin to soma mou. kai ?labon poterion kai eucharistesas edoken autois legon· Piete ex autou pantes, touto gar estin to haima ?mou ?tes diathekes to peri pollon ekchunnomenon eis aphesin hamartion· lego de ?humin, ou me pio ap' arti ek toutou tou genematos tes ampelou heos tes hemeras ekeines hotan auto pino meth' humon kainon en te basileia tou patros mou. kai humnesantes exelthon eis to Oros ton Elaion. Tote legei autois ho Iesous· Pantes humeis skandalisthesesthe en emoi en te nukti taute, gegraptai gar· Pataxo ton poimena, kai ?diaskorpisthesontai ta probata tes poimnes· meta de to egerthenai me proaxo humas eis ten Galilaian. apokritheis de ho Petros eipen auto· Ei pantes skandalisthesontai en soi, ?ego oudepote skandalisthesomai. ephe auto ho Iesous· Amen lego soi hoti en taute te nukti prin alektora phonesai tris aparnese me. legei auto ho Petros· Kan dee me sun soi apothanein, ou me se ?aparnesomai. ?homoios kai pantes hoi mathetai eipan. Tote erchetai met' auton ho Iesous eis chorion legomenon Gethsemani, kai legei tois mathetais· Kathisate autou heos hou apelthon ?ekei proseuxomai?. kai paralabon ton Petron kai tous duo huious Zebedaiou erxato lupeisthai kai ademonein. tote legei ?autois· Perilupos estin he psuche mou heos thanatou· meinate hode kai gregoreite met' emou. kai ?proelthon mikron epesen epi prosopon autou proseuchomenos kai legon· Pater mou, ei dunaton estin, parelthato ap' emou to poterion touto· plen ouch hos ego thelo all' hos su. kai erchetai pros tous mathetas kai heuriskei autous katheudontas, kai legei to Petro· Houtos ouk ischusate mian horan gregoresai met' emou; gregoreite kai proseuchesthe, hina me eiselthete eis peirasmon· to men pneuma prothumon he de sarx asthenes. palin ek deuterou apelthon proseuxato legon· Pater mou, ei ou dunatai ?touto ?parelthein ean me auto pio, genetheto to thelema sou. kai elthon ?palin heuren autous? katheudontas, esan gar auton hoi ophthalmoi bebaremenoi. kai apheis autous ?palin apelthon? proseuxato ek tritou ton auton logon eipon ?palin. tote erchetai pros tous ?mathetas kai legei autois· Katheudete ?to loipon kai anapauesthe· idou engiken he hora kai ho huios tou anthropou paradidotai eis cheiras hamartolon. egeiresthe agomen· idou engiken ho paradidous me. Kai eti autou lalountos idou Ioudas heis ton dodeka elthen kai met' autou ochlos polus meta machairon kai xulon apo ton archiereon kai presbuteron tou laou. ho de paradidous auton edoken autois semeion legon· Hon an phileso autos estin· kratesate auton. kai eutheos proselthon to Iesou eipen· Chaire, rhabbi· kai katephilesen auton. ho de Iesous eipen auto· Hetaire, eph' ?ho parei. tote proselthontes epebalon tas cheiras epi ton Iesoun kai ekratesan auton. kai idou heis ton meta Iesou ekteinas ten cheira apespasen ten machairan autou kai pataxas ton doulon tou archiereos apheilen autou to otion. tote legei auto ho Iesous· Apostrepson ?ten machairan sou? eis ton topon autes, pantes gar hoi labontes machairan en machaire ?apolountai· e dokeis hoti ou ?dunamai parakalesai ton patera mou, kai parastesei moi ?arti pleio? dodeka legionas angelon; pos oun plerothosin hai graphai hoti houtos dei genesthai; en ekeine te hora eipen ho Iesous tois ochlois· Hos epi lesten exelthate meta machairon kai xulon sullabein me; kath' ?hemeran ?en to hiero ekathezomen didaskon? kai ouk ekratesate me. touto de holon gegonen hina plerothosin hai graphai ton propheton. tote hoi mathetai pantes aphentes auton ephugon. Hoi de kratesantes ton Iesoun apegagon pros Kaiaphan ton archierea, hopou hoi grammateis kai hoi presbuteroi sunechthesan. ho de Petros ekolouthei auto apo makrothen heos tes aules tou archiereos, kai eiselthon eso ekatheto meta ton hupereton idein to telos. hoi de archiereis ?kai to sunedrion holon ezetoun pseudomarturian kata tou Iesou hopos ?auton thanatososin?, kai ouch heuron ?pollon proselthonton pseudomarturon. husteron de proselthontes duo? eipan· Houtos ephe· Dunamai katalusai ton naon tou theou kai dia trion hemeron ?oikodomesai. kai anastas ho archiereus eipen auto· Ouden apokrine; ti houtoi sou katamarturousin; ho de Iesous esiopa. ?kai ho archiereus eipen auto· Exorkizo se kata tou theou tou zontos hina hemin eipes ei su ei ho christos ho huios tou theou. legei auto ho Iesous· Su eipas· plen lego humin, ap' arti opsesthe ton huion tou anthropou kathemenon ek dexion tes dunameos kai erchomenon epi ton nephelon tou ouranou. tote ho archiereus dierrexen ta himatia autou ?legon· Eblasphemesen· ti eti chreian echomen marturon; ide nun ekousate ten ?blasphemian· ti humin dokei; hoi de apokrithentes eipan· Enochos thanatou estin. tote eneptusan eis to prosopon autou kai ekolaphisan auton, hoi de erapisan legontes· Propheteuson hemin, christe, tis estin ho paisas se; Ho de Petros ?ekatheto exo? en te aule· kai proselthen auto mia paidiske legousa· Kai su estha meta Iesou tou Galilaiou· ho de ernesato ?emprosthen panton legon· Ouk oida ti legeis. exelthonta ?de eis ton pulona eiden auton alle kai legei ?tois ekei· ?Houtos en meta Iesou tou Nazoraiou· kai palin ernesato meta horkou hoti Ouk oida ton anthropon. meta mikron de proselthontes hoi hestotes eipon to Petro· Alethos kai su ex auton ei, kai gar he lalia sou delon se poiei· tote erxato katathematizein kai omnuein hoti Ouk oida ton anthropon. kai ?eutheos alektor ephonesen· kai emnesthe ho Petros tou ?rhematos Iesou ?eirekotos hoti Prin alektora phonesai tris aparnese me, kai exelthon exo eklausen pikros. __________________________________________________________________ Proias de genomenes sumboulion elabon pantes hoi archiereis kai hoi presbuteroi tou laou kata tou Iesou hoste thanatosai auton· kai desantes auton apegagon kai ?paredokan Pilato to hegemoni. Tote idon Ioudas ho ?paradidous auton hoti katekrithe metameletheis ?estrepsen ta triakonta arguria tois archiereusin ?kai presbuterois legon· Hemarton paradous haima ?athoon. hoi de eipan· Ti pros hemas; su ?opse. kai rhipsas ta arguria ?eis ton naon? anechoresen, kai apelthon apenxato. hoi de archiereis labontes ta arguria eipan· Ouk exestin balein auta eis ton korbanan, epei time haimatos estin· sumboulion de labontes egorasan ex auton ton Agron tou Kerameos eis taphen tois xenois. dio eklethe ho agros ekeinos Agros Haimatos heos tes semeron. tote eplerothe to rhethen dia Ieremiou tou prophetou legontos· Kai elabon ta triakonta arguria, ten timen tou tetimemenou hon etimesanto apo huion Israel, kai edokan auta eis ton agron tou kerameos, katha sunetaxen moi kurios. Ho de Iesous ?estathe emprosthen tou hegemonos· kai eperotesen auton ho hegemon legon· Su ei ho basileus ton Ioudaion; ho de Iesous ?ephe· Su legeis. kai en to kategoreisthai auton hupo ton archiereon ?kai presbuteron ouden apekrinato. tote legei auto ho Pilatos· Ouk akoueis posa sou katamarturousin; kai ouk apekrithe auto pros oude hen rhema, hoste thaumazein ton hegemona lian. Kata de heorten eiothei ho hegemon apoluein hena to ochlo desmion hon ethelon. eichon de tote desmion episemon legomenon ?Iesoun Barabban. sunegmenon oun auton eipen autois ho Pilatos· Tina thelete apoluso humin, ?Iesoun ton? Barabban e Iesoun ton legomenon christon; edei gar hoti dia phthonon paredokan auton. Kathemenou de autou epi tou bematos apesteilen pros auton he gune autou legousa· Meden soi kai to dikaio ekeino, polla gar epathon semeron kat' onar di' auton. Hoi de archiereis kai hoi presbuteroi epeisan tous ochlous hina aitesontai ton Barabban ton de Iesoun apolesosin. apokritheis de ho hegemon eipen autois· Tina thelete apo ton duo apoluso humin; hoi de eipan· ?Ton Barabban. legei autois ho Pilatos· Ti oun poieso Iesoun ton legomenon christon; ?legousin pantes· Staurotheto. ho ?de ephe· Ti gar kakon epoiesen; hoi de perissos ekrazon legontes· Staurotheto. idon de ho Pilatos hoti ouden ophelei alla mallon thorubos ginetai labon hudor apenipsato tas cheiras ?apenanti tou ochlou legon· Athoos eimi apo tou ?haimatos toutou· humeis opsesthe. kai apokritheis pas ho laos eipen· To haima autou eph' hemas kai epi ta tekna hemon. tote apelusen autois ton Barabban, ton de Iesoun phragellosas paredoken hina staurothe. Tote hoi stratiotai tou hegemonos paralabontes ton Iesoun eis to praitorion sunegagon ep' auton holen ten speiran. kai ekdusantes auton ?chlamuda kokkinen periethekan auto?, kai plexantes stephanon ex akanthon epethekan epi ?tes kephales? autou kai kalamon ?en te dexia? autou, kai gonupetesantes emprosthen autou ?enepaixan auto legontes· Chaire, ?basileu ton Ioudaion, kai emptusantes eis auton elabon ton kalamon kai etupton eis ten kephalen autou. kai hote enepaixan auto, exedusan auton ten chlamuda kai enedusan auton ta himatia autou kai apegagon auton eis to staurosai. Exerchomenoi de heuron anthropon Kurenaion onomati Simona· touton engareusan hina are ton stauron autou. Kai elthontes eis topon legomenon Golgotha, ho estin ?Kraniou Topos legomenos?, edokan auto piein ?oinon meta choles memigmenon· kai geusamenos ouk ?ethelesen piein. staurosantes de auton diemerisanto ta himatia autou ballontes kleron, kai kathemenoi eteroun auton ekei. kai epethekan epano tes kephales autou ten aitian autou gegrammenen· Houtos estin Iesous ho basileus ton Ioudaion. Tote staurountai sun auto duo lestai, heis ek dexion kai heis ex euonumon. hoi de paraporeuomenoi eblasphemoun auton kinountes tas kephalas auton kai legontes· Ho kataluon ton naon kai en trisin hemerais oikodomon, soson seauton· ei huios ei tou theou, ?katabethi apo tou staurou. homoios ?kai hoi archiereis empaizontes meta ton grammateon kai ?presbuteron elegon· Allous esosen, heauton ou dunatai sosai· ?basileus Israel estin, katabato nun apo tou staurou kai pisteusomen ep' ?auton. pepoithen epi ton theon, rhusastho ?nun ei thelei auton· eipen gar hoti Theou eimi huios. to d' auto kai hoi lestai hoi sustaurothentes ?sun auto oneidizon auton. Apo de hektes horas skotos egeneto epi pasan ten gen heos horas enates. peri de ten enaten horan ?aneboesen ho Iesous phone megale legon· ?Eli eli? lema sabachthani; tout' estin· Thee mou thee mou, hinati me enkatelipes; tines de ton ekei ?hestekoton akousantes elegon hoti Elian phonei houtos. kai eutheos dramon heis ex auton kai labon spongon plesas te oxous kai peritheis kalamo epotizen auton. hoi de loipoi ?elegon· Aphes idomen ei erchetai Elias soson ?auton. ho de Iesous palin kraxas phone megale apheken to pneuma. kai idou to katapetasma tou naou eschisthe ?ap' anothen heos kato eis duo?, kai he ge eseisthe, kai hai petrai eschisthesan, kai ta mnemeia aneochthesan kai polla somata ton kekoimemenon hagion ?egerthesan, kai exelthontes ek ton mnemeion meta ten egersin autou eiselthon eis ten hagian polin kai enephanisthesan pollois. Ho de hekatontarchos kai hoi met' autou terountes ton Iesoun idontes ton seismon kai ta ?genomena ephobethesan sphodra legontes· Alethos ?theou huios? en houtos. Esan de ekei gunaikes pollai apo makrothen theorousai, haitines ekolouthesan to Iesou apo tes Galilaias diakonousai auto· en hais en Maria he Magdalene kai Maria he tou Iakobou kai ?Ioseph meter kai he meter ton huion Zebedaiou. Opsias de genomenes elthen anthropos plousios apo Harimathaias, tounoma Ioseph, hos kai autos ?ematheteuthe to Iesou· houtos proselthon to Pilato etesato to soma tou Iesou. tote ho Pilatos ekeleusen ?apodothenai. kai labon to soma ho Ioseph enetulixen ?auto sindoni kathara, kai etheken auto en to kaino autou mnemeio ho elatomesen en te petra, kai proskulisas lithon megan te thura tou mnemeiou apelthen. en de ekei ?Mariam he Magdalene kai he alle Maria kathemenai apenanti tou taphou. Te de epaurion, hetis estin meta ten paraskeuen, sunechthesan hoi archiereis kai hoi Pharisaioi pros Pilaton legontes· Kurie, emnesthemen hoti ekeinos ho planos eipen eti zon· Meta treis hemeras egeiromai· keleuson oun asphalisthenai ton taphon heos tes trites hemeras, mepote elthontes hoi mathetai ?autou klepsosin auton kai eiposin to lao· Egerthe apo ton nekron, kai estai he eschate plane cheiron tes protes. ?ephe autois ho Pilatos· Echete koustodian· hupagete asphalisasthe hos oidate. hoi de poreuthentes esphalisanto ton taphon sphragisantes ton lithon meta tes koustodias. __________________________________________________________________ Opse de sabbaton, te epiphoskouse eis mian sabbaton, elthen ?Mariam he Magdalene kai he alle Maria theoresai ton taphon. kai idou seismos egeneto megas· angelos gar kuriou katabas ex ouranou ?kai proselthon apekulise ton ?lithon kai ekatheto epano autou. en de he eidea autou ?hos astrape kai to enduma autou leukon hos chion. apo de tou phobou autou eseisthesan hoi terountes kai egenethesan ?hos nekroi. apokritheis de ho angelos eipen tais gunaixin· Me phobeisthe humeis, oida gar hoti Iesoun ton estauromenon zeteite· ouk estin hode, egerthe gar kathos eipen· deute idete ton topon hopou ?ekeito· kai tachu poreutheisai eipate tois mathetais autou hoti Egerthe apo ton nekron, kai idou proagei humas eis ten Galilaian, ekei auton opsesthe· idou eipon humin. kai ?apelthousai tachu apo tou mnemeiou meta phobou kai charas megales edramon apangeilai tois mathetais autou. ?kai ?idou Iesous ?hupentesen autais legon· Chairete· hai de proselthousai ekratesan autou tous podas kai prosekunesan auto. tote legei autais ho Iesous· Me phobeisthe· hupagete apangeilate tois adelphois mou hina apelthosin eis ten Galilaian, kakei me opsontai. Poreuomenon de auton idou tines tes koustodias elthontes eis ten polin apengeilan tois archiereusin hapanta ta genomena. kai sunachthentes meta ton presbuteron sumboulion te labontes arguria hikana edokan tois stratiotais legontes· Eipate hoti Hoi mathetai autou nuktos elthontes eklepsan auton hemon koimomenon· kai ean akousthe touto ?epi tou hegemonos, hemeis peisomen ?auton kai humas amerimnous poiesomen. hoi de labontes ?ta arguria epoiesan hos edidachthesan. Kai diephemisthe ho logos houtos para Ioudaiois mechri tes semeron ?hemeras. Hoi de hendeka mathetai eporeuthesan eis ten Galilaian eis to oros hou etaxato autois ho Iesous, kai idontes auton ?prosekunesan, hoi de edistasan. kai proselthon ho Iesous elalesen autois legon· Edothe moi pasa exousia en ourano kai epi ?tes ges· poreuthentes ?oun matheteusate panta ta ethne, ?baptizontes autous eis to onoma tou patros kai tou huiou kai tou hagiou pneumatos, didaskontes autous terein panta hosa eneteilamen humin· kai idou ego meth' humon eimi pasas tas hemeras heos tes sunteleias tou ?aionos. __________________________________________________________________ KATA MARKON __________________________________________________________________ Arche tou euangeliou Iesou ?christou. ?Kathos gegraptai en ?to Esaia to prophete?· ?Idou apostello ton angelon mou pro prosopou sou, hos kataskeuasei ten hodon ?sou· phone boontos en te eremo· Hetoimasate ten hodon kuriou, eutheias poieite tas tribous autou, egeneto Ioannes ?ho baptizon en te ?eremo kerusson baptisma metanoias eis aphesin hamartion. kai exeporeueto pros auton pasa he Ioudaia chora kai hoi Hierosolumitai ?pantes, kai ebaptizonto? ?hup' autou en to Iordane potamo? exomologoumenoi tas hamartias auton. ?kai en? ho Ioannes endedumenos trichas kamelou kai zonen dermatinen peri ten osphun autou, kai esthon akridas kai meli agrion. kai ekerussen legon· Erchetai ho ischuroteros mou opiso mou, hou ouk eimi hikanos kupsas lusai ton himanta ton hupodematon autou· ?ego ebaptisa ?humas hudati, autos de baptisei humas ?en pneumati hagio. Kai egeneto en ekeinais tais hemerais elthen Iesous apo Nazaret tes Galilaias kai ebaptisthe ?eis ton Iordanen hupo Ioannou?. kai ?euthus anabainon ?ek tou hudatos eiden schizomenous tous ouranous kai to pneuma ?hos peristeran katabainon ?eis auton· kai phone egeneto ek ton ouranon· Su ei ho huios mou ho agapetos, en ?soi eudokesa. Kai euthus to pneuma auton ekballei eis ten eremon. kai ?en en te eremo ?tesserakonta hemeras? peirazomenos hupo tou Satana, kai en meta ton therion, kai hoi angeloi diekonoun auto. ?Kai meta? to paradothenai ton Ioannen elthen ho Iesous eis ten Galilaian kerusson to ?euangelion tou theou kai legon hoti Peplerotai ho kairos kai engiken he basileia tou theou· metanoeite kai pisteuete en to euangelio. ?Kai paragon? para ten thalassan tes Galilaias eiden Simona kai Andrean ton ?adelphon Simonos ?amphiballontas en te thalasse, esan gar halieis· kai eipen autois ho Iesous· Deute opiso mou, kai poieso humas genesthai halieis anthropon. kai ?euthus aphentes ta ?diktua ekolouthesan auto. kai ?probas oligon eiden Iakobon ton tou Zebedaiou kai Ioannen ton adelphon autou, kai autous en to ploio katartizontas ta diktua, kai ?euthus ekalesen autous. kai aphentes ton patera auton Zebedaion en to ploio meta ton misthoton apelthon opiso autou. Kai eisporeuontai eis Kapharnaoum. kai ?euthus tois sabbasin ?edidasken eis ten sunagogen?. kai exeplessonto epi te didache autou, en gar didaskon autous hos exousian echon kai ouch hos hoi grammateis. kai ?euthus en en te sunagoge auton anthropos en pneumati akatharto kai anekraxen legon· ?Ti hemin kai soi, Iesou Nazarene; elthes apolesai hemas; oida se tis ei, ho hagios tou theou. kai epetimesen auto ho Iesous legon· Phimotheti kai exelthe ex autou. kai sparaxan auton to pneuma to akatharton kai ?phonesan phone megale exelthen ex autou. kai ethambethesan ?hapantes, hoste suzetein ?pros heautous? legontas· Ti estin touto; ?didache kaine?· kat' exousian kai tois pneumasi tois akathartois epitassei, kai hupakouousin auto. ?kai exelthen? he akoe autou euthus ?pantachou eis holen ten perichoron tes Galilaias. Kai ?euthus ek tes sunagoges ?exelthontes elthon? eis ten oikian Simonos kai Andreou meta Iakobou kai Ioannou. he de penthera Simonos katekeito puressousa, kai ?euthus legousin auto peri autes. kai proselthon egeiren auten kratesas tes ?cheiros· kai apheken auten ho ?puretos, kai diekonei autois. Opsias de genomenes, hote ?edu ho helios, epheron pros auton pantas tous kakos echontas kai tous daimonizomenous· kai ?en hole he polis episunegmene? pros ten thuran. kai etherapeusen pollous kakos echontas poikilais nosois, kai daimonia polla exebalen, kai ouk ephien lalein ta daimonia, hoti edeisan ?auton. Kai proi ennucha lian anastas exelthen kai apelthen eis eremon topon kakei proseucheto. kai ?katedioxen auton ?Simon kai hoi met' autou, kai ?heuron auton kai? legousin auto hoti Pantes ?zetousin se?. kai legei autois· Agomen ?allachou eis tas echomenas komopoleis, hina kai ekei keruxo, eis touto gar ?exelthon. kai ?elthen kerusson ?eis tas sunagogas? auton eis holen ten Galilaian kai ta daimonia ekballon. Kai erchetai pros auton lepros parakalon auton kai ?gonupeton legon auto hoti Ean theles dunasai me katharisai. ?kai ?orgistheis ekteinas ten cheira ?autou hepsato? kai legei auto· Thelo, katharistheti· kai ?euthus apelthen ap' autou he lepra, kai ekatharisthe. kai embrimesamenos auto ?euthus exebalen auton, kai legei auto· Hora medeni meden eipes, alla hupage seauton deixon to hierei kai prosenenke peri tou katharismou sou ha prosetaxen Mouses eis marturion autois. ho de exelthon erxato kerussein polla kai diaphemizein ton logon, hoste meketi auton dunasthai phaneros eis polin eiselthein, alla exo ?ep' eremois topois en· kai erchonto pros auton ?pantothen. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ?eiselthon palin eis Kapharnaoum di' ?hemeron ekousthe hoti ?en oiko? estin· ?kai sunechthesan polloi hoste meketi chorein mede ta pros ten thuran, kai elalei autois ton logon. kai erchontai ?pherontes pros auton paralutikon? airomenon hupo tessaron. kai me dunamenoi ?prosenenkai auto dia ton ochlon apestegasan ten stegen hopou en, kai exoruxantes chalosi ton krabatton ?hopou ho paralutikos katekeito. ?kai idon? ho Iesous ten pistin auton legei to paralutiko· Teknon, ?aphientai sou? hai ?hamartiai. esan de tines ton grammateon ekei kathemenoi kai dialogizomenoi en tais kardiais auton· Ti houtos houtos lalei; ?blasphemei· tis dunatai aphienai hamartias ei me heis ho theos; kai ?euthus epignous ho Iesous to pneumati autou hoti ?houtos dialogizontai en heautois ?legei autois· Ti tauta dialogizesthe en tais kardiais humon; ti estin eukopoteron, eipein to paralutiko· ?Aphientai sou hai hamartiai, e eipein· ?Egeire kai aron ?ton krabatton sou? kai peripatei; hina de eidete hoti exousian echei ho huios tou anthropou ?epi tes ges aphienai hamartias?-- legei to paralutiko· Soi lego, ?egeire aron ton krabatton sou kai hupage eis ton oikon sou. kai egerthe ?kai euthus? aras ton krabatton exelthen ?emprosthen panton, hoste existasthai pantas kai doxazein ton theon legontas hoti ?Houtos oudepote? eidomen. Kai exelthen palin para ten thalassan· kai pas ho ochlos ercheto pros auton, kai edidasken autous. kai paragon eiden Leuin ton tou Halphaiou kathemenon epi to telonion, kai legei auto· Akolouthei moi. kai anastas ekolouthesen auto. Kai ?ginetai katakeisthai auton en te oikia autou, kai polloi telonai kai hamartoloi sunanekeinto to Iesou kai tois mathetais autou, esan gar polloi kai ?ekolouthoun auto. kai hoi grammateis ?ton Pharisaion? ?idontes ?hoti esthiei? meta ton ?hamartolon kai telonon? elegon tois mathetais autou· ?Hoti meta ton ?telonon kai hamartolon? ?esthiei; kai akousas ho Iesous legei autois ?hoti Ou chreian echousin hoi ischuontes iatrou all' hoi kakos echontes· ouk elthon kalesai dikaious alla ?hamartolous. Kai esan hoi mathetai Ioannou kai hoi ?Pharisaioi nesteuontes. kai erchontai kai legousin auto· Dia ti hoi mathetai Ioannou kai hoi ?mathetai ton Pharisaion nesteuousin, hoi de soi mathetai ou nesteuousin; kai eipen autois ho Iesous· Me dunantai hoi huioi tou numphonos en ho ho numphios met' auton estin nesteuein; hoson chronon ?echousin ton numphion met' auton? ou dunantai nesteuein· eleusontai de hemerai hotan aparthe ap' auton ho numphios, kai tote nesteusousin en ?ekeine te hemera?. ?Oudeis epiblema rhakous agnaphou epiraptei epi ?himation palaion?· ei de me, airei to pleroma ?ap' autou to kainon tou palaiou, kai cheiron schisma ginetai. kai oudeis ballei oinon neon eis askous palaious· ei de me, ?rhexei ho oinos? tous askous, kai ho oinos ?apollutai kai hoi askoi?. alla oinon neon eis askous ?kainous. Kai egeneto ?auton en tois sabbasin paraporeuesthai? dia ton sporimon, kai ?hoi mathetai autou erxanto? hodon poiein tillontes tous stachuas. kai hoi Pharisaioi elegon auto· Ide ti ?poiousin tois sabbasin ho ouk exestin; kai ?legei autois· Oudepote anegnote ti epoiesen Dauid hote chreian eschen kai epeinasen autos kai hoi met' autou; ?pos eiselthen eis ton oikon tou theou epi Abiathar archiereos kai tous artous tes protheseos ephagen, ohus ouk exestin phagein ei me ?tous hiereis?, kai edoken kai tois sun auto ousin; kai elegen autois· To sabbaton dia ton anthropon egeneto ?kai ouch ho anthropos dia to sabbaton· hoste kurios estin ho huios tou anthropou kai tou sabbatou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eiselthen palin ?eis sunagogen, kai en ekei anthropos exerammenen echon ten cheira. kai pareteroun auton ei tois sabbasin therapeusei auton, hina ?kategoresosin autou. kai legei to anthropo to ?ten cheira echonti xeran?· ?Egeire eis to meson. kai legei autois· Exestin tois sabbasin ?agathopoiesai e kakopoiesai, psuchen sosai e apokteinai; hoi de esiopon. kai periblepsamenos autous met' orges, sullupoumenos epi te porosei tes kardias auton, legei to anthropo· Ekteinon ten ?cheira· kai exeteinen, kai apekatestathe he cheir ?autou. kai exelthontes hoi Pharisaioi ?euthus meta ton Herodianon sumboulion ?edidoun kat' autou hopos auton apolesosin. Kai ho Iesous ?meta ton matheton autou anechoresen? pros ten thalassan· kai polu plethos apo tes Galilaias ?ekolouthesen, kai apo tes Ioudaias kai apo Hierosolumon kai apo tes Idoumaias ?kai peran tou Iordanou ?kai peri Turon kai Sidona, plethos polu, ?akouontes hosa ?epoiei elthon pros auton. kai eipen tois mathetais autou hina ploiarion proskartere auto dia ton ochlon hina me thlibosin auton· pollous gar etherapeusen, hoste epipiptein auto hina autou hapsontai hosoi eichon mastigas. kai ta pneumata ta akatharta, hotan auton ?etheoroun, prosepipton? auto kai ?ekrazon ?legonta hoti Su ei ho huios tou theou. kai polla epetima autois hina me ?auton phaneron? ?poiesosin. Kai anabainei eis to oros kai proskaleitai ohus ethelen autos, kai apelthon pros auton. kai epoiesen ?dodeka, hina osin met' autou kai hina apostelle autous kerussein kai echein ?exousian ekballein ta daimonia· kai ?epoiesen tous dodeka, kai? epetheken ?onoma to Simoni? Petron, kai Iakobon ton tou Zebedaiou kai Ioannen ton adelphon tou Iakobou (kai epetheken autois ?onomata Boanerges, ho estin Huioi Brontes), kai Andrean kai Philippon kai Bartholomaion kai Maththaion kai Thoman kai Iakobon ton tou Halphaiou kai Thaddaion kai Simona ton ?Kananaion kai Ioudan ?Iskarioth, hos kai paredoken auton. Kai ?erchetai eis oikon· kai sunerchetai palin ?ho ochlos, hoste me dunasthai autous ?mede arton phagein. kai akousantes hoi par' autou exelthon kratesai auton, elegon gar hoti exeste. kai hoi grammateis hoi apo Hierosolumon katabantes elegon hoti Beelzeboul echei kai hoti en to archonti ton daimonion ekballei ta daimonia. kai proskalesamenos autous en parabolais elegen autois· Pos dunatai Satanas Satanan ekballein; kai ean basileia eph' heauten meristhe, ou dunatai stathenai he basileia ekeine· kai ean oikia eph' heauten meristhe, ou ?dunesetai ?he oikia ekeine stathenai?· kai ei ho Satanas aneste eph' heauton kai ?emeristhe, ou dunatai ?stenai alla telos echei. ?all' oudeis dunatai? ?eis ten oikian tou ischurou eiselthon ta skeue? autou diarpasai ean me proton ton ischuron dese, kai tote ten oikian autou ?diarpasei. Amen lego humin hoti panta aphethesetai ?tois huiois ton anthropon, ta hamartemata? kai ?hai blasphemiai hosa ean? blasphemesosin· hos d' an blasphemese eis to pneuma to hagion, ouk echei aphesin eis ton aiona, alla enochos estin aioniou ?hamartematos. hoti elegon· Pneuma akatharton echei. ?Kai erchontai? ?he meter autou kai hoi adelphoi autou? kai exo ?stekontes apesteilan pros auton ?kalountes auton. kai ekatheto ?peri auton ochlos?, ?kai legousin? auto· Idou he meter sou kai hoi adelphoi ?sou exo zetousin se. kai ?apokritheis autois legei?· Tis estin he meter mou ?e hoi adelphoi ?mou; kai periblepsamenos ?tous peri auton kuklo? kathemenous legei· Ide he meter mou kai hoi adelphoi mou· hos ?gar an poiese to thelema tou theou, houtos adelphos mou kai ?adelphe kai meter estin. __________________________________________________________________ Kai palin erxato didaskein para ten thalassan. kai ?sunagetai pros auton ochlos ?pleistos, hoste auton ?eis ploion embanta? kathesthai en te thalasse, kai pas ho ochlos pros ten thalassan epi tes ges ?esan. kai edidasken autous en parabolais polla kai elegen autois en te didache autou· Akouete. idou exelthen ho ?speiron speirai. kai egeneto en to speirein ho men epesen para ten hodon, kai elthen ta peteina kai katephagen auto. ?kai allo? epesen epi to petrodes ?hopou ouk eichen gen pollen, kai ?euthus exaneteilen dia to me echein bathos ges· ?kai hote aneteilen ho helios? ?ekaumatisthe kai dia to me echein rhizan exeranthe. kai allo epesen eis tas akanthas, kai anebesan hai akanthai kai sunepnixan auto, kai karpon ouk edoken. kai ?alla epesen eis ten gen ten kalen, kai edidou karpon anabainonta kai ?auxanomena, kai epheren ?hen triakonta kai hen hexekonta kai hen? hekaton. kai elegen· ?Hos echei? ota akouein akoueto. ?Kai hote? egeneto kata monas, ?eroton auton hoi peri auton sun tois dodeka ?tas parabolas?. kai elegen autois· Humin ?to musterion dedotai? tes basileias tou theou· ekeinois de tois exo en parabolais ta panta ginetai, hina blepontes bleposi kai me idosin, kai akouontes akouosi kai me suniosin, mepote epistrepsosin kai aphethe ?autois. Kai legei autois· Ouk oidate ten parabolen tauten, kai pos pasas tas parabolas gnosesthe; ho speiron ton logon speirei. houtoi de eisin hoi para ten hodon hopou speiretai ho logos, kai hotan akousosin ?euthus erchetai ho Satanas kai airei ton logon ton esparmenon ?eis autous?. kai houtoi eisin ?homoios hoi epi ta petrode speiromenoi, ohi hotan akousosin ton logon ?euthus meta charas lambanousin auton, kai ouk echousin rhizan en heautois alla proskairoi eisin, eita genomenes thlipseos e diogmou dia ton logon ?euthus skandalizontai. kai ?alloi eisin hoi eis tas akanthas speiromenoi· ?houtoi eisin? hoi ton logon ?akousantes, kai hai merimnai tou ?aionos kai he apate tou ploutou kai hai peri ta loipa epithumiai eisporeuomenai sumpnigousin ton logon, kai akarpos ginetai. kai ?ekeinoi eisin hoi epi ten gen ten kalen sparentes, hoitines akouousin ton logon kai paradechontai kai karpophorousin ?hen triakonta kai hen hexekonta kai hen? hekaton. Kai elegen ?autois· Meti ?erchetai ho luchnos? hina hupo ton modion tethe e hupo ten klinen, ouch hina epi ten luchnian ?tethe; ou gar estin ?krupton ean me ?hina phanerothe, oude egeneto apokruphon all' hina ?elthe eis phaneron?. ei tis echei ota akouein akoueto. kai elegen autois· Blepete ti akouete. en ho metro metreite metrethesetai humin kai prostethesetai ?humin. hos gar ?echei, dothesetai auto· kai hos ouk echei, kai ?ho echei arthesetai ap' autou. Kai elegen· Houtos estin he basileia tou theou ?hos anthropos bale ton sporon epi tes ges kai katheude kai egeiretai nukta kai hemeran, kai ho sporos ?blasta kai mekunetai hos ouk oiden autos. ?automate he ge karpophorei, proton chorton, ?eita stachun, eita? ?pleres siton? en to stachui. hotan de ?paradoi ho karpos, ?euthus apostellei to drepanon, hoti paresteken ho therismos. Kai elegen· ?Pos homoiosomen ten basileian tou theou, e en ?tini ?auten parabole thomen?; hos ?kokko sinapeos, hos hotan spare epi tes ges, ?mikroteron on? panton ton ?spermaton ton epi tes ges-- kai hotan spare, anabainei kai ginetai ?meizon panton ton lachanon? kai poiei kladous megalous, hoste dunasthai hupo ten skian autou ta peteina tou ouranou kataskenoun. Kai toiautais parabolais pollais elalei autois ton logon, kathos edunanto akouein· choris de paraboles ouk elalei autois, kat' idian de tois ?idiois mathetais? epeluen panta. Kai legei autois en ekeine te hemera opsias genomenes· Dielthomen eis to peran. kai aphentes ton ochlon paralambanousin auton hos en en to ploio, kai alla ?ploia en met' autou. kai ginetai lailaps ?megale anemou?, ?kai ta? kumata epeballen eis to ploion, hoste ?ede gemizesthai to ploion?. kai ?autos en? ?en te prumne epi to proskephalaion katheudon· kai ?egeirousin auton kai legousin auto· Didaskale, ou melei soi hoti apollumetha; kai diegertheis epetimesen to anemo kai eipen te thalasse· Siopa, pephimoso. kai ekopasen ho anemos, kai egeneto galene megale. kai eipen autois· Ti deiloi este; ?oupo echete pistin; kai ephobethesan phobon megan, kai elegon pros allelous· Tis ara houtos estin hoti kai ho anemos kai he thalassa ?hupakouei auto; __________________________________________________________________ Kai elthon eis to peran tes thalasses eis ten choran ton ?Gerasenon. kai ?exelthontos autou? ek tou ploiou ?euthus hupentesen? auto ek ton mnemeion anthropos en pneumati akatharto, hos ten katoikesin eichen en tois mnemasin, kai ?oude halusei ouketi? oudeis edunato auton desai dia to auton pollakis pedais kai halusesi dedesthai kai diespasthai hup' autou tas haluseis kai tas pedas suntetriphthai, kai oudeis ?ischuen auton? damasai· kai dia pantos nuktos kai hemeras en tois ?mnemasin kai en tois oresin? en krazon kai katakopton heauton lithois. ?kai idon? ton Iesoun apo makrothen edramen kai prosekunesen ?auton, kai kraxas phone megale ?legei· Ti emoi kai soi, Iesou huie tou theou tou hupsistou; horkizo se ton theon, me me basanises. elegen gar auto· Exelthe to pneuma to akatharton ek tou anthropou. kai eperota auton· Ti ?onoma soi?; kai ?legei auto?· ?Legion onoma moi, hoti polloi esmen· kai parekalei auton polla hina me ?auta aposteile exo tes choras. en de ekei pros to orei agele choiron megale boskomene· kai parekalesan ?auton legontes· Pempson hemas eis tous choirous, hina eis autous eiselthomen. kai epetrepsen ?autois. kai exelthonta ta pneumata ta akatharta eiselthon eis tous choirous, kai hormesen he agele kata tou kremnou eis ten thalassan, ?hos dischilioi, kai epnigonto en te thalasse. ?Kai hoi? boskontes ?autous ephugon kai ?apengeilan eis ten polin kai eis tous agrous· kai ?elthon idein ti estin to gegonos. kai erchontai pros ton Iesoun, kai theorousin ton daimonizomenon ?kathemenon himatismenon kai sophronounta, ton eschekota ton ?legiona, kai ephobethesan. ?kai diegesanto? autois hoi idontes pos egeneto to daimonizomeno kai peri ton choiron. kai erxanto parakalein auton apelthein apo ton horion auton. kai ?embainontos autou eis to ploion parekalei auton ho daimonistheis hina ?met' autou e?. ?kai ouk apheken auton, alla legei auto· Hupage eis ton oikon sou pros tous sous, kai ?apangeilon autois hosa ?ho kurios soi? pepoieken kai eleesen se. kai apelthen kai erxato kerussein en te Dekapolei hosa epoiesen auto ho Iesous, kai pantes ethaumazon. Kai diaperasantos tou Iesou en to ploio palin eis to peran sunechthe ochlos polus ep' auton, kai en para ten thalassan. ?kai erchetai heis ton archisunagogon, onomati Iairos, kai idon auton piptei pros tous podas autou kai ?parakalei auton polla legon hoti To thugatrion mou eschatos echei, hina elthon epithes ?tas cheiras aute? ?hina sothe kai ?zese. kai apelthen met' autou. Kai ekolouthei auto ochlos polus, kai sunethlibon auton. kai ?gune ousa en rhusei haimatos ?dodeka ete? kai polla pathousa hupo pollon iatron kai dapanesasa ta par' autes panta kai meden opheletheisa alla mallon eis to cheiron elthousa, ?akousasa peri tou Iesou, elthousa en to ochlo opisthen hepsato tou himatiou autou· elegen gar hoti ?Ean hapsomai kan ton himation autou? sothesomai. kai ?euthus exeranthe he pege tou haimatos autes, kai egno to somati hoti iatai apo tes mastigos. kai ?euthus ho Iesous epignous en heauto ten ex autou dunamin exelthousan epistrapheis en to ochlo elegen· Tis mou hepsato ton himation; kai elegon auto hoi mathetai autou· Blepeis ton ochlon sunthlibonta se, kai legeis· Tis mou hepsato; kai perieblepeto idein ten touto poiesasan. he de gune phobetheisa kai tremousa, eiduia ho gegonen ?aute, elthen kai prosepesen auto kai eipen auto pasan ten aletheian. ho de eipen aute· ?Thugater, he pistis sou sesoken se· hupage eis eirenen, kai isthi hugies apo tes mastigos sou. Eti autou lalountos erchontai apo tou archisunagogou legontes hoti He thugater sou apethanen· ti eti skulleis ton didaskalon; ho de Iesous ?parakousas ton logon laloumenon legei to archisunagogo· Me phobou, monon pisteue. kai ouk apheken oudena ?met' autou? sunakolouthesai ei me ?ton Petron kai Iakobon kai Ioannen ton adelphon Iakobou. kai ?erchontai eis ton oikon tou archisunagogou, kai theorei thorubon ?kai klaiontas kai alalazontas polla, kai eiselthon legei autois· Ti thorubeisthe kai klaiete; to paidion ouk apethanen alla katheudei. kai kategelon autou. ?autos de ekbalon pantas paralambanei ton patera tou paidiou kai ten metera kai tous met' autou, kai eisporeuetai hopou en to ?paidion· kai kratesas tes cheiros tou paidiou legei aute· Talitha ?koum, ho estin methermeneuomenon· To korasion, soi lego, ?egeire. kai ?euthus aneste to korasion kai periepatei, en gar eton dodeka. kai exestesan ?euthus ekstasei megale. kai diesteilato autois polla hina medeis gnoi touto, kai eipen dothenai aute phagein. __________________________________________________________________ Kai exelthen ekeithen, kai ?erchetai eis ten patrida autou, kai akolouthousin auto hoi mathetai autou. kai genomenou sabbatou erxato ?didaskein en te sunagoge?· kai ?hoi polloi akouontes exeplessonto legontes· Pothen touto tauta, kai tis he sophia he dotheisa ?touto, kai ?hai dunameis toiautai dia ton cheiron autou ?ginomenai; ouch houtos estin ho tekton, ho huios ?tes Marias ?kai adelphos? Iakobou kai ?Iosetos kai Iouda kai Simonos; kai ouk eisin hai adelphai autou hode pros hemas; kai eskandalizonto en auto. ?kai elegen? autois ho Iesous hoti Ouk estin prophetes atimos ei me en te patridi autou kai en tois ?sungeneusin autou? kai en te oikia autou. kai ouk edunato ekei ?poiesai oudemian dunamin?, ei me oligois arrostois epitheis tas cheiras etherapeusen· kai ?ethaumazen dia ten apistian auton. Kai periegen tas komas kuklo didaskon. kai proskaleitai tous dodeka, kai erxato autous apostellein duo duo, kai edidou autois exousian ton pneumaton ton akatharton, kai parengeilen autois hina meden airosin eis hodon ei me rhabdon monon, me ?arton, me peran?, me eis ten zonen chalkon, alla hupodedemenous sandalia, kai me ?endusesthe duo chitonas. kai elegen autois· Hopou ?ean eiselthete eis oikian, ekei menete heos an exelthete ekeithen. kai ?hos an topos me dexetai? humas mede akousosin humon, ekporeuomenoi ekeithen ektinaxate ton choun ton hupokato ton podon humon eis marturion ?autois. Kai exelthontes ?ekeruxan hina ?metanoosin, kai daimonia polla exeballon, kai eleiphon elaio pollous arrostous kai etherapeuon. Kai ekousen ho basileus Herodes, phaneron gar egeneto to onoma autou, kai ?elegon hoti Ioannes ho baptizon ?egegertai ek nekron?, kai dia touto energousin hai dunameis en auto· alloi ?de elegon hoti Elias estin· alloi de elegon hoti ?prophetes hos heis ton propheton. akousas de ?ho Herodes ?elegen· Hon ego apekephalisa Ioannen, houtos ?egerthe. Autos gar ho Herodes aposteilas ekratesen ton Ioannen kai edesen auton en phulake dia Herodiada ten gunaika Philippou tou adelphou autou, hoti auten egamesen· elegen gar ho Ioannes to Herode hoti Ouk exestin soi echein ten gunaika tou adelphou sou. he de Herodias eneichen auto kai ethelen auton apokteinai, kai ouk edunato· ho gar Herodes ephobeito ton Ioannen, eidos auton andra dikaion kai hagion, kai suneterei auton, kai akousas autou polla ?eporei, kai hedeos autou ekouen. Kai genomenes hemeras eukairou hote Herodes tois genesiois autou deipnon ?epoiesen tois megistasin autou kai tois chiliarchois kai tois protois tes Galilaias, kai eiselthouses tes thugatros ?autes tes? Herodiados kai orchesamenes ?kai aresases? to Herode kai tois sunanakeimenois, ?eipen ho basileus? to korasio· Aiteson me ho ean theles, kai doso soi· kai omosen ?aute· ?Ho ti? ean me aiteses doso soi heos hemisous tes basileias mou. ?kai exelthousa eipen te metri autes· Ti ?aitesomai; he de eipen· Ten kephalen Ioannou tou ?baptizontos. kai eiselthousa ?euthus meta spoudes pros ton basilea etesato legousa· Thelo hina ?exautes dos moi? epi pinaki ten kephalen Ioannou tou baptistou. kai perilupos genomenos ho basileus dia tous horkous kai tous ?anakeimenous ouk ethelesen ?athetesai auten?· kai ?euthus aposteilas ho basileus spekoulatora epetaxen ?enenkai ten kephalen autou. ?kai apelthon apekephalisen auton en te phulake kai enenken ten kephalen autou epi pinaki kai edoken auten to korasio, kai to korasion edoken auten te metri autes. kai akousantes hoi mathetai autou elthon kai eran to ptoma autou kai ethekan auto en mnemeio. Kai sunagontai hoi apostoloi pros ton Iesoun, kai apengeilan auto ?panta hosa epoiesan kai hosa edidaxan. kai ?legei autois· Deute humeis autoi kat' idian eis eremon topon kai ?anapausasthe oligon. esan gar hoi erchomenoi kai hoi hupagontes polloi, kai oude phagein eukairoun. kai apelthon ?en to ploio eis eremon topon? kat' idian. kai eidon autous hupagontas kai ?epegnosan polloi, kai peze apo pason ton poleon sunedramon ekei kai proelthon ?autous. kai exelthon ?eiden polun ochlon, kai esplanchnisthe ep' ?autous hoti esan hos probata me echonta poimena, kai erxato didaskein autous polla. Kai ede horas polles genomenes proselthontes auto hoi mathetai autou ?elegon hoti Eremos estin ho topos, kai ede hora polle· apoluson autous, hina apelthontes eis tous kuklo agrous kai komas agorasosin heautois ?ti phagosin?. ho de apokritheis eipen autois· Dote autois humeis phagein. kai legousin auto· Apelthontes agorasomen denarion diakosion artous kai ?dosomen autois phagein; ho de legei autois· Posous ?echete artous?; ?hupagete idete. kai gnontes legousin· Pente, kai duo ichthuas. kai epetaxen autois ?anaklinai pantas sumposia sumposia epi to chloro chorto. kai anepesan prasiai prasiai ?kata hekaton kai ?kata pentekonta. kai labon tous pente artous kai tous duo ichthuas anablepsas eis ton ouranon eulogesen kai kateklasen tous artous kai edidou tois mathetais ?autou hina ?paratithosin autois, kai tous duo ichthuas emerisen pasin. kai ephagon pantes kai echortasthesan· kai eran ?klasmata dodeka kophinon pleromata? kai apo ton ichthuon. kai esan hoi phagontes ?tous artous? pentakischilioi andres. Kai ?euthus enankasen tous mathetas autou embenai eis to ploion kai proagein ?eis to peran? pros Bethsaidan, heos autos ?apoluei ton ochlon. kai apotaxamenos autois apelthen eis to oros proseuxasthai. Kai opsias genomenes en to ploion en meso tes thalasses, kai autos monos epi tes ges. kai ?idon autous basanizomenous en to elaunein, en gar ho anemos enantios ?autois, peri tetarten phulaken tes nuktos erchetai pros autous peripaton epi tes thalasses· kai ethelen parelthein autous. hoi de idontes auton ?epi tes thalasses peripatounta? edoxan ?hoti phantasma estin? kai anekraxan, pantes gar auton eidon kai etarachthesan. ?ho de euthus? elalesen met' auton, kai legei autois· Tharseite, ego eimi, me phobeisthe. kai anebe pros autous eis to ploion, kai ekopasen ho anemos. kai lian ?ek perissou? en heautois ?existanto, ou gar sunekan epi tois artois, ?all' en? auton he kardia peporomene. Kai diaperasantes ?epi ten gen elthon eis? Gennesaret kai prosormisthesan. kai exelthonton auton ek tou ploiou ?euthus epignontes auton ?periedramon holen ten choran ekeinen kai? erxanto epi tois krabattois tous kakos echontas peripherein hopou ekouon ?hoti estin. kai hopou an eiseporeueto eis komas e ?eis poleis e eis? agrous en tais agorais ?etithesan tous asthenountas, kai parekaloun auton hina kan tou kraspedou tou himatiou autou hapsontai· kai hosoi an ?hepsanto autou esozonto. __________________________________________________________________ Kai sunagontai pros auton hoi Pharisaioi kai tines ton grammateon elthontes apo Hierosolumon kai idontes tinas ton matheton autou ?hoti koinais chersin, tout' estin aniptois, esthiousin? ?tous ?artous-- hoi gar Pharisaioi kai pantes hoi Ioudaioi ean me pugme nipsontai tas cheiras ouk esthiousin, kratountes ten paradosin ton presbuteron, kai ap' ?agoras ean me ?baptisontai ouk esthiousin, kai alla polla estin ha parelabon kratein, baptismous poterion kai xeston kai chalkion ?kai klinon?-- ?kai eperotosin auton hoi Pharisaioi kai hoi grammateis· Dia ti ?ou peripatousin hoi mathetai sou? kata ten paradosin ton presbuteron, alla ?koinais chersin esthiousin ton arton; ho ?de eipen ?autois· Kalos epropheteusen Esaias peri humon ton hupokriton, hos gegraptai ?hoti Houtos ho laos tois cheilesin me tima, he de kardia auton porro apechei ap' emou· maten de sebontai me, didaskontes didaskalias entalmata anthropon· ?aphentes ten entolen tou theou krateite ten paradosin ton ?anthropon. Kai elegen autois· Kalos atheteite ten entolen tou theou, hina ten paradosin humon ?teresete· Mouses gar eipen· Tima ton patera sou kai ten metera sou, kai· Ho kakologon patera e metera thanato teleutato· humeis de legete· Ean eipe anthropos to patri e te metri· Korban, ho estin Doron, ho ean ex emou ophelethes, ?ouketi aphiete auton ouden poiesai to ?patri e te ?metri, akurountes ton logon tou theou te paradosei humon he paredokate· kai paromoia toiauta polla poieite. Kai proskalesamenos ?palin ton ochlon elegen autois· ?Akousate mou pantes kai ?sunete. ouden estin exothen tou anthropou eisporeuomenon eis auton ho dunatai ?koinosai auton?· alla ta ?ek tou anthropou ekporeuomena? estin ta koinounta ton ?anthropon. Kai hote eiselthen ?eis oikon apo tou ochlou, eperoton auton hoi mathetai autou ?ten parabolen?. kai legei autois· Houtos kai humeis asunetoi este; ou noeite hoti pan to exothen eisporeuomenon eis ton anthropon ou dunatai auton koinosai, hoti ouk eisporeuetai autou eis ten kardian all' eis ten koilian, kai eis ton aphedrona ekporeuetai;-- ?katharizon panta ta bromata. elegen de hoti To ek tou anthropou ekporeuomenon ekeino koinoi ton anthropon· esothen gar ek tes kardias ton anthropon hoi dialogismoi hoi kakoi ekporeuontai, ?porneiai, klopai, phonoi, moicheiai?, pleonexiai, poneriai, dolos, aselgeia, ophthalmos poneros, blasphemia, huperephania, aphrosune· panta tauta ta ponera esothen ekporeuetai kai koinoi ton anthropon. ?Ekeithen de? anastas apelthen eis ta ?horia ?Turou. kai eiselthon eis oikian oudena ethelen gnonai, kai ouk edunethe lathein· ?all' euthus akousasa? gune peri autou, hes eichen to thugatrion autes pneuma akatharton, elthousa prosepesen pros tous podas autou· ?he de gune en? Hellenis, Surophoinikissa to genei· kai erota auton hina to daimonion ekbale ek tes thugatros autes. ?kai elegen? aute· Aphes proton chortasthenai ta tekna, ou gar ?kalon estin? labein ton arton ton teknon kai ?tois kunariois balein?. he de apekrithe kai legei auto· ?Kurie, ?kai ta kunaria hupokato tes trapezes ?esthiousin apo ton psichion ton paidion. kai eipen aute· Dia touton ton logon hupage, exeleluthen ?ek tes thugatros sou to daimonion?. kai apelthousa eis ton oikon autes heuren to ?paidion beblemenon epi ten klinen kai to daimonion exeleluthos?. Kai palin exelthon ek ton horion Turou ?elthen dia Sidonos eis? ten thalassan tes Galilaias ana meson ton horion Dekapoleos. kai pherousin auto kophon ?kai ?mogilalon, kai parakalousin auton hina epithe auto ten cheira. kai apolabomenos auton apo tou ochlou kat' idian ebalen tous daktulous autou eis ta ota autou kai ptusas hepsato tes glosses autou, kai anablepsas eis ton ouranon estenaxen, kai legei auto· Ephphatha, ho estin Dianoichtheti· ?kai ?enoigesan autou hai akoai, kai eluthe ho desmos tes glosses autou, kai elalei orthos· kai diesteilato autois hina medeni ?legosin· hoson de ?autois diestelleto, autoi? mallon perissoteron ekerusson. kai huperperissos exeplessonto legontes· Kalos panta pepoieken, kai tous kophous poiei akouein ?kai alalous lalein. __________________________________________________________________ En ekeinais tais hemerais ?palin pollou? ochlou ontos kai me echonton ti phagosin, ?proskalesamenos tous ?mathetas legei autois· Splanchnizomai epi ton ochlon hoti ede hemerai treis prosmenousin moi kai ouk echousin ti phagosin· kai ean apoluso autous nesteis eis oikon auton, ekluthesontai en te hodo· ?kai tines? auton ?apo makrothen ?hekasin. kai apekrithesan auto hoi mathetai autou ?hoti Pothen toutous dunesetai tis hode chortasai arton ep' eremias; kai ?erota autous· Posous echete artous; hoi de eipan· Hepta. kai ?parangellei to ochlo anapesein epi tes ges· kai labon tous hepta artous eucharistesas eklasen kai edidou tois mathetais autou hina ?paratithosin kai parethekan to ochlo. kai eichon ichthudia oliga· kai eulogesas ?auta eipen ?kai tauta paratithenai?. ?kai ephagon? kai echortasthesan, kai eran perisseumata klasmaton hepta spuridas. esan ?de hos tetrakischilioi. kai apelusen autous. kai ?euthus embas eis to ploion meta ton matheton autou elthen eis ta mere Dalmanoutha. Kai exelthon hoi Pharisaioi kai erxanto suzetein auto, zetountes par' autou semeion apo tou ouranou, peirazontes auton. kai anastenaxas to pneumati autou legei· Ti he genea haute ?zetei semeion?; amen lego ?humin, ei dothesetai te genea taute semeion. kai apheis autous ?palin embas? apelthen eis to peran. Kai epelathonto labein artous, kai ei me hena arton ouk eichon meth' heauton en to ploio. kai diestelleto autois legon· Horate, blepete apo tes zumes ton Pharisaion kai tes zumes Herodou. kai dielogizonto pros ?allelous hoti artous ouk ?echousin. kai ?gnous legei autois· Ti dialogizesthe hoti artous ouk echete; oupo noeite oude suniete; ?peporomenen echete ten kardian humon; ophthalmous echontes ou blepete kai ota echontes ouk akouete; kai ou mnemoneuete hote tous pente artous eklasa eis tous pentakischilious, posous kophinous ?klasmaton plereis? erate; legousin auto· Dodeka. hote ?kai tous hepta eis tous tetrakischilious, poson spuridon pleromata klasmaton erate; ?kai legousin auto?· Hepta. kai elegen autois· ?Oupo suniete; Kai ?erchontai eis Bethsaidan. kai pherousin auto tuphlon kai parakalousin auton hina autou hapsetai. kai epilabomenos tes cheiros tou tuphlou ?exenenken auton exo tes komes, kai ptusas eis ta ommata autou, epitheis tas cheiras auto, eperota auton· Ei ti ?blepeis; kai anablepsas elegen· Blepo tous anthropous hoti hos dendra horo peripatountas. eita palin ?epetheken tas cheiras epi tous ophthalmous autou, kai ?dieblepsen kai apekateste kai eneblepen? telaugos ?hapanta. kai apesteilen auton ?eis oikon autou legon· Mede eis ten komen ?eiselthes. Kai exelthen ho Iesous kai hoi mathetai autou eis tas komas Kaisareias tes Philippou· kai en te hodo eperota tous mathetas autou legon autois· Tina me legousin hoi anthropoi einai; hoi de ?eipan auto legontes? ?hoti Ioannen ton baptisten, kai alloi Elian, alloi de ?hoti heis? ton propheton. kai autos ?eperota autous?· Humeis de tina me legete einai; ?apokritheis ho Petros legei auto· Su ei ho christos. kai epetimesen autois hina medeni legosin peri autou. Kai erxato didaskein autous hoti dei ton huion tou anthropou polla pathein kai apodokimasthenai ?hupo ton presbuteron kai ton archiereon kai ton grammateon kai apoktanthenai kai meta treis hemeras anastenai· kai parresia ton logon elalei. kai proslabomenos ?ho Petros auton? erxato epitiman auto. ho de epistrapheis kai idon tous mathetas autou epetimesen ?Petro ?kai legei?· Hupage opiso mou, Satana, hoti ou phroneis ta tou theou alla ta ton anthropon. Kai proskalesamenos ton ochlon sun tois mathetais autou eipen autois· ?Ei tis? thelei opiso mou ?elthein, aparnesastho heauton kai arato ton stauron autou kai akoloutheito moi. hos gar ?ean thele ten ?psuchen autou? sosai apolesei auten· hos d' an ?apolesei ten ?psuchen autou? heneken emou kai tou euangeliou ?sosei auten. ti gar ?ophelei ?anthropon ?kerdesai ton kosmon holon kai zemiothenai? ten psuchen autou; ?ti gar? ?doi anthropos antallagma tes psuches autou; hos gar ean epaischunthe me kai tous emous logous en te genea taute te moichalidi kai hamartolo, kai ho huios tou anthropou epaischunthesetai auton hotan elthe en te doxe tou patros autou meta ton angelon ton hagion. __________________________________________________________________ kai elegen autois· Amen lego humin hoti eisin tines ?ton hode? hestekoton hoitines ou me geusontai thanatou heos an idosin ten basileian tou theou eleluthuian en dunamei. Kai meta hemeras hex paralambanei ho Iesous ton Petron kai ton Iakobon ?kai Ioannen, kai anapherei autous eis oros hupselon kat' idian monous. kai metemorphothe emprosthen auton, kai ta himatia autou ?egeneto stilbonta leuka ?lian hoia gnapheus epi tes ges ou dunatai ?houtos leukanai. kai ophthe autois Elias sun Mousei, kai esan sullalountes to Iesou. kai apokritheis ho Petros legei to Iesou· Rhabbi, kalon estin hemas hode einai, kai poiesomen ?treis skenas?, soi mian kai Mousei mian kai Elia mian. ou gar edei ti ?apokrithe, ?ekphoboi gar egenonto?. kai egeneto nephele episkiazousa autois, kai ?egeneto phone ek tes nepheles· Houtos estin ho huios mou ho agapetos, ?akouete autou?. kai exapina periblepsamenoi ouketi oudena eidon ?alla ton Iesoun monon meth' heauton?. ?Kai katabainonton? auton ?ek tou orous diesteilato autois hina medeni ?ha eidon diegesontai?, ei me hotan ho huios tou anthropou ek nekron anaste. kai ton logon ekratesan pros heautous suzetountes ti estin to ek nekron anastenai. kai eperoton auton legontes· Hoti legousin hoi grammateis hoti Elian dei elthein proton; ho de ?ephe autois· Elias men elthon proton ?apokathistanei panta, kai pos gegraptai epi ton huion tou anthropou hina polla pathe kai ?exoudenethe; alla lego humin hoti kai Elias eleluthen, kai epoiesan auto hosa ?ethelon, kathos gegraptai ep' auton. Kai ?elthontes pros tous mathetas eidon? ochlon polun peri autous kai grammateis suzetountas ?pros autous?. kai ?euthus pas ho ochlos ?idontes auton exethambethesan?, kai prostrechontes espazonto auton. kai eperotesen ?autous· Ti suzeteite pros ?hautous; kai ?apekrithe auto heis ek tou ochlou?· Didaskale, enenka ton huion mou pros se, echonta pneuma alalon· kai hopou ?ean auton katalabe rhessei auton, kai aphrizei kai trizei tous ?odontas kai xerainetai· kai eipa tois mathetais sou hina auto ekbalosin, kai ouk ischusan. ho de apokritheis ?autois legei· O genea apistos, heos pote pros humas esomai; heos pote anexomai humon; pherete auton pros me. kai enenkan auton pros auton. kai idon auton ?to pneuma euthus? ?sunesparaxen auton, kai peson epi tes ges ekulieto aphrizon. kai eperotesen ton patera autou· Posos chronos estin hos touto gegonen auto; ho de eipen· ?Ek paidiothen· kai pollakis ?kai eis pur auton? ebalen kai eis hudata hina apolese auton· all' ei ti ?dune, boetheson hemin splanchnistheis eph' hemas. ho de Iesous eipen auto· To Ei ?dune, panta dunata to pisteuonti. ?euthus kraxas ho pater tou ?paidiou elegen· ?Pisteuo· boethei mou te apistia. idon de ho Iesous hoti episuntrechei ochlos epetimesen to pneumati to akatharto legon auto· To ?alalon kai kophon pneuma?, ego ?epitasso soi?, exelthe ex autou kai meketi eiselthes eis auton. kai ?kraxas kai polla sparaxas? exelthen· kai egeneto hosei nekros hoste ?tous pollous legein hoti apethanen. ho de Iesous kratesas ?tes cheiros autou? egeiren auton, kai aneste. kai ?eiselthontos autou? eis oikon hoi mathetai autou ?kat' idian eperoton auton?· Hoti hemeis ouk edunethemen ekbalein auto; kai eipen autois· Touto to genos en oudeni dunatai exelthein ei me en ?proseuche. Kakeithen exelthontes ?pareporeuonto dia tes Galilaias, kai ouk ethelen hina tis gnoi· edidasken gar tous mathetas autou kai elegen autois hoti Ho huios tou anthropou paradidotai eis cheiras anthropon, kai apoktenousin auton, kai apoktantheis ?meta treis hemeras? anastesetai. hoi de egnooun to rhema, kai ephobounto auton eperotesai. Kai ?elthon eis Kapharnaoum. kai en te oikia genomenos eperota autous· Ti en te ?hodo dielogizesthe; hoi de esiopon, pros allelous gar dielechthesan en te hodo tis meizon. kai kathisas ephonesen tous dodeka kai legei autois· Ei tis thelei protos einai estai panton eschatos kai panton diakonos. kai labon paidion estesen auto en meso auton kai enankalisamenos auto eipen autois· Hos ?an hen ton toiouton paidion dexetai epi to onomati mou, eme dechetai· kai hos ?an eme ?dechetai, ouk eme dechetai alla ton aposteilanta me. ?Ephe auto ho Ioannes?· Didaskale, eidomen tina ?en to onomati sou ekballonta daimonia, ?kai ekoluomen auton, hoti ouk ekolouthei hemin?. ho de Iesous eipen· Me koluete auton, oudeis gar estin hos poiesei dunamin epi to onomati mou kai dunesetai tachu kakologesai me· hos gar ouk estin kath' ?hemon, huper hemon? estin. Hos gar an potise humas poterion hudatos en ?onomati hoti christou este, amen lego humin ?hoti ou me ?apolese ton misthon autou. Kai hos ?an skandalise hena ton mikron ?touton ton pisteuonton ?eis eme?, kalon estin auto mallon ei perikeitai ?mulos onikos? peri ton trachelon autou kai bebletai eis ten thalassan. Kai ean ?skandalize se he cheir sou, apokopson auten· kalon ?estin se? kullon ?eiselthein eis ten zoen? e tas duo cheiras echonta apelthein eis ten geennan, eis to pur to ?asbeston. kai ean ho pous sou skandalize se, apokopson auton· kalon estin ?se eiselthein eis ten zoen cholon e tous duo podas echonta blethenai eis ten ?geennan. kai ean ho ophthalmos sou skandalize se, ekbale auton· kalon ?se estin monophthalmon eiselthein eis ten basileian tou theou e duo ophthalmous echonta blethenai eis ?ten ?geennan, hopou ho skolex auton ou teleuta kai to pur ou sbennutai. Pas gar puri ?halisthesetai. kalon to halas· ean de to halas analon genetai, en tini auto artusete; echete en heautois ?hala, kai eireneuete en allelois. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ekeithen anastas erchetai eis ta horia tes Ioudaias ?kai peran tou Iordanou, kai sumporeuontai palin ochloi pros auton, kai hos eiothei palin edidasken autous. ?Kai ?eperoton auton ei exestin andri gunaika apolusai, peirazontes auton. ho de apokritheis eipen autois· Ti humin eneteilato Mouses; hoi de eipan· ?Epetrepsen Mouses? biblion apostasiou grapsai kai apolusai. ?ho de? Iesous eipen autois· Pros ten sklerokardian humon egrapsen humin ten entolen tauten· apo de arches ktiseos arsen kai thelu epoiesen ?autous· heneken toutou kataleipsei anthropos ton patera autou kai ten metera ?kai proskollethesetai pros ten gunaika autou?, kai esontai hoi duo eis sarka mian· hoste ouketi eisin duo alla mia sarx· ho oun ho theos sunezeuxen anthropos me chorizeto. Kai ?eis ten oikian? palin hoi mathetai ?peri toutou? ?eperoton auton. kai legei autois· Hos ?an apoluse ten gunaika autou kai gamese allen moichatai ep' auten, kai ean ?aute apolusasa ton andra autes gamese allon? moichatai. Kai prosepheron auto paidia hina ?auton hapsetai?· hoi de mathetai ?epetimesan autois?. idon de ho Iesous eganaktesen kai eipen autois· Aphete ta paidia erchesthai pros me, me koluete auta, ton gar toiouton estin he basileia tou theou. amen lego humin, hos ?an me dexetai ten basileian tou theou hos paidion, ou me eiselthe eis auten. kai enankalisamenos auta ?kateulogei titheis tas cheiras ep' auta?. Kai ekporeuomenou autou eis hodon prosdramon heis kai gonupetesas auton eperota auton· Didaskale agathe, ti poieso hina zoen aionion kleronomeso; ho de Iesous eipen auto· Ti me legeis agathon; oudeis agathos ei me heis ho theos. tas entolas oidas· Me ?phoneuses, Me moicheuses?, Me klepses, Me pseudomartureses, Me apostereses, Tima ton patera sou kai ten metera. ho de ?ephe auto· Didaskale, tauta panta ephulaxamen ek neotetos mou. ho de Iesous emblepsas auto egapesen auton kai eipen auto· Hen ?se husterei· hupage hosa echeis poleson kai dos ?tois ptochois, kai hexeis thesauron en ourano, kai deuro akolouthei ?moi. ho de stugnasas epi to logo apelthen lupoumenos, en gar echon ktemata polla. Kai periblepsamenos ho Iesous legei tois mathetais autou· Pos duskolos hoi ta chremata echontes eis ten basileian tou theou eiseleusontai. hoi de mathetai ethambounto epi tois logois autou. ho de Iesous palin apokritheis legei autois· Tekna, pos duskolon ?estin eis ten basileian tou theou eiselthein· eukopoteron estin kamelon dia ?tes trumalias tes? rhaphidos ?dielthein e plousion eis ten basileian tou theou eiselthein. hoi de perissos exeplessonto legontes pros ?heautous· Kai tis dunatai sothenai; ?emblepsas autois ho Iesous legei· Para anthropois adunaton all' ou para theo, panta gar ?dunata para to theo. Erxato ?legein ho Petros? auto· Idou hemeis aphekamen panta kai ?ekolouthekamen soi. ?ephe ho Iesous?· Amen lego humin, oudeis estin hos apheken oikian e adelphous e adelphas e ?metera e patera? e tekna e agrous heneken emou kai heneken tou euangeliou, ean me labe hekatontaplasiona nun en to kairo touto oikias kai adelphous kai adelphas kai ?meteras kai tekna kai agrous meta diogmon, kai en to aioni to erchomeno zoen aionion. polloi de esontai protoi eschatoi kai ?hoi eschatoi protoi. Esan de en te hodo anabainontes eis Hierosoluma, kai en proagon autous ho Iesous, kai ethambounto, ?hoi de? akolouthountes ephobounto. kai paralabon palin tous dodeka erxato autois legein ta mellonta auto sumbainein hoti Idou anabainomen eis Hierosoluma, kai ho huios tou anthropou paradothesetai tois archiereusin kai ?tois grammateusin, kai katakrinousin auton thanato kai paradosousin auton tois ethnesin kai empaixousin auto kai ?emptusousin auto kai mastigosousin auton? kai ?apoktenousin, kai ?meta treis hemeras? anastesetai. Kai prosporeuontai auto Iakobos kai Ioannes ?hoi huioi Zebedaiou legontes ?auto· Didaskale, thelomen hina ho ean aitesomen ?se poieses hemin. ho de eipen autois· Ti thelete ?poieso humin; hoi de eipan auto· Dos hemin hina heis ?sou ek dexion? kai heis ex ?aristeron kathisomen en te doxe sou. ho de Iesous eipen autois· Ouk oidate ti aiteisthe· dunasthe piein to poterion ho ego pino, ?e to baptisma ho ego baptizomai baptisthenai; hoi de eipan auto· Dunametha. ho de Iesous eipen autois· ?To poterion ho ego pino piesthe kai to baptisma ho ego baptizomai baptisthesesthe, to de kathisai ek dexion mou ?e ex euonumon ouk estin emon dounai, all' hois hetoimastai. Kai akousantes hoi deka erxanto aganaktein peri Iakobou kai Ioannou. ?kai proskalesamenos autous ho Iesous? legei autois· Oidate hoti hoi dokountes archein ton ethnon katakurieuousin auton kai hoi megaloi auton katexousiazousin auton. ouch houtos de ?estin en humin· all' hos ?an thele ?megas genesthai? en humin, estai humon diakonos, kai hos ?an thele ?en humin einai? protos, estai panton doulos· kai gar ho huios tou anthropou ouk elthen diakonethenai alla diakonesai kai dounai ten psuchen autou lutron anti pollon. Kai erchontai eis Iericho. kai ekporeuomenou autou apo Iericho kai ton matheton autou kai ochlou hikanou ?ho huios Timaiou Bartimaios ?tuphlos ?prosaites ekatheto para ten hodon?. kai akousas hoti Iesous ho ?Nazarenos estin erxato krazein kai legein· ?Huie Dauid Iesou, eleeson me. kai epetimon auto polloi hina siopese· ho de pollo mallon ekrazen· Huie Dauid, eleeson me. kai stas ho Iesous eipen· ?Phonesate auton?. kai phonousi ton tuphlon legontes auto· Tharsei, ?egeire, phonei se. ho de apobalon to himation autou ?anapedesas elthen pros ton Iesoun. kai apokritheis ?auto ho Iesous eipen?· Ti ?soi theleis poieso?; ho de tuphlos eipen auto· Rabbouni, hina anablepso. ?kai ho? Iesous eipen auto· Hupage, he pistis sou sesoken se. kai ?euthus aneblepsen, kai ekolouthei ?auto en te hodo. __________________________________________________________________ Kai hote engizousin eis Hierosoluma eis Bethphage kai Bethanian pros to Oros ton Elaion, apostellei duo ton matheton autou kai legei autois· Hupagete eis ten komen ten katenanti humon, kai ?euthus eisporeuomenoi eis auten heuresete polon dedemenon eph' hon oudeis ?oupo anthropon ?ekathisen· ?lusate auton kai pherete?. kai ean tis humin eipe· Ti poieite touto; eipate ?hoti Ho kurios autou chreian echei· kai ?euthus auton apostellei ?palin hode. ?kai apelthon? kai heuron polon dedemenon ?pros thuran exo epi tou amphodou, kai luousin auton. kai tines ton ekei hestekoton elegon autois· Ti poieite luontes ton polon; hoi de eipan autois kathos ?eipen ho Iesous· kai aphekan autous. kai ?pherousin ton polon pros ton Iesoun, kai ?epiballousin auto ta himatia auton, kai ekathisen ep' ?auton. ?kai polloi? ta himatia auton estrosan eis ten hodon, alloi de stibadas ?kopsantes ek ton agron?. kai hoi proagontes kai hoi akolouthountes ?ekrazon· Hosanna· Eulogemenos ho erchomenos en onomati kuriou· Eulogemene he erchomene ?basileia tou patros hemon Dauid· Hosanna en tois hupsistois. Kai eiselthen eis ?Hierosoluma eis to hieron· kai periblepsamenos panta ?opse ede ouses tes horas exelthen eis Bethanian meta ton dodeka. Kai te epaurion exelthonton auton apo Bethanias epeinasen. kai idon suken ?apo makrothen echousan phulla elthen ei ara ?ti heuresei? en aute, kai elthon ep' auten ouden heuren ei me phulla, ?ho gar kairos ouk en? sukon. kai ?apokritheis eipen aute· Meketi ?eis ton aiona ek sou? medeis karpon phagoi. kai ekouon hoi mathetai autou. Kai erchontai eis Hierosoluma. kai ?eiselthon eis to hieron erxato ekballein tous polountas kai ?tous agorazontas en to hiero, kai tas trapezas ton kollubiston kai tas kathedras ton polounton tas peristeras katestrepsen kai ouk ephien hina tis dienenke skeuos dia tou hierou, kai edidasken ?kai elegen? ?autois· Ou gegraptai hoti Ho oikos mou oikos proseuches klethesetai pasin tois ethnesin; humeis de ?pepoiekate auton spelaion leston. kai ekousan hoi ?archiereis kai hoi grammateis?, kai ezetoun pos auton apolesosin· ephobounto gar auton, ?pas gar? ho ochlos exeplesseto epi te didache autou. Kai ?hotan opse egeneto, ?exeporeuonto exo tes poleos. Kai ?paraporeuomenoi proi? eidon ten suken exerammenen ek rhizon. kai anamnestheis ho Petros legei auto· Rhabbi, ide he suke hen kateraso exerantai. kai apokritheis ho Iesous legei autois· Echete pistin theou· ?amen lego humin hoti hos an eipe to orei touto· Artheti kai bletheti eis ten thalassan, kai me diakrithe en te kardia autou alla ?pisteue hoti ?ho lalei ginetai, estai auto?. dia touto lego humin, panta hosa ?proseuchesthe kai aiteisthe?, pisteuete hoti ?elabete, kai estai humin. kai hotan ?stekete proseuchomenoi, aphiete ei ti echete kata tinos, hina kai ho pater humon ho en tois ouranois aphe humin ta paraptomata ?humon. Kai erchontai palin eis Hierosoluma. kai en to hiero peripatountos autou erchontai pros auton hoi archiereis kai hoi grammateis kai hoi presbuteroi kai ?elegon auto· En poia exousia tauta poieis; ?e tis soi ?edoken ten exousian tauten? hina tauta poies; ho de ?Iesous eipen autois· Eperoteso ?humas hena logon, kai apokrithete moi, kai ero humin en poia exousia tauta poio· to baptisma ?to Ioannou ex ouranou en e ex anthropon; apokrithete moi. kai ?dielogizonto pros heautous legontes· ?Ti eipomen;? ean eipomen· Ex ouranou, erei· Dia ti ?oun ouk episteusate auto; alla eipomen· Ex anthropon;-- ephobounto ton ?ochlon, hapantes gar eichon ton Ioannen ?ontos hoti? prophetes en. kai apokrithentes ?to Iesou legousin?· Ouk oidamen. kai ho ?Iesous legei autois· Oude ego lego humin en poia exousia tauta poio. __________________________________________________________________ Kai erxato autois en parabolais ?lalein· Ampelona ?anthropos ephuteusen?, kai perietheken phragmon kai oruxen hupolenion kai okodomesen purgon, kai exedeto auton georgois, kai apedemesen. kai apesteilen pros tous georgous to kairo doulon, hina para ton georgon labe apo ?ton karpon? tou ampelonos· ?kai labontes auton edeiran kai apesteilan kenon. kai palin apesteilen pros autous allon doulon· ?kakeinon ?ekephaliosan kai ?etimasan. ?kai allon apesteilen· kakeinon apekteinan, kai pollous allous, ?ohus men derontes ohus de apoktennontes?. eti ?hena eichen, huion agapeton· apesteilen? auton ?eschaton pros autous? legon hoti Entrapesontai ton huion mou. ekeinoi de hoi georgoi ?pros heautous eipan? hoti Houtos estin ho kleronomos· deute apokteinomen auton, kai hemon estai he kleronomia. kai labontes ?apekteinan auton, kai exebalon auton? exo tou ampelonos. ?ti poiesei ho kurios tou ampelonos; eleusetai kai apolesei tous georgous, kai dosei ton ampelona allois. oude ten graphen tauten anegnote· Lithon hon apedokimasan hoi oikodomountes, houtos egenethe eis kephalen gonias· para kuriou egeneto haute, kai estin thaumaste en ophthalmois hemon; Kai ezetoun auton kratesai, kai ephobethesan ton ochlon, egnosan gar hoti pros autous ten parabolen eipen. kai aphentes auton apelthon. Kai apostellousin pros auton tinas ton Pharisaion kai ton Herodianon hina auton agreusosin logo. ?kai elthontes legousin auto· Didaskale, oidamen hoti alethes ei kai ou melei soi peri oudenos, ou gar blepeis eis prosopon anthropon, all' ep' aletheias ten hodon tou theou didaskeis· exestin ?dounai kenson Kaisari? e ou; domen e me domen; ho de eidos auton ten hupokrisin eipen autois· Ti me peirazete; pherete moi denarion hina ido. hoi de enenkan. kai legei autois· Tinos he eikon haute kai he epigraphe; hoi de eipan auto· Kaisaros. ?ho de? Iesous eipen ?autois· ?Ta Kaisaros apodote? Kaisari kai ta tou theou to theo. kai ?exethaumazon ep' auto. Kai erchontai Saddoukaioi pros auton, hoitines legousin anastasin me einai, kai ?eperoton auton legontes· Didaskale, Mouses egrapsen hemin hoti ean tinos adelphos apothane kai katalipe gunaika kai ?me aphe teknon?, hina labe ho adelphos autou ten ?gunaika kai exanastese sperma to adelpho autou. hepta adelphoi esan· kai ho protos elaben gunaika, kai apothneskon ouk apheken sperma· kai ho deuteros elaben auten, kai apethanen ?me katalipon? sperma, kai ho tritos hosautos· kai ?hoi hepta? ouk aphekan sperma· ?eschaton panton ?kai he gune apethanen?. en te anastasei ?hotan anastosin? tinos auton estai gune; hoi gar hepta eschon auten gunaika. ?ephe autois ho Iesous?· Ou dia touto planasthe me eidotes tas graphas mede ten dunamin tou theou; hotan gar ek nekron anastosin, oute gamousin oute ?gamizontai, all' eisin hos ?angeloi en tois ouranois· peri de ton nekron hoti egeirontai ouk anegnote en te biblo Mouseos epi tou batou ?pos eipen auto ho theos legon· Ego ho theos Abraam kai ?ho theos Isaak kai ho? theos Iakob; ouk estin ?theos nekron ?alla zonton· ?polu planasthe. Kai proselthon heis ton grammateon akousas auton suzetounton, ?idon hoti kalos ?apekrithe autois?, eperotesen auton· Poia estin ?entole prote panton?; ?apekrithe ho Iesous? hoti Prote ?estin· Akoue, Israel, kurios ho theos hemon kurios heis estin, kai agapeseis kurion ton theon sou ex holes ?tes kardias sou kai ex holes tes psuches sou kai ex holes tes dianoias sou kai ex holes tes ischuos ?sou. ?deutera haute· Agapeseis ton plesion sou hos seauton. meizon touton alle entole ouk estin. ?kai eipen auto ho grammateus· Kalos, didaskale, ep' aletheias eipes hoti heis estin kai ouk estin allos plen autou· kai to agapan auton ex holes ?tes kardias kai ex holes tes ?suneseos kai ex holes tes ischuos kai to agapan ton plesion hos heauton ?perissoteron estin panton ton holokautomaton kai thusion. kai ho Iesous idon ?auton hoti nounechos apekrithe eipen auto· Ou makran ei apo tes basileias tou theou. kai oudeis ouketi etolma auton eperotesai. Kai apokritheis ho Iesous elegen didaskon en to hiero· Pos legousin hoi grammateis hoti ho christos huios ?Dauid estin?; ?autos Dauid eipen en ?to pneumati to? hagio· ?Eipen ?kurios to kurio mou· ?Kathou ek dexion mou heos an tho tous echthrous sou ?hupokato ton podon sou. ?autos Dauid legei auton kurion, kai pothen ?autou estin huios?; kai ho polus ochlos ekouen autou hedeos. Kai ?en te didache autou elegen?· Blepete apo ton grammateon ton thelonton en stolais peripatein kai aspasmous en tais agorais kai protokathedrias en tais sunagogais kai protoklisias en tois deipnois, hoi katesthiontes tas oikias ton cheron kai prophasei makra proseuchomenoi· houtoi lempsontai perissoteron krima. Kai ?kathisas ?katenanti tou gazophulakiou etheorei pos ho ochlos ballei chalkon eis to gazophulakion· kai polloi plousioi eballon polla· kai elthousa mia chera ptoche ebalen lepta duo, ho estin kodrantes. kai proskalesamenos tous mathetas autou ?eipen autois· Amen lego humin hoti he chera haute he ptoche pleion panton ?ebalen ton ballonton eis to gazophulakion· pantes gar ek tou perisseuontos autois ebalon, haute de ek tes hustereseos autes panta hosa eichen ebalen, holon ton bion autes. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ekporeuomenou autou ek tou hierou legei auto heis ton matheton autou· Didaskale, ide potapoi lithoi kai potapai oikodomai. kai ho ?Iesous eipen auto· Blepeis tautas tas megalas oikodomas; ou me aphethe ?hode lithos epi ?lithon hos ou me kataluthe. Kai kathemenou autou eis to Oros ton Elaion katenanti tou hierou ?eperota auton kat' idian Petros kai Iakobos kai Ioannes kai Andreas· Eipon hemin pote tauta estai, kai ti to semeion hotan melle ?tauta sunteleisthai panta?. ho de Iesous ?erxato legein autois?· Blepete me tis humas planese· ?polloi eleusontai epi to onomati mou legontes hoti Ego eimi, kai pollous planesousin. hotan de ?akousete polemous kai akoas polemon, me throeisthe· ?dei genesthai, all' oupo to telos. egerthesetai gar ethnos ep' ethnos kai basileia epi basileian, ?esontai seismoi kata topous, ?esontai ?limoi· ?arche odinon tauta. blepete de humeis heautous· ?paradosousin humas eis sunedria kai eis sunagogas daresesthe kai epi hegemonon kai basileon stathesesthe heneken emou eis marturion autois. kai eis panta ta ethne ?proton dei? keruchthenai to euangelion. ?kai hotan? ?agosin humas paradidontes, me promerimnate ti ?lalesete, all' ho ean dothe humin en ekeine te hora touto laleite, ou gar este humeis hoi lalountes alla to pneuma to hagion. ?kai paradosei? adelphos adelphon eis thanaton kai pater teknon, kai epanastesontai tekna epi goneis kai thanatosousin autous· kai esesthe misoumenoi hupo panton dia to onoma mou. ho de hupomeinas eis telos houtos sothesetai. Hotan de idete to bdelugma tes eremoseos ?hestekota hopou ou dei, ho anaginoskon noeito, tote hoi en te Ioudaia pheugetosan eis ta ore, ?ho epi tou domatos me ?katabato mede eiselthato ?ti arai? ek tes oikias autou, kai ho eis ton ?agron me epistrepsato eis ta opiso arai to himation autou. ouai de tais en gastri echousais kai tais thelazousais en ekeinais tais hemerais. proseuchesthe de hina me ?genetai cheimonos· esontai gar hai hemerai ekeinai thlipsis hoia ou gegonen toiaute ap' arches ktiseos ?hen ektisen ho theos heos tou nun kai ou me genetai. kai ei me ?ekolobosen kurios? tas hemeras, ouk an esothe pasa sarx. alla dia tous eklektous ohus exelexato ekolobosen tas hemeras. ?kai tote ean tis humin eipe· ?Ide hode ho ?christos, ?Ide ekei, me pisteuete· egerthesontai gar pseudochristoi kai pseudoprophetai kai dosousin semeia kai terata pros to apoplanan ei ?dunaton tous eklektous· humeis de blepete· ?proeireka humin panta. Alla en ekeinais tais hemerais meta ten thlipsin ekeinen ho helios skotisthesetai, kai he selene ou dosei to phengos autes, kai hoi asteres ?esontai ek tou ouranou piptontes?, kai hai dunameis hai en tois ouranois saleuthesontai. kai tote opsontai ton huion tou anthropou erchomenon en nephelais meta dunameos polles kai doxes· kai tote apostelei tous ?angelous kai episunaxei tous ?eklektous ek ton tessaron anemon ap' akrou ges heos akrou ouranou. Apo de tes sukes mathete ten parabolen· hotan ?ede ho klados autes? hapalos genetai kai ekphue ta phulla, ginoskete hoti engus to theros estin· houtos kai humeis, hotan ?idete tauta? ginomena, ginoskete hoti engus estin epi thurais. amen lego humin hoti ou me parelthe he genea haute mechris hou ?tauta panta? genetai. ho ouranos kai he ge ?pareleusontai, hoi de logoi mou ou ?me ?pareleusontai. Peri de tes hemeras ekeines e ?tes horas oudeis oiden, oude hoi angeloi ?en ourano oude ho huios, ei me ho pater. blepete ?agrupneite, ouk oidate gar pote ho kairos estin· hos anthropos apodemos apheis ten oikian autou kai dous tois doulois autou ten exousian, ?hekasto to ergon autou, kai to thuroro eneteilato hina gregore. gregoreite oun, ouk oidate gar pote ho kurios tes oikias erchetai, ?e opse e ?mesonuktion e alektorophonias e proi, me elthon exaiphnes heure humas katheudontas· ?ho de humin lego pasin lego· gregoreite. __________________________________________________________________ En de to pascha kai ta azuma meta duo hemeras. kai ezetoun hoi archiereis kai hoi grammateis pos auton en dolo kratesantes apokteinosin, elegon ?gar· Me en te heorte, mepote ?estai thorubos? tou laou. Kai ontos autou en Bethania en te oikia Simonos tou leprou katakeimenou autou elthen gune echousa alabastron murou nardou pistikes polutelous· ?suntripsasa ?ten alabastron katecheen ?autou tes kephales. esan de tines aganaktountes pros ?heautous· Eis ti he apoleia haute tou murou gegonen; edunato gar touto ?to muron? prathenai epano ?denarion triakosion? kai dothenai tois ptochois· kai enebrimonto aute. ho de Iesous eipen· Aphete auten· ti aute kopous parechete; kalon ergon ergasato en emoi· pantote gar tous ptochous echete meth' heauton, kai hotan thelete dunasthe ?autois eu poiesai, eme de ou pantote echete· ho ?eschen epoiesen, proelaben murisai ?to soma mou? eis ton entaphiasmon. amen ?de lego humin, hopou ?ean keruchthe to ?euangelion eis holon ton kosmon, kai ho epoiesen haute lalethesetai eis mnemosunon autes. ?Kai Ioudas ?Iskarioth ho? heis ton dodeka apelthen pros tous archiereis hina auton ?paradoi autois?. hoi de akousantes echaresan kai epengeilanto auto argurion dounai. kai ezetei pos ?auton eukairos paradoi?. Kai te prote hemera ton azumon, hote to pascha ethuon, legousin auto hoi mathetai autou· Pou theleis apelthontes hetoimasomen hina phages to pascha; kai apostellei duo ton matheton autou kai legei autois· Hupagete eis ten polin, kai apantesei humin anthropos keramion hudatos bastazon· akolouthesate auto, kai hopou ?ean eiselthe eipate to oikodespote hoti Ho didaskalos legei· Pou estin to kataluma ?mou hopou to pascha meta ton matheton mou phago; kai autos humin deixei anagaion mega estromenon hetoimon· ?kai ekei hetoimasate hemin. kai exelthon hoi ?mathetai kai elthon eis ten polin kai heuron kathos eipen autois, kai hetoimasan to pascha. Kai opsias genomenes erchetai meta ton dodeka. kai anakeimenon auton kai esthionton ?ho Iesous eipen?· Amen lego humin hoti heis ex humon paradosei me ho esthion met' emou. ?erxanto lupeisthai kai legein auto heis kata heis· Meti ?ego; ho ?de eipen autois· ?Heis ton dodeka, ho embaptomenos met' emou eis ?to trublion· ?hoti ho men huios tou anthropou hupagei kathos gegraptai peri autou, ouai de to anthropo ekeino di' hou ho huios tou anthropou paradidotai· ?kalon auto ei ouk egennethe ho anthropos ekeinos. Kai esthionton auton ?labon arton eulogesas eklasen kai edoken autois kai eipen· ?Labete, touto estin to soma mou. kai ?labon poterion eucharistesas edoken autois, kai epion ex autou pantes. kai eipen autois· Touto estin to haima mou ?tes diathekes to ?ekchunnomenon huper pollon?. amen lego humin hoti ouketi ou me pio ek tou genematos tes ampelou heos tes hemeras ekeines hotan auto pino kainon en te basileia tou theou. Kai humnesantes exelthon eis to Oros ton Elaion. Kai legei autois ho Iesous hoti Pantes ?skandalisthesesthe, hoti gegraptai· Pataxo ton poimena, kai ?ta probata diaskorpisthesontai?. alla meta to egerthenai me proaxo humas eis ten Galilaian. ho de Petros ephe auto· ?Ei kai? pantes skandalisthesontai, all' ouk ego. kai legei auto ho Iesous· Amen lego soi hoti su semeron ?taute te nukti? prin e dis alektora phonesai tris ?me aparnese?. ho de ?ekperissos elalei?· Ean ?dee me? sunapothanein soi, ou me se ?aparnesomai. hosautos de kai pantes elegon. Kai erchontai eis chorion hou to onoma Gethsemani, kai legei tois mathetais autou· Kathisate hode heos proseuxomai. kai paralambanei ton Petron kai ?Iakobon kai? Ioannen met' ?autou, kai erxato ekthambeisthai kai ademonein, kai legei autois· Perilupos estin he psuche mou heos thanatou· meinate hode kai gregoreite. kai ?proelthon mikron epipten? epi tes ges, kai proseucheto hina ei dunaton estin parelthe ap' autou he hora, kai elegen· Abba ho pater, panta dunata soi· parenenke to poterion ?touto ap' emou?· all' ou ti ego thelo alla ti su. kai erchetai kai heuriskei autous katheudontas, kai legei to Petro· Simon, katheudeis; ouk ischusas mian horan gregoresai; gregoreite kai proseuchesthe, hina me ?elthete eis peirasmon· to men pneuma prothumon he de sarx asthenes. kai palin apelthon proseuxato ton auton logon eipon. kai ?palin elthon heuren autous? katheudontas, esan gar ?auton hoi ophthalmoi? ?katabarunomenoi, kai ouk edeisan ti ?apokrithosin auto?. kai erchetai to triton kai legei autois· Katheudete ?to loipon kai anapauesthe· apechei· elthen he hora, idou paradidotai ho huios tou anthropou eis tas cheiras ton hamartolon. egeiresthe agomen· idou ho paradidous me engiken. Kai ?euthus eti autou lalountos paraginetai ?Ioudas ?heis ton dodeka kai met' autou ?ochlos meta machairon kai xulon para ton archiereon kai ton grammateon kai ton presbuteron. dedokei de ho paradidous auton sussemon autois legon· Hon an phileso autos estin· kratesate auton kai ?apagete asphalos. kai elthon ?euthus proselthon auto legei· ?Rhabbi, kai katephilesen auton. hoi de epebalan ?tas cheiras auto? kai ekratesan auton. heis de ?tis ton parestekoton spasamenos ten machairan epaisen ton doulon tou archiereos kai apheilen autou to ?otarion. kai apokritheis ho Iesous eipen autois· Hos epi lesten exelthate meta machairon kai xulon sullabein me; kath' hemeran emen pros humas en to hiero didaskon kai ouk ekratesate me· all' hina plerothosin hai graphai. kai aphentes auton ?ephugon pantes?. Kai ?neaniskos tis? ?sunekolouthei auto peribeblemenos sindona epi gumnou, kai kratousin ?auton, ho de katalipon ten sindona gumnos ?ephugen. Kai apegagon ton Iesoun pros ton archierea, kai ?sunerchontai pantes hoi archiereis kai hoi presbuteroi kai hoi grammateis. kai ho Petros apo makrothen ekolouthesen auto heos eso eis ten aulen tou archiereos kai en sunkathemenos meta ton hupereton kai thermainomenos pros to phos. hoi de archiereis kai holon to sunedrion ezetoun kata tou Iesou marturian eis to thanatosai auton, kai ouch heuriskon· polloi gar epseudomarturoun kat' autou, kai isai hai marturiai ouk esan. kai tines anastantes epseudomarturoun kat' autou legontes hoti Hemeis ekousamen autou legontos hoti Ego kataluso ton naon touton ton cheiropoieton kai dia trion hemeron allon acheiropoieton oikodomeso· kai oude houtos ise en he marturia auton. kai anastas ho archiereus eis meson eperotesen ton Iesoun legon· Ouk apokrine ouden; ti houtoi sou katamarturousin; ho de esiopa kai ?ouk apekrinato ouden?. palin ho archiereus eperota auton kai legei auto· Su ei ho christos ho huios tou eulogetou; ho de Iesous eipen· Ego eimi, kai opsesthe ton huion tou anthropou ek dexion kathemenon tes dunameos kai erchomenon meta ton nephelon tou ouranou. ho de archiereus diarrexas tous chitonas autou legei· Ti eti chreian echomen marturon; ekousate tes blasphemias· ti humin phainetai; hoi de pantes katekrinan auton ?enochon einai? thanatou. kai erxanto tines emptuein auto kai perikaluptein ?autou to prosopon? kai kolaphizein auton kai legein auto· Propheteuson, kai hoi huperetai rhapismasin auton ?elabon. Kai ontos tou Petrou ?kato en te aule? erchetai mia ton paidiskon tou archiereos, kai idousa ton Petron thermainomenon emblepsasa auto legei· Kai su meta tou Nazarenou ?estha tou Iesou?· ho de ernesato legon· ?Oute oida oute epistamai su ti? legeis, kai exelthen exo eis to proaulion ?kai alektor ephonesen?. kai he paidiske idousa auton ?erxato palin? legein tois ?parestosin hoti Houtos ex auton estin. ho de palin erneito. kai meta mikron palin hoi parestotes elegon to Petro· Alethos ex auton ei, kai gar Galilaios ei ?kai he lalia sou homoiazei?· ho de erxato anathematizein kai omnunai hoti Ouk oida ton anthropon touton hon legete. kai ?euthus ek deuterou alektor ephonesen· kai anemnesthe ho Petros to rhema ?hos eipen auto ho Iesous hoti Prin alektora ?phonesai dis tris me aparnese?, kai epibalon eklaien. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ?euthus proi sumboulion poiesantes hoi archiereis meta ton presbuteron kai grammateon kai holon to sunedrion desantes ton Iesoun apenenkan kai ?paredokan Pilato. kai eperotesen auton ho Pilatos· Su ei ho basileus ton Ioudaion; ho de apokritheis ?auto legei?· Su legeis. kai kategoroun autou hoi archiereis polla. ho de Pilatos palin ?eperota auton legon· Ouk apokrine ouden; ide posa sou ?kategorousin. ho de Iesous ouketi ouden apekrithe, hoste thaumazein ton Pilaton. Kata de heorten apeluen autois hena desmion ?hon paretounto?. en de ho legomenos Barabbas meta ton ?stasiaston dedemenos hoitines en te stasei phonon pepoiekeisan. kai ?anabas ho ochlos erxato aiteisthai ?kathos epoiei autois. ho de Pilatos apekrithe autois legon· Thelete apoluso humin ton basilea ton Ioudaion; eginosken gar hoti dia phthonon paradedokeisan auton hoi archiereis. hoi de archiereis aneseisan ton ochlon hina mallon ton Barabban apoluse autois. ho de Pilatos ?palin apokritheis elegen? autois· Ti oun ?thelete poieso ?hon legete? ?ton basilea ton Ioudaion; hoi de palin ekraxan· Stauroson auton. ho de Pilatos elegen autois· Ti gar ?epoiesen kakon?; hoi de ?perissos ekraxan· Stauroson auton. ho de Pilatos boulomenos to ochlo to hikanon poiesai apelusen autois ton Barabban, kai paredoken ton Iesoun phragellosas hina staurothe. Hoi de stratiotai apegagon auton eso tes aules, ho estin praitorion, kai sunkalousin holen ten speiran. kai ?endiduskousin auton porphuran kai perititheasin auto plexantes akanthinon stephanon· kai erxanto aspazesthai auton· Chaire, ?basileu ton Ioudaion· kai etupton autou ten kephalen kalamo kai eneptuon auto, kai tithentes ta gonata prosekunoun auto. kai hote enepaixan auto, exedusan auton ten porphuran kai enedusan auton ta himatia ?ta idia?. kai exagousin auton hina ?staurososin auton. Kai angareuousin paragonta tina Simona Kurenaion erchomenon ap' agrou, ton patera Alexandrou kai Rhouphou, hina are ton stauron autou. kai pherousin auton epi ?ton ?Golgothan topon, ho estin ?methermeneuomenon Kraniou Topos. kai edidoun ?auto esmurnismenon oinon, ?hos de ouk elaben. kai ?staurousin auton kai? diamerizontai ta himatia autou, ballontes kleron ep' auta tis ti are. En de hora trite kai estaurosan auton. kai en he epigraphe tes aitias autou epigegrammene· Ho basileus ton Ioudaion. kai sun auto staurousin duo lestas, hena ek dexion kai hena ex euonumon ?autou. Kai hoi paraporeuomenoi eblasphemoun auton kinountes tas kephalas auton kai legontes· Oua ho kataluon ton naon kai ?oikodomon en trisin hemerais?, soson seauton ?katabas apo tou staurou. homoios kai hoi archiereis empaizontes pros allelous meta ton grammateon elegon· Allous esosen, heauton ou dunatai sosai· ho christos ho ?basileus Israel katabato nun apo tou staurou, hina idomen kai ?pisteusomen. kai hoi sunestauromenoi ?sun auto oneidizon auton. ?Kai genomenes? horas hektes skotos egeneto eph' holen ten gen heos horas enates. kai te ?enate hora? eboesen ho Iesous phone ?megale· Eloi eloi ?lema sabachthani; ho estin methermeneuomenon Ho theos mou ho theos mou, eis ti ?enkatelipes me?; kai tines ton parestekoton akousantes elegon· ?Ide Elian phonei. dramon de ?tis kai? gemisas spongon oxous ?peritheis kalamo epotizen auton, legon· Aphete idomen ei erchetai Elias kathelein auton. ho de Iesous apheis phonen megalen exepneusen. kai to katapetasma tou naou eschisthe eis duo ap' anothen heos kato. idon de ho kenturion ho parestekos ex enantias autou hoti ?houtos exepneusen eipen· Alethos ?houtos ho anthropos? huios ?theou en?. Esan de kai gunaikes apo makrothen theorousai, en ?hais kai ?Maria he Magdalene kai Maria ?he Iakobou tou mikrou kai ?Iosetos meter kai Salome, ?ahi hote en en te Galilaia ekolouthoun auto kai diekonoun auto, kai allai pollai hai sunanabasai auto eis Hierosoluma. Kai ede opsias genomenes, epei en paraskeue, ho estin ?prosabbaton, ?elthon Ioseph ?ho apo Harimathaias euschemon bouleutes, hos kai autos en prosdechomenos ten basileian tou theou, tolmesas eiselthen pros ?ton Pilaton kai etesato to soma tou Iesou. ho de Pilatos ethaumasen ei ede tethneken, kai proskalesamenos ton kenturiona eperotesen auton ei ?palai apethanen· kai gnous apo tou kenturionos edoresato to ?ptoma to Ioseph. kai agorasas ?sindona kathelon auton eneilesen te sindoni kai ?etheken auton en ?mnemeio ho en lelatomemenon ek petras, kai prosekulisen lithon epi ten thuran tou mnemeiou. he de Maria he Magdalene kai Maria ?he Iosetos? etheoroun pou ?tetheitai. __________________________________________________________________ Kai diagenomenou tou sabbatou ?Maria he Magdalene kai Maria ?he tou? Iakobou kai Salome egorasan aromata hina elthousai aleipsosin auton. kai lian proi ?te mia ton? sabbaton erchontai epi to mnemeion anateilantos tou heliou. kai elegon pros heautas· Tis apokulisei hemin ton lithon ?ek tes thuras tou mnemeiou; kai anablepsasai theorousin hoti ?apokekulistai ho lithos, en gar megas sphodra. kai eiselthousai eis to mnemeion eidon neaniskon kathemenon en tois dexiois peribeblemenon stolen leuken, kai exethambethesan. ho de legei autais· Me ekthambeisthe· Iesoun zeteite ton Nazarenon ton estauromenon· egerthe, ouk estin hode· ide ho topos hopou ethekan auton· alla hupagete eipate tois mathetais autou kai to Petro hoti Proagei humas eis ten Galilaian· ekei auton opsesthe, kathos eipen humin. kai exelthousai ephugon apo tou mnemeiou, eichen ?gar autas tromos kai ekstasis· kai oudeni ouden eipan, ephobounto ?gar. Other Endings of Mark Intermediate Ending ?Panta de ta parengelmena tois peri ton Petron suntomos exengeilan. meta de tauta kai autos ho Iesous apo anatoles kai achri duseos exapesteilen di' auton to hieron kai aphtharton kerugma tes aioniou soterias. amen.? Long Ending ?Anastas de proi prote sabbatou ephane proton Maria te Magdalene, ?par' hes ekbeblekei hepta daimonia. ekeine poreutheisa apengeilen tois met' autou genomenois penthousi kai klaiousin· kakeinoi akousantes hoti ze kai etheathe hup' autes epistesan. Meta de tauta dusin ex auton peripatousin ephanerothe en hetera morphe poreuomenois eis agron· kakeinoi apelthontes apengeilan tois loipois· oude ekeinois episteusan. Husteron ?de anakeimenois autois tois hendeka ephanerothe, kai oneidisen ten apistian auton kai sklerokardian hoti tois theasamenois auton ?egegermenon ouk episteusan. kai eipen autois· Poreuthentes eis ton kosmon hapanta keruxate to euangelion pase te ktisei. ho pisteusas kai baptistheis sothesetai, ho de apistesas katakrithesetai. semeia de tois pisteusasin ?tauta parakolouthesei?, en to onomati mou daimonia ekbalousin, glossais lalesousin ?kainais, ?opheis arousin kan thanasimon ti piosin ou me autous blapse, epi arrostous cheiras epithesousin kai kalos hexousin. Ho men oun kurios ?Iesous meta to lalesai autois anelemphthe eis ton ouranon kai ekathisen ek dexion tou theou. ekeinoi de exelthontes ekeruxan pantachou, tou kuriou sunergountos kai ton logon bebaiountos dia ton epakolouthounton ?semeion.? __________________________________________________________________ KATA LOUKAN __________________________________________________________________ Epeideper polloi epecheiresan anataxasthai diegesin peri ton peplerophoremenon en hemin pragmaton, kathos paredosan hemin hoi ap' arches autoptai kai huperetai genomenoi tou logou, edoxe kamoi parekolouthekoti anothen pasin akribos kathexes soi grapsai, kratiste Theophile, hina epignos peri hon katechethes logon ten asphaleian. Egeneto en tais hemerais ?Herodou basileos tes Ioudaias hiereus tis onomati Zacharias ex ephemerias Abia, ?kai gune ?auto ek ton thugateron Aaron, kai to onoma autes Elisabet. esan de dikaioi amphoteroi ?enantion tou theou, poreuomenoi en pasais tais entolais kai dikaiomasin tou kuriou amemptoi. kai ouk en autois teknon, kathoti ?en he Elisabet? steira, kai amphoteroi probebekotes en tais hemerais auton esan. Egeneto de en to hierateuein auton en te taxei tes ephemerias autou enanti tou theou kata to ethos tes hierateias elache tou thumiasai eiselthon eis ton naon tou kuriou, kai pan to plethos en tou laou proseuchomenon exo te hora tou thumiamatos· ophthe de auto angelos kuriou hestos ek dexion tou thusiasteriou tou thumiamatos. kai etarachthe Zacharias idon, kai phobos epepesen ep' auton. eipen de pros auton ho angelos· Me phobou, Zacharia, dioti eisekousthe he deesis sou, kai he gune sou Elisabet gennesei huion soi, kai kaleseis to onoma autou Ioannen· kai estai chara soi kai agalliasis, kai polloi epi te ?genesei autou charesontai· estai gar megas enopion ?tou kuriou, kai oinon kai sikera ou me pie, kai pneumatos hagiou plesthesetai eti ek koilias metros autou, kai pollous ton huion Israel epistrepsei epi kurion ton theon auton· kai autos proeleusetai enopion autou en pneumati kai dunamei Eliou, epistrepsai kardias pateron epi tekna kai apeitheis en phronesei dikaion, hetoimasai kurio laon kateskeuasmenon. kai eipen Zacharias pros ton angelon· Kata ti gnosomai touto; ego gar eimi presbutes kai he gune mou probebekuia en tais hemerais autes. kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen auto· Ego eimi Gabriel ho parestekos enopion tou theou, kai apestalen lalesai pros se kai euangelisasthai soi tauta· kai idou ese siopon kai me dunamenos lalesai achri hes hemeras genetai tauta, anth' hon ouk episteusas tois logois mou, hoitines plerothesontai eis ton kairon auton. Kai en ho laos prosdokon ton Zacharian, kai ethaumazon en to chronizein ?en to nao auton?. exelthon de ouk ?edunato lalesai autois, kai epegnosan hoti optasian heoraken en to nao· kai autos en dianeuon autois, kai diemenen kophos. kai egeneto hos eplesthesan hai hemerai tes leitourgias autou, apelthen eis ton oikon autou. Meta de tautas tas hemeras sunelaben Elisabet he gune autou· kai periekruben heauten menas pente, legousa hoti Houtos moi ?pepoieken kurios en hemerais hais epeiden ?aphelein oneidos mou en anthropois. En de to meni to hekto apestale ho angelos Gabriel ?apo tou theou eis polin tes Galilaias he onoma Nazareth pros parthenon ?emnesteumenen andri ho onoma Ioseph ex oikou Dauid, kai to onoma tes parthenou Mariam. kai ?eiselthon pros auten eipen· Chaire, kecharitomene, ho kurios meta ?sou. he de ?epi to logo dietarachthe? kai dielogizeto potapos eie ho aspasmos houtos. kai eipen ho angelos aute· Me phobou, Mariam, heures gar charin para to theo· kai idou sullempse en gastri kai texe huion, kai kaleseis to onoma autou Iesoun. houtos estai megas kai huios Hupsistou klethesetai, kai dosei auto kurios ho theos ton thronon Dauid tou patros autou, kai basileusei epi ton oikon Iakob eis tous aionas, kai tes basileias autou ouk estai telos. eipen de Mariam pros ton angelon· Pos estai touto, epei andra ou ginosko; kai apokritheis ho angelos eipen aute· Pneuma hagion epeleusetai epi se, kai dunamis Hupsistou episkiasei soi· dio kai to gennomenon hagion klethesetai, huios theou· kai idou Elisabet he ?sungenis sou kai aute ?suneilephen huion en gerei autes, kai houtos men hektos estin aute te kaloumene steira· hoti ouk adunatesei para ?tou theou? pan rhema. eipen de Mariam· Idou he doule kuriou· genoito moi kata to rhema sou. kai apelthen ap' autes ho angelos. Anastasa de Mariam en tais hemerais tautais eporeuthe eis ten oreinen meta spoudes eis polin Iouda, kai eiselthen eis ton oikon Zachariou kai espasato ten Elisabet. kai egeneto hos ekousen ?ton aspasmon tes Marias he Elisabet?, eskirtesen to brephos en te koilia autes, kai eplesthe pneumatos hagiou he Elisabet, kai anephonesen ?krauge megale kai eipen· Eulogemene su en gunaixin, kai eulogemenos ho karpos tes koilias sou. kai pothen moi touto hina elthe he meter tou kuriou mou pros ?eme; idou gar hos egeneto he phone tou aspasmou sou eis ta ota mou, eskirtesen ?en agalliasei to brephos? en te koilia mou. kai makaria he pisteusasa hoti estai teleiosis tois lelalemenois aute para kuriou. Kai eipen Mariam· Megalunei he psuche mou ton kurion, kai egalliasen to pneuma mou epi to theo to soteri mou· hoti epeblepsen epi ten tapeinosin tes doules autou, idou gar apo tou nun makariousin me pasai hai geneai· hoti epoiesen moi ?megala ho dunatos, kai hagion to onoma autou, kai to eleos autou eis geneas ?kai geneas? tois phoboumenois auton. Epoiesen kratos en brachioni autou, dieskorpisen huperephanous dianoia kardias auton· katheilen dunastas apo thronon kai hupsosen tapeinous, peinontas eneplesen agathon kai ploutountas exapesteilen kenous. antelabeto Israel paidos autou, mnesthenai eleous, kathos elalesen pros tous pateras hemon, to Abraam kai to spermati autou eis ton aiona. Emeinen de Mariam sun aute ?hos menas treis, kai hupestrepsen eis ton oikon autes. Te de Elisabet eplesthe ho chronos tou tekein auten, kai egennesen huion. kai ekousan hoi perioikoi kai hoi sungeneis autes hoti emegalunen kurios to eleos autou met' autes, kai sunechairon aute. Kai egeneto en te ?hemera te ogdoe? elthon peritemein to paidion, kai ekaloun auto epi to onomati tou patros autou Zacharian. kai apokritheisa he meter autou eipen· Ouchi, alla klethesetai Ioannes. kai eipan pros auten hoti Oudeis estin ?ek tes sungeneias? sou hos kaleitai to onomati touto. eneneuon de to patri autou to ti an theloi kaleisthai ?auto. kai aitesas pinakidion egrapsen legon· Ioannes ?estin onoma autou. kai ethaumasan pantes. aneochthe de to stoma autou parachrema kai he glossa autou, kai elalei eulogon ton theon. kai egeneto epi pantas phobos tous perioikountas autous, kai en hole te oreine tes Ioudaias dielaleito panta ta rhemata tauta, kai ethento pantes hoi akousantes en te kardia auton, legontes· Ti ara to paidion touto estai; kai ?gar cheir kuriou en met' autou. Kai Zacharias ho pater autou eplesthe pneumatos hagiou kai ?epropheteusen legon· Eulogetos kurios ho theos tou Israel, hoti epeskepsato kai epoiesen lutrosin to lao autou, kai egeiren keras soterias hemin ?en oiko ?Dauid paidos autou, kathos elalesen dia stomatos ton ?hagion ap' aionos propheton autou, soterian ex echthron hemon kai ek cheiros panton ton misounton hemas, poiesai eleos meta ton pateron hemon kai mnesthenai diathekes hagias autou, horkon hon omosen pros Abraam ton patera hemon, tou dounai hemin aphobos ek cheiros ?echthron rhusthentas latreuein auto en hosioteti kai dikaiosune enopion autou ?pasais tais hemerais? hemon. kai su ?de, paidion, prophetes Hupsistou klethese, proporeuse gar ?enopion kuriou hetoimasai hodous autou, tou dounai gnosin soterias to lao autou en aphesei hamartion auton, dia splanchna eleous theou hemon, en hois ?episkepsetai hemas anatole ex hupsous, epiphanai tois en skotei kai skia thanatou kathemenois, tou kateuthunai tous podas hemon eis hodon eirenes. To de paidion euxane kai ekrataiouto pneumati, kai en en tais eremois heos hemeras anadeixeos autou pros ton Israel. __________________________________________________________________ Egeneto de en tais hemerais ekeinais exelthen dogma para Kaisaros Augoustou apographesthai pasan ten oikoumenen· (?haute apographe prote egeneto hegemoneuontos tes Surias Kureniou·) kai eporeuonto pantes apographesthai, hekastos eis ten ?heautou polin. Anebe de kai Ioseph apo tes Galilaias ek poleos Nazareth eis ten Ioudaian eis polin Dauid hetis kaleitai Bethleem, dia to einai auton ex oikou kai patrias Dauid, apograpsasthai sun Mariam te ?emnesteumene auto?, ouse enkuo. egeneto de en to einai autous ekei eplesthesan hai hemerai tou tekein auten, kai eteken ton huion autes ton prototokon, kai esparganosen auton kai aneklinen auton ?en phatne, dioti ouk en autois topos en to katalumati. Kai poimenes esan en te chora te aute agraulountes kai phulassontes phulakas tes nuktos epi ten poimnen auton. ?kai angelos kuriou epeste autois kai doxa kuriou perielampsen autous, kai ephobethesan phobon megan· kai eipen autois ho angelos· Me phobeisthe, idou gar euangelizomai humin charan megalen hetis estai panti to lao, hoti etechthe humin semeron soter hos estin christos kurios en polei Dauid· kai touto humin ?to semeion, heuresete brephos esparganomenon ?kai keimenon en phatne. kai exaiphnes egeneto sun to angelo plethos stratias ?ouraniou ainounton ton theon kai legonton· Doxa en hupsistois theo kai epi ges eirene en anthropois ?eudokias. Kai egeneto hos apelthon ap' auton eis ton ouranon hoi angeloi, ?hoi poimenes ?elaloun pros allelous· Dielthomen de heos Bethleem kai idomen to rhema touto to gegonos ho ho kurios egnorisen hemin. kai elthan speusantes kai aneuran ten te Mariam kai ton Ioseph kai to brephos keimenon en te phatne· idontes de ?egnorisan peri tou rhematos tou lalethentos autois peri tou paidiou toutou. kai pantes hoi akousantes ethaumasan peri ton lalethenton hupo ton poimenon pros autous, he de ?Maria panta suneterei ta rhemata tauta sumballousa en te kardia autes. kai hupestrepsan hoi poimenes doxazontes kai ainountes ton theon epi pasin hois ekousan kai eidon kathos elalethe pros autous. Kai hote eplesthesan hemerai okto tou peritemein auton, kai eklethe to onoma autou Iesous, to klethen hupo tou angelou pro tou sullemphthenai auton en te koilia. Kai hote eplesthesan hai hemerai tou katharismou auton kata ton nomon Mouseos, anegagon auton eis Hierosoluma parastesai to kurio, kathos gegraptai en nomo kuriou hoti Pan arsen dianoigon metran hagion to kurio klethesetai, kai tou dounai thusian kata to eiremenon en ?to nomo kuriou, zeugos trugonon e duo nossous peristeron. Kai idou ?anthropos en? en Ierousalem ho onoma Sumeon, kai ho anthropos houtos dikaios kai eulabes, prosdechomenos paraklesin tou Israel, kai pneuma en hagion ep' auton· kai en auto kechrematismenon hupo tou pneumatos tou hagiou me idein thanaton prin ?e an? ide ton christon kuriou. kai elthen en to pneumati eis to hieron· kai en to eisagagein tous goneis to paidion Iesoun tou poiesai autous kata to eithismenon tou nomou peri autou kai autos edexato auto eis tas ?ankalas kai eulogesen ton theon kai eipen· Nun apolueis ton doulon sou, despota, kata to rhema sou en eirene· hoti eidon hoi ophthalmoi mou to soterion sou ho hetoimasas kata prosopon panton ton laon, phos eis apokalupsin ethnon kai doxan laou sou Israel. kai en ?ho pater autou? kai he ?meter thaumazontes epi tois laloumenois peri autou. kai eulogesen autous Sumeon kai eipen pros Mariam ten metera autou· Idou houtos keitai eis ptosin kai anastasin pollon en to Israel kai eis semeion antilegomenon, kai sou ?de autes ten psuchen dieleusetai rhomphaia, hopos an apokaluphthosin ek pollon kardion dialogismoi. Kai en Hanna prophetis, thugater Phanouel, ek phules Aser (haute probebekuia en hemerais pollais, zesasa ?meta andros ete? hepta apo tes parthenias autes, kai aute chera ?heos eton ogdoekonta tessaron,) he ouk ?aphistato tou hierou nesteiais kai deesesin latreuousa nukta kai hemeran. ?kai aute te hora epistasa anthomologeito to ?theo kai elalei peri autou pasin tois prosdechomenois ?lutrosin Ierousalem. Kai hos etelesan ?panta ta kata ton nomon kuriou, ?epestrepsan eis ten Galilaian ?eis polin heauton Nazareth. To de paidion euxanen kai ekrataiouto ?pleroumenon sophia?, kai charis theou en ep' auto. Kai eporeuonto hoi goneis autou kat' etos eis Ierousalem te heorte tou pascha. kai hote egeneto eton dodeka, ?anabainonton ?auton kata to ethos tes heortes kai teleiosanton tas hemeras, en to hupostrephein autous hupemeinen Iesous ho pais en Ierousalem, kai ouk ?egnosan hoi goneis? autou. nomisantes de auton ?einai en te sunodia? elthon hemeras hodon kai anezetoun auton en tois sungeneusin ?kai tois gnostois, kai me ?heurontes hupestrepsan eis Ierousalem ?anazetountes auton. kai egeneto meta hemeras treis heuron auton en to hiero kathezomenon en meso ton didaskalon kai akouonta auton kai eperotonta autous· existanto de pantes hoi akouontes autou epi te sunesei kai tais apokrisesin autou. kai idontes auton exeplagesan, kai ?eipen pros auton he meter autou?· Teknon, ti epoiesas hemin houtos; idou ho pater sou kai ego odunomenoi ?ezetoumen se. kai eipen pros autous· Ti hoti ezeteite me; ouk edeite hoti en tois tou patros mou dei einai me; kai autoi ou sunekan to rhema ho elalesen autois. kai katebe met' auton kai elthen eis Nazareth, kai en hupotassomenos autois. kai he meter autou dieterei panta ta rhemata ?tauta en te kardia autes. Kai Iesous proekopten ?sophia kai helikia? kai chariti para theo kai anthropois. __________________________________________________________________ En etei de pentekaidekato tes hegemonias Tiberiou Kaisaros, hegemoneuontos Pontiou Pilatou tes Ioudaias, kai tetraarchountos tes Galilaias Herodou, Philippou de tou adelphou autou tetraarchountos tes Itouraias kai Trachonitidos choras, kai Lusaniou tes Abilenes tetraarchountos, epi archiereos Hanna kai Kaiapha, egeneto rhema theou epi Ioannen ton Zachariou huion en te eremo. kai elthen eis ?pasan perichoron tou Iordanou kerusson baptisma metanoias eis aphesin hamartion, hos gegraptai en biblo logon Esaiou tou ?prophetou· Phone boontos en te eremo· Hetoimasate ten hodon kuriou, eutheias poieite tas tribous autou. pasa pharanx plerothesetai kai pan oros kai bounos tapeinothesetai, kai estai ta skolia eis ?eutheian kai hai tracheiai eis hodous leias· kai opsetai pasa sarx to soterion tou theou. Elegen oun tois ekporeuomenois ochlois baptisthenai hup' autou· Gennemata echidnon, tis hupedeixen humin phugein apo tes mellouses orges; poiesate oun karpous axious tes metanoias· kai me arxesthe legein en heautois· Patera echomen ton Abraam, lego gar humin hoti dunatai ho theos ek ton lithon touton egeirai tekna to Abraam. ede de kai he axine pros ten rhizan ton dendron keitai· pan oun dendron me poioun karpon kalon ekkoptetai kai eis pur balletai. Kai eperoton auton hoi ochloi legontes· Ti oun ?poiesomen; apokritheis de ?elegen autois· Ho echon duo chitonas metadoto to me echonti, kai ho echon bromata homoios poieito. elthon de kai telonai baptisthenai kai eipan pros auton· Didaskale, ti ?poiesomen; ho de eipen pros autous· Meden pleon para to diatetagmenon humin prassete. eperoton de auton kai strateuomenoi legontes· ?Ti poiesomen kai hemeis?; kai eipen ?autois· Medena diaseisete mede sukophantesete, kai arkeisthe tois opsoniois humon. Prosdokontos de tou laou kai dialogizomenon panton en tais kardiais auton peri tou Ioannou, mepote autos eie ho christos, apekrinato ?legon pasin ho Ioannes?· Ego men hudati baptizo humas· erchetai de ho ischuroteros mou, hou ouk eimi hikanos lusai ton himanta ton hupodematon autou· autos humas baptisei en pneumati hagio kai puri· hou to ptuon en te cheiri autou ?diakatharai ten halona autou kai ?sunagagein ton siton eis ten apotheken autou, to de achuron katakausei puri asbesto. Polla men oun kai hetera parakalon euengelizeto ton laon· ho de Herodes ho tetraarches, elenchomenos hup' autou peri Herodiados tes gunaikos tou adelphou autou kai peri panton hon epoiesen poneron ho Herodes, prosetheken kai touto epi pasin, ?kai katekleisen ton Ioannen ?en phulake. Egeneto de en to baptisthenai hapanta ton laon kai Iesou baptisthentos kai proseuchomenou aneochthenai ton ouranon kai katabenai to pneuma to hagion somatiko eidei ?hos peristeran ep' auton, kai phonen ex ouranou ?genesthai· Su ei ho huios mou ho agapetos, en soi eudokesa. Kai autos ?en Iesous ?archomenos hosei eton triakonta?, on ?huios, hos enomizeto?, Ioseph tou Eli tou Maththat tou Leui tou Melchi tou Iannai tou Ioseph tou Mattathiou tou Amos tou Naoum tou Hesli tou Nangai tou Maath tou Mattathiou tou Semein tou ?Iosech tou Ioda tou Ioanan tou Rhesa tou Zorobabel tou Salathiel tou Neri tou Melchi tou Addi tou Kosam tou Elmadam tou Er tou ?Iesou tou Eliezer tou Iorim tou Maththat tou Leui tou Sumeon tou Iouda tou Ioseph tou Ionam tou Eliakim tou Melea tou Menna tou Mattatha tou Natham tou Dauid tou Iessai tou Iobel tou Boos tou ?Sala tou Naasson tou ?Aminadab tou Admin tou Arni? tou Hesrom tou Phares tou Iouda tou Iakob tou Isaak tou Abraam tou Thara tou Nachor tou Serouch tou Rhagau tou Phalek tou Eber tou Sala tou Kainam tou Arphaxad tou Sem tou Noe tou Lamech tou Mathousala tou Henoch tou Iaret tou Maleleel tou Kainam tou Enos tou Seth tou Adam tou theou. __________________________________________________________________ Iesous de ?pleres pneumatos hagiou? hupestrepsen apo tou Iordanou, kai egeto en to pneumati ?en te eremo? hemeras tesserakonta peirazomenos hupo tou diabolou. kai ouk ephagen ouden en tais hemerais ekeinais, kai suntelestheison ?auton epeinasen. ?eipen de? auto ho diabolos· Ei huios ei tou theou, eipe to litho touto hina genetai artos. kai apekrithe ?pros auton ho Iesous?· Gegraptai hoti Ouk ep' arto mono zesetai ?ho ?anthropos. Kai anagagon ?auton edeixen auto pasas tas basileias tes oikoumenes en stigme chronou· kai eipen auto ho diabolos· Soi doso ten exousian tauten hapasan kai ten doxan auton, hoti emoi paradedotai kai ho ?an thelo didomi auten· su oun ean proskuneses enopion emou, estai sou pasa. kai apokritheis ?ho Iesous eipen auto?· Gegraptai· ?Kurion ton theon sou proskuneseis? kai auto mono latreuseis. ?Egagen de? auton eis Ierousalem kai ?estesen epi to pterugion tou hierou, kai eipen auto· Ei huios ei tou theou, bale seauton enteuthen kato· gegraptai gar hoti Tois angelois autou enteleitai peri sou tou diaphulaxai se, kai ?hoti Epi cheiron arousin se mepote proskopses pros lithon ton poda sou. kai apokritheis eipen auto ho Iesous hoti Eiretai· Ouk ekpeiraseis kurion ton theon sou. kai suntelesas panta peirasmon ho diabolos apeste ap' autou achri kairou. Kai hupestrepsen ho Iesous en te dunamei tou pneumatos eis ten Galilaian. kai pheme exelthen kath' holes tes perichorou peri autou. kai autos edidasken en tais sunagogais auton, doxazomenos hupo panton. Kai elthen ?eis Nazara, hou en tethrammenos, kai eiselthen kata to eiothos auto en te hemera ton sabbaton eis ten sunagogen, kai aneste anagnonai. kai epedothe auto biblion ?tou prophetou Esaiou? kai ?anaptuxas to biblion heuren ton topon hou en gegrammenon· Pneuma kuriou ep' eme, hou heineken echrisen me euangelisasthai ptochois, apestalken ?me keruxai aichmalotois aphesin kai tuphlois anablepsin, aposteilai tethrausmenous en aphesei, keruxai eniauton kuriou dekton. kai ptuxas to biblion apodous to huperete ekathisen· kai panton ?hoi ophthalmoi en te sunagoge? esan atenizontes auto. erxato de legein pros autous hoti Semeron peplerotai he graphe haute en tois osin humon. kai pantes emarturoun auto kai ethaumazon epi tois logois tes charitos tois ekporeuomenois ek tou stomatos autou, kai elegon· ?Ouchi huios estin Ioseph houtos?; kai eipen pros autous· Pantos ereite moi ten parabolen tauten· Iatre, therapeuson seauton· hosa ekousamen genomena ?eis ten Kapharnaoum? poieson kai hode en te patridi sou. eipen de· Amen lego humin hoti oudeis prophetes dektos estin en te patridi autou. ep' aletheias de lego humin, pollai cherai esan en tais hemerais Eliou en to Israel, hote ekleisthe ho ouranos ?epi ete tria kai menas hex, hos egeneto limos megas epi pasan ten gen, kai pros oudemian auton epemphthe Elias ei me eis Sarepta tes ?Sidonias pros gunaika cheran. kai polloi leproi esan ?en to Israel epi Elisaiou tou prophetou?, kai oudeis auton ekatharisthe, ei me Naiman ho Suros. kai eplesthesan pantes thumou en te sunagoge akouontes tauta, kai anastantes exebalon auton exo tes poleos, kai egagon auton heos ophruos tou orous eph' hou he polis ?okodometo auton, hoste? katakremnisai auton· autos de dielthon dia mesou auton eporeueto. Kai katelthen eis Kapharnaoum polin tes Galilaias. kai en didaskon autous en tois sabbasin· kai exeplessonto epi te didache autou, hoti en exousia en ho logos autou. kai en te sunagoge en anthropos echon pneuma daimoniou akathartou, kai anekraxen phone megale· ?Ea, ti hemin kai soi, Iesou Nazarene; elthes apolesai hemas; oida se tis ei, ho hagios tou theou. kai epetimesen auto ho Iesous legon· Phimotheti kai exelthe ?ap' autou. kai rhipsan auton to daimonion eis ?to meson exelthen ap' autou meden blapsan auton. kai egeneto thambos epi pantas, kai sunelaloun pros allelous legontes· Tis ho logos houtos hoti en exousia kai dunamei epitassei tois akathartois pneumasin, kai exerchontai; kai exeporeueto echos peri autou eis panta topon tes perichorou. Anastas de ?apo tes sunagoges eiselthen eis ten oikian Simonos. penthera de tou Simonos en sunechomene pureto megalo, kai erotesan auton peri autes. kai epistas epano autes epetimesen to pureto, kai apheken auten· parachrema de anastasa diekonei autois. Dunontos de tou heliou ?hapantes hosoi eichon asthenountas nosois poikilais egagon autous pros auton· ho de heni hekasto auton tas cheiras ?epititheis etherapeuen? autous. exercheto de kai daimonia apo pollon ?kraugazonta kai legonta hoti Su ?ei ho huios tou theou. kai epitimon ouk eia auta lalein, hoti edeisan ton christon auton einai. Genomenes de hemeras exelthon eporeuthe eis eremon topon· kai hoi ochloi epezetoun auton, kai elthon heos autou, kai kateichon auton tou me poreuesthai ap' auton. ho de eipen pros autous hoti Kai tais heterais polesin euangelisasthai me dei ten basileian tou theou, hoti ?epi touto ?apestalen. kai en kerusson ?eis tas sunagogas? tes ?Ioudaias. __________________________________________________________________ Egeneto de en to ton ochlon epikeisthai auto ?kai akouein ton logon tou theou kai autos en hestos para ten limnen Gennesaret, kai eiden ?duo ploia? hestota para ten limnen, hoi de halieis ?ap' auton apobantes? ?eplunon ta diktua. embas de eis hen ton ploion, ho ?en Simonos, erotesen auton apo tes ges epanagagein oligon, ?kathisas de ek tou ploiou edidasken? tous ochlous. hos de epausato lalon, eipen pros ton Simona· Epanagage eis to bathos kai chalasate ta diktua humon eis agran. kai apokritheis ?Simon ?eipen· Epistata, di' ?holes nuktos kopiasantes ouden elabomen, epi de to rhemati sou chalaso ?ta diktua?. kai touto poiesantes sunekleisan plethos ichthuon polu, ?dierresseto de ?ta diktua? auton. kai kateneusan tois ?metochois en to hetero ploio tou elthontas sullabesthai autois· kai elthon, kai eplesan amphotera ta ploia hoste buthizesthai auta. idon de Simon Petros prosepesen tois gonasin Iesou legon· Exelthe ap' emou, hoti aner hamartolos eimi, kurie· thambos gar perieschen auton kai pantas tous sun auto epi te agra ton ichthuon ?hon sunelabon, homoios de kai Iakobon kai Ioannen huious Zebedaiou, ohi esan koinonoi to Simoni. kai eipen pros ton Simona ?ho Iesous· Me phobou· apo tou nun anthropous ese zogron. kai katagagontes ta ploia epi ten gen aphentes ?panta ekolouthesan auto. Kai egeneto en to einai auton en mia ton poleon kai idou aner pleres lepras· ?kai idon? ton Iesoun peson epi prosopon edeethe autou legon· Kurie, ean theles dunasai me katharisai. kai ekteinas ten cheira hepsato autou ?eipon· Thelo, katharistheti· kai eutheos he lepra apelthen ap' autou. kai autos parengeilen auto medeni eipein, alla apelthon deixon seauton to hierei, kai prosenenke peri tou katharismou sou kathos prosetaxen Mouses eis marturion autois. diercheto de mallon ho logos peri autou, kai sunerchonto ochloi polloi akouein kai ?therapeuesthai apo ton astheneion auton· autos de en hupochoron en tais eremois kai proseuchomenos. Kai egeneto en mia ton hemeron kai autos en didaskon, kai esan kathemenoi Pharisaioi kai nomodidaskaloi ohi esan eleluthotes ek pases komes tes Galilaias kai Ioudaias kai Ierousalem· kai dunamis kuriou en eis to iasthai ?auton. kai idou andres pherontes epi klines anthropon hos en paralelumenos, kai ezetoun auton eisenenkein kai ?theinai enopion autou. kai me heurontes poias eisenenkosin auton dia ton ochlon anabantes epi to doma dia ton keramon kathekan auton sun to klinidio eis to meson emprosthen tou Iesou. kai idon ten pistin auton ?eipen· Anthrope, apheontai soi hai hamartiai sou. kai erxanto dialogizesthai hoi grammateis kai hoi Pharisaioi legontes· Tis estin houtos hos lalei blasphemias; tis dunatai ?hamartias apheinai? ei me monos ho theos; epignous de ho Iesous tous dialogismous auton apokritheis eipen pros autous· Ti dialogizesthe en tais kardiais humon; ti estin eukopoteron, eipein· Apheontai soi hai hamartiai sou, e eipein· ?Egeire kai peripatei; hina de eidete hoti ?ho huios tou anthropou exousian echei? epi tes ges aphienai hamartias-- eipen to paralelumeno· Soi lego, ?egeire kai aras to klinidion sou poreuou eis ton oikon sou. kai parachrema anastas enopion auton, aras eph' ho katekeito, apelthen eis ton oikon autou doxazon ton theon. kai ekstasis elaben hapantas kai edoxazon ton theon, kai eplesthesan phobou legontes hoti Eidomen paradoxa semeron. Kai meta tauta exelthen kai etheasato telonen onomati Leuin kathemenon epi to telonion, kai eipen auto· Akolouthei moi. kai katalipon ?panta anastas ?ekolouthei auto. Kai epoiesen dochen megalen Leuis auto en te oikia autou· kai en ochlos ?polus telonon? kai allon ohi esan met' auton katakeimenoi. kai egonguzon hoi ?Pharisaioi kai hoi grammateis auton? pros tous mathetas autou legontes· Dia ti meta ton telonon kai hamartolon esthiete kai pinete; kai apokritheis ho Iesous eipen pros autous· Ou chreian echousin hoi hugiainontes iatrou alla hoi kakos echontes· ouk elelutha kalesai dikaious alla hamartolous eis metanoian. Hoi de eipan pros auton· ?Hoi mathetai Ioannou nesteuousin pukna kai deeseis poiountai, homoios kai hoi ton Pharisaion, hoi de soi esthiousin kai pinousin. ho ?de eipen pros autous· Me dunasthe tous huious tou numphonos en ho ho numphios met' auton estin poiesai ?nesteusai; eleusontai de hemerai, kai hotan aparthe ap' auton ho numphios tote nesteusousin en ekeinais tais hemerais. elegen de kai parabolen pros autous hoti Oudeis epiblema ?apo himatiou kainou ?schisas epiballei epi himation palaion· ei de mege, kai to kainon ?schisei kai to palaio ou ?sumphonesei to epiblema? to apo tou kainou. kai oudeis ballei oinon neon eis askous palaious· ei de mege, rhexei ho ?oinos ho neos? tous askous, kai autos ekchuthesetai kai hoi askoi apolountai· alla oinon neon eis askous kainous ?bleteon. ?kai oudeis pion ?palaion thelei neon· legei gar· Ho palaios ?chrestos estin. __________________________________________________________________ Egeneto de en ?sabbato diaporeuesthai auton ?dia sporimon, kai etillon hoi mathetai autou ?kai esthion tous stachuas? psochontes tais chersin. tines de ton Pharisaion ?eipan· Ti poieite ho ouk ?exestin tois sabbasin; kai apokritheis pros autous eipen ho Iesous· Oude touto anegnote ho epoiesen Dauid ?hopote epeinasen autos kai hoi met' autou ?ontes; ?hos eiselthen eis ton oikon tou theou kai tous artous tes protheseos ?labon ephagen kai ?edoken tois met' autou, ohus ouk exestin phagein ei me monous tous hiereis; kai elegen ?autois· Kurios estin ?tou sabbatou ho huios tou anthropou?. Egeneto ?de en hetero sabbato eiselthein auton eis ten sunagogen kai didaskein· kai en ?anthropos ekei? kai he cheir autou he dexia en xera· ?pareterounto ?de hoi grammateis kai hoi Pharisaioi ei en to sabbato ?therapeuei, hina heurosin ?kategorein autou. autos de edei tous dialogismous auton, ?eipen de? to ?andri to xeran echonti ten cheira· ?Egeire kai stethi eis to meson· ?kai anastas este. eipen ?de ho Iesous pros autous· ?Eperoto humas, ?ei exestin ?to sabbato? agathopoiesai e kakopoiesai, psuchen sosai e ?apolesai; kai periblepsamenos pantas autous eipen auto· Ekteinon ten cheira sou· ho de epoiesen, kai apekatestathe he cheir ?autou. autoi de eplesthesan anoias, kai dielaloun pros allelous ti an poiesaien to Iesou. Egeneto de en tais hemerais tautais ?exelthein auton? eis to oros proseuxasthai, kai en dianuktereuon en te proseuche tou theou. kai hote egeneto hemera, prosephonesen tous mathetas autou, kai eklexamenos ap' auton dodeka, ohus kai apostolous onomasen, Simona hon kai onomasen Petron kai Andrean ton adelphon autou ?kai Iakobon kai Ioannen ?kai Philippon kai Bartholomaion ?kai Maththaion kai Thoman ?kai ?Iakobon Halphaiou kai Simona ton kaloumenon Zeloten ?kai Ioudan Iakobou kai Ioudan ?Iskarioth ?hos egeneto prodotes. Kai katabas met' auton este epi topou pedinou, kai ochlos ?polus matheton autou, kai plethos polu tou laou apo pases tes Ioudaias kai Ierousalem kai tes paraliou Turou kai Sidonos, ohi elthon akousai autou kai iathenai apo ton noson auton· kai hoi ?enochloumenoi apo? pneumaton ?akatharton etherapeuonto· kai pas ho ochlos ?ezetoun haptesthai autou, hoti dunamis par' autou exercheto kai iato pantas. Kai autos eparas tous ophthalmous autou eis tous mathetas autou elegen· Makarioi hoi ptochoi, hoti humetera estin he basileia tou theou. makarioi hoi peinontes nun, hoti chortasthesesthe. makarioi hoi klaiontes nun, hoti gelasete. Makarioi este hotan misesosin humas hoi anthropoi, kai hotan aphorisosin humas kai oneidisosin kai ekbalosin to onoma humon hos poneron heneka tou huiou tou anthropou· charete en ekeine te hemera kai skirtesate, idou gar ho misthos humon polus en to ourano· kata ?ta auta? gar epoioun tois prophetais hoi pateres auton. plen ouai humin tois plousiois, hoti apechete ten paraklesin humon. ouai humin, hoi empeplesmenoi ?nun, hoti peinasete. ?ouai, hoi gelontes nun, hoti penthesete kai klausete. Ouai hotan ?kalos humas? eiposin ?pantes hoi anthropoi, kata ?ta auta? gar epoioun tois pseudoprophetais hoi pateres auton. Alla humin lego tois akouousin, agapate tous echthrous humon, kalos poieite tois misousin humas, eulogeite tous kataromenous ?humas, proseuchesthe ?peri ton epereazonton humas. to tuptonti se epi ten siagona pareche kai ten allen, kai apo tou airontos sou to himation kai ton chitona me koluses. ?panti aitounti se didou, kai apo tou airontos ta sa me apaitei. kai kathos thelete hina poiosin humin hoi ?anthropoi, poieite autois homoios. Kai ei agapate tous agapontas humas, poia humin charis estin; kai gar hoi hamartoloi tous agapontas autous agaposin. ?kai ean agathopoiete tous agathopoiountas humas, poia humin charis estin; ?kai hoi hamartoloi to auto poiousin. kai ean ?danisete par' hon elpizete ?labein, poia humin charis estin; ?kai hamartoloi hamartolois danizousin hina apolabosin ta isa. plen agapate tous echthrous humon kai agathopoieite kai danizete meden apelpizontes· kai estai ho misthos humon polus, kai esesthe huioi Hupsistou, hoti autos chrestos estin epi tous acharistous kai ponerous. ?ginesthe oiktirmones ?kathos ho pater humon oiktirmon estin· Kai me krinete, kai ou me krithete· ?kai me katadikazete, kai ou me katadikasthete. apoluete, kai apoluthesesthe· didote, kai dothesetai humin· metron kalon pepiesmenon ?sesaleumenon huperekchunnomenon dosousin eis ton kolpon humon· ?ho gar metro? metreite antimetrethesetai humin. Eipen de ?kai parabolen autois· Meti dunatai tuphlos tuphlon hodegein; ouchi amphoteroi eis bothunon ?empesountai; ouk estin mathetes huper ton ?didaskalon, katertismenos de pas estai hos ho didaskalos autou. ti de blepeis to karphos to en to ophthalmo tou adelphou sou, ten de dokon ten en to idio ophthalmo ou katanoeis; ?pos dunasai legein to adelpho sou· Adelphe, aphes ekbalo to karphos to en to ophthalmo sou, autos ten en to ophthalmo sou dokon ou blepon; hupokrita, ekbale proton ten dokon ek tou ophthalmou sou, kai tote diablepseis ?to karphos to en to ophthalmo tou adelphou sou ekbalein?. Ou gar estin dendron kalon poioun karpon sapron, oude ?palin dendron sapron poioun karpon kalon. hekaston gar dendron ek tou idiou karpou ginosketai· ou gar ex akanthon sullegousin suka, oude ek batou ?staphulen trugosin?. ho agathos anthropos ek tou agathou thesaurou tes kardias ?autou propherei to agathon, kai ho ?poneros ek tou ?ponerou propherei to poneron· ek gar ?perisseumatos kardias lalei to stoma autou. Ti de me kaleite· Kurie kurie, kai ou poieite ha lego; pas ho erchomenos pros me kai akouon mou ton logon kai poion autous, hupodeixo humin tini estin homoios· homoios estin anthropo oikodomounti oikian hos eskapsen kai ebathunen kai etheken themelion epi ten petran· plemmures de genomenes proserexen ho potamos te oikia ekeine, kai ouk ischusen saleusai auten ?dia to kalos oikodomesthai auten?. ho de akousas kai me poiesas homoios estin anthropo oikodomesanti oikian epi ten gen choris themeliou, he proserexen ho potamos, kai ?euthus sunepesen?, kai egeneto to rhegma tes oikias ekeines mega. __________________________________________________________________ ?Epeide eplerosen panta ta rhemata autou eis tas akoas tou laou, eiselthen eis Kapharnaoum. Hekatontarchou de tinos doulos kakos echon emellen teleutan, hos en auto entimos. akousas de peri tou Iesou apesteilen pros auton presbuterous ton Ioudaion, eroton auton hopos elthon diasose ton doulon autou. hoi de paragenomenoi pros ton Iesoun parekaloun auton spoudaios legontes hoti Axios estin ho ?parexe touto, agapa gar to ethnos hemon kai ten sunagogen autos okodomesen hemin. ho de Iesous eporeueto sun autois. ede de autou ou makran apechontos apo tes oikias epempsen ?philous ho hekatontarches? legon auto· Kurie, me skullou, ou gar ?hikanos eimi? hina hupo ten stegen mou eiselthes· dio oude emauton exiosa pros se elthein· alla eipe logo, kai ?iatheto ho pais mou· kai gar ego anthropos eimi hupo exousian tassomenos, echon hup' emauton stratiotas, kai lego touto· Poreutheti, kai poreuetai, kai allo· Erchou, kai erchetai, kai to doulo mou· Poieson touto, kai poiei. akousas de tauta ho Iesous ethaumasen auton, kai strapheis to akolouthounti auto ochlo eipen· Lego humin, ?oude en to Israel tosauten pistin heuron. kai hupostrepsantes ?eis ton oikon hoi pemphthentes? heuron ?ton doulon hugiainonta. Kai egeneto en to hexes ?eporeuthe eis polin kaloumenen Nain, kai suneporeuonto auto hoi mathetai ?autou kai ochlos polus. hos de engisen te pule tes poleos, kai idou exekomizeto tethnekos ?monogenes huios? te metri autou, kai aute ?en chera, kai ochlos tes poleos hikanos ?en sun aute. kai idon auten ho kurios esplanchnisthe ep' aute kai eipen aute· Me klaie. kai proselthon hepsato tes sorou, hoi de bastazontes estesan, kai eipen· Neaniske, soi lego, egertheti. kai anekathisen ho nekros kai erxato lalein, kai edoken auton te metri autou. elaben de phobos pantas, kai edoxazon ton theon legontes hoti Prophetes megas ?egerthe en hemin, kai hoti Epeskepsato ho theos ton laon autou. kai exelthen ho logos houtos en hole te Ioudaia peri autou ?kai pase te perichoro. Kai apengeilan Ioanne hoi mathetai autou peri panton touton. kai proskalesamenos duo tinas ton matheton autou ho Ioannes epempsen pros ton ?kurion legon· Su ei ho erchomenos e ?allon prosdokomen; paragenomenoi de pros auton hoi andres eipan· Ioannes ho baptistes ?apesteilen hemas pros se legon· Su ei ho erchomenos e allon prosdokomen; en ?ekeine te hora etherapeusen pollous apo noson kai mastigon kai pneumaton poneron, kai tuphlois pollois ?echarisato blepein. kai ?apokritheis eipen autois· Poreuthentes apangeilate Ioanne ha eidete kai ekousate· ?tuphloi anablepousin, choloi peripatousin, leproi katharizontai, ?kophoi akouousin, nekroi egeirontai, ptochoi euangelizontai· kai makarios estin hos ean me skandalisthe en emoi. Apelthonton de ton angelon Ioannou erxato legein ?pros tous ochlous? peri Ioannou· Ti ?exelthate eis ten eremon theasasthai; kalamon hupo anemou saleuomenon; alla ti ?exelthate idein; anthropon en malakois himatiois emphiesmenon; idou hoi en himatismo endoxo kai truphe huparchontes en tois basileiois eisin. alla ti ?exelthate idein; propheten; nai, lego humin, kai perissoteron prophetou. houtos estin peri hou gegraptai· ?Idou apostello ton angelon mou pro prosopou sou, hos kataskeuasei ten hodon sou emprosthen sou. ?lego humin, meizon en gennetois gunaikon ?Ioannou oudeis estin· ho de mikroteros en te basileia tou theou meizon autou estin. (kai pas ho laos akousas kai hoi telonai edikaiosan ton theon, baptisthentes to baptisma Ioannou· hoi de Pharisaioi kai hoi nomikoi ten boulen tou theou ethetesan eis heautous, me baptisthentes hup' autou.) Tini oun homoioso tous anthropous tes geneas tautes, kai tini eisin homoioi; homoioi eisin paidiois tois en agora kathemenois kai prosphonousin allelois, ?ha legei?· Eulesamen humin kai ouk orchesasthe· ?ethrenesamen kai ouk eklausate· eleluthen gar Ioannes ho baptistes ?me ?esthion arton mete pinon oinon?, kai legete· Daimonion echei· eleluthen ho huios tou anthropou esthion kai pinon, kai legete· Idou anthropos phagos kai oinopotes, philos telonon kai hamartolon. kai edikaiothe he sophia apo ?panton ton teknon autes?. Erota de tis auton ton Pharisaion hina phage met' autou· kai eiselthon eis ?ton oikon? tou Pharisaiou ?kateklithe. kai idou gune ?hetis en en te polei? hamartolos, ?kai epignousa hoti ?katakeitai en te oikia tou Pharisaiou, komisasa alabastron murou kai stasa ?opiso para tous podas autou? klaiousa, ?tois dakrusin erxato brechein tous podas autou? kai tais thrixin tes kephales autes exemassen, kai katephilei tous podas autou kai eleiphen to muro. idon de ho Pharisaios ho kalesas auton eipen en heauto legon· Houtos ei ?en prophetes, eginosken an tis kai potape he gune hetis haptetai autou, hoti hamartolos estin. kai apokritheis ho Iesous eipen pros auton· Simon, echo soi ti eipein. ho de· ?Didaskale, eipe, phesin?. duo chreopheiletai esan daniste tini· ho heis opheilen denaria pentakosia, ho de heteros pentekonta. me ?echonton auton apodounai amphoterois echarisato. tis oun ?auton pleion ?agapesei auton?; ?apokritheis Simon eipen· Hupolambano hoti ho to pleion echarisato. ho de eipen auto· Orthos ekrinas. kai strapheis pros ten gunaika to Simoni ephe· Blepeis tauten ten gunaika; eiselthon sou eis ten oikian, hudor ?moi epi ?podas ouk edokas· haute de tois dakrusin ebrexen mou tous podas kai tais ?thrixin autes exemaxen. philema moi ouk edokas· haute de aph' hes eiselthon ou dielipen kataphilousa mou tous podas. elaio ten kephalen mou ouk eleipsas· haute de muro eleipsen ?tous podas mou?. hou charin, lego soi, apheontai hai hamartiai autes hai pollai, hoti egapesen polu· ho de oligon aphietai, oligon agapa. eipen de aute· Apheontai sou hai hamartiai. kai erxanto hoi sunanakeimenoi legein en heautois· Tis houtos estin hos kai hamartias aphiesin; eipen de pros ten gunaika· He pistis sou sesoken se· poreuou eis eirenen. __________________________________________________________________ Kai egeneto en to kathexes kai autos diodeuen kata polin kai komen kerusson kai euangelizomenos ten basileian tou theou, kai hoi dodeka sun auto, kai gunaikes tines ahi esan tetherapeumenai apo pneumaton poneron kai astheneion, Maria he kaloumene Magdalene, aph' hes daimonia hepta exeleluthei, kai Ioanna gune Chouza epitropou Herodou kai Sousanna kai heterai pollai, haitines diekonoun autois ?ek ton huparchonton autais. Suniontos de ochlou pollou kai ton kata polin epiporeuomenon pros auton eipen dia paraboles· Exelthen ho speiron tou speirai ton sporon autou. kai en to speirein auton ho men epesen para ten hodon, kai katepatethe kai ta peteina tou ouranou katephagen auto. kai heteron ?katepesen epi ten petran, kai phuen exeranthe dia to me echein ikmada. kai heteron epesen en meso ton akanthon, kai sumphueisai hai akanthai apepnixan auto. kai heteron epesen eis ten gen ten agathen, kai phuen epoiesen karpon hekatontaplasiona. tauta legon ephonei· Ho echon ota akouein akoueto. Eperoton de auton hoi mathetai ?autou tis ?haute eie he parabole?. ho de eipen· Humin dedotai gnonai ta musteria tes basileias tou theou, tois de loipois en parabolais, hina blepontes me bleposin kai akouontes me suniosin. Estin de haute he parabole· Ho sporos estin ho logos tou theou. hoi de para ten hodon eisin hoi ?akousantes, eita erchetai ho diabolos kai airei ton logon apo tes kardias auton, hina me pisteusantes sothosin. hoi de epi tes petras ohi hotan akousosin meta charas dechontai ton logon, kai houtoi rhizan ouk echousin, ohi pros kairon pisteuousin kai en kairo peirasmou aphistantai. to de eis tas akanthas peson, houtoi eisin hoi akousantes, kai hupo merimnon kai ploutou kai hedonon tou biou poreuomenoi sumpnigontai kai ou telesphorousin. to de en te kale ge, houtoi eisin hoitines en kardia kale kai agathe akousantes ton logon katechousin kai karpophorousin en hupomone. Oudeis de luchnon hapsas kaluptei auton skeuei e hupokato klines tithesin, all' epi luchnias ?tithesin, hina hoi eisporeuomenoi bleposin to phos. ou gar estin krupton ho ou phaneron genesetai, oude apokruphon ho ou ?me gnosthe? kai eis phaneron elthe. blepete oun pos akouete· hos ?an gar? eche, dothesetai auto, kai hos ?an me eche, kai ho dokei echein arthesetai ap' autou. ?Paregeneto de pros auton he meter kai hoi adelphoi autou, kai ouk edunanto suntuchein auto dia ton ochlon. ?apengele de? ?auto· He meter sou kai hoi adelphoi sou hestekasin exo idein ?se thelontes?. ho de apokritheis eipen pros autous· Meter mou kai adelphoi mou houtoi eisin hoi ton logon tou theou akouontes kai ?poiountes. ?Egeneto de? en mia ton hemeron kai autos enebe eis ploion kai hoi mathetai autou, kai eipen pros autous· Dielthomen eis to peran tes limnes, kai anechthesan. pleonton de auton aphupnosen. kai katebe lailaps anemou eis ten limnen, kai suneplerounto kai ekinduneuon. proselthontes de diegeiran auton legontes· Epistata epistata, apollumetha· ho de ?diegertheis epetimesen to anemo kai to kludoni tou hudatos, kai epausanto, kai egeneto galene. eipen de autois· ?Pou he pistis humon; phobethentes de ethaumasan, legontes pros allelous· Tis ara houtos estin hoti kai tois anemois epitassei kai to hudati, kai hupakouousin auto; Kai katepleusan eis ten choran ton ?Gerasenon, hetis estin antipera tes Galilaias. exelthonti de auto epi ten gen ?hupentesen aner tis ek tes poleos ?echon daimonia· ?kai chrono hikano ouk enedusato himation?, kai en oikia ouk emenen all' en tois mnemasin. idon de ton ?Iesoun anakraxas prosepesen auto kai phone megale eipen· Ti emoi kai soi, Iesou huie tou theou tou hupsistou; deomai sou, me me basanises· ?parengellen gar to pneumati to akatharto exelthein apo tou anthropou. pollois gar chronois sunerpakei auton, kai ?edesmeueto halusesin kai pedais phulassomenos, kai diarresson ta desma elauneto ?hupo tou ?daimoniou eis tas eremous. eperotesen de auton ho ?Iesous· Ti soi ?onoma estin?; ho de eipen· Legion, hoti ?eiselthen daimonia polla? eis auton. kai ?parekaloun auton hina me epitaxe autois eis ten abusson apelthein. En de ekei agele choiron hikanon ?boskomene en to orei· kai ?parekalesan auton hina epitrepse autois eis ekeinous eiselthein· kai epetrepsen autois. exelthonta de ta daimonia apo tou anthropou eiselthon eis tous choirous, kai hormesen he agele kata tou kremnou eis ten limnen kai apepnige. Idontes de hoi boskontes to ?gegonos ephugon kai apengeilan eis ten polin kai eis tous agrous. exelthon de idein to gegonos kai elthon pros ton Iesoun, kai heuron kathemenon ton anthropon aph' hou ta daimonia ?exelthen himatismenon kai sophronounta para tous podas tou Iesou, kai ephobethesan. apengeilan de ?autois hoi idontes pos esothe ho daimonistheis. kai ?erotesen auton hapan to plethos tes perichorou ton ?Gerasenon apelthein ap' auton, hoti phobo megalo suneichonto· autos de embas ?eis ploion hupestrepsen. edeito de autou ho aner aph' hou exeleluthei ta daimonia einai sun auto· apelusen de ?auton legon· Hupostrephe eis ton oikon sou, kai diegou hosa ?soi epoiesen? ho theos. kai apelthen kath' holen ten polin kerusson hosa epoiesen auto ho Iesous. ?En de? to ?hupostrephein ton Iesoun apedexato auton ho ochlos, esan gar pantes prosdokontes auton. kai idou elthen aner ho onoma Iairos, kai ?houtos archon tes sunagoges huperchen, kai peson para tous podas ?tou Iesou parekalei auton eiselthein eis ton oikon autou, hoti thugater monogenes en auto hos eton dodeka kai aute apethnesken. En de to hupagein auton hoi ochloi sunepnigon auton. kai gune ousa en rhusei haimatos apo eton dodeka, hetis ?iatrois prosanalosasa holon ton bion? ouk ischusen ?ap' oudenos therapeuthenai, proselthousa opisthen hepsato tou kraspedou tou himatiou autou, kai parachrema este he rhusis tou haimatos autes. kai eipen ho Iesous· Tis ho hapsamenos mou; arnoumenon de panton eipen ho ?Petros· Epistata, hoi ochloi sunechousin se kai ?apothlibousin. ho de Iesous eipen· Hepsato mou tis, ego gar egnon dunamin ?exeleluthuian ap' emou. idousa de he gune hoti ouk elathen tremousa elthen kai prospesousa auto di' hen aitian hepsato autou ?apengeilen enopion pantos tou laou kai hos iathe parachrema. ho de eipen aute· ?Thugater, he pistis sou sesoken se· poreuou eis eirenen. Eti autou lalountos erchetai tis para tou archisunagogou ?legon hoti Tethneken he thugater sou, ?meketi skulle ton didaskalon. ho de Iesous akousas apekrithe ?auto· Me phobou, monon ?pisteuson, kai sothesetai. elthon de eis ten oikian ouk apheken eiselthein ?tina sun auto? ei me Petron kai Ioannen kai Iakobon kai ton patera tes paidos kai ten metera. eklaion de pantes kai ekoptonto auten. ho de eipen· Me klaiete, ?ou gar? apethanen alla katheudei. kai kategelon autou, eidotes hoti apethanen. autos ?de kratesas tes cheiros autes ephonesen legon· He pais, ?egeire. kai epestrepsen to pneuma autes, kai aneste parachrema, kai dietaxen aute dothenai phagein. kai exestesan hoi goneis autes· ho de parengeilen autois medeni eipein to gegonos. __________________________________________________________________ Sunkalesamenos de tous dodeka edoken autois dunamin kai exousian epi panta ta daimonia kai nosous therapeuein, kai apesteilen autous kerussein ten basileian tou theou kai iasthai ?tous astheneis?, kai eipen pros autous· Meden airete eis ten hodon, mete ?rhabdon mete peran mete arton mete argurion, mete ?ana duo chitonas echein. kai eis hen an oikian eiselthete, ekei menete kai ekeithen exerchesthe. kai hosoi ?an me ?dechontai humas, exerchomenoi apo tes poleos ?ekeines ton koniorton apo ton podon humon ?apotinassete eis marturion ep' autous. exerchomenoi de dierchonto kata tas komas euangelizomenoi kai therapeuontes pantachou. Ekousen de Herodes ho tetraarches ta ?ginomena panta, kai dieporei dia to legesthai hupo tinon hoti Ioannes ?egerthe ek nekron, hupo tinon de hoti Elias ephane, allon de hoti prophetes ?tis ton archaion aneste. ?eipen de? ?ho Herodes· Ioannen ego apekephalisa· tis de estin houtos peri ?hou akouo toiauta; kai ezetei idein auton. Kai hupostrepsantes hoi apostoloi diegesanto auto hosa epoiesan. kai paralabon autous hupechoresen kat' idian eis ?polin kaloumenen Bethsaida?. hoi de ochloi gnontes ekolouthesan auto. kai ?apodexamenos autous elalei autois peri tes basileias tou theou, kai tous chreian echontas therapeias iato. He de hemera erxato klinein· proselthontes de hoi dodeka eipan auto· Apoluson ton ochlon, hina ?poreuthentes eis tas kuklo komas ?kai agrous katalusosin kai heurosin episitismon, hoti hode en eremo topo esmen. eipen de pros autous· Dote autois ?humeis phagein?. hoi de eipan· Ouk eisin hemin pleion e ?artoi pente? kai ichthues duo, ei meti poreuthentes hemeis agorasomen eis panta ton laon touton bromata. esan gar hosei andres pentakischilioi. eipen de pros tous mathetas autou· Kataklinate autous klisias ?hosei ana pentekonta. kai epoiesan houtos kai ?kateklinan hapantas. labon de tous pente artous kai tous duo ichthuas anablepsas eis ton ouranon eulogesen autous kai kateklasen kai edidou tois mathetais ?paratheinai to ochlo. kai ephagon kai echortasthesan pantes, kai erthe to perisseusan autois klasmaton kophinoi dodeka. Kai egeneto en to einai auton proseuchomenon kata monas sunesan auto hoi mathetai, kai eperotesen autous legon· Tina me ?hoi ochloi legousin? einai; hoi de apokrithentes eipan· Ioannen ton baptisten, alloi de Elian, alloi de hoti prophetes tis ton archaion aneste. eipen de autois· Humeis de tina me legete einai; ?Petros de apokritheis? eipen· Ton christon tou theou. Ho de epitimesas autois parengeilen medeni ?legein touto, eipon hoti Dei ton huion tou anthropou polla pathein kai apodokimasthenai apo ton presbuteron kai archiereon kai grammateon kai apoktanthenai kai te trite hemera ?egerthenai. Elegen de pros pantas· Ei tis thelei opiso mou ?erchesthai, arnesastho? heauton kai arato ton stauron autou ?kath' hemeran?, kai akoloutheito moi. hos gar ?an thele ten psuchen autou sosai, apolesei auten· hos d' an apolese ten psuchen autou heneken emou, houtos sosei auten. ti gar opheleitai anthropos kerdesas ton kosmon holon heauton de apolesas e zemiotheis; hos gar an epaischunthe me kai tous emous logous, touton ho huios tou anthropou epaischunthesetai, hotan elthe en te doxe autou kai tou patros kai ton hagion angelon. lego de humin alethos, eisin tines ton ?autou ?hestekoton ohi ou me geusontai thanatou heos an idosin ten basileian tou theou. Egeneto de meta tous logous toutous hosei hemerai okto ?kai paralabon Petron kai Ioannen kai Iakobon anebe eis to oros proseuxasthai. kai egeneto en to proseuchesthai auton to eidos tou prosopou autou heteron kai ho himatismos autou leukos exastrapton. kai idou andres duo sunelaloun auto, hoitines esan Mouses kai Elias, ohi ophthentes en doxe elegon ten exodon autou hen emellen pleroun en Ierousalem. ho de Petros kai hoi sun auto esan bebaremenoi hupno· diagregoresantes de eidon ten doxan autou kai tous duo andras tous sunestotas auto. kai egeneto en to diachorizesthai autous ap' autou eipen ?ho Petros pros ton Iesoun· Epistata, kalon estin hemas hode einai, kai poiesomen skenas treis, mian soi kai mian Mousei kai mian Elia, me eidos ho legei. tauta de autou legontos egeneto nephele kai ?epeskiazen autous· ephobethesan de en to ?eiselthein autous? eis ten nephelen. kai phone egeneto ek tes nepheles legousa· Houtos estin ho huios mou ho ?eklelegmenos, autou akouete. kai en to genesthai ten phonen ?heurethe Iesous monos. kai autoi esigesan kai oudeni apengeilan en ekeinais tais hemerais ouden hon heorakan. Egeneto ?de te hexes hemera katelthonton auton apo tou orous sunentesen auto ochlos polus. kai idou aner apo tou ochlou ?eboesen legon· Didaskale, deomai sou epiblepsai epi ton huion mou, hoti monogenes ?moi estin?, kai idou pneuma lambanei auton, kai exaiphnes krazei, kai sparassei auton meta aphrou kai ?mogis apochorei ap' autou suntribon auton· kai edeethen ton matheton sou hina ekbalosin auto, kai ouk edunethesan. apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen· O genea apistos kai diestrammene, heos pote esomai pros humas kai anexomai humon; prosagage ?hode ton huion sou?. eti de proserchomenou autou errexen auton to daimonion kai sunesparaxen· epetimesen de ho Iesous to pneumati to akatharto, kai iasato ton paida kai apedoken auton to patri autou. exeplessonto de pantes epi te megaleioteti tou theou. Panton de thaumazonton epi pasin hois ?epoiei eipen pros tous mathetas autou· Thesthe humeis eis ta ota humon tous logous toutous, ho gar huios tou anthropou mellei paradidosthai eis cheiras anthropon. hoi de egnooun to rhema touto, kai en parakekalummenon ap' auton hina me aisthontai auto, kai ephobounto erotesai auton peri tou rhematos toutou. Eiselthen de dialogismos en autois, to tis an eie meizon auton. ho de Iesous ?eidos ton dialogismon tes kardias auton epilabomenos ?paidion estesen auto par' heauto, kai eipen autois· Hos ?an dexetai touto to paidion epi to onomati mou eme dechetai, kai hos ?an eme dexetai dechetai ton aposteilanta me· ho gar mikroteros en pasin humin huparchon houtos ?estin megas. Apokritheis ?de Ioannes eipen· Epistata, eidomen tina ?en to onomati sou ekballonta daimonia, kai ?ekoluomen auton hoti ouk akolouthei meth' hemon. ?eipen de? pros auton ?ho Iesous· Me koluete, hos gar ouk estin kath' ?humon huper humon? estin. Egeneto de en to sumplerousthai tas hemeras tes analempseos autou kai autos to ?prosopon ?esterisen tou poreuesthai eis Ierousalem, kai apesteilen angelous pro prosopou autou. kai poreuthentes eiselthon eis komen Samariton, ?hos hetoimasai auto· kai ouk edexanto auton, hoti to prosopon autou en poreuomenon eis Ierousalem. idontes de hoi ?mathetai Iakobos kai Ioannes eipan· Kurie, theleis eipomen pur katabenai apo tou ouranou kai analosai ?autous; strapheis de epetimesen ?autois. ?kai eporeuthesan eis heteran komen. ?Kai poreuomenon auton en te hodo eipen tis pros auton· Akoloutheso soi hopou ?ean ?aperche. kai eipen auto ho Iesous· Hai alopekes pholeous echousin kai ta peteina tou ouranou kataskenoseis, ho de huios tou anthropou ouk echei pou ten kephalen kline. eipen de pros heteron· Akolouthei moi. ho de eipen· ?Kurie, epitrepson moi ?apelthonti proton? thapsai ton patera mou. eipen de ?auto· Aphes tous nekrous thapsai tous heauton nekrous, su de apelthon diangelle ten basileian tou theou. eipen de kai heteros· Akoloutheso soi, kurie· proton de epitrepson moi apotaxasthai tois eis ton oikon mou. eipen de ?ho Iesous?· Oudeis epibalon ten ?cheira ep' arotron kai blepon eis ta opiso euthetos estin ?te basileia? tou theou. __________________________________________________________________ Meta de tauta anedeixen ho kurios ?kai heterous hebdomekonta ?duo kai apesteilen autous ana duo ?duo pro prosopou autou eis pasan polin kai topon hou emellen autos erchesthai. elegen ?de pros autous· Ho men therismos polus, hoi de ergatai oligoi· deethete oun tou kuriou tou therismou hopos ?ergatas ekbale? eis ton therismon autou. hupagete· ?idou apostello humas hos arnas en meso lukon. me bastazete ballantion, me peran, ?me hupodemata, kai medena kata ten hodon aspasesthe. eis hen d' an ?eiselthete oikian? proton legete· Eirene to oiko touto. kai ean ?e ekei? huios eirenes, epanapaesetai ep' auton he eirene humon· ei de mege, eph' humas anakampsei. en aute de te oikia menete, esthiontes kai pinontes ta par' auton, axios gar ho ergates tou misthou ?autou. me metabainete ex oikias eis oikian. kai eis hen an polin eiserchesthe kai dechontai humas, esthiete ta paratithemena humin, kai therapeuete tous en aute astheneis, kai legete autois· Engiken eph' humas he basileia tou theou. eis hen d' an polin ?eiselthete kai me dechontai humas, exelthontes eis tas plateias autes eipate· Kai ton koniorton ton kollethenta hemin ek tes poleos humon ?eis tous podas? apomassometha humin· plen touto ginoskete hoti ?engiken he basileia tou theou. lego humin hoti Sodomois en te hemera ekeine anektoteron estai e te polei ekeine. Ouai soi, Chorazin· ouai soi, Bethsaida· hoti ei en Turo kai Sidoni ?egenethesan hai dunameis hai genomenai en humin, palai an en sakko kai spodo ?kathemenoi metenoesan. plen Turo kai Sidoni anektoteron estai en te krisei e humin. kai su, Kapharnaoum, ?me heos ouranou hupsothese?; heos ?tou hadou ?katabibasthese. Ho akouon humon emou akouei, kai ho atheton humas eme athetei· ho de eme atheton athetei ton aposteilanta me. Hupestrepsan de hoi hebdomekonta ?duo meta charas legontes· Kurie, kai ta daimonia hupotassetai hemin en to onomati sou. eipen de autois· Etheoroun ton Satanan hos astrapen ek tou ouranou pesonta. idou ?dedoka humin ten exousian tou patein epano opheon kai skorpion, kai epi pasan ten dunamin tou echthrou, kai ouden humas ou me ?adikese. plen en touto me chairete hoti ta pneumata humin hupotassetai, chairete de hoti ta onomata humon ?engegraptai en tois ouranois. En aute te hora egalliasato ?to pneumati ?to hagio? kai eipen· Exomologoumai soi, pater kurie tou ouranou kai tes ges, hoti apekrupsas tauta apo sophon kai suneton, kai apekalupsas auta nepiois· nai, ho pater, hoti houtos ?eudokia egeneto? emprosthen sou. ?panta moi paredothe hupo tou patros mou, kai oudeis ginoskei tis estin ho huios ei me ho pater, kai tis estin ho pater ei me ho huios kai ho ?ean bouletai ho huios apokalupsai. Kai strapheis pros tous mathetas kat' idian eipen· Makarioi hoi ophthalmoi hoi blepontes ha blepete. lego gar humin hoti polloi prophetai kai basileis ethelesan idein ha humeis blepete kai ouk eidan, kai akousai ha akouete kai ouk ekousan. Kai idou nomikos tis aneste ekpeirazon ?auton legon· Didaskale, ti poiesas zoen aionion kleronomeso; ho de eipen pros auton· En to nomo ti gegraptai; pos anaginoskeis; ho de apokritheis eipen· Agapeseis kurion ton theon sou ex holes ?tes kardias sou kai ?en hole te psuche? sou kai ?en hole te ischui? sou kai ?en hole te dianoia? sou, kai ton plesion sou hos seauton. eipen de auto· Orthos apekrithes· touto poiei kai zese. Ho de thelon ?dikaiosai heauton eipen pros ton Iesoun· Kai tis estin mou plesion; hupolabon ?de ho Iesous eipen· Anthropos tis katebainen apo Ierousalem eis Iericho kai lestais periepesen, ohi kai ekdusantes auton kai plegas epithentes apelthon aphentes ?hemithane. kata sunkurian de hiereus tis katebainen en te hodo ekeine, kai idon auton antiparelthen· homoios de kai ?Leuites kata ton topon elthon kai idon antiparelthen. Samarites de tis hodeuon elthen kat' auton kai ?idon esplanchnisthe, kai proselthon katedesen ta traumata autou epicheon elaion kai oinon, epibibasas de auton epi to idion ktenos egagen auton eis pandocheion kai epemelethe autou. kai epi ten ?aurion ekbalon ?duo denaria edoken? to pandochei kai ?eipen· Epimeletheti autou, kai ho ti an prosdapaneses ego en to epanerchesthai me apodoso soi. ?tis touton ton trion plesion dokei soi gegonenai tou empesontos eis tous lestas; ho de eipen· Ho poiesas to eleos met' autou. eipen ?de auto ho Iesous· Poreuou kai su poiei homoios. ?En de? to poreuesthai ?autous autos eiselthen eis komen tina· gune de tis onomati Martha hupedexato ?auton. kai tede en adelphe kaloumene ?Mariam, he kai ?parakathestheisa pros? tous podas tou ?Iesou ekouen ton logon autou. he de Martha periespato peri pollen diakonian· epistasa de eipen· Kurie, ou melei soi hoti he adelphe mou monen me ?kateleipen diakonein; ?eipe oun aute hina moi sunantilabetai. apokritheis de eipen aute ho ?kurios· Martha Martha, merimnas kai ?thorubaze peri polla, ?oligon de estin chreia e henos?· ?Mariam gar? ten agathen merida exelexato hetis ouk aphairethesetai ?autes. __________________________________________________________________ Kai egeneto en to einai auton en topo tini proseuchomenon, hos epausato, eipen tis ton matheton autou pros auton· Kurie, didaxon hemas proseuchesthai, kathos kai Ioannes edidaxen tous mathetas autou. eipen de autois· Hotan proseuchesthe, legete· ?Pater, hagiastheto to onoma sou· eltheto he basileia ?sou· ton arton hemon ton epiousion didou hemin to kath' hemeran· kai aphes hemin tas hamartias hemon, kai gar autoi aphiomen panti opheilonti hemin· kai me eisenenkes hemas eis ?peirasmon. Kai eipen pros autous· Tis ex humon hexei philon kai poreusetai pros auton mesonuktiou kai eipe auto· Phile, chreson moi treis artous, epeide philos ?mou paregeneto ex hodou pros me kai ouk echo ho paratheso auto· kakeinos esothen apokritheis eipe· Me moi kopous pareche· ede he thura kekleistai, kai ta paidia mou met' emou eis ten koiten eisin· ou dunamai anastas dounai soi. lego humin, ei kai ou dosei auto anastas dia to einai ?philon autou?, dia ge ten anaideian autou egertheis dosei auto ?hoson chrezei. Kago humin lego, aiteite, kai dothesetai humin· zeteite, kai heuresete· krouete, kai anoigesetai humin· pas gar ho aiton lambanei, kai ho zeton heuriskei, kai to krouonti anoigesetai. tina de ?ex humon ton patera aitesei ho ?huios ichthun, ?kai anti ichthuos ophin ?auto epidosei?; e kai ?aitesei oon, ?epidosei auto skorpion; ei oun humeis poneroi huparchontes oidate domata agatha didonai tois teknois humon, poso mallon ho pater ho ex ouranou dosei pneuma hagion tois aitousin auton. Kai en ekballon ?daimonion kophon· egeneto de tou daimoniou exelthontos elalesen ho kophos. kai ethaumasan hoi ochloi· tines de ex auton eipon· En Beelzeboul ?to archonti ton daimonion ekballei ta daimonia· heteroi de peirazontes semeion ?ex ouranou ezetoun par' autou?. autos de eidos auton ta dianoemata eipen autois· Pasa basileia eph' heauten diameristheisa eremoutai, kai oikos epi oikon piptei. ei de kai ho Satanas eph' heauton diemeristhe, pos stathesetai he basileia autou; hoti legete en Beelzeboul ekballein me ta daimonia. ei de ego en Beelzeboul ekballo ta daimonia, hoi huioi humon en tini ekballousin; dia touto ?autoi humon kritai? esontai. ei de en daktulo ?theou ekballo ta daimonia, ara ephthasen eph' humas he basileia tou theou. hotan ho ischuros kathoplismenos phulasse ten heautou aulen, en eirene estin ta huparchonta autou· epan ?de ischuroteros ?autou epelthon nikese auton, ten panoplian autou airei eph' he epepoithei, kai ta skula autou diadidosin. ho me on met' emou kat' emou estin, kai ho me sunagon met' emou skorpizei. Hotan to akatharton pneuma exelthe apo tou anthropou, dierchetai di' anudron topon zetoun anapausin, kai me ?heuriskon legei· Hupostrepso eis ton oikon mou hothen exelthon· kai elthon ?heuriskei sesaromenon kai kekosmemenon. tote poreuetai kai paralambanei ?hetera pneumata ponerotera heautou hepta?, kai ?eiselthonta katoikei ekei, kai ginetai ta eschata tou anthropou ekeinou cheirona ton proton. Egeneto de en to legein auton tauta eparasa tis ?phonen gune? ek tou ochlou eipen auto· Makaria he koilia he bastasasa se kai mastoi ohus ethelasas· autos de eipen· ?Menoun makarioi hoi akouontes ton logon tou theou kai ?phulassontes. Ton de ochlon epathroizomenon erxato legein· He genea haute ?genea ponera estin· semeion ?zetei, kai semeion ou dothesetai aute ei me to semeion ?Iona. kathos gar egeneto ?Ionas ?tois Nineuitais semeion?, houtos estai kai ho huios tou anthropou te genea taute. basilissa notou egerthesetai en te krisei meta ton andron tes geneas tautes kai katakrinei autous· hoti elthen ek ton peraton tes ges akousai ten sophian Solomonos, kai idou pleion Solomonos hode. andres ?Nineuitai anastesontai en te krisei meta tes geneas tautes kai katakrinousin auten· hoti metenoesan eis to kerugma Iona, kai idou pleion Iona hode. ?Oudeis luchnon hapsas eis krupten tithesin oude hupo ton modion all' epi ten luchnian, hina hoi eisporeuomenoi to ?phengos bleposin. ho luchnos tou somatos estin ho ophthalmos ?sou. ?hotan ho ophthalmos sou haplous e, kai holon to soma sou photeinon estin· epan de poneros e, kai to soma sou skoteinon. skopei oun me to phos to en soi skotos estin. ei oun to soma sou holon photeinon, me echon ?meros ti? skoteinon, estai photeinon holon hos hotan ho luchnos te astrape photize se. En de to lalesai ?erota auton ?Pharisaios hopos aristese par' auto· eiselthon de anepesen. ho de Pharisaios idon ethaumasen hoti ou proton ebaptisthe pro tou aristou. eipen de ho kurios pros auton· Nun humeis hoi Pharisaioi to exothen tou poteriou kai tou pinakos katharizete, to de esothen humon gemei harpages kai ponerias. aphrones, ouch ho poiesas to exothen kai to esothen epoiesen; plen ta enonta dote eleemosunen, kai idou panta kathara humin estin. Alla ouai humin tois Pharisaiois, hoti apodekatoute to heduosmon kai to peganon kai pan lachanon, kai parerchesthe ten krisin kai ten agapen tou theou· tauta ?de edei poiesai kakeina me ?pareinai. ouai humin tois Pharisaiois, hoti agapate ten protokathedrian en tais sunagogais kai tous aspasmous en tais agorais. ouai ?humin, hoti este hos ta mnemeia ta adela, kai hoi anthropoi ?hoi peripatountes epano ouk oidasin. Apokritheis de tis ton nomikon legei auto· Didaskale, tauta legon kai hemas hubrizeis. ho de eipen· Kai humin tois nomikois ouai, hoti phortizete tous anthropous phortia dusbastakta, kai autoi heni ton daktulon humon ou prospsauete tois phortiois. ouai humin, hoti oikodomeite ta mnemeia ton propheton hoi de pateres humon apekteinan autous. ara ?martures este? kai suneudokeite tois ergois ton pateron humon, hoti autoi men apekteinan autous humeis de ?oikodomeite. dia touto kai he sophia tou theou eipen· Apostelo eis autous prophetas kai apostolous, kai ex auton apoktenousin kai ?dioxousin, hina ekzetethe to haima panton ton propheton to ekkechumenon apo kataboles kosmou apo tes geneas tautes, ?apo haimatos Habel ?heos haimatos Zachariou tou apolomenou metaxu tou thusiasteriou kai tou oikou· nai, lego humin, ekzetethesetai apo tes geneas tautes. ouai humin tois nomikois, hoti erate ten kleida tes gnoseos· autoi ouk eiselthate kai tous eiserchomenous ekolusate. ?Kakeithen exelthontos autou? erxanto hoi grammateis kai hoi Pharisaioi deinos enechein kai apostomatizein auton peri pleionon, enedreuontes ?auton thereusai ti ek tou stomatos ?autou. __________________________________________________________________ En hois episunachtheison ton muriadon tou ochlou, hoste katapatein allelous, erxato legein pros tous mathetas autou proton· Prosechete heautois apo tes zumes, ?hetis estin hupokrisis, ton Pharisaion?. ouden de sunkekalummenon estin ho ouk apokaluphthesetai, kai krupton ho ou gnosthesetai. anth' hon hosa en te skotia eipate en to photi akousthesetai, kai ho pros to ous elalesate en tois tameiois keruchthesetai epi ton domaton. Lego de humin tois philois mou, me phobethete apo ton apokteinonton to soma kai meta tauta me echonton perissoteron ti poiesai. hupodeixo de humin tina phobethete· phobethete ton meta to apokteinai ?echonta exousian? embalein eis ten geennan· nai, lego humin, touton phobethete. ouchi pente strouthia ?polountai assarion duo; kai hen ex auton ouk estin epilelesmenon enopion tou theou. alla kai hai triches tes kephales humon pasai erithmentai· ?me phobeisthe· pollon strouthion diapherete. Lego de humin, pas hos an ?homologese en emoi emprosthen ton anthropon, kai ho huios tou anthropou homologesei en auto emprosthen ton angelon tou theou· ho de arnesamenos me enopion ton anthropon aparnethesetai enopion ton angelon tou theou. kai pas hos erei logon eis ton huion tou anthropou, aphethesetai auto to de eis to hagion pneuma blasphemesanti ouk aphethesetai. hotan de ?eispherosin humas epi tas sunagogas kai tas archas kai tas exousias, me ?merimnesete pos ?e ti? apologesesthe e ti eipete· to gar hagion pneuma didaxei humas en aute te hora ha dei eipein. Eipen de tis ?ek tou ochlou auto?· Didaskale, eipe to adelpho mou merisasthai met' emou ten kleronomian. ho de eipen auto· Anthrope, tis me katestesen ?kriten e meristen eph' humas; eipen de pros autous· Horate kai phulassesthe apo ?pases pleonexias, hoti ouk en to perisseuein tini he zoe ?autou estin ek ton huparchonton ?auto. eipen de parabolen pros autous legon· Anthropou tinos plousiou euphoresen he chora. kai dielogizeto en ?heauto legon· Ti poieso, hoti ouk echo pou sunaxo tous karpous mou; kai eipen· Touto poieso· kathelo mou tas apothekas kai meizonas oikodomeso, kai sunaxo ekei panta ?ton siton? kai ta agatha mou, kai ero te psuche mou· Psuche, echeis polla agatha keimena eis ete polla· anapauou, phage, pie, euphrainou. eipen de auto ho theos· ?Aphron, taute te nukti ten psuchen sou ?apaitousin apo sou· ha de hetoimasas, tini estai; houtos ho thesaurizon ?heauto kai me eis theon plouton. Eipen de pros tous mathetas autou· Dia touto ?lego humin?, me merimnate te ?psuche ti phagete, mede to ?somati ti endusesthe. he ?gar psuche pleion estin tes trophes kai to soma tou endumatos. katanoesate tous korakas hoti ou speirousin oude therizousin, hois ouk estin tameion oude apotheke, kai ho theos trephei autous· poso mallon humeis diapherete ton peteinon. tis de ex humon merimnon dunatai ?epi ten helikian autou prostheinai? ?pechun; ei oun ?oude elachiston dunasthe, ti peri ton loipon merimnate; katanoesate ta krina pos auxanei· ou kopia oude nethei· lego de humin, oude Solomon en pase te doxe autou periebaleto hos hen touton. ei de ?en agro ton chorton onta semeron? kai aurion eis klibanon ballomenon ho theos houtos ?amphiezei, poso mallon humas, oligopistoi. kai humeis me zeteite ti phagete ?kai ti piete, kai me meteorizesthe, tauta gar panta ta ethne tou kosmou ?epizetousin, humon de ho pater oiden hoti chrezete touton. plen zeteite ten basileian ?autou, kai ?tauta prostethesetai humin. Me phobou, to mikron poimnion, hoti eudokesen ho pater humon dounai humin ten basileian. polesate ta huparchonta humon kai dote eleemosunen· poiesate heautois ballantia me palaioumena, thesauron anekleipton en tois ouranois, hopou kleptes ouk engizei oude ses diaphtheirei· hopou gar estin ho thesauros humon, ekei kai he kardia humon estai. Estosan humon hai osphues periezosmenai kai hoi luchnoi kaiomenoi, kai humeis homoioi anthropois prosdechomenois ton kurion heauton pote analuse ek ton gamon, hina elthontos kai krousantos eutheos anoixosin auto. makarioi hoi douloi ekeinoi, ohus elthon ho kurios heuresei gregorountas· amen lego humin hoti perizosetai kai anaklinei autous kai parelthon diakonesei autois. ?kan en te deutera kan? en te trite phulake elthe kai heure houtos, makarioi ?eisin ekeinoi. Touto de ginoskete hoti ei edei ho oikodespotes poia hora ho kleptes erchetai, ?ouk an? apheken ?dioruchthenai ton oikon autou. kai ?humeis ginesthe hetoimoi, hoti he hora ou dokeite ho huios tou anthropou erchetai. Eipen ?de ho Petros· Kurie, pros hemas ten parabolen tauten legeis e kai pros pantas; ?kai eipen? ho kurios· Tis ara estin ho pistos oikonomos, ?ho phronimos, hon katastesei ho kurios epi tes therapeias autou tou didonai en kairo ?to sitometrion; makarios ho doulos ekeinos, hon elthon ho kurios autou heuresei poiounta houtos· alethos lego humin hoti epi pasin tois huparchousin autou katastesei auton. ean de eipe ho doulos ekeinos en te kardia autou· Chronizei ho kurios mou erchesthai, kai arxetai tuptein tous paidas kai tas paidiskas, esthiein te kai pinein kai methuskesthai, hexei ho kurios tou doulou ekeinou en hemera he ou prosdoka kai en hora he ou ginoskei, kai dichotomesei auton kai to meros autou meta ton apiston thesei. ekeinos de ho doulos ho gnous to thelema tou kuriou ?autou kai me hetoimasas ?e poiesas pros to thelema autou daresetai pollas· ho de me gnous poiesas de axia plegon daresetai oligas. panti de ho edothe polu, polu zetethesetai par' autou, kai ho parethento polu, perissoteron aitesousin auton. Pur elthon balein ?epi ten gen, kai ti thelo ei ede anephthe; baptisma de echo baptisthenai, kai pos sunechomai heos ?hotou telesthe. dokeite hoti eirenen paregenomen dounai en te ge; ouchi, lego humin, all' e diamerismon. esontai gar apo tou nun pente en ?heni oiko? diamemerismenoi, treis epi dusin kai duo epi trisin, ?diameristhesontai pater epi huio kai huios epi patri, meter ?epi ?thugatera kai thugater epi ?ten metera?, penthera epi ten numphen autes kai numphe epi ten ?pentheran. Elegen de kai tois ochlois· Hotan ?idete nephelen anatellousan ?epi dusmon, eutheos legete ?hoti Ombros erchetai, kai ginetai houtos· kai hotan noton pneonta, legete hoti Kauson estai, kai ginetai. hupokritai, to prosopon tes ges kai tou ouranou oidate dokimazein, ton ?de kairon? touton pos ?ouk oidate dokimazein?; Ti de kai aph' heauton ou krinete to dikaion; hos gar hupageis meta tou antidikou sou ep' archonta, en te hodo dos ergasian apellachthai ap' autou, mepote katasure se pros ton kriten, kai ho krites se ?paradosei to praktori, kai ho praktor se ?balei eis phulaken. lego soi, ou me exelthes ekeithen heos ?kai to? eschaton lepton apodos. __________________________________________________________________ Paresan de tines en auto to kairo apangellontes auto peri ton Galilaion hon to haima Pilatos emixen meta ton thusion auton. kai ?apokritheis eipen autois· Dokeite hoti hoi Galilaioi houtoi hamartoloi para pantas tous Galilaious egenonto, hoti ?tauta peponthasin; ouchi, lego humin, all' ean me metanoete pantes ?homoios apoleisthe. e ekeinoi hoi ?dekaokto eph' ohus epesen ho purgos en to Siloam kai apekteinen autous, dokeite hoti ?autoi opheiletai egenonto para pantas ?tous anthropous tous ?katoikountas Ierousalem; ouchi, lego humin, all' ean me ?metanoete pantes ?hosautos apoleisthe. Elegen de tauten ten parabolen. Suken eichen tis ?pephuteumenen en to ampeloni autou?, kai elthen zeton karpon en aute kai ouch heuren. eipen de pros ton ampelourgon· Idou tria ete ?aph' hou? erchomai zeton karpon en te suke taute kai ouch heurisko· ?ekkopson auten· hinati kai ten gen katargei; ho de apokritheis legei auto· Kurie, aphes auten kai touto to etos, heos hotou skapso peri auten kai balo kopria· kan men poiese karpon ?eis to mellon-- ei de mege,? ekkopseis auten. En de didaskon en mia ton sunagogon en tois sabbasin. kai idou ?gune pneuma echousa astheneias ete ?dekaokto, kai en sunkuptousa kai me dunamene anakupsai eis to panteles. idon de auten ho Iesous prosephonesen kai eipen aute· Gunai, apolelusai tes astheneias sou, kai epetheken aute tas cheiras· kai parachrema anorthothe, kai edoxazen ton theon. apokritheis de ho archisunagogos, aganakton hoti to sabbato etherapeusen ho Iesous, elegen to ochlo ?hoti Hex hemerai eisin en hais dei ergazesthai· en ?autais oun erchomenoi therapeuesthe kai me te hemera tou sabbatou. apekrithe ?de auto ho kurios kai eipen· Hupokritai, hekastos humon to sabbato ou luei ton boun autou e ton onon apo tes phatnes kai ?apagagon potizei; tauten de thugatera Abraam ousan, hen edesen ho Satanas idou deka kai okto ete, ouk edei luthenai apo tou desmou toutou te hemera tou sabbatou; kai tauta legontos autou kateschunonto pantes hoi antikeimenoi auto, kai pas ho ochlos echairen epi pasin tois endoxois tois ginomenois hup' autou. Elegen ?oun· Tini homoia estin he basileia tou theou, kai tini homoioso auten; homoia estin kokko sinapeos, hon labon anthropos ebalen eis kepon heautou, kai euxesen kai egeneto eis ?dendron, kai ta peteina tou ouranou kateskenosen en tois kladois autou. ?Kai palin eipen· Tini homoioso ten basileian tou theou; homoia estin zume, hen labousa gune ?ekrupsen eis aleurou sata tria heos hou ezumothe holon. Kai dieporeueto kata poleis kai komas didaskon kai poreian poioumenos eis ?Hierosoluma. eipen de tis auto· Kurie, ei oligoi hoi sozomenoi; ho de eipen pros autous· Agonizesthe eiselthein dia tes stenes ?thuras, hoti polloi, lego humin, zetesousin eiselthein kai ouk ischusousin, aph' hou an egerthe ho oikodespotes kai apokleise ten thuran, kai arxesthe exo hestanai kai krouein ten thuran legontes· ?Kurie, anoixon hemin· kai apokritheis erei humin· Ouk oida humas pothen este. tote arxesthe legein· Ephagomen enopion sou kai epiomen, kai en tais plateiais hemon edidaxas· kai erei ?legon humin· Ouk ?oida pothen este· apostete ap' emou, pantes ?ergatai adikias. ekei estai ho klauthmos kai ho brugmos ton odonton, hotan ?opsesthe Abraam kai Isaak kai Iakob kai pantas tous prophetas en te basileia tou theou, humas de ekballomenous exo. kai hexousin apo anatolon kai dusmon kai ?apo borra kai notou kai anaklithesontai en te basileia tou theou. kai idou eisin eschatoi ohi esontai protoi, kai eisin protoi ohi esontai eschatoi. En aute te ?hora proselthan tines Pharisaioi legontes auto· Exelthe kai poreuou enteuthen, hoti Herodes thelei se apokteinai. kai eipen autois· Poreuthentes eipate te alopeki taute· Idou ekballo daimonia kai iaseis ?apotelo semeron kai aurion, kai te trite teleioumai. plen dei me semeron kai aurion kai te echomene poreuesthai, hoti ouk endechetai propheten apolesthai exo Ierousalem. Ierousalem Ierousalem, he apokteinousa tous prophetas kai lithobolousa tous apestalmenous pros auten-- posakis ethelesa episunaxai ta tekna sou hon tropon ornis ten heautes nossian hupo tas pterugas, kai ouk ethelesate. idou aphietai humin ho oikos ?humon. lego ?de ?humin, ou me ?idete me? heos ?hexei hote? eipete· Eulogemenos ho erchomenos en onomati kuriou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai egeneto en to elthein auton eis oikon tinos ton archonton ton Pharisaion sabbato phagein arton kai autoi esan parateroumenoi auton. kai idou anthropos tis en hudropikos emprosthen autou. kai apokritheis ho Iesous eipen pros tous nomikous kai Pharisaious legon· ?Exestin to sabbato ?therapeusai e ou?; hoi de hesuchasan. kai epilabomenos iasato auton kai apelusen. ?kai pros autous eipen· Tinos humon huios e bous eis phrear ?peseitai, kai ouk eutheos anaspasei auton ?en hemera tou sabbatou; kai ouk ischusan ?antapokrithenai pros tauta. Elegen de pros tous keklemenous parabolen, epechon pos tas protoklisias exelegonto, legon pros autous· Hotan klethes hupo tinos eis gamous, me kataklithes eis ten protoklisian, mepote entimoteros sou e keklemenos hup' autou kai elthon ho se kai auton kalesas erei soi· Dos touto topon, kai tote arxe meta aischunes ton eschaton topon katechein. all' hotan klethes poreutheis anapese eis ton eschaton topon, hina hotan elthe ho keklekos se ?erei soi· Phile, prosanabethi anoteron· tote estai soi doxa enopion ?panton ton sunanakeimenon soi. hoti pas ho hupson heauton tapeinothesetai kai ho tapeinon heauton hupsothesetai. Elegen de kai to keklekoti auton· Hotan poies ariston e deipnon, me phonei tous philous sou mede tous adelphous sou mede tous sungeneis sou mede geitonas plousious, mepote kai autoi ?antikalesosin se? kai genetai ?antapodoma soi?. all' hotan ?dochen poies?, kalei ptochous, anapeirous, cholous, tuphlous· kai makarios ese, hoti ouk echousin antapodounai soi, antapodothesetai gar soi en te anastasei ton dikaion. Akousas de tis ton sunanakeimenon tauta eipen auto· Makarios ?hostis phagetai ?arton en te basileia tou theou. ho de eipen auto· Anthropos tis ?epoiei deipnon mega, kai ekalesen pollous, kai apesteilen ton doulon autou te hora tou deipnou eipein tois keklemenois· Erchesthe, hoti ede hetoima ?estin. kai erxanto apo mias ?pantes paraiteisthai?. ho protos eipen auto· Agron egorasa kai echo ananken ?exelthon idein auton· eroto se, eche me paretemenon. kai heteros eipen· Zeuge boon egorasa pente kai poreuomai dokimasai auta· eroto se, eche me paretemenon. kai heteros eipen· Gunaika egema kai dia touto ou dunamai elthein. kai paragenomenos ho ?doulos apengeilen to kurio autou tauta. tote orgistheis ho oikodespotes eipen to doulo autou· Exelthe tacheos eis tas plateias kai rhumas tes poleos, kai tous ptochous kai anapeirous kai ?tuphlous kai cholous? eisagage hode. kai eipen ho doulos· Kurie, gegonen ?ho epetaxas, kai eti topos estin. kai eipen ho kurios pros ton doulon· Exelthe eis tas hodous kai phragmous kai anankason eiselthein, hina gemisthe ?mou ho oikos?· lego gar humin hoti oudeis ton andron ekeinon ton keklemenon geusetai mou tou ?deipnou. Suneporeuonto de auto ochloi polloi, kai strapheis eipen pros autous· Ei tis erchetai pros me kai ou misei ton patera ?heautou kai ten metera kai ten gunaika kai ta tekna kai tous adelphous kai tas adelphas, eti ?te kai ten ?psuchen heautou?, ou dunatai ?einai mou mathetes?. ?hostis ou bastazei ton stauron ?heautou kai erchetai opiso mou, ou dunatai einai mou mathetes. tis gar ex ?humon thelon purgon oikodomesai ouchi proton kathisas psephizei ten dapanen, ei ?echei eis apartismon; hina mepote thentos autou themelion kai me ischuontos ektelesai pantes hoi theorountes arxontai ?auto empaizein? legontes hoti Houtos ho anthropos erxato oikodomein kai ouk ischusen ektelesai. e tis basileus poreuomenos ?hetero basilei sumbalein? eis polemon ouchi kathisas proton ?bouleusetai ei dunatos estin en deka chiliasin ?hupantesai to meta eikosi chiliadon erchomeno ep' auton; ei de mege, eti ?autou porro? ontos presbeian aposteilas erota ?ta pros eirenen. houtos oun pas ex humon hos ouk apotassetai pasin tois heautou huparchousin ou dunatai ?einai mou? mathetes. Kalon ?oun to halas· ean de ?kai to halas moranthe, en tini artuthesetai; oute eis gen oute eis koprian eutheton estin· exo ballousin auto. ho echon ota akouein akoueto. __________________________________________________________________ Esan de ?auto engizontes? pantes hoi telonai kai hoi hamartoloi akouein autou. kai diegonguzon hoi ?te Pharisaioi kai hoi grammateis legontes hoti Houtos hamartolous prosdechetai kai sunesthiei autois. eipen de pros autous ten parabolen tauten legon· Tis anthropos ex humon echon hekaton probata kai ?apolesas ?ex auton hen? ou kataleipei ta enenekonta ennea en te eremo kai poreuetai epi to apololos heos heure auto; kai heuron epitithesin epi tous omous ?autou chairon, kai elthon eis ton oikon sunkalei tous philous kai tous geitonas, legon autois· Suncharete moi hoti heuron to probaton mou to apololos. lego humin hoti houtos chara ?en to ourano estai? epi heni hamartolo metanoounti e epi enenekonta ennea dikaiois hoitines ou chreian echousin metanoias. E tis gune drachmas echousa deka, ean apolese drachmen mian, ouchi haptei luchnon kai saroi ten oikian kai zetei epimelos heos ?hou heure; kai heurousa ?sunkalei tas philas ?kai geitonas legousa· Suncharete moi hoti heuron ten drachmen hen apolesa. houtos, lego humin, ?ginetai chara? enopion ton angelon tou theou epi heni hamartolo metanoounti. Eipen de· Anthropos tis eichen duo huious. kai eipen ho neoteros auton to patri· Pater, dos moi to epiballon meros tes ousias· ?ho de? dieilen autois ton bion. kai met' ou pollas hemeras sunagagon ?panta ho neoteros huios apedemesen eis choran makran, kai ekei dieskorpisen ten ousian autou zon asotos. dapanesantos de autou panta egeneto limos ?ischura kata ten choran ekeinen, kai autos erxato hustereisthai. kai poreutheis ekollethe heni ton politon tes choras ekeines, kai epempsen auton eis tous agrous autou boskein choirous· kai epethumei ?gemisai ten koilian autou apo? ton keration hon esthion hoi choiroi, kai oudeis edidou auto. eis heauton de elthon ?ephe· Posoi misthioi tou patros mou ?perisseuontai arton, ego de ?limo hode? apollumai· anastas poreusomai pros ton patera mou kai ero auto· Pater, hemarton eis ton ouranon kai enopion sou, ?ouketi eimi axios klethenai huios sou· poieson me hos hena ton misthion sou. kai anastas elthen pros ton patera ?heautou. eti de autou makran apechontos eiden auton ho pater autou kai esplanchnisthe kai dramon epepesen epi ton trachelon autou kai katephilesen auton. eipen de ?ho huios auto?· Pater, hemarton eis ton ouranon kai enopion sou, ?ouketi eimi axios klethenai huios ?sou. eipen de ho pater pros tous doulous autou· ?Tachu ?exenenkate stolen ten proten kai endusate auton, kai dote daktulion eis ten cheira autou kai hupodemata eis tous podas, kai ?pherete ton moschon ton siteuton, thusate, kai phagontes euphranthomen, hoti houtos ho huios mou nekros en kai anezesen, ?en apololos? kai heurethe. kai erxanto euphrainesthai. En de ho huios autou ho presbuteros en agro· kai hos erchomenos engisen te oikia, ekousen sumphonias kai choron, kai proskalesamenos hena ton paidon epunthaneto ti ?an eie tauta· ho de eipen auto hoti Ho adelphos sou hekei, kai ethusen ho pater sou ton moschon ton siteuton, hoti hugiainonta auton apelaben. orgisthe de kai ouk ethelen eiselthein. ho ?de pater autou exelthon parekalei auton. ho de apokritheis eipen to patri ?autou· Idou tosauta ete douleuo soi kai oudepote entolen sou parelthon, kai emoi oudepote edokas eriphon hina meta ton philon mou euphrantho· hote de ho huios sou houtos ho kataphagon sou ton bion ?meta pornon elthen, ethusas auto ton ?siteuton moschon?. ho de eipen auto· Teknon, su pantote met' emou ei, kai panta ta ema sa estin· euphranthenai de kai charenai edei, hoti ho adelphos sou houtos nekros en kai ?ezesen, kai ?apololos kai heurethe. __________________________________________________________________ Elegen de kai pros tous ?mathetas· Anthropos tis en plousios hos eichen oikonomon, kai houtos dieblethe auto hos diaskorpizon ta huparchonta autou. kai phonesas auton eipen auto· Ti touto akouo peri sou; apodos ton logon tes oikonomias sou, ou gar ?dune eti oikonomein. eipen de en heauto ho oikonomos· Ti poieso hoti ho kurios mou aphaireitai ten oikonomian ap' emou; skaptein ouk ischuo, epaitein aischunomai· egnon ti poieso, hina hotan metastatho ?ek tes oikonomias dexontai me eis tous oikous ?heauton. kai proskalesamenos hena hekaston ton chreopheileton tou kuriou heautou elegen to proto· Poson opheileis to kurio mou; ho de eipen· Hekaton batous elaiou· ?ho de? eipen auto· Dexai sou ?ta grammata? kai kathisas tacheos grapson pentekonta. epeita hetero eipen· Su de poson opheileis; ho de eipen· Hekaton korous sitou· ?legei auto· Dexai sou ?ta grammata? kai grapson ogdoekonta. kai epenesen ho kurios ton oikonomon tes adikias hoti phronimos epoiesen· hoti hoi huioi tou aionos toutou phronimoteroi huper tous huious tou photos eis ten genean ten heauton eisin. kai ego humin lego, ?heautois poiesate? philous ek tou mamona tes adikias, hina hotan ?eklipe dexontai humas eis tas aionious skenas. Ho pistos en elachisto kai en pollo pistos estin, kai ho en elachisto adikos kai en pollo adikos estin. ei oun en to adiko mamona pistoi ouk egenesthe, to alethinon tis humin pisteusei; kai ei en to allotrio pistoi ouk egenesthe, to ?humeteron tis ?dosei humin?; oudeis oiketes dunatai dusi kuriois douleuein· e gar ton hena misesei kai ton heteron agapesei, e henos anthexetai kai tou heterou kataphronesei. ou dunasthe theo douleuein kai mamona. Ekouon de tauta ?panta hoi Pharisaioi philarguroi huparchontes, kai exemukterizon auton. kai eipen autois· Humeis este hoi dikaiountes heautous enopion ton anthropon, ho de theos ginoskei tas kardias humon· hoti to en anthropois hupselon bdelugma enopion tou theou. Ho nomos kai hoi prophetai ?mechri Ioannou· apo tote he basileia tou theou euangelizetai kai pas eis auten biazetai. Eukopoteron de estin ton ouranon kai ten gen parelthein e tou nomou mian keraian pesein. Pas ho apoluon ten gunaika autou kai gamon heteran moicheuei, ?kai ho apolelumenen apo andros gamon moicheuei. Anthropos de tis en plousios, kai enedidusketo porphuran kai busson euphrainomenos kath' hemeran lampros. ptochos de ?tis onomati ?Lazaros ebebleto pros ton pulona autou heilkomenos kai epithumon chortasthenai ?apo ton piptonton apo tes trapezes tou plousiou· alla kai hoi kunes erchomenoi ?epeleichon ta helke autou. egeneto de apothanein ton ptochon kai apenechthenai auton hupo ton angelon eis ton kolpon Abraam· apethanen de kai ho plousios kai etaphe. kai en to hade eparas tous ophthalmous autou, huparchon en basanois, ?hora Abraam apo makrothen kai Lazaron en tois kolpois autou. kai autos phonesas eipen· Pater Abraam, eleeson me kai pempson Lazaron hina bapse to akron tou daktulou autou hudatos kai katapsuxe ten glossan mou, hoti odunomai en te phlogi taute. eipen de Abraam· Teknon, mnestheti hoti ?apelabes ta agatha sou en te zoe sou, kai Lazaros homoios ta kaka· nun de hode parakaleitai su de odunasai. kai ?en pasi toutois metaxu hemon kai humon chasma mega esteriktai, hopos hoi thelontes diabenai enthen pros humas me dunontai, ?mede ekeithen pros hemas diaperosin. eipen de· Eroto ?se oun?, pater, hina pempses auton eis ton oikon tou patros mou, echo gar pente adelphous, hopos diamarturetai autois, hina me kai autoi elthosin eis ton topon touton tes basanou. legei ?de Abraam· Echousi Mousea kai tous prophetas· akousatosan auton. ho de eipen· Ouchi, pater Abraam, all' ean tis apo nekron poreuthe pros autous metanoesousin. eipen de auto· Ei Mouseos kai ton propheton ouk akouousin, oud' ean tis ek nekron anaste peisthesontai. __________________________________________________________________ Eipen de pros tous mathetas ?autou· Anendekton estin tou ?ta skandala me elthein?, ?plen ouai? di' hou erchetai· lusitelei auto ei ?lithos mulikos? perikeitai peri ton trachelon autou kai erriptai eis ten thalassan e hina skandalise ?ton mikron touton hena?. prosechete heautois. ean ?hamarte ho adelphos sou epitimeson auto, kai ean metanoese aphes auto· kai ean heptakis tes hemeras ?hamartese eis se kai ?heptakis epistrepse ?pros se? legon· Metanoo, apheseis auto. Kai eipan hoi apostoloi to kurio· Prosthes hemin pistin. eipen de ho kurios· Ei echete pistin hos kokkon sinapeos, elegete an te sukamino taute· Ekrizotheti kai phuteutheti en te thalasse· kai hupekousen an humin. Tis de ex humon doulon echon arotrionta e poimainonta, hos eiselthonti ek tou agrou erei ?auto· Eutheos parelthon anapese, all' ouchi erei auto· Hetoimason ti deipneso kai perizosamenos diakonei moi heos phago kai pio, kai meta tauta phagesai kai piesai su; me ?echei charin? to ?doulo hoti epoiesen ta ?diatachthenta; houtos kai humeis, hotan poiesete panta ta diatachthenta humin, legete hoti Douloi achreioi esmen, ?ho opheilomen? poiesai pepoiekamen. Kai egeneto en to ?poreuesthai eis Ierousalem kai autos diercheto dia ?meson Samareias kai Galilaias. kai eiserchomenou autou eis tina komen ?apentesan deka leproi andres, ohi ?estesan porrothen, kai autoi eran phonen legontes· Iesou epistata, eleeson hemas. kai idon eipen autois· Poreuthentes epideixate heautous tois hiereusin. kai egeneto en to hupagein autous ekatharisthesan. heis de ex auton, idon hoti iathe, hupestrepsen meta phones megales doxazon ton theon, kai epesen epi prosopon para tous podas autou euchariston auto· kai autos en Samarites. apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen· ?Ouchi hoi deka ekatharisthesan; hoi de ennea pou; ouch heurethesan hupostrepsantes dounai doxan to theo ei me ho allogenes houtos; kai eipen auto· Anastas poreuou· he pistis sou sesoken se. Eperotetheis de hupo ton Pharisaion pote erchetai he basileia tou theou apekrithe autois kai eipen· Ouk erchetai he basileia tou theou meta paratereseos, oude erousin· Idou hode e· ?Ekei· idou gar he basileia tou theou entos humon estin. Eipen de pros tous mathetas· Eleusontai hemerai hote epithumesete mian ton hemeron tou huiou tou anthropou idein kai ouk opsesthe. kai erousin humin· Idou ?ekei· Idou hode?· me apelthete mede dioxete. hosper gar he ?astrape astraptousa ek tes ?hupo ton? ouranon eis ten hup' ouranon lampei, houtos estai ho huios tou anthropou ?en te hemera autou?. proton de dei auton polla pathein kai apodokimasthenai apo tes geneas tautes. kai kathos egeneto en tais hemerais Noe, houtos estai kai en tais hemerais tou huiou tou anthropou· esthion, epinon, egamoun, ?egamizonto, achri hes hemeras eiselthen Noe eis ten kiboton, kai elthen ho kataklusmos kai apolesen ?pantas. homoios ?kathos egeneto en tais hemerais Lot· esthion, epinon, egorazon, epoloun, ephuteuon, okodomoun· he de hemera exelthen Lot apo Sodomon, ebrexen pur kai theion ap' ouranou kai apolesen ?pantas. kata ?ta auta? estai he hemera ho huios tou anthropou apokaluptetai. en ekeine te hemera hos estai epi tou domatos kai ta skeue autou en te oikia, me katabato arai auta, kai ho ?en agro homoios me epistrepsato eis ta opiso. mnemoneuete tes gunaikos Lot. hos ean zetese ten psuchen autou ?peripoiesasthai apolesei auten, ?hos d' an? ?apolese zoogonesei auten. lego humin, taute te nukti esontai duo epi klines mias, ?ho heis paralemphthesetai kai ho heteros aphethesetai· ?esontai duo? alethousai epi to auto, ?he mia paralemphthesetai ?he de? hetera ?aphethesetai. kai apokrithentes legousin auto· Pou, kurie; ho de eipen autois· Hopou to soma, ekei ?kai hoi aetoi episunachthesontai?. __________________________________________________________________ Elegen ?de parabolen autois pros to dein pantote proseuchesthai ?autous kai me enkakein, legon· Krites tis en en tini polei ton theon me phoboumenos kai anthropon me entrepomenos. chera de en en te polei ekeine kai ercheto pros auton legousa· Ekdikeson me apo tou antidikou mou. kai ouk ?ethelen epi chronon, meta ?tauta de? eipen en heauto· Ei kai ton theon ou phoboumai ?oude anthropon? entrepomai, dia ge to parechein moi kopon ten cheran tauten ekdikeso auten hina me eis telos erchomene hupopiaze me. eipen de ho kurios· Akousate ti ho krites tes adikias legei· ho de theos ou me poiese ten ekdikesin ton eklekton autou ton boonton ?auto hemeras kai nuktos, kai ?makrothumei ep' autois; lego humin hoti poiesei ten ekdikesin auton en tachei. plen ho huios tou anthropou elthon ara heuresei ten pistin epi tes ges; Eipen de ?kai pros tinas tous pepoithotas eph' heautois hoti eisin dikaioi kai exouthenountas tous loipous ten parabolen tauten· Anthropoi duo anebesan eis to hieron proseuxasthai, ?ho heis Pharisaios kai ho heteros telones. ho Pharisaios statheis ?pros heauton tauta? proseucheto· Ho theos, eucharisto soi hoti ouk eimi ?hosper hoi loipoi ton anthropon, harpages, adikoi, moichoi, e kai hos houtos ho telones· nesteuo dis tou sabbatou, ?apodekato panta hosa ktomai. ?ho de? telones makrothen hestos ouk ethelen oude tous ophthalmous ?eparai eis ton ouranon?, all' ?etupte to stethos ?autou legon· Ho theos, hilastheti moi to hamartolo. lego humin, katebe houtos dedikaiomenos eis ton oikon autou ?par' ekeinon?· hoti pas ho hupson heauton tapeinothesetai, ho de tapeinon heauton hupsothesetai. Prosepheron de auto kai ta brephe hina auton haptetai· idontes de hoi mathetai ?epetimon autois. ho de Iesous ?prosekalesato auta legon?· Aphete ta paidia erchesthai pros me kai me koluete auta, ton gar toiouton estin he basileia tou theou. amen lego humin, hos ?an me dexetai ten basileian tou theou hos paidion, ou me eiselthe eis auten. Kai eperotesen tis auton archon legon· Didaskale agathe, ti poiesas zoen aionion kleronomeso; eipen de auto ho Iesous· Ti me legeis agathon; oudeis agathos ei me heis ho theos. tas entolas oidas· Me moicheuses, Me phoneuses, Me klepses, Me pseudomartureses, Tima ton patera sou kai ten ?metera. ho de eipen· Tauta panta ?ephulaxa ek neotetos ?mou. akousas ?de ho Iesous eipen auto· Eti hen soi leipei· panta hosa echeis poleson kai diados ptochois, kai hexeis thesauron en ?ouranois, kai deuro akolouthei moi. ho de akousas tauta perilupos ?egenethe, en gar plousios sphodra. Idon de auton ho ?Iesous eipen· Pos duskolos hoi ta chremata echontes ?eis ten basileian tou theou eisporeuontai?· eukopoteron gar estin kamelon dia ?trematos belones? eiselthein e plousion eis ten basileian tou theou eiselthein. Eipan de hoi akousantes· Kai tis dunatai sothenai; ho de eipen· Ta adunata para anthropois dunata ?para to theo estin?. Eipen de ?ho Petros· Idou hemeis ?aphentes ta idia? ekolouthesamen soi. ho de eipen autois· Amen lego humin hoti oudeis estin hos apheken oikian e ?gunaika e adelphous e goneis? e tekna heneken tes basileias tou theou, hos ?ouchi me ?apolabe pollaplasiona en to kairo touto kai en to aioni to erchomeno zoen aionion. Paralabon de tous dodeka eipen pros autous· Idou anabainomen eis ?Ierousalem, kai telesthesetai panta ta gegrammena dia ton propheton to huio tou anthropou· paradothesetai gar tois ethnesin kai empaichthesetai kai hubristhesetai kai emptusthesetai, kai mastigosantes apoktenousin auton, kai te hemera te trite anastesetai. kai autoi ouden touton sunekan, kai en to rhema touto kekrummenon ap' auton, kai ouk eginoskon ta legomena. Egeneto de en to engizein auton eis Iericho tuphlos tis ekatheto para ten hodon ?epaiton. akousas de ochlou diaporeuomenou epunthaneto ?ti eie touto· apengeilan de auto hoti Iesous ho Nazoraios parerchetai. kai eboesen legon· Iesou huie Dauid, eleeson me. kai hoi proagontes epetimon auto hina ?sigese· autos de pollo mallon ekrazen· Huie Dauid, eleeson me. statheis de ?ho Iesous ekeleusen auton achthenai pros auton. engisantos de autou eperotesen auton· ?Ti soi theleis poieso; ho de eipen· Kurie, hina anablepso. kai ho Iesous eipen auto· Anablepson· he pistis sou sesoken se. kai parachrema aneblepsen, kai ekolouthei auto doxazon ton theon. kai pas ho laos idon edoken ainon to theo. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eiselthon diercheto ten Iericho. kai idou aner onomati ?kaloumenos Zakchaios, kai autos en architelones kai ?autos plousios· kai ezetei idein ton Iesoun tis estin, kai ouk edunato apo tou ochlou hoti te helikia mikros en. kai prodramon ?eis to? emprosthen anebe epi sukomorean hina ide auton, hoti ekeines emellen dierchesthai. kai hos elthen epi ton topon, anablepsas ho ?Iesous eipen pros auton· Zakchaie, speusas katabethi, semeron gar en to oiko sou dei me meinai. kai speusas katebe, kai hupedexato auton chairon. kai idontes pantes diegonguzon legontes hoti Para hamartolo andri eiselthen katalusai. statheis de Zakchaios eipen pros ton kurion· Idou ta ?hemisia ?mou ton huparchonton?, kurie, ?tois ptochois didomi?, kai ei tinos ti esukophantesa apodidomi tetraploun. eipen de pros auton ho Iesous hoti Semeron soteria to oiko touto egeneto, kathoti kai autos huios Abraam estin· elthen gar ho huios tou anthropou zetesai kai sosai to apololos. Akouonton de auton tauta prostheis eipen parabolen dia to engus ?einai Ierousalem auton? kai dokein autous hoti parachrema mellei he basileia tou theou anaphainesthai· eipen oun· Anthropos tis eugenes eporeuthe eis choran makran labein heauto basileian kai hupostrepsai. kalesas de deka doulous heautou edoken autois deka mnas kai eipen pros autous· ?Pragmateusasthe ?en ho? erchomai. hoi de politai autou emisoun auton, kai apesteilan presbeian opiso autou legontes· Ou thelomen touton basileusai eph' hemas. kai egeneto en to epanelthein auton labonta ten basileian kai eipen phonethenai auto tous doulous toutous hois ?dedokei to argurion, hina ?gnoi ti ?diepragmateusanto. paregeneto de ho protos legon· Kurie, he mna sou ?deka prosergasato? mnas. kai eipen auto· ?Euge, agathe doule, hoti en elachisto pistos egenou, isthi exousian echon epano deka poleon. kai elthen ho deuteros legon· ?He mna sou, kurie?, epoiesen pente mnas. eipen de kai touto· Kai su ?epano ginou? pente poleon. kai ?ho heteros elthen legon· Kurie, idou he mna sou hen eichon apokeimenen en soudario· ephoboumen gar se hoti anthropos austeros ei, aireis ho ouk ethekas kai therizeis ho ouk espeiras. ?legei auto· Ek tou stomatos sou krino se, ponere doule· edeis hoti ego anthropos austeros eimi, airon ho ouk etheka kai therizon ho ouk espeira; kai dia ti ouk edokas ?mou to argurion? epi trapezan; kago elthon sun toko an ?auto epraxa?. kai tois parestosin eipen· Arate ap' autou ten mnan kai dote to tas deka mnas echonti-- kai eipan auto· Kurie, echei deka mnas-- ?lego humin hoti panti to echonti dothesetai, apo de tou me echontos kai ho echei ?arthesetai. plen tous echthrous mou ?toutous tous me thelesantas me basileusai ep' autous agagete hode kai katasphaxate ?autous emprosthen mou. Kai eipon tauta eporeueto emprosthen anabainon eis Hierosoluma. Kai egeneto hos engisen eis Bethphage kai Bethanian pros to oros to kaloumenon Elaion, apesteilen duo ton ?matheton ?legon· Hupagete eis ten katenanti komen, en he eisporeuomenoi heuresete polon dedemenon, eph' hon oudeis popote anthropon ekathisen, ?kai lusantes auton agagete. kai ean tis humas erota· Dia ti luete; houtos ?ereite hoti Ho kurios autou chreian echei. apelthontes de hoi apestalmenoi heuron kathos eipen autois. luonton de auton ton polon eipan hoi kurioi autou pros autous· Ti luete ton polon; hoi de eipan ?hoti Ho kurios autou chreian echei. kai egagon auton pros ton Iesoun, kai epiripsantes ?auton ta himatia epi ton polon epebibasan ton Iesoun· poreuomenou de autou hupestronnuon ta himatia ?heauton en te hodo. engizontos de autou ede pros te katabasei tou Orous ton Elaion erxanto hapan to plethos ton matheton chairontes ainein ton theon phone megale peri ?pason hon eidon dunameon, legontes· Eulogemenos ho erchomenos ?basileus en onomati kuriou· ?en ourano eirene? kai doxa en hupsistois. kai tines ton Pharisaion apo tou ochlou eipan pros auton· Didaskale, epitimeson tois mathetais sou. kai apokritheis ?eipen· Lego humin, ?hoti ean houtoi ?siopesousin, hoi lithoi ?kraxousin. Kai hos engisen, idon ten polin eklausen ep' ?auten, legon hoti Ei egnos ?en te hemera taute kai su? ta pros ?eirenen-- nun de ekrube apo ophthalmon sou. hoti hexousin hemerai epi se kai ?parembalousin hoi echthroi sou charaka soi kai perikuklosousin se kai sunexousin se pantothen, kai edaphiousin se kai ta tekna sou en soi, kai ouk aphesousin ?lithon epi lithon en soi?, anth' hon ouk egnos ton kairon tes episkopes sou. Kai eiselthon eis to hieron erxato ekballein tous ?polountas, legon autois· Gegraptai· ?Kai estai? ho oikos mou oikos ?proseuches, humeis de auton epoiesate spelaion leston. Kai en didaskon to kath' hemeran en to hiero· hoi de archiereis kai hoi grammateis ezetoun auton apolesai kai hoi protoi tou laou, kai ouch ?heuriskon to ti poiesosin, ho laos gar hapas exekremato autou akouon. __________________________________________________________________ Kai egeneto en mia ton ?hemeron didaskontos autou ton laon en to hiero kai euangelizomenou epestesan hoi ?archiereis kai hoi grammateis sun tois presbuterois, kai eipan ?legontes pros auton?· Eipon hemin en poia exousia tauta poieis, e tis estin ho dous soi ten exousian tauten; apokritheis de eipen pros autous· Eroteso humas ?kago logon, kai eipate moi· To baptisma Ioannou ex ouranou en e ex anthropon; hoi de sunelogisanto pros heautous legontes hoti Ean eipomen· Ex ouranou, erei· Dia ti ouk episteusate auto; ean de eipomen· Ex anthropon, ?ho laos hapas? katalithasei hemas, pepeismenos gar estin Ioannen propheten einai· kai apekrithesan me eidenai pothen. kai ho Iesous eipen autois· Oude ego lego humin en poia exousia tauta poio. Erxato de pros ton laon legein ten parabolen tauten· ?Anthropos ephuteusen ampelona, kai exedeto auton georgois, kai apedemesen chronous hikanous. ?kai kairo apesteilen pros tous georgous doulon, hina apo tou karpou tou ampelonos ?dosousin auto· hoi de georgoi ?exapesteilan auton deirantes? kenon. kai prosetheto ?heteron pempsai? doulon· hoi de kakeinon deirantes kai atimasantes exapesteilan kenon. kai prosetheto ?triton pempsai?· hoi de kai touton traumatisantes exebalon. eipen de ho kurios tou ampelonos· Ti poieso; pempso ton huion mou ton agapeton· isos ?touton entrapesontai. idontes de auton hoi georgoi dielogizonto pros ?allelous legontes· Houtos estin ho kleronomos· ?apokteinomen auton, hina hemon genetai he kleronomia· kai ekbalontes auton exo tou ampelonos apekteinan. ti oun poiesei autois ho kurios tou ampelonos; eleusetai kai apolesei tous georgous toutous, kai dosei ton ampelona allois. akousantes de eipan· Me genoito. ho de emblepsas autois eipen· Ti oun estin to gegrammenon touto· Lithon hon apedokimasan hoi oikodomountes, houtos egenethe eis kephalen gonias; pas ho peson ep' ekeinon ton lithon sunthlasthesetai· eph' hon d' an pese, likmesei auton. kai ezetesan hoi ?grammateis kai hoi archiereis? epibalein ep' auton tas cheiras en aute te hora, kai ephobethesan ?ton laon?, egnosan gar hoti pros autous ?eipen ten parabolen tauten?. Kai parateresantes apesteilan enkathetous hupokrinomenous heautous dikaious einai, hina epilabontai autou logou, ?hoste paradounai auton te arche kai te exousia tou hegemonos. kai eperotesan auton legontes· Didaskale, oidamen hoti orthos legeis kai didaskeis kai ou lambaneis prosopon, all' ep' aletheias ten hodon tou theou didaskeis· exestin ?hemas Kaisari phoron dounai e ou; katanoesas de auton ten panourgian eipen pros ?autous· ?Deixate moi denarion· tinos echei eikona kai epigraphen; ?apokrithentes de eipan· Kaisaros. ho de eipen ?pros autous· Toinun apodote? ta Kaisaros Kaisari kai ta tou theou to theo. kai ouk ischusan epilabesthai ?tou rhematos enantion tou laou, kai thaumasantes epi te apokrisei autou esigesan. Proselthontes de tines ton Saddoukaion, hoi ?antilegontes anastasin me einai, eperotesan auton legontes· Didaskale, Mouses egrapsen hemin, ean tinos adelphos apothane echon gunaika, kai houtos ateknos ?e, hina labe ho adelphos autou ten gunaika kai exanastese sperma to adelpho autou. hepta oun adelphoi esan· kai ho protos labon gunaika apethanen ateknos· kai ?ho deuteros? kai ho tritos elaben ?auten, hosautos de kai hoi hepta ou katelipon tekna kai apethanon· husteron ?kai he gune apethanen?. ?he gune oun en te? anastasei tinos auton ginetai gune; hoi gar hepta eschon auten gunaika. ?Kai eipen autois ho Iesous· Hoi huioi tou aionos toutou gamousin kai ?gamiskontai, hoi de kataxiothentes tou aionos ekeinou tuchein kai tes anastaseos tes ek nekron oute gamousin oute ?gamizontai· ?oude gar apothanein eti dunantai, isangeloi gar eisin kai huioi ?eisin theou tes anastaseos huioi ontes. hoti de egeirontai hoi nekroi kai Mouses emenusen epi tes batou, hos legei kurion ton theon Abraam ?kai theon Isaak ?kai theon Iakob· theos de ouk estin nekron alla zonton, pantes gar auto zosin. apokrithentes de tines ton grammateon eipan· Didaskale, kalos eipas· ouketi ?gar etolmon eperotan auton ouden. Eipen de pros autous· Pos legousin ton christon ?einai Dauid huion?; ?autos gar? Dauid legei en biblo psalmon· ?Eipen kurios to kurio mou· Kathou ek dexion mou heos an tho tous echthrous sou hupopodion ton podon sou. Dauid oun ?auton kurion? kalei, kai pos ?autou huios? estin; Akouontos de pantos tou laou eipen tois ?mathetais· Prosechete apo ton grammateon ton thelonton peripatein en stolais kai philounton aspasmous en tais agorais kai protokathedrias en tais sunagogais kai protoklisias en tois deipnois, ohi katesthiousin tas oikias ton cheron kai prophasei makra proseuchontai· houtoi lempsontai perissoteron krima. __________________________________________________________________ Anablepsas de eiden tous ballontas ?eis to gazophulakion ta dora auton? plousious. eiden de ?tina cheran penichran ballousan ekei ?lepta duo?, kai eipen· Alethos lego humin hoti he chera ?he ptoche haute? pleion panton ebalen· ?pantes gar houtoi ek tou perisseuontos autois ebalon eis ta ?dora, haute de ek tou husterematos autes ?panta ton bion hon eichen ebalen. Kai tinon legonton peri tou hierou, hoti lithois kalois kai anathemasin kekosmetai eipen· Tauta ha theoreite, eleusontai hemerai en hais ouk aphethesetai lithos epi ?litho hos ou kataluthesetai. Eperotesan de auton legontes· Didaskale, pote oun tauta estai, kai ti to semeion hotan melle tauta ginesthai; ho de eipen· Blepete me planethete· polloi gar eleusontai epi to onomati mou ?legontes· Ego eimi kai· Ho kairos engiken· ?me poreuthete opiso auton. hotan de akousete polemous kai akatastasias, me ptoethete· dei gar tauta genesthai proton, all' ouk eutheos to telos. tote elegen autois· Egerthesetai ethnos ep' ethnos kai basileia epi basileian, seismoi te megaloi ?kai kata topous? ?limoi kai loimoi? esontai, phobetra te kai ?semeia ap' ouranou megala? estai. Pro de touton panton epibalousin eph' humas tas cheiras auton kai dioxousin, paradidontes eis ?tas sunagogas kai phulakas, ?apagomenous epi basileis kai hegemonas heneken tou onomatos mou· ?apobesetai humin eis marturion. ?thete oun ?en tais kardiais? humon me promeletan apologethenai, ego gar doso humin stoma kai sophian he ou dunesontai ?antistenai e anteipein? ?hapantes hoi antikeimenoi humin. paradothesesthe de kai hupo goneon kai ?adelphon kai sungenon kai philon?, kai thanatosousin ex humon, kai esesthe misoumenoi hupo panton dia to onoma mou. kai thrix ek tes kephales humon ou me apoletai. en te hupomone humon ?ktesasthe tas psuchas humon. Hotan de idete kukloumenen hupo ?stratopedon Ierousalem, tote gnote hoti engiken he eremosis autes. tote hoi en te Ioudaia pheugetosan eis ta ore, kai hoi en meso autes ekchoreitosan, kai hoi en tais chorais me eiserchesthosan eis auten, hoti hemerai ekdikeseos hautai eisin tou plesthenai panta ta gegrammena. ?ouai tais en gastri echousais kai tais thelazousais en ekeinais tais hemerais· estai gar ananke megale epi tes ges kai ?orge to lao touto, kai pesountai stomati machaires kai aichmalotisthesontai eis ?ta ethne panta?, kai Ierousalem estai patoumene hupo ethnon, achri ?hou ?plerothosin kairoi ethnon. Kai ?esontai semeia en helio kai selene kai astrois, kai epi tes ges sunoche ethnon en aporia ?echous thalasses kai salou, apopsuchonton anthropon apo phobou kai prosdokias ton eperchomenon te oikoumene, hai gar dunameis ton ouranon saleuthesontai. kai tote opsontai ton huion tou anthropou erchomenon en nephele meta dunameos kai doxes polles. archomenon de touton ginesthai anakupsate kai eparate tas kephalas humon, dioti engizei he apolutrosis humon. Kai eipen parabolen autois· Idete ten suken kai panta ta dendra· hotan probalosin ede, blepontes aph' heauton ginoskete hoti ede engus to theros estin· houtos kai humeis, hotan idete tauta ginomena, ginoskete hoti engus estin he basileia tou theou. amen lego humin hoti ou me parelthe he genea haute heos an panta genetai. ho ouranos kai he ge ?pareleusontai, hoi de logoi mou ou me pareleusontai. Prosechete de heautois mepote barethosin ?humon hai kardiai? en kraipale kai methe kai merimnais biotikais, kai ?episte eph' humas aiphnidios? he hemera ekeine hos pagis· ?epeiseleusetai gar? epi pantas tous kathemenous epi prosopon pases tes ges. agrupneite ?de en panti kairo deomenoi hina ?katischusete ekphugein ?tauta panta ta mellonta ginesthai, kai stathenai emprosthen tou huiou tou anthropou. En de tas hemeras ?en to hiero didaskon?, tas de nuktas exerchomenos eulizeto eis to oros to kaloumenon Elaion· kai pas ho laos orthrizen pros auton en to hiero akouein autou. __________________________________________________________________ Engizen de he heorte ton azumon he legomene Pascha. kai ezetoun hoi archiereis kai hoi grammateis to pos anelosin auton, ephobounto gar ton laon. Eiselthen de Satanas eis Ioudan ton ?kaloumenon Iskarioten, onta ek tou arithmou ton dodeka· kai apelthon sunelalesen tois archiereusin kai strategois to pos ?autois parado auton?. kai echaresan kai sunethento auto argurion dounai. kai exomologesen, kai ezetei eukairian tou paradounai auton ?ater ochlou autois?. Elthen de he hemera ton azumon, ?he edei thuesthai to pascha· kai apesteilen Petron kai Ioannen eipon· Poreuthentes hetoimasate hemin to pascha hina phagomen. hoi de eipan auto· Pou theleis ?hetoimasomen; ho de eipen autois· Idou eiselthonton humon eis ten polin sunantesei humin anthropos keramion hudatos bastazon· akolouthesate auto eis ten oikian ?eis hen? eisporeuetai. kai ereite to oikodespote tes oikias· Legei soi ho didaskalos· Pou estin to kataluma hopou to pascha meta ton matheton mou phago; kakeinos humin deixei anagaion mega estromenon· ekei hetoimasate. apelthontes de heuron kathos ?eirekei autois, kai hetoimasan to pascha. Kai hote egeneto he hora, anepesen kai ?hoi apostoloi sun auto. kai eipen pros autous· Epithumia epethumesa touto to pascha phagein meth' humon pro tou me pathein· lego gar humin ?hoti ou me phago ?auto heos hotou plerothe en te basileia tou theou. kai dexamenos poterion eucharistesas eipen· Labete touto kai diamerisate ?eis heautous?· lego gar humin, ?ou me pio apo tou ?nun apo tou? genematos tes ampelou heos ?hou he basileia tou theou elthe. kai labon arton eucharistesas eklasen kai edoken autois legon· Touto estin to soma mou ?[to huper humon didomenon· touto poieite eis ten emen anamnesin. ?kai to poterion hosautos? meta to deipnesai, legon· Touto to poterion he kaine diatheke en to haimati mou, to huper humon ekchunnomenon]?. plen idou he cheir tou paradidontos me met' emou epi tes trapezes· ?hoti ho huios men? tou anthropou ?kata to horismenon poreuetai?, plen ouai to anthropo ekeino di' hou paradidotai. kai autoi erxanto suzetein pros heautous to tis ara eie ex auton ho touto mellon prassein. Egeneto de kai philoneikia en autois, to tis auton dokei einai meizon. ho de eipen autois· Hoi basileis ton ethnon kurieuousin auton kai hoi exousiazontes auton euergetai kalountai. humeis de ouch houtos, all' ho meizon en humin ?ginestho hos ho neoteros, kai ho hegoumenos hos ho diakonon· tis gar meizon, ho anakeimenos e ho diakonon; ouchi ho anakeimenos; ego de ?en meso humon eimi? hos ho diakonon. Humeis de este hoi diamemenekotes met' emou en tois peirasmois mou· kago diatithemai humin, kathos dietheto moi ho pater mou basileian, hina ?esthete kai pinete epi tes trapezes mou ?en te basileia mou?, kai ?kathesesthe epi thronon ?tas dodeka phulas krinontes? tou Israel. ?Simon Simon, idou ho Satanas exetesato humas tou siniasai hos ton siton· ego de edeethen peri sou hina me eklipe he pistis sou· kai su pote epistrepsas ?sterison tous adelphous sou. ho de eipen auto· Kurie, meta sou hetoimos eimi kai eis phulaken kai eis thanaton poreuesthai. ho de eipen· Lego soi, Petre, ou ?phonesei semeron alektor ?heos tris ?me aparnese eidenai?. Kai eipen autois· Hote apesteila humas ater ballantiou kai peras kai hupodematon, me tinos husteresate; hoi de eipan· Outhenos. eipen ?de autois· Alla nun ho echon ballantion arato, homoios kai peran, kai ho me echon ?polesato to himation autou kai ?agorasato machairan. lego gar humin ?hoti touto to gegrammenon dei telesthenai en emoi, to· Kai meta anomon elogisthe· kai gar ?to peri emou telos echei. hoi de eipan· Kurie, idou machairai hode duo. ho de eipen autois· Hikanon estin. Kai exelthon eporeuthe kata to ethos eis to Oros ton Elaion· ekolouthesan de auto kai hoi ?mathetai. genomenos de epi tou topou eipen autois· Proseuchesthe me eiselthein eis peirasmon. kai autos apespasthe ap' auton hosei lithou bolen, kai theis ta gonata proseucheto legon· Pater, ei boulei ?parenenke ?touto to poterion? ap' emou· plen me to thelema mou alla to son ?ginestho. ?ophthe de auto angelos ?ap' ouranou enischuon auton. kai genomenos en agonia ektenesteron proseucheto· ?kai egeneto? ho hidros autou hosei thromboi haimatos katabainontes epi ten gen.? kai anastas apo tes proseuches elthon pros tous mathetas heuren ?koimomenous autous? apo tes lupes, kai eipen autois· Ti katheudete; anastantes proseuchesthe, hina me eiselthete eis peirasmon. ?Eti autou lalountos idou ochlos, kai ho legomenos Ioudas heis ton dodeka proercheto autous, kai engisen to Iesou philesai auton. ?Iesous de? eipen auto· Iouda, philemati ton huion tou anthropou paradidos; idontes de hoi peri auton to esomenon ?eipan· Kurie, ei pataxomen en machaire; kai epataxen heis tis ex auton ?tou archiereos ton doulon? kai apheilen ?to ous autou? to dexion. apokritheis de ho Iesous eipen· Eate heos toutou· kai hapsamenos tou ?otiou iasato auton. eipen ?de Iesous pros tous paragenomenous ep' auton archiereis kai strategous tou hierou kai presbuterous· Hos epi lesten ?exelthate meta machairon kai xulon; kath' hemeran ontos mou meth' humon en to hiero ouk exeteinate tas cheiras ep' eme· all' haute ?estin humon? he hora kai he exousia tou skotous. Sullabontes de auton egagon kai ?eisegagon eis ?ten oikian? tou archiereos· ho de Petros ekolouthei makrothen. ?periapsanton de pur en meso tes aules kai ?sunkathisanton ekatheto ho Petros ?mesos auton. idousa de auton paidiske tis kathemenon pros to phos kai atenisasa auto eipen· Kai houtos sun auto en· ho de ?ernesato legon· ?Ouk oida auton, gunai?. kai meta brachu heteros idon auton ephe· Kai su ex auton ei· ho de Petros ?ephe· Anthrope, ouk eimi. kai diastases hosei horas mias allos tis diischurizeto legon· Ep' aletheias kai houtos met' autou en, kai gar Galilaios estin· eipen de ho Petros· Anthrope, ouk oida ho legeis. kai parachrema eti lalountos autou ephonesen alektor. kai strapheis ho kurios eneblepsen to Petro, kai hupemnesthe ho Petros tou ?logou tou kuriou hos eipen auto hoti Prin alektora phonesai ?semeron aparnese me tris. kai exelthon ?exo eklausen pikros. Kai hoi andres hoi sunechontes ?auton enepaizon auto derontes, kai perikalupsantes ?auton eperoton? legontes· Propheteuson, tis estin ho paisas se; kai hetera polla blasphemountes elegon eis auton. Kai hos egeneto hemera, sunechthe to presbuterion tou laou, archiereis ?te kai grammateis, kai ?apegagon auton eis to sunedrion auton, legontes· Ei su ei ho christos, eipon hemin. eipen de autois· Ean humin eipo ou me pisteusete· ean ?de eroteso, ou me ?apokrithete. apo tou nun ?de estai ho huios tou anthropou kathemenos ek dexion tes dunameos tou theou. eipan de pantes· Su oun ei ho huios tou theou; ho de pros autous ephe· Humeis legete hoti ego eimi. hoi de eipan· Ti eti ?echomen marturias chreian?; autoi gar ekousamen apo tou stomatos autou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai anastan hapan to plethos auton egagon auton epi ton Pilaton. erxanto de kategorein autou legontes· Touton heuramen diastrephonta to ethnos ?hemon kai koluonta ?phorous Kaisari? didonai ?kai legonta ?hauton christon basilea einai. ho de Pilatos ?erotesen auton legon· Su ei ho basileus ton Ioudaion; ho de apokritheis auto ephe· Su legeis. ho de Pilatos eipen pros tous archiereis kai tous ochlous· Ouden heurisko aition en to anthropo touto. hoi de epischuon legontes hoti Anaseiei ton laon didaskon kath' holes tes Ioudaias, ?kai arxamenos apo tes Galilaias heos hode. Pilatos de ?akousas eperotesen ei ho anthropos Galilaios estin, kai epignous hoti ek tes exousias Herodou estin anepempsen auton pros Heroden, onta kai auton en Hierosolumois en tautais tais hemerais. ho de Herodes idon ton Iesoun echare lian, en gar ?ex hikanon chronon thelon? idein auton dia to ?akouein peri autou, kai elpizen ti semeion idein hup' autou ginomenon. eperota de auton en logois hikanois· autos de ouden apekrinato auto. heistekeisan de hoi archiereis kai hoi grammateis eutonos kategorountes autou. exouthenesas de auton ?kai ho Herodes sun tois strateumasin autou kai empaixas ?peribalon estheta lampran anepempsen auton to Pilato. egenonto de philoi ho te ?Herodes kai ho Pilatos? en aute te hemera met' allelon· prouperchon gar en echthra ontes pros ?hautous. Pilatos de sunkalesamenos tous archiereis kai tous archontas kai ton laon eipen pros autous· Prosenenkate moi ton anthropon touton hos apostrephonta ton laon, kai idou ego enopion humon anakrinas ?outhen heuron en to anthropo touto aition hon kategoreite kat' autou. all' oude Herodes, ?anepempsen gar auton pros hemas?· kai idou ouden axion thanatou estin pepragmenon auto· paideusas oun auton ?apoluso. ?Anekragon de pamplethei legontes· Aire touton, apoluson de hemin ?ton Barabban· hostis en dia stasin tina genomenen en te polei kai phonon ?bletheis en te phulake?. palin ?de ho Pilatos ?prosephonesen, thelon apolusai ton Iesoun. hoi de epephonoun legontes· ?Staurou staurou? auton. ho de triton eipen pros autous· Ti gar kakon epoiesen houtos; ouden aition thanatou heuron en auto· paideusas oun auton apoluso. hoi de epekeinto phonais megalais aitoumenoi auton staurothenai, kai katischuon hai phonai ?auton. ?kai Pilatos epekrinen genesthai to aitema auton· apelusen de ton dia stasin kai phonon beblemenon ?eis phulaken hon etounto, ton de Iesoun paredoken to thelemati auton. Kai hos apegagon auton, epilabomenoi ?Simona tina Kurenaion erchomenon? ap' agrou epethekan auto ton stauron pherein opisthen tou Iesou. Ekolouthei de auto polu plethos tou laou kai gunaikon ?ahi ekoptonto kai ethrenoun auton. strapheis de pros autas ?ho Iesous eipen· Thugateres Ierousalem, me klaiete ep' eme· plen eph' heautas klaiete kai epi ta tekna humon, hoti idou erchontai hemerai en hais erousin Makariai hai steirai kai ?hai koiliai ahi ouk egennesan kai mastoi ohi ouk ?ethrepsan. tote arxontai legein tois oresin· Pesete eph' hemas, kai tois bounois· Kalupsate hemas· hoti ei en ?to hugro xulo tauta poiousin, en to xero ti genetai; Egonto de kai heteroi ?kakourgoi duo? sun auto anairethenai. kai hote ?elthon epi ton topon ton kaloumenon Kranion, ekei estaurosan auton kai tous kakourgous, hon men ek dexion hon de ex aristeron. ?ho de Iesous elegen· Pater, aphes autois, ou gar oidasin ti poiousin.? diamerizomenoi de ta himatia autou ebalon ?klerous. kai heistekei ho laos theoron. exemukterizon de kai hoi ?archontes legontes· Allous esosen, sosato heauton, ei houtos estin ho christos ?tou theou, ho? eklektos. ?enepaixan de auto kai hoi stratiotai proserchomenoi, ?oxos prospherontes auto kai legontes· Ei su ei ho basileus ton Ioudaion, soson seauton. en de kai ?epigraphe ep' ?auto· Ho basileus ton Ioudaion ?houtos. Heis de ton kremasthenton kakourgon eblasphemei auton ?legon· ?Ouchi su ei ho christos; soson seauton kai hemas. apokritheis de ho heteros ?epitimon auto ephe?· Oude phobe su ton theon, hoti en to auto krimati ei; kai hemeis men dikaios, axia gar hon epraxamen apolambanomen· houtos de ouden atopon epraxen. kai ?elegen· Iesou, mnestheti ?mou hotan elthes ?en te basileia? sou. kai eipen ?auto· Amen ?soi lego? semeron met' emou ese en to paradeiso. ?Kai en? ?ede hosei hora hekte kai skotos egeneto eph' holen ten gen heos horas enates ?tou heliou eklipontos?, eschisthe ?de to katapetasma tou naou meson. kai phonesas phone megale ho Iesous eipen· Pater, eis cheiras sou ?paratithemai to pneuma mou. ?touto de? eipon exepneusen. Idon de ho hekatontarches to genomenon ?edoxazen ton theon legon· Ontos ho anthropos houtos dikaios en. kai pantes hoi sumparagenomenoi ochloi epi ten theorian tauten, ?theoresantes ta genomena, ?tuptontes ta stethe hupestrephon. heistekeisan de pantes hoi gnostoi ?auto ?makrothen, kai gunaikes hai ?sunakolouthousai auto apo tes Galilaias, horosai tauta. Kai idou aner onomati Ioseph bouleutes huparchon, ?aner agathos kai dikaios-- houtos ouk en sunkatatetheimenos te boule kai te praxei auton-- apo Harimathaias poleos ton Ioudaion, hos ?prosedecheto ten basileian tou theou, houtos proselthon to Pilato etesato to soma tou Iesou, kai ?kathelon enetulixen auto sindoni, kai etheken ?auton en mnemati laxeuto hou ouk en ?oudeis oupo? keimenos. kai hemera en ?paraskeues, kai? sabbaton epephosken. katakolouthesasai de ?hai gunaikes, haitines esan suneleluthuiai ?ek tes Galilaias auto?, etheasanto to mnemeion kai hos etethe to soma autou, hupostrepsasai de hetoimasan aromata kai mura. Kai to men sabbaton hesuchasan kata ten entolen, __________________________________________________________________ te de mia ton sabbaton orthrou batheos ?epi to mnema elthon? pherousai ha hetoimasan ?aromata. heuron de ton lithon apokekulismenon apo tou mnemeiou, ?eiselthousai de? ouch heuron to ?soma. kai egeneto en to ?aporeisthai autas peri toutou kai idou andres duo epestesan autais en ?estheti astraptouse?. emphobon de genomenon auton kai klinouson ?ta prosopa? eis ten gen eipan pros autas· Ti zeteite ton zonta meta ton nekron; ?ouk estin hode, alla egerthe.? mnesthete hos elalesen humin eti on en te Galilaia, legon ?ton huion tou anthropou hoti dei? paradothenai eis cheiras anthropon hamartolon kai staurothenai kai te trite hemera anastenai. kai emnesthesan ton rhematon autou, kai hupostrepsasai apo tou mnemeiou apengeilan tauta panta tois hendeka kai pasin tois loipois. esan de he Magdalene Maria kai Ioanna kai Maria ?he Iakobou kai hai loipai sun autais· ?elegon pros tous apostolous tauta. kai ephanesan enopion auton hosei leros ta rhemata ?tauta, kai epistoun autais. ?Ho de Petros anastas edramen epi to mnemeion· kai parakupsas blepei ta ?othonia mona· kai apelthen pros ?hauton thaumazon to gegonos.? Kai idou duo ex auton ?en aute te hemera esan poreuomenoi? eis komen apechousan stadious hexekonta apo Ierousalem, he onoma Emmaous, kai autoi homiloun pros allelous peri panton ton sumbebekoton touton. kai egeneto en to homilein autous kai suzetein kai ?autos Iesous engisas suneporeueto autois, hoi de ophthalmoi auton ekratounto tou me epignonai auton. eipen de pros autous· Tines hoi logoi houtoi ohus antiballete pros allelous peripatountes; kai ?estathesan skuthropoi. apokritheis de ?heis onomati? Kleopas eipen pros auton· Su monos paroikeis Ierousalem kai ouk egnos ta genomena en aute en tais hemerais tautais; kai eipen autois· Poia; hoi de eipan auto· Ta peri Iesou tou ?Nazarenou, hos egeneto aner prophetes dunatos en ergo kai logo enantion tou theou kai pantos tou laou, hopos te paredokan auton hoi archiereis kai hoi archontes hemon eis krima thanatou kai estaurosan auton. hemeis de elpizomen hoti autos estin ho mellon lutrousthai ton Israel· alla ge ?kai sun pasin toutois triten tauten hemeran ?agei aph' hou tauta egeneto. alla kai gunaikes tines ex hemon exestesan hemas, genomenai ?orthrinai epi to mnemeion kai me heurousai to soma autou elthon legousai kai optasian angelon heorakenai, ohi legousin auton zen. kai apelthon tines ton sun hemin epi to mnemeion, kai heuron houtos kathos ?kai hai gunaikes eipon, auton de ouk eidon. kai autos eipen pros autous· O anoetoi kai bradeis te kardia tou pisteuein epi pasin hois elalesan hoi prophetai· ouchi tauta edei pathein ton christon kai eiselthein eis ten doxan autou; kai arxamenos apo Mouseos kai apo panton ton propheton ?diermeneusen autois en pasais tais graphais ta peri ?heautou. Kai engisan eis ten komen hou eporeuonto, kai autos ?prosepoiesato ?porroteron poreuesthai. kai parebiasanto auton legontes· Meinon meth' hemon, hoti pros hesperan estin kai kekliken ?ede he hemera. kai eiselthen tou meinai sun autois. kai egeneto en to kataklithenai auton met' auton labon ton arton eulogesen kai klasas epedidou autois· auton de dienoichthesan hoi ophthalmoi kai epegnosan auton· kai autos aphantos egeneto ap' auton. kai eipan pros allelous· Ouchi he kardia hemon kaiomene en ?en hemin? hos elalei hemin en te hodo, ?hos dienoigen hemin tas graphas; kai anastantes aute te hora hupestrepsan eis Ierousalem, kai heuron ?ethroismenous tous hendeka kai tous sun autois, legontas hoti ?ontos egerthe ho kurios? kai ophthe Simoni. kai autoi exegounto ta en te hodo kai hos egnosthe autois en te klasei tou artou. Tauta de auton lalounton ?autos este en meso ?auton. ptoethentes de kai emphoboi genomenoi edokoun pneuma theorein. kai eipen autois· Ti tetaragmenoi este, kai dia ti dialogismoi anabainousin en ?te kardia? humon; idete tas cheiras mou kai tous podas mou hoti ?ego eimi autos?· pselaphesate me kai idete, hoti pneuma sarka kai ostea ouk echei kathos eme theoreite echonta. ?[kai touto eipon ?edeixen autois tas cheiras kai tous podas.]? eti de apistounton auton apo tes charas kai thaumazonton eipen autois· Echete ti brosimon enthade; hoi de epedokan auto ichthuos optou ?meros· kai labon enopion auton ephagen. Eipen de ?pros autous?· Houtoi hoi logoi ?mou ohus elalesa pros humas eti on sun humin, hoti dei plerothenai panta ta gegrammena en to nomo Mouseos ?kai prophetais kai psalmois peri emou. tote dienoixen auton ton noun tou sunienai tas graphas, kai eipen autois hoti houtos ?gegraptai pathein ton christon kai anastenai ek nekron te trite hemera, kai keruchthenai epi to onomati autou metanoian ?kai aphesin hamartion eis panta ta ethne-- ?arxamenoi apo Ierousalem· humeis ?este martures touton. kai idou ego ?exapostello ten epangelian tou patros mou eph' humas· humeis de kathisate en te ?polei heos hou endusesthe ?ex hupsous dunamin?. Exegagen de autous ?heos ?pros Bethanian, kai eparas tas cheiras autou eulogesen autous. kai egeneto en to eulogein auton autous dieste ap' auton ?[kai anephereto eis ton ouranon]?. kai autoi ?[proskunesantes auton]? hupestrepsan eis Ierousalem meta charas megales, kai esan dia pantos en to hiero ?eulogountes ton ?theon. __________________________________________________________________ KATA IOANNEN __________________________________________________________________ En arche en ho logos, kai ho logos en pros ton theon, kai theos en ho logos. houtos en en arche pros ton theon. panta di' autou egeneto, kai choris autou egeneto oude hen. ho gegonen en auto zoe en, kai he zoe en to phos ton anthropon· kai to phos en te skotia phainei, kai he skotia auto ou katelaben. Egeneto anthropos apestalmenos para theou, onoma auto Ioannes· houtos elthen eis marturian, hina marturese peri tou photos, hina pantes pisteusosin di' autou. ouk en ekeinos to phos, all' hina marturese peri tou photos. en to phos to alethinon ho photizei panta anthropon erchomenon eis ton kosmon. En to kosmo en, kai ho kosmos di' autou egeneto, kai ho kosmos auton ouk egno. eis ta idia elthen, kai hoi idioi auton ou parelabon. hosoi de elabon auton, edoken autois exousian tekna theou genesthai, tois pisteuousin eis to onoma autou, ohi ouk ex haimaton oude ek thelematos sarkos oude ek thelematos andros all' ek theou egennethesan. Kai ho logos sarx egeneto kai eskenosen en hemin, kai etheasametha ten doxan autou, doxan hos monogenous para patros, pleres charitos kai aletheias· (Ioannes marturei peri autou kai kekragen legon· Houtos en ?hon eipon?· Ho opiso mou erchomenos emprosthen mou gegonen, hoti protos mou en·) ?hoti ek tou pleromatos autou hemeis pantes elabomen, kai charin anti charitos· hoti ho nomos dia Mouseos edothe, he charis kai he aletheia dia Iesou Christou egeneto. theon oudeis heoraken popote· ?monogenes theos? ho on eis ton kolpon tou patros ekeinos exegesato. Kai haute estin he marturia tou Ioannou hote ?apesteilan hoi Ioudaioi ex Hierosolumon hiereis kai Leuitas hina erotesosin auton· Su tis ei; kai homologesen kai ouk ernesato, kai homologesen hoti ?Ego ouk eimi? ho christos. kai erotesan auton· Ti oun; ?su Elias ei?; kai legei· Ouk eimi. Ho prophetes ei su; kai apekrithe· Ou. eipan oun auto· Tis ei; hina apokrisin domen tois pempsasin hemas· ti legeis peri seautou; ephe· Ego phone boontos en te eremo· Euthunate ten hodon kuriou, kathos eipen Esaias ho prophetes. ?Kai apestalmenoi esan ek ton Pharisaion. kai erotesan auton kai eipan auto· Ti oun baptizeis ei su ouk ei ho christos ?oude Elias oude? ho prophetes; apekrithe autois ho Ioannes legon· Ego baptizo en hudati· ?mesos humon ?hesteken hon humeis ouk oidate, ?ho opiso mou ?erchomenos, hou ?ouk eimi? axios hina luso autou ton himanta tou hupodematos. tauta en Bethania egeneto peran tou Iordanou, hopou en ?ho Ioannes baptizon. Te epaurion blepei ton Iesoun erchomenon pros auton, kai legei· Ide ho amnos tou theou ho airon ten hamartian tou kosmou. houtos estin ?huper hou ego eipon· Opiso mou erchetai aner hos emprosthen mou gegonen, hoti protos mou en· kago ouk edein auton, all' hina phanerothe to Israel dia touto elthon ego ?en hudati baptizon. kai emarturesen Ioannes legon hoti Tetheamai to pneuma katabainon ?hos peristeran ex ouranou, kai emeinen ep' auton· kago ouk edein auton, all' ho pempsas me baptizein en hudati ekeinos moi eipen· Eph' hon an ides to pneuma katabainon kai menon ep' auton, houtos estin ho baptizon en pneumati hagio· kago heoraka, kai memartureka hoti houtos estin ho ?eklektos tou theou. Te epaurion palin heistekei ?ho Ioannes kai ek ton matheton autou duo, kai emblepsas to Iesou peripatounti legei· Ide ho amnos tou theou. kai ekousan ?hoi duo mathetai autou? lalountos kai ekolouthesan to Iesou. strapheis de ho Iesous kai theasamenos autous akolouthountas legei autois· Ti zeteite; hoi de eipan auto· Rhabbi (ho legetai ?methermeneuomenon Didaskale), pou meneis; legei autois· Erchesthe kai ?opsesthe. elthan oun? kai eidan pou menei, kai par' auto emeinan ten hemeran ekeinen· hora en hos dekate. en Andreas ho adelphos Simonos Petrou heis ek ton duo ton akousanton para Ioannou kai akolouthesanton auto· heuriskei houtos ?proton ton adelphon ton idion Simona kai legei auto· Heurekamen ton Messian (ho estin methermeneuomenon christos). ?egagen auton pros ton Iesoun. emblepsas auto ho Iesous eipen· Su ei Simon ho huios ?Ioannou, su klethese Kephas (ho hermeneuetai Petros). Te epaurion ethelesen exelthein eis ten Galilaian. kai heuriskei Philippon kai legei auto ho Iesous· Akolouthei moi. en de ho Philippos apo Bethsaida, ek tes poleos Andreou kai Petrou. heuriskei Philippos ton Nathanael kai legei auto· Hon egrapsen Mouses en to nomo kai hoi prophetai heurekamen, ?Iesoun huion tou Ioseph ton apo Nazaret. kai eipen auto Nathanael· Ek Nazaret dunatai ti agathon einai; legei auto ?ho Philippos· Erchou kai ide. eiden ?ho Iesous ton Nathanael erchomenon pros auton kai legei peri autou· Ide alethos Israelites en ho dolos ouk estin. legei auto Nathanael· Pothen me ginoskeis; apekrithe Iesous kai eipen auto· Pro tou se Philippon phonesai onta hupo ten suken eidon se. apekrithe ?auto Nathanael?· Rhabbi, su ei ho huios tou theou, su ?basileus ei? tou Israel. apekrithe Iesous kai eipen auto· Hoti eipon soi ?hoti eidon se hupokato tes sukes pisteueis; meizo touton ?opse. kai legei auto· Amen amen lego ?humin, opsesthe ton ouranon aneogota kai tous angelous tou theou anabainontas kai katabainontas epi ton huion tou anthropou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai te ?hemera te trite? gamos egeneto en Kana tes Galilaias, kai en he meter tou Iesou ekei· eklethe de kai ho Iesous kai hoi mathetai autou eis ton gamon. kai husteresantos oinou legei he meter tou Iesou pros auton· Oinon ouk echousin. ?kai legei aute ho Iesous· Ti emoi kai soi, gunai; oupo hekei he hora mou. legei he meter autou tois diakonois· ?Ho ti? an lege humin poiesate. esan de ekei ?lithinai hudriai? hex ?kata ton katharismon ton Ioudaion keimenai?, chorousai ana metretas duo e treis. legei autois ho Iesous· Gemisate tas hudrias hudatos· kai egemisan autas heos ano. kai legei autois· Antlesate nun kai pherete to architriklino· ?hoi de? enenkan. hos de egeusato ho architriklinos to hudor oinon gegenemenon, kai ouk edei pothen estin, hoi de diakonoi edeisan hoi entlekotes to hudor, phonei ton numphion ho architriklinos kai legei auto· Pas anthropos proton ton kalon oinon tithesin, kai hotan ?methusthosin ton elasso· su teterekas ton kalon oinon heos arti. tauten ?epoiesen archen ton semeion ho Iesous en Kana tes Galilaias kai ephanerosen ten doxan autou, kai episteusan eis auton hoi mathetai autou. Meta touto katebe eis Kapharnaoum autos kai he meter autou kai hoi ?adelphoi kai hoi mathetai autou, kai ekei emeinan ou pollas hemeras. Kai engus en to pascha ton Ioudaion, kai anebe eis Hierosoluma ho Iesous. kai heuren en to hiero tous polountas boas kai probata kai peristeras kai tous kermatistas kathemenous, kai poiesas phragellion ek schoinion pantas exebalen ek tou hierou ta te probata kai tous boas, kai ton kollubiston execheen ?ta kermata? kai tas trapezas ?anestrepsen, kai tois tas peristeras polousin eipen· Arate tauta enteuthen, me poieite ton oikon tou patros mou oikon emporiou. ?emnesthesan hoi mathetai autou hoti gegrammenon estin· Ho zelos tou oikou sou kataphagetai me. apekrithesan oun hoi Ioudaioi kai eipan auto· Ti semeion deiknueis hemin, hoti tauta poieis; apekrithe Iesous kai eipen autois· Lusate ton naon touton kai en trisin hemerais egero auton. eipan oun hoi Ioudaioi· Tesserakonta kai hex etesin oikodomethe ho naos houtos, kai su en trisin hemerais egereis auton; ekeinos de elegen peri tou naou tou somatos autou. hote oun egerthe ek nekron, emnesthesan hoi mathetai autou hoti touto elegen, kai episteusan te graphe kai to logo ?hon eipen ho Iesous. Hos de en en tois Hierosolumois en to pascha en te heorte, polloi episteusan eis to onoma autou, theorountes autou ta semeia ha epoiei· autos ?de Iesous ouk episteuen ?hauton autois dia to auton ginoskein pantas kai hoti ou chreian eichen hina tis marturese peri tou anthropou, autos gar eginosken ti en en to anthropo. __________________________________________________________________ En de anthropos ek ton Pharisaion, Nikodemos onoma auto, archon ton Ioudaion· houtos elthen pros auton nuktos kai eipen auto· Rhabbi, oidamen hoti apo theou eleluthas didaskalos· oudeis gar ?dunatai tauta ta semeia? poiein ha su poieis, ean me e ho theos met' autou. ?apekrithe Iesous kai eipen auto· Amen amen lego soi, ean me tis gennethe anothen, ou dunatai idein ten basileian tou theou. legei pros auton ?ho Nikodemos· Pos dunatai anthropos gennethenai geron on; me dunatai eis ten koilian tes metros autou deuteron eiselthein kai gennethenai; ?apekrithe Iesous· Amen amen lego soi, ean me tis gennethe ex hudatos kai pneumatos, ou dunatai eiselthein eis ten basileian tou theou. to gegennemenon ek tes sarkos sarx estin, kai to gegennemenon ek tou pneumatos pneuma estin. me thaumases hoti eipon soi Dei humas gennethenai anothen. to pneuma hopou thelei pnei, kai ten phonen autou akoueis, all' ouk oidas pothen erchetai kai pou hupagei· houtos estin pas ho gegennemenos ek tou pneumatos. apekrithe Nikodemos kai eipen auto· Pos dunatai tauta genesthai; apekrithe Iesous kai eipen auto· Su ei ho didaskalos tou Israel kai tauta ou ginoskeis; amen amen lego soi hoti ho oidamen laloumen kai ho heorakamen marturoumen, kai ten marturian hemon ou lambanete. ei ta epigeia eipon humin kai ou pisteuete, pos ean eipo humin ta epourania pisteusete; kai oudeis anabebeken eis ton ouranon ei me ho ek tou ouranou katabas, ho huios tou ?anthropou. kai kathos Mouses hupsosen ton ophin en te eremo, houtos hupsothenai dei ton huion tou anthropou, hina pas ho pisteuon ?en auto? eche zoen aionion. Houtos gar egapesen ho theos ton kosmon hoste ton ?huion ton monogene edoken, hina pas ho pisteuon eis auton me apoletai alla eche zoen aionion. ou gar apesteilen ho theos ton ?huion eis ton kosmon hina krine ton kosmon, all' hina sothe ho kosmos di' autou. ho pisteuon eis auton ou krinetai· ho ?de me pisteuon ede kekritai, hoti me pepisteuken eis to onoma tou monogenous huiou tou theou. haute de estin he krisis hoti to phos eleluthen eis ton kosmon kai egapesan hoi anthropoi mallon to skotos e to phos, en gar ?auton ponera? ta erga. pas gar ho phaula prasson misei to phos kai ouk erchetai pros to phos, hina me elenchthe ta erga autou· ho de poion ten aletheian erchetai pros to phos, hina phanerothe autou ta erga hoti en theo estin eirgasmena. Meta tauta elthen ho Iesous kai hoi mathetai autou eis ten Ioudaian gen, kai ekei dietriben met' auton kai ebaptizen. en de kai ?ho Ioannes baptizon en Ainon engus tou Saleim, hoti hudata polla en ekei, kai pareginonto kai ebaptizonto· oupo gar en beblemenos eis ten phulaken ?ho Ioannes. Egeneto oun zetesis ek ton matheton Ioannou meta Ioudaiou peri katharismou. kai elthon pros ton Ioannen kai eipan auto· Rhabbi, hos en meta sou peran tou Iordanou, ho su memarturekas, ide houtos baptizei kai pantes erchontai pros auton. apekrithe Ioannes kai eipen· Ou dunatai anthropos lambanein ?oude hen? ean me e dedomenon auto ek tou ouranou. autoi humeis ?moi martureite hoti ?eipon· Ouk eimi ego ho christos, all' hoti Apestalmenos eimi emprosthen ekeinou. ho echon ten numphen numphios estin· ho de philos tou numphiou ho hestekos kai akouon autou, chara chairei dia ten phonen tou numphiou. haute oun he chara he eme peplerotai. ekeinon dei auxanein, eme de elattousthai. Ho anothen erchomenos epano panton estin. ho on ek tes ges ek tes ges estin kai ek tes ges lalei· ho ek tou ouranou erchomenos epano panton estin· ?ho heoraken kai ekousen touto marturei, kai ten marturian autou oudeis lambanei. ho labon autou ten marturian esphragisen hoti ho theos alethes estin. hon gar apesteilen ho theos ta rhemata tou theou lalei, ou gar ek metrou ?didosin to pneuma. ho pater agapa ton huion, kai panta dedoken en te cheiri autou. ho pisteuon eis ton huion echei zoen aionion· ho de apeithon to huio ouk opsetai zoen, all' he orge tou theou menei ep' auton. __________________________________________________________________ Hos oun egno ho ?Iesous hoti ekousan hoi Pharisaioi hoti Iesous pleionas mathetas poiei kai baptizei e Ioannes-- kaitoige Iesous autos ouk ebaptizen all' hoi mathetai autou-- apheken ten Ioudaian kai apelthen ?palin eis ten Galilaian. edei de auton dierchesthai dia tes Samareias. erchetai oun eis polin tes Samareias legomenen Suchar plesion tou choriou ho edoken Iakob ?to Ioseph to huio autou· en de ekei pege tou Iakob. ho oun Iesous kekopiakos ek tes hodoiporias ekathezeto houtos epi te pege· hora en ?hos hekte. Erchetai gune ek tes Samareias antlesai hudor. legei aute ho Iesous· Dos moi pein· hoi gar mathetai autou apelelutheisan eis ten polin, hina trophas agorasosin. legei oun auto he gune he Samaritis· Pos su Ioudaios on par' emou pein aiteis ?gunaikos Samaritidos ouses?; ou gar sunchrontai Ioudaioi Samaritais. apekrithe Iesous kai eipen aute· Ei edeis ten dorean tou theou kai tis estin ho legon soi· Dos moi pein, su an etesas auton kai edoken an soi hudor zon. legei auto ?he gune?· Kurie, oute antlema echeis kai to phrear estin bathu· pothen oun echeis to hudor to zon; me su meizon ei tou patros hemon Iakob, hos edoken hemin to phrear kai autos ex autou epien kai hoi huioi autou kai ta thremmata autou; apekrithe Iesous kai eipen aute· Pas ho pinon ek tou hudatos toutou dipsesei palin· hos d' an pie ek tou hudatos hou ego doso auto, ou me ?dipsesei eis ton aiona, alla to hudor ho doso auto genesetai en auto pege hudatos hallomenou eis zoen aionion. legei pros auton he gune· Kurie, dos moi touto to hudor, hina me dipso mede ?dierchomai enthade antlein. Legei ?aute· Hupage phoneson ?ton andra sou? kai elthe enthade. apekrithe he gune kai eipen ?auto· Ouk echo andra. legei aute ho Iesous· Kalos eipas hoti Andra ouk echo· pente gar andras esches, kai nun hon echeis ouk estin sou aner· touto alethes eirekas. legei auto he gune· Kurie, theoro hoti prophetes ei su. hoi pateres hemon en to orei touto prosekunesan· kai humeis legete hoti en Hierosolumois estin ho topos hopou ?proskunein dei?. legei aute ho Iesous· ?Pisteue moi, gunai?, hoti erchetai hora hote oute en to orei touto oute en Hierosolumois proskunesete to patri. humeis proskuneite ho ouk oidate, hemeis proskunoumen ho oidamen, hoti he soteria ek ton Ioudaion estin· alla erchetai hora kai nun estin, hote hoi alethinoi proskunetai proskunesousin to patri en pneumati kai aletheia, kai gar ho pater toioutous zetei tous proskunountas auton· pneuma ho theos, kai tous proskunountas auton en pneumati kai aletheia dei proskunein. legei auto he gune· Oida hoti Messias erchetai, ho legomenos christos· hotan elthe ekeinos, anangelei hemin ?hapanta. legei aute ho Iesous· Ego eimi, ho lalon soi. Kai epi touto elthan hoi mathetai autou, kai ?ethaumazon hoti meta gunaikos elalei· oudeis mentoi eipen· Ti zeteis; e ti laleis met' autes; apheken oun ten hudrian autes he gune kai apelthen eis ten polin kai legei tois anthropois· Deute idete anthropon hos eipe moi panta ?hosa epoiesa· meti houtos estin ho christos; exelthon ek tes poleos kai erchonto pros auton. ?En to metaxu eroton auton hoi mathetai legontes· Rhabbi, phage. ho de eipen autois· Ego brosin echo phagein hen humeis ouk oidate. elegon oun hoi mathetai pros allelous· Me tis enenken auto phagein; legei autois ho Iesous· Emon broma estin hina ?poieso to thelema tou pempsantos me kai teleioso autou to ergon. ouch humeis legete hoti Eti tetramenos estin kai ho therismos erchetai; idou lego humin, eparate tous ophthalmous humon kai theasasthe tas choras hoti leukai eisin pros therismon· ede ?ho therizon misthon lambanei kai sunagei karpon eis zoen aionion, ?hina ho speiron homou chaire kai ho therizon. en gar touto ho logos ?estin alethinos hoti Allos estin ho speiron kai allos ho therizon· ego apesteila humas therizein ho ouch humeis kekopiakate· alloi kekopiakasin, kai humeis eis ton kopon auton eiseleluthate. Ek de tes poleos ekeines polloi episteusan eis auton ton Samariton dia ton logon tes gunaikos marturouses hoti Eipen moi panta ?ha epoiesa. hos oun elthon pros auton hoi Samaritai, eroton auton meinai par' autois· kai emeinen ekei duo hemeras. kai pollo pleious episteusan dia ton logon autou, te te gunaiki elegon hoti Ouketi dia ten sen lalian pisteuomen· autoi gar akekoamen, kai oidamen hoti houtos estin alethos ho soter tou ?kosmou. Meta de tas duo hemeras exelthen ?ekeithen eis ten Galilaian· autos ?gar Iesous emarturesen hoti prophetes en te idia patridi timen ouk echei. hote oun elthen eis ten Galilaian, edexanto auton hoi Galilaioi, panta heorakotes ?hosa epoiesen en Hierosolumois en te heorte, kai autoi gar elthon eis ten heorten. Elthen oun ?palin eis ten Kana tes Galilaias, hopou epoiesen to hudor oinon. kai en tis basilikos hou ho huios esthenei en Kapharnaoum. houtos akousas hoti Iesous hekei ek tes Ioudaias eis ten Galilaian apelthen pros auton kai ?erota hina katabe kai iasetai autou ton huion, emellen gar apothneskein. eipen oun ho Iesous pros auton· Ean me semeia kai terata idete, ou me pisteusete. legei pros auton ho basilikos· Kurie, katabethi prin apothanein to paidion mou. legei auto ho Iesous· Poreuou· ho huios sou ze. ?episteusen ho anthropos to logo ?hon eipen auto ho Iesous kai eporeueto. ede de autou katabainontos hoi douloi autou ?hupentesan ?auto legontes hoti ho pais ?autou ze. eputheto oun ?ten horan par' auton? en he kompsoteron eschen· ?eipan oun? auto hoti ?Echthes horan hebdomen apheken auton ho puretos. egno oun ho pater ?hoti ekeine te hora en he eipen auto ho ?Iesous· Ho huios sou ze, kai episteusen autos kai he oikia autou hole. touto ?de palin deuteron semeion epoiesen ho Iesous elthon ek tes Ioudaias eis ten Galilaian. __________________________________________________________________ Meta tauta ?en heorte ton Ioudaion, kai ?anebe Iesous eis Hierosoluma. estin de en tois Hierosolumois epi te probatike kolumbethra he epilegomene Hebraisti ?Bethesda, pente stoas echousa· en tautais katekeito ?plethos ton asthenounton, tuphlon, cholon, ?xeron. en de tis anthropos ekei ?triakonta okto ete echon en te astheneia ?autou· touton idon ho Iesous katakeimenon, kai gnous hoti polun ede chronon echei, legei auto· Theleis hugies genesthai; apekrithe auto ho asthenon· Kurie, anthropon ouk echo hina hotan tarachthe to hudor bale me eis ten kolumbethran· en ho de erchomai ego allos pro emou katabainei. legei auto ho Iesous· ?Egeire aron ton krabatton sou kai peripatei. kai eutheos egeneto hugies ho anthropos kai ere ton krabatton autou kai periepatei. En de sabbaton en ekeine te hemera. elegon oun hoi Ioudaioi to tetherapeumeno· Sabbaton estin, ?kai ouk exestin soi arai ton ?krabatton. ?hos de? apekrithe autois· Ho poiesas me hugie ekeinos moi eipen Aron ton krabatton sou kai peripatei. erotesan ?oun auton· Tis estin ho anthropos ho eipon soi· ?Aron kai peripatei; ho de iatheis ouk edei tis estin, ho gar Iesous exeneusen ochlou ontos en to topo. meta tauta heuriskei auton ho Iesous en to hiero kai eipen auto· Ide hugies gegonas· meketi hamartane, hina me cheiron ?soi ti? genetai. apelthen ho anthropos kai ?anengeilen tois Ioudaiois hoti Iesous estin ho poiesas auton hugie. kai dia touto ediokon ?hoi Ioudaioi ton Iesoun? hoti tauta epoiei en sabbato. ho ?de apekrinato autois· Ho pater mou heos arti ergazetai kago ergazomai. dia touto oun mallon ezetoun auton hoi Ioudaioi apokteinai hoti ou monon elue to sabbaton, alla kai patera idion elege ton theon, ison heauton poion to theo. Apekrinato oun ho Iesous kai ?elegen autois· Amen amen lego humin, ou dunatai ho huios poiein aph' heautou ouden ?ean me ti blepe ton patera poiounta· ha gar an ekeinos poie, tauta kai ho huios homoios poiei. ho gar pater philei ton huion kai panta deiknusin auto ha autos poiei, kai meizona touton deixei auto erga, hina humeis thaumazete. hosper gar ho pater egeirei tous nekrous kai zoopoiei, houtos kai ho huios ohus thelei zoopoiei. oude gar ho pater krinei oudena, alla ten krisin pasan dedoken to huio, hina pantes timosi ton huion kathos timosi ton patera. ho me timon ton huion ou tima ton patera ton pempsanta auton. Amen amen lego humin hoti ho ton logon mou akouon kai pisteuon to pempsanti me echei zoen aionion, kai eis krisin ouk erchetai alla metabebeken ek tou thanatou eis ten zoen. Amen amen lego humin hoti erchetai hora kai nun estin hote hoi nekroi ?akousousin tes phones tou huiou tou theou kai hoi akousantes ?zesousin. hosper gar ho pater echei zoen en heauto, houtos ?kai to huio edoken? zoen echein en heauto· kai exousian edoken ?auto krisin poiein, hoti huios anthropou estin. me thaumazete touto, hoti erchetai hora en he pantes hoi en tois mnemeiois ?akousousin tes phones autou kai ekporeusontai hoi ta agatha poiesantes eis anastasin zoes, hoi ?de ta phaula praxantes eis anastasin kriseos. Ou dunamai ego poiein ap' emautou ouden· kathos akouo krino, kai he krisis he eme dikaia estin, hoti ou zeto to thelema to emon alla to thelema tou pempsantos ?me. Ean ego marturo peri emautou, he marturia mou ouk estin alethes· allos estin ho marturon peri emou, kai oida hoti alethes estin he marturia hen marturei peri emou. humeis apestalkate pros Ioannen, kai memartureke te aletheia· ego de ou para anthropou ten marturian lambano, alla tauta lego hina humeis sothete. ekeinos en ho luchnos ho kaiomenos kai phainon, humeis de ethelesate agalliathenai pros horan en to photi autou· ego de echo ten marturian ?meizo tou Ioannou, ta gar erga ha ?dedoken moi ho pater hina teleioso auta, auta ta erga ?ha poio, marturei peri emou hoti ho pater me apestalken, kai ho pempsas me pater ?ekeinos memartureken peri emou. oute phonen autou ?popote akekoate? oute eidos autou heorakate, kai ton logon autou ouk echete ?en humin menonta?, hoti hon apesteilen ekeinos touto humeis ou pisteuete. Eraunate tas graphas, hoti humeis dokeite en autais zoen aionion echein· kai ekeinai eisin hai marturousai peri emou· kai ou thelete elthein pros me hina zoen echete. doxan para anthropon ou lambano, alla egnoka humas hoti ten agapen tou theou ouk echete en heautois. ego elelutha en to onomati tou patros mou kai ou lambanete me· ean allos elthe en to onomati to idio, ekeinon lempsesthe. pos dunasthe humeis pisteusai, doxan par' allelon lambanontes, kai ten doxan ten para tou monou theou ou zeteite; me dokeite hoti ego kategoreso humon pros ton patera· estin ho kategoron humon Mouses, eis hon humeis elpikate. ei gar episteuete Mousei, episteuete an emoi, peri gar emou ekeinos egrapsen. ei de tois ekeinou grammasin ou pisteuete, pos tois emois rhemasin pisteusete; __________________________________________________________________ Meta tauta apelthen ho Iesous peran tes thalasses tes Galilaias tes Tiberiados. ?ekolouthei de? auto ochlos polus, hoti ?etheoroun ta semeia ha epoiei epi ton asthenounton. anelthen de eis to ?oros Iesous, kai ekei ekatheto meta ton matheton autou. en de engus to pascha, he heorte ton Ioudaion. eparas oun ?tous ophthalmous ho Iesous? kai theasamenos hoti polus ochlos erchetai pros auton legei ?pros Philippon· Pothen ?agorasomen artous hina phagosin houtoi; touto de elegen peirazon auton, autos gar edei ti emellen poiein. apekrithe ?auto Philippos· Diakosion denarion artoi ouk arkousin autois hina ?hekastos brachu ?ti labe. legei auto heis ek ton matheton autou, Andreas ho adelphos Simonos Petrou· Estin ?paidarion hode ?hos echei pente artous krithinous kai duo opsaria· alla tauta ti estin eis tosoutous; ?eipen ho Iesous· Poiesate tous anthropous anapesein. en de chortos polus en to topo. anepesan oun hoi andres ton arithmon ?hos pentakischilioi. elaben ?oun tous artous ho Iesous kai eucharistesas ?diedoken tois anakeimenois, homoios kai ek ton opsarion hoson ethelon. hos de eneplesthesan legei tois mathetais autou· Sunagagete ta perisseusanta klasmata, hina me ti apoletai. sunegagon oun, kai egemisan dodeka kophinous klasmaton ek ton pente arton ton krithinon ha ?eperisseusan tois bebrokosin. hoi oun anthropoi idontes ?ho epoiesen semeion? ?elegon hoti Houtos estin alethos ho prophetes ho erchomenos eis ton kosmon. Iesous oun gnous hoti mellousin erchesthai kai harpazein auton hina ?poiesosin basilea anechoresen ?palin eis to oros autos monos. Hos de opsia egeneto katebesan hoi mathetai autou epi ten thalassan, kai embantes ?eis ploion erchonto peran tes thalasses eis Kapharnaoum. kai skotia ede egegonei kai ?oupo eleluthei pros autous ho Iesous, he te thalassa anemou megalou pneontos ?diegeireto. elelakotes oun hos stadious eikosi pente e triakonta theorousin ton Iesoun peripatounta epi tes thalasses kai engus tou ploiou ginomenon, kai ephobethesan. ho de legei autois· Ego eimi, me phobeisthe. ethelon oun labein auton eis to ploion, kai eutheos ?egeneto to ploion? epi tes ges eis hen hupegon. Te epaurion ho ochlos ho hestekos peran tes thalasses ?eidon hoti ploiarion allo ouk en ekei ei me ?hen, kai hoti ou suneiselthen tois mathetais autou ho Iesous eis to ?ploion alla monoi hoi mathetai autou apelthon· ?alla elthen ?ploiaria ek Tiberiados engus tou topou hopou ephagon ton arton eucharistesantos tou kuriou. hote oun eiden ho ochlos hoti Iesous ouk estin ekei oude hoi mathetai autou, enebesan autoi eis ta ?ploiaria kai elthon eis Kapharnaoum zetountes ton Iesoun. Kai heurontes auton peran tes thalasses eipon auto· Rhabbi, pote hode gegonas; apekrithe autois ho Iesous kai eipen· Amen amen lego humin, zeteite me ouch hoti eidete semeia all' hoti ephagete ek ton arton kai echortasthete· ergazesthe me ten brosin ten apollumenen alla ten brosin ten menousan eis zoen aionion, hen ho huios tou anthropou humin dosei, touton gar ho pater esphragisen ho theos. eipon oun pros auton· Ti poiomen hina ergazometha ta erga tou theou; apekrithe ?ho Iesous kai eipen autois· Touto estin to ergon tou theou hina ?pisteuete eis hon apesteilen ekeinos. eipon oun auto· Ti oun poieis su semeion, hina idomen kai pisteusomen soi; ti ergaze; hoi pateres hemon to manna ephagon en te eremo, kathos estin gegrammenon· Arton ek tou ouranou edoken autois phagein. eipen oun autois ho Iesous· Amen amen lego humin, ou Mouses ?dedoken humin ton arton ek tou ouranou, all' ho pater mou didosin humin ton arton ek tou ouranou ton alethinon· ho gar artos tou theou estin ho katabainon ek tou ouranou kai zoen didous to kosmo. eipon oun pros auton· Kurie, pantote dos hemin ton arton touton. ?Eipen autois ho Iesous· Ego eimi ho artos tes zoes· ho erchomenos pros eme ou me peinase, kai ho pisteuon eis ?eme ou me ?dipsesei popote. all' eipon humin hoti kai heorakate me kai ou pisteuete. pan ho didosin moi ho pater pros eme hexei, kai ton erchomenon pros ?me ou me ekbalo exo, hoti katabebeka ?apo tou ouranou ouch hina poio to thelema to emon alla to thelema tou pempsantos me· touto de estin to thelema tou pempsantos ?me hina pan ho dedoken moi me apoleso ex autou alla anasteso ?auto te eschate hemera. touto ?gar estin to thelema tou ?patros mou? hina pas ho theoron ton huion kai pisteuon eis auton eche zoen aionion, kai anasteso auton ?ego te eschate hemera. Egonguzon oun hoi Ioudaioi peri autou hoti eipen· Ego eimi ho artos ho katabas ek tou ouranou, kai elegon· ?Ouch houtos estin Iesous ho huios Ioseph, hou hemeis oidamen ton patera kai ten metera; pos ?nun ?legei hoti Ek tou ouranou katabebeka; ?apekrithe Iesous kai eipen autois· Me gonguzete met' allelon. oudeis dunatai elthein pros ?me ean me ho pater ho pempsas me helkuse auton, kago anasteso auton en te eschate hemera. estin gegrammenon en tois prophetais· Kai esontai pantes didaktoi theou· ?pas ho ?akousas para tou patros kai mathon erchetai pros ?eme. ouch hoti ton patera ?heoraken tis? ei me ho on para tou theou, houtos heoraken ton patera. amen amen lego humin, ho ?pisteuon echei zoen aionion. ego eimi ho artos tes zoes· hoi pateres humon ephagon ?en te eremo to manna? kai apethanon· houtos estin ho artos ho ek tou ouranou katabainon hina tis ex autou phage kai me apothane· ego eimi ho artos ho zon ho ek tou ouranou katabas· ean tis phage ek toutou tou artou ?zesei eis ton aiona, kai ho artos de hon ego doso he sarx mou ?estin huper tes tou kosmou zoes. Emachonto oun pros allelous hoi Ioudaioi legontes· Pos dunatai houtos hemin dounai ten sarka ?autou phagein; eipen oun autois ho Iesous· Amen amen lego humin, ean me phagete ten sarka tou huiou tou anthropou kai piete autou to haima, ouk echete zoen en heautois. ho trogon mou ten sarka kai pinon mou to haima echei zoen aionion, kago anasteso auton te eschate hemera. he gar sarx mou ?alethes esti brosis, kai to haima mou ?alethes esti posis. ho trogon mou ten sarka kai pinon mou to haima en emoi menei kago en auto. kathos apesteilen me ho zon pater kago zo dia ton patera, kai ho trogon me kakeinos ?zesei di' eme. houtos estin ho artos ho ?ex ouranou katabas, ou kathos ephagon hoi ?pateres kai apethanon· ho trogon touton ton arton ?zesei eis ton aiona. tauta eipen en sunagoge didaskon en Kapharnaoum. Polloi oun akousantes ek ton matheton autou eipan· Skleros estin ?ho logos houtos?· tis dunatai autou akouein; eidos de ho Iesous en heauto hoti gonguzousin peri toutou hoi mathetai autou eipen autois· Touto humas skandalizei; ean oun theorete ton huion tou anthropou anabainonta hopou en to proteron; to pneuma estin to zoopoioun, he sarx ouk ophelei ouden· ta rhemata ha ego ?lelaleka humin pneuma estin kai zoe estin. alla eisin ex humon tines ohi ou pisteuousin. edei gar ex arches ho Iesous tines eisin hoi me pisteuontes kai tis estin ho paradoson auton. kai elegen· Dia touto eireka humin hoti oudeis dunatai elthein pros me ean me e dedomenon auto ek tou ?patros. Ek toutou polloi ?ek ?ton matheton autou apelthon? eis ta opiso kai ouketi met' autou periepatoun. eipen oun ho Iesous tois dodeka· Me kai humeis thelete hupagein; ?apekrithe auto Simon Petros· Kurie, pros tina apeleusometha; rhemata zoes aioniou echeis, kai hemeis pepisteukamen kai egnokamen hoti su ei ho ?hagios tou ?theou. apekrithe autois ho Iesous· Ouk ego humas tous dodeka exelexamen; kai ex humon heis diabolos estin. elegen de ton Ioudan Simonos ?Iskariotou· houtos gar emellen ?paradidonai auton?, ?heis ek ton dodeka. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ?meta tauta periepatei ho Iesous? en te Galilaia, ou gar ethelen en te Ioudaia peripatein, hoti ezetoun auton hoi Ioudaioi apokteinai. en de engus he heorte ton Ioudaion he skenopegia. eipon oun pros auton hoi adelphoi autou· Metabethi enteuthen kai hupage eis ten Ioudaian, hina kai hoi mathetai sou ?theoresousin ?sou ta erga? ha poieis· oudeis gar ?ti en krupto? poiei kai zetei autos en parresia einai· ei tauta poieis, phaneroson seauton to kosmo. oude gar hoi adelphoi autou episteuon eis auton. legei oun autois ho Iesous· Ho kairos ho emos oupo parestin, ho de kairos ho humeteros pantote estin hetoimos. ou dunatai ho kosmos misein humas, eme de misei, hoti ego marturo peri autou hoti ta erga autou ponera estin. humeis anabete eis ten ?heorten· ego ?ouk anabaino eis ten heorten tauten, hoti ho ?emos kairos? oupo peplerotai. tauta ?de eipon ?autos emeinen en te Galilaia. Hos de anebesan hoi adelphoi autou ?eis ten heorten, tote kai autos anebe?, ou phaneros alla hos en krupto. hoi oun Ioudaioi ezetoun auton en te heorte kai elegon· Pou estin ekeinos; kai gongusmos ?peri autou en polus? en tois ochlois· hoi men elegon hoti Agathos estin, alloi ?de elegon· Ou, alla plana ton ochlon. oudeis mentoi parresia elalei peri autou dia ton phobon ton Ioudaion. Ede de tes heortes mesouses ?anebe Iesous eis to hieron kai edidasken. ?ethaumazon oun? hoi Ioudaioi legontes· Pos houtos grammata oiden me memathekos; apekrithe oun autois ?ho Iesous kai eipen· He eme didache ouk estin eme alla tou pempsantos me· ean tis thele to thelema autou poiein, gnosetai peri tes didaches poteron ek tou theou estin e ego ap' emautou lalo. ho aph' heautou lalon ten doxan ten idian zetei· ho de zeton ten doxan tou pempsantos auton houtos alethes estin kai adikia en auto ouk estin. Ou Mouses ?dedoken humin ton nomon; kai oudeis ex humon poiei ton nomon. ti me zeteite apokteinai; apekrithe ho ?ochlos· Daimonion echeis· tis se zetei apokteinai; apekrithe Iesous kai eipen autois· Hen ergon epoiesa kai pantes thaumazete. dia touto Mouses dedoken humin ten peritomen-- ouch hoti ek tou Mouseos estin all' ek ton pateron-- kai en sabbato peritemnete anthropon. ei peritomen ?lambanei anthropos en sabbato hina me luthe ho nomos Mouseos, emoi cholate hoti holon anthropon hugie epoiesa en sabbato; me krinete kat' opsin, alla ten dikaian krisin ?krinete. Elegon oun tines ek ton Hierosolumiton· Ouch houtos estin hon zetousin apokteinai; kai ide parresia lalei kai ouden auto legousin· mepote alethos egnosan hoi archontes hoti houtos ?estin ho christos; alla touton oidamen pothen estin· ho de christos hotan erchetai oudeis ginoskei pothen estin. ekraxen oun en to hiero didaskon ho Iesous kai legon· Kame oidate kai oidate pothen eimi· kai ap' emautou ouk elelutha, all' estin alethinos ho pempsas me, hon humeis ouk oidate· ego oida auton, hoti par' autou eimi kakeinos me apesteilen. ezetoun oun auton piasai, kai oudeis epebalen ep' auton ten cheira, hoti oupo eleluthei he hora autou. ?ek tou ochlou de polloi? episteusan eis auton, kai ?elegon· Ho christos hotan elthe ?me pleiona ?semeia poiesei hon houtos epoiesen; Ekousan hoi Pharisaioi tou ochlou gonguzontos peri autou tauta, kai apesteilan ?hoi archiereis kai hoi Pharisaioi huperetas? hina piasosin auton. eipen oun ho Iesous· Eti ?chronon mikron? meth' humon eimi kai hupago pros ton pempsanta me. zetesete me kai ouch ?heuresete, kai hopou eimi ego humeis ou dunasthe elthein. eipon oun hoi Ioudaioi pros heautous· Pou houtos mellei poreuesthai hoti hemeis ouch heuresomen auton; me eis ten diasporan ton Hellenon mellei poreuesthai kai didaskein tous Hellenas; tis estin ?ho logos houtos? hon eipe· Zetesete me kai ouch ?heuresete, kai hopou eimi ego humeis ou dunasthe elthein; En de te eschate hemera te megale tes heortes heistekei ho Iesous, kai ekraxen legon· Ean tis dipsa erchestho pros me kai pineto. ho pisteuon eis eme, kathos eipen he graphe, potamoi ek tes koilias autou rheusousin hudatos zontos. touto de eipen peri tou pneumatos ?hou emellon lambanein hoi ?pisteusantes eis auton· oupo gar en ?pneuma, hoti Iesous ?oudepo edoxasthe. ?Ek tou ochlou oun? akousantes ?ton logon touton? ?elegon· Houtos estin alethos ho prophetes· alloi elegon· Houtos estin ho christos· ?hoi de? elegon· Me gar ek tes Galilaias ho christos erchetai; ?ouch he graphe eipen hoti ek tou spermatos Dauid, kai apo Bethleem tes komes hopou en Dauid, ?erchetai ho christos?; schisma oun ?egeneto en to ochlo? di' auton. tines de ethelon ex auton piasai auton, all' oudeis ?epebalen ep' auton tas cheiras. Elthon oun hoi huperetai pros tous archiereis kai Pharisaious, kai eipon autois ekeinoi· Dia ti ouk egagete auton; apekrithesan hoi huperetai· Oudepote ?elalesen houtos? ?anthropos. apekrithesan oun autois hoi Pharisaioi· Me kai humeis peplanesthe; me tis ek ton archonton episteusen eis auton e ek ton Pharisaion; alla ho ochlos houtos ho me ginoskon ton nomon ?eparatoi eisin. legei Nikodemos pros autous, ho ?elthon pros auton ?proteron, heis on ex auton· Me ho nomos hemon krinei ton anthropon ean me akouse ?proton par' autou? kai gno ti poiei; apekrithesan kai eipan auto· Me kai su ek tes Galilaias ei; erauneson kai ide hoti ?ek tes Galilaias prophetes? ouk ?egeiretai. Palin oun autois ?elalesen ho Iesous? legon· Ego eimi to phos tou kosmou· ho akolouthon ?emoi ou me peripatese en te skotia, all' hexei to phos tes zoes. eipon oun auto hoi Pharisaioi· Su peri seautou martureis· he marturia sou ouk estin alethes. apekrithe Iesous kai eipen autois· Kan ego marturo peri emautou, alethes estin he marturia mou, hoti oida pothen elthon kai pou hupago· humeis de ouk oidate pothen erchomai ?e pou hupago. humeis kata ten sarka krinete, ego ou krino oudena. kai ean krino de ego, he krisis he eme ?alethine estin, hoti monos ouk eimi, all' ego kai ho pempsas me pater. kai en to nomo de to humetero gegraptai hoti duo anthropon he marturia alethes estin. ego eimi ho marturon peri emautou kai marturei peri emou ho pempsas me pater. elegon oun auto· Pou estin ho pater sou; apekrithe Iesous· Oute eme oidate oute ton patera mou· ei eme edeite, kai ton patera mou ?an edeite?. tauta ta rhemata ?elalesen en to gazophulakio didaskon en to hiero· kai oudeis epiasen auton, hoti oupo eleluthei he hora autou. Eipen oun palin ?autois· Ego hupago kai zetesete me, kai en te hamartia humon apothaneisthe· hopou ego hupago humeis ou dunasthe elthein. elegon oun hoi Ioudaioi· Meti apoktenei heauton hoti legei· Hopou ego hupago humeis ou dunasthe elthein; kai ?elegen autois· Humeis ek ton kato este, ego ek ton ano eimi· humeis ek ?toutou tou kosmou? este, ego ouk eimi ek tou kosmou toutou. eipon oun humin hoti apothaneisthe en tais hamartiais humon· ean gar me pisteusete hoti ego eimi, apothaneisthe en tais hamartiais humon. elegon oun auto· Su tis ei; ?eipen autois ho Iesous· Ten archen ?ho ti? kai lalo humin; polla echo peri humon lalein kai krinein· all' ho pempsas me alethes estin, kago ha ekousa par' autou tauta ?lalo eis ton kosmon. ouk egnosan hoti ton patera autois elegen. eipen ?oun ho Iesous· Hotan hupsosete ton huion tou anthropou, tote gnosesthe hoti ego eimi, kai ap' emautou poio ouden, alla kathos edidaxen me ho ?pater tauta lalo. kai ho pempsas me met' emou estin· ouk apheken me ?monon, hoti ego ta aresta auto poio pantote. tauta autou lalountos polloi episteusan eis auton. Elegen oun ho Iesous pros tous pepisteukotas auto Ioudaious· Ean humeis meinete en to logo to emo, alethos mathetai mou este, kai gnosesthe ten aletheian, kai he aletheia eleutherosei humas. apekrithesan ?pros auton?· Sperma Abraam esmen kai oudeni dedouleukamen popote· pos su legeis hoti Eleutheroi genesesthe; Apekrithe autois ho Iesous· Amen amen lego humin hoti pas ho poion ten hamartian doulos estin tes hamartias· ho de doulos ou menei en te oikia eis ton aiona· ?ho huios menei eis ton aiona. ean oun ho huios humas eleutherose, ontos eleutheroi esesthe. oida hoti sperma Abraam este· alla zeteite me apokteinai, hoti ho logos ho emos ou chorei en humin. ?ha ego? heoraka para to ?patri lalo· kai humeis oun ?ha ekousate? para ?tou patros? poieite. Apekrithesan kai eipan auto· Ho pater hemon Abraam estin. legei autois ho Iesous· Ei tekna tou Abraam ?este, ta erga tou Abraam ?epoieite· nun de zeteite me apokteinai, anthropon hos ten aletheian humin lelaleka hen ekousa para tou theou· touto Abraam ouk epoiesen. humeis poieite ta erga tou patros humon. ?eipan auto· Hemeis ek porneias ?ou gegennemetha?· hena patera echomen ton theon. ?eipen autois ho Iesous· Ei ho theos pater humon en egapate an eme, ego gar ek tou theou exelthon kai heko· oude gar ap' emautou elelutha, all' ekeinos me apesteilen. dia ti ten lalian ten emen ou ginoskete; hoti ou dunasthe akouein ton logon ton emon. humeis ek tou patros tou diabolou este kai tas epithumias tou patros humon thelete poiein. ekeinos anthropoktonos en ap' arches, kai en te aletheia ?ouk esteken?, hoti ouk estin aletheia en auto. hotan lale to pseudos, ek ton idion lalei, hoti pseustes estin kai ho pater autou. ego de hoti ten aletheian lego, ou pisteuete moi. tis ex humon elenchei me peri hamartias; ?ei aletheian lego, dia ti humeis ou pisteuete moi; ho on ek tou theou ta rhemata tou theou akouei· dia touto humeis ouk akouete hoti ek tou theou ouk este. ?Apekrithesan hoi Ioudaioi kai eipan auto· Ou kalos legomen hemeis hoti Samarites ei su kai daimonion echeis; apekrithe Iesous· Ego daimonion ouk echo, alla timo ton patera mou, kai humeis atimazete me. ego de ou zeto ten doxan mou· estin ho zeton kai krinon. amen amen lego humin, ean tis ton ?emon logon? terese, thanaton ou me theorese eis ton aiona. ?eipon auto hoi Ioudaioi· Nun egnokamen hoti daimonion echeis. Abraam apethanen kai hoi prophetai, kai su legeis· Ean tis ton logon mou terese, ou me geusetai thanatou eis ton aiona· me su meizon ei tou patros hemon Abraam, hostis apethanen; kai hoi prophetai apethanon· tina ?seauton poieis; apekrithe Iesous· Ean ego ?doxaso emauton, he doxa mou ouden estin· estin ho pater mou ho doxazon me, hon humeis legete hoti theos ?hemon estin, kai ouk egnokate auton, ego de oida auton· kan eipo hoti ouk oida auton, esomai homoios ?humin pseustes· alla oida auton kai ton logon autou tero. Abraam ho pater humon egalliasato hina ide ten hemeran ten emen, kai eiden kai echare. eipon oun hoi Ioudaioi pros auton· Pentekonta ete oupo echeis kai Abraam heorakas; eipen ?autois Iesous· Amen amen lego humin, prin Abraam genesthai ego eimi. eran oun lithous hina balosin ep' auton· Iesous de ekrube kai exelthen ek tou ?hierou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai paragon eiden anthropon tuphlon ek genetes. kai erotesan auton hoi mathetai autou legontes· Rhabbi, tis hemarten, houtos e hoi goneis autou, hina tuphlos gennethe; apekrithe Iesous· Oute houtos hemarten oute hoi goneis autou, all' hina phanerothe ta erga tou theou en auto. ?hemas dei ergazesthai ta erga tou pempsantos me heos hemera estin· erchetai nux hote oudeis dunatai ergazesthai. hotan en to kosmo o, phos eimi tou kosmou. tauta eipon eptusen chamai kai epoiesen pelon ek tou ptusmatos, kai ?epechrisen ?autou ton pelon epi tous ?ophthalmous, kai eipen auto· Hupage nipsai eis ten kolumbethran tou Siloam (ho hermeneuetai Apestalmenos). apelthen oun kai enipsato, kai elthen blepon. hoi oun geitones kai hoi theorountes auton to proteron hoti ?prosaites en elegon· Ouch houtos estin ho kathemenos kai prosaiton; alloi elegon hoti Houtos estin· alloi ?elegon· Ouchi, alla? homoios auto estin. ekeinos elegen hoti Ego eimi. elegon oun auto· ?Pos eneochthesan sou hoi ophthalmoi; apekrithe ?ekeinos· ?Ho anthropos ho? legomenos Iesous pelon epoiesen kai epechrisen mou tous ophthalmous kai eipen moi ?hoti Hupage eis ?ton Siloam kai nipsai· apelthon ?oun kai nipsamenos aneblepsa. ?kai eipan? auto· Pou estin ekeinos; legei· Ouk oida. Agousin auton pros tous Pharisaious ton pote tuphlon. en de sabbaton ?en he hemera? ton pelon epoiesen ho Iesous kai aneoxen autou tous ophthalmous. palin oun eroton auton kai hoi Pharisaioi pos aneblepsen. ho de eipen autois· Pelon epetheken mou epi tous ophthalmous, kai enipsamen, kai blepo. elegon oun ek ton Pharisaion tines· ?Ouk estin houtos para theou ho anthropos?, hoti to sabbaton ou terei. ?alloi elegon· Pos dunatai anthropos hamartolos toiauta semeia poiein; kai schisma en en autois. legousin ?oun to tuphlo palin· ?Ti su? legeis peri autou, hoti eneoxen sou tous ophthalmous; ho de eipen hoti Prophetes estin. Ouk episteusan oun hoi Ioudaioi peri autou hoti ?en tuphlos? kai aneblepsen, heos hotou ephonesan tous goneis autou ?tou anablepsantos? kai erotesan autous legontes· Houtos estin ho huios humon, hon humeis legete hoti tuphlos egennethe; pos oun ?blepei arti?; apekrithesan ?oun hoi goneis autou kai eipan· Oidamen hoti houtos estin ho huios hemon kai hoti tuphlos egennethe· pos de nun blepei ouk oidamen, e tis enoixen autou tous ophthalmous hemeis ouk oidamen· ?auton erotesate, helikian echei?, autos peri heautou lalesei. tauta eipan hoi goneis autou hoti ephobounto tous Ioudaious, ede gar sunetetheinto hoi Ioudaioi hina ean tis auton homologese christon, aposunagogos genetai. dia touto hoi goneis autou eipan hoti Helikian echei, auton ?eperotesate. Ephonesan oun ?ton anthropon ek deuterou? hos en tuphlos kai eipan auto· Dos doxan to theo· hemeis oidamen hoti ?houtos ho anthropos? hamartolos estin. apekrithe oun ?ekeinos· Ei hamartolos estin ouk oida· hen oida hoti tuphlos on arti blepo. eipon ?oun auto?· Ti epoiesen soi; pos enoixen sou tous ophthalmous; apekrithe autois· Eipon humin ede kai ouk ekousate· ti palin thelete akouein; me kai humeis thelete autou mathetai genesthai; ?eloidoresan auton kai eipon· Su ?mathetes ei? ekeinou, hemeis de tou Mouseos esmen mathetai· hemeis oidamen hoti Mousei lelaleken ho theos, touton de ouk oidamen pothen estin. apekrithe ho anthropos kai eipen autois· En ?touto gar to? thaumaston estin hoti humeis ouk oidate pothen estin, kai enoixen mou tous ophthalmous. ?oidamen hoti ?hamartolon ho theos? ouk akouei, all' ean tis theosebes e kai to thelema autou poie toutou akouei. ek tou aionos ouk ekousthe hoti eneoxen tis ophthalmous tuphlou gegennemenou· ei me en houtos para theou, ouk edunato poiein ouden. apekrithesan kai eipan auto· En hamartiais su egennethes holos, kai su didaskeis hemas; kai exebalon auton exo. ?Ekousen Iesous hoti exebalon auton exo, kai heuron auton ?eipen· Su pisteueis eis ton huion tou ?anthropou; apekrithe ekeinos kai eipen· Kai tis estin, kurie, hina pisteuso eis auton; ?eipen auto ho Iesous· Kai heorakas auton kai ho lalon meta sou ekeinos estin. ho de ephe· Pisteuo, kurie· kai prosekunesen auto. kai eipen ho Iesous· Eis krima ego eis ton kosmon touton elthon, hina hoi me blepontes bleposin kai hoi blepontes tuphloi genontai. ?ekousan ek ton Pharisaion tauta hoi ?met' autou ontes?, kai eipon auto· Me kai hemeis tuphloi esmen; eipen autois ho Iesous· Ei tuphloi ete, ouk an eichete hamartian· nun de legete hoti Blepomen· ?he hamartia humon menei. __________________________________________________________________ Amen amen lego humin, ho me eiserchomenos dia tes thuras eis ten aulen ton probaton alla anabainon allachothen ekeinos kleptes estin kai lestes· ho de eiserchomenos dia tes thuras poimen estin ton probaton. touto ho thuroros anoigei, kai ta probata tes phones autou akouei kai ta idia probata ?phonei kat' onoma kai exagei auta. ?hotan ta idia ?panta ekbale, emprosthen auton poreuetai, kai ta probata auto akolouthei, hoti oidasin ten phonen autou· allotrio de ou me ?akolouthesousin alla pheuxontai ap' autou, hoti ouk oidasi ton allotrion ten phonen. tauten ten paroimian eipen autois ho Iesous· ekeinoi de ouk egnosan tina ?en ha elalei autois. Eipen oun palin ?autois ho Iesous· Amen amen lego humin ?hoti ego eimi he thura ton probaton. pantes hosoi elthon ?pro emou? kleptai eisin kai lestai· all' ouk ekousan auton ta probata. ego eimi he thura· di' emou ean tis eiselthe sothesetai kai eiseleusetai kai exeleusetai kai nomen heuresei. ho kleptes ouk erchetai ei me hina klepse kai thuse kai apolese· ego elthon hina zoen echosin kai perisson echosin. Ego eimi ho poimen ho kalos· ho poimen ho kalos ten psuchen autou tithesin huper ton probaton· ho ?misthotos kai ouk on poimen, hou ouk ?estin ta probata idia, theorei ton lukon erchomenon kai aphiesin ta probata kai pheugei-- kai ho lukos harpazei auta kai ?skorpizei-- ?hoti misthotos estin kai ou melei auto peri ton probaton. ego eimi ho poimen ho kalos, kai ginosko ta ema kai ?ginoskousi me ta ema?, kathos ginoskei me ho pater kago ginosko ton patera, kai ten psuchen mou tithemi huper ton probaton. kai alla probata echo ha ouk estin ek tes aules tautes· kakeina ?dei me? agagein, kai tes phones mou akousousin, kai ?genesontai mia poimne, heis poimen. dia touto ?me ho pater? agapa hoti ego tithemi ten psuchen mou, hina palin labo auten. oudeis ?airei auten ap' emou, all' ego tithemi auten ap' emautou. exousian echo theinai auten, kai exousian echo palin labein auten· tauten ten entolen elabon para tou patros mou. ?Schisma palin egeneto en tois Ioudaiois dia tous logous toutous. elegon de polloi ex auton· Daimonion echei kai mainetai· ti autou akouete; ?alloi elegon· Tauta ta rhemata ouk estin daimonizomenou· me daimonion dunatai tuphlon ophthalmous ?anoixai; Egeneto ?tote ta enkainia en ?tois Hierosolumois· ?cheimon en, kai periepatei ho Iesous en to hiero en te stoa ?tou Solomonos. ekuklosan oun auton hoi Ioudaioi kai elegon auto· Heos pote ten psuchen hemon aireis; ei su ei ho christos, eipe hemin parresia. apekrithe autois ho Iesous· Eipon humin kai ou pisteuete· ta erga ha ego poio en to onomati tou patros mou tauta marturei peri emou· alla humeis ou pisteuete, ?hoti ouk? este ek ton probaton ton ?emon. ta probata ta ema tes phones mou ?akouousin, kago ginosko auta, kai akolouthousin moi, kago ?didomi autois zoen aionion?, kai ou me apolontai eis ton aiona, kai ouch harpasei tis auta ek tes cheiros mou. ho pater mou ?ho dedoken ?moi ?panton meizon? estin, kai oudeis dunatai harpazein ek tes cheiros tou ?patros. ego kai ho pater hen esmen. Ebastasan ?oun palin lithous hoi Ioudaioi hina lithasosin auton. apekrithe autois ho Iesous· Polla ?erga kala edeixa humin? ek tou ?patros· dia poion auton ergon ?eme lithazete?; apekrithesan auto hoi ?Ioudaioi· Peri kalou ergou ou lithazomen se alla peri blasphemias, kai hoti su anthropos on poieis seauton theon. apekrithe autois ho Iesous· Ouk estin gegrammenon en to nomo humon ?hoti Ego eipa· Theoi este; ei ekeinous eipen theous pros ohus ho logos tou theou egeneto, kai ou dunatai luthenai he graphe, hon ho pater hegiasen kai apesteilen eis ton kosmon humeis legete hoti Blasphemeis, hoti eipon· Huios tou theou eimi; ei ou poio ta erga tou patros mou, me pisteuete moi· ei de poio, kan emoi me pisteuete tois ergois ?pisteuete, hina gnote kai ?ginoskete hoti en emoi ho pater kago en ?to patri?. ezetoun oun ?palin auton? piasai· kai exelthen ek tes cheiros auton. Kai apelthen palin peran tou Iordanou eis ton topon hopou en Ioannes to proton baptizon, kai emeinen ekei. kai polloi elthon pros auton kai elegon hoti Ioannes men semeion epoiesen ouden, panta de hosa eipen Ioannes peri toutou alethe en. kai ?polloi episteusan eis auton ekei?. __________________________________________________________________ En de tis asthenon, Lazaros apo Bethanias ek tes komes Marias kai Marthas tes adelphes autes. en de ?Mariam he aleipsasa ton kurion muro kai ekmaxasa tous podas autou tais thrixin autes, hes ho adelphos Lazaros esthenei. apesteilan oun hai adelphai pros auton legousai· Kurie, ide hon phileis asthenei. akousas de ho Iesous eipen· Haute he astheneia ouk estin pros thanaton all' huper tes doxes tou theou hina doxasthe ho huios tou theou di' autes. egapa de ho Iesous ten Marthan kai ten adelphen autes kai ton Lazaron. hos oun ekousen hoti asthenei, tote men emeinen en ho en topo duo hemeras· epeita meta touto legei tois mathetais· Agomen eis ten Ioudaian palin. legousin auto hoi mathetai· Rhabbi, nun ezetoun se lithasai hoi Ioudaioi, kai palin hupageis ekei; apekrithe Iesous· Ouchi dodeka ?horai eisin? tes hemeras; ean tis peripate en te hemera, ou proskoptei, hoti to phos tou kosmou toutou blepei· ean de tis peripate en te nukti, proskoptei, hoti to phos ouk estin en auto. tauta eipen, kai meta touto legei autois· Lazaros ho philos hemon kekoimetai, alla poreuomai hina exupniso auton. eipan oun hoi mathetai ?auto· Kurie, ei kekoimetai sothesetai. eirekei de ho Iesous peri tou thanatou autou. ekeinoi de edoxan hoti peri tes koimeseos tou hupnou legei. tote oun eipen autois ho Iesous parresia· Lazaros apethanen, kai chairo di' humas, hina pisteusete, hoti ouk emen ekei· alla agomen pros auton. eipen oun Thomas ho legomenos Didumos tois summathetais· Agomen kai hemeis hina apothanomen met' autou. Elthon oun ho Iesous heuren auton tessaras ?ede hemeras? echonta en to mnemeio. en de ?he Bethania engus ton Hierosolumon hos apo stadion dekapente. ?polloi de? ek ton Ioudaion elelutheisan pros ?ten Marthan kai ?Mariam hina paramuthesontai autas peri tou ?adelphou. he oun Martha hos ekousen hoti Iesous erchetai hupentesen auto· ?Maria de en to oiko ekathezeto. eipen oun ?he Martha pros ?ton Iesoun· Kurie, ei es hode ?ouk an apethanen ho adelphos mou?· ?kai nun oida hoti hosa an aitese ton theon dosei soi ho theos. legei aute ho Iesous· Anastesetai ho adelphos sou. legei auto ?he Martha· Oida hoti anastesetai en te anastasei en te eschate hemera. eipen aute ho Iesous· Ego eimi he anastasis kai he zoe· ho pisteuon eis eme kan apothane zesetai, kai pas ho zon kai pisteuon eis eme ou me apothane eis ton aiona· pisteueis touto; legei auto· Nai, kurie· ego pepisteuka hoti su ei ho christos ho huios tou theou ho eis ton kosmon erchomenos. Kai ?touto eipousa apelthen kai ephonesen ?Mariam ten adelphen autes lathra eipousa· Ho didaskalos parestin kai phonei se. ekeine ?de hos ekousen ?egerthe tachu kai ?ercheto pros auton· oupo de eleluthei ho Iesous eis ten komen, all' en ?eti en to topo hopou hupentesen auto he Martha. hoi oun Ioudaioi hoi ontes met' autes en te oikia kai paramuthoumenoi auten, idontes ten ?Mariam hoti tacheos aneste kai exelthen, ekolouthesan aute ?doxantes hoti hupagei eis to mnemeion hina klause ekei. he oun ?Mariam hos elthen hopou ?en Iesous idousa auton epesen autou ?pros tous podas, legousa auto· Kurie, ei es hode ouk an ?mou apethanen? ho adelphos. Iesous oun hos eiden auten klaiousan kai tous sunelthontas aute Ioudaious klaiontas enebrimesato to pneumati kai etaraxen heauton, kai eipen· Pou tetheikate auton; legousin auto· Kurie, erchou kai ide. edakrusen ho Iesous. elegon oun hoi Ioudaioi· Ide pos ephilei auton. tines de ex auton eipan· Ouk edunato houtos ho anoixas tous ophthalmous tou tuphlou poiesai hina kai houtos me apothane; Iesous oun palin embrimomenos en heauto erchetai eis to mnemeion· en de spelaion, kai lithos epekeito ep' auto. legei ho Iesous· Arate ton lithon. legei auto he adelphe tou ?teteleutekotos Martha· Kurie, ede ozei, tetartaios gar estin. legei aute ho Iesous· Ouk eipon soi hoti ean pisteuses ?opse ten doxan tou theou; eran oun ton ?lithon. ho de Iesous eren tous ophthalmous ano kai eipen· Pater, eucharisto soi hoti ekousas mou, ego de edein hoti pantote mou akoueis· alla dia ton ochlon ton periestota eipon, hina pisteusosin hoti su me apesteilas. kai tauta eipon phone megale ekraugasen· Lazare, deuro exo. ?exelthen ho tethnekos dedemenos tous podas kai tas cheiras keiriais, kai he opsis autou soudario periededeto. legei ?autois ho Iesous?· Lusate auton kai aphete ?auton hupagein. Polloi oun ek ton Ioudaion, hoi elthontes pros ten ?Mariam kai theasamenoi ?ha ?epoiesen, episteusan eis auton· tines de ex auton apelthon pros tous Pharisaious kai eipan autois ha ?epoiesen Iesous. sunegagon oun hoi archiereis kai hoi Pharisaioi sunedrion, kai elegon· Ti poioumen hoti houtos ho anthropos polla ?poiei semeia?; ean aphomen auton houtos, pantes pisteusousin eis auton, kai eleusontai hoi Rhomaioi kai arousin hemon kai ton topon kai to ethnos. heis de tis ex auton Kaiaphas, archiereus on tou eniautou ekeinou, eipen autois· Humeis ouk oidate ouden, oude ?logizesthe hoti sumpherei ?humin hina heis anthropos apothane huper tou laou kai me holon to ethnos apoletai. touto de aph' heautou ouk eipen, alla archiereus on tou eniautou ekeinou epropheteusen hoti emellen Iesous apothneskein huper tou ethnous, kai ouch huper tou ethnous monon, all' hina kai ta tekna tou theou ta dieskorpismena sunagage eis hen. ap' ekeines oun tes hemeras ?ebouleusanto hina apokteinosin auton. ?Ho oun Iesous? ouketi parresia periepatei en tois Ioudaiois, alla apelthen ekeithen eis ten choran engus tes eremou, eis Ephraim legomenen polin, kakei ?emeinen meta ton ?matheton. En de engus to pascha ton Ioudaion, kai anebesan polloi eis Hierosoluma ek tes choras pro tou pascha hina hagnisosin heautous. ezetoun oun ton Iesoun kai elegon met' allelon en to hiero hestekotes· Ti dokei humin; hoti ou me elthe eis ten heorten; dedokeisan ?de hoi archiereis kai hoi Pharisaioi ?entolas hina ean tis gno pou estin menuse, hopos piasosin auton. __________________________________________________________________ Ho oun Iesous pro hex hemeron tou pascha elthen eis Bethanian, hopou en ?Lazaros, hon egeiren ek nekron ?Iesous. epoiesan oun auto deipnon ekei, kai he Martha diekonei, ho de Lazaros heis en ?ek ton anakeimenon sun auto· he oun ?Mariam labousa litran murou nardou pistikes polutimou eleipsen tous podas tou Iesou kai exemaxen tais thrixin autes tous podas autou· he de oikia eplerothe ek tes osmes tou murou. legei ?de ?Ioudas ho Iskariotes heis ton matheton autou?, ho mellon auton paradidonai· Dia ti touto to muron ouk eprathe triakosion denarion kai edothe ptochois; eipen de touto ouch hoti peri ton ptochon emelen auto, all' hoti kleptes en kai to glossokomon ?echon ta ballomena ebastazen. eipen oun ho Iesous· Aphes auten, ?hina eis ten hemeran tou entaphiasmou mou ?terese auto· tous ptochous gar pantote echete meth' heauton, eme de ou pantote echete. Egno ?oun ochlos polus ek ton Ioudaion hoti ekei estin, kai elthon ou dia ton Iesoun monon, all' hina kai ton Lazaron idosin hon egeiren ek nekron. ebouleusanto de hoi archiereis hina kai ton Lazaron apokteinosin, hoti polloi di' auton hupegon ton Ioudaion kai episteuon eis ton Iesoun. Te epaurion ?ho ochlos polus ho elthon eis ten heorten, akousantes hoti erchetai ?ho Iesous eis Hierosoluma, elabon ta baia ton phoinikon kai exelthon eis hupantesin auto, kai ?ekraugazon· Hosanna, eulogemenos ho erchomenos en onomati kuriou, ?kai ho? basileus tou Israel. heuron de ho Iesous onarion ekathisen ep' auto, kathos estin gegrammenon· Me phobou, thugater Sion· idou ho basileus sou erchetai, kathemenos epi polon onou. ?tauta ouk egnosan ?autou hoi mathetai? to proton, all' hote edoxasthe Iesous tote emnesthesan hoti tauta en ep' auto gegrammena kai tauta epoiesan auto. emarturei oun ho ochlos ho on met' autou hote ton Lazaron ephonesen ek tou mnemeiou kai egeiren auton ek nekron. dia touto ?kai hupentesen auto ho ochlos hoti ?ekousan touto auton pepoiekenai to semeion. hoi oun Pharisaioi eipan pros heautous· Theoreite hoti ouk opheleite ouden· ide ho ?kosmos opiso autou apelthen. Esan de ?Hellenes tines? ek ton anabainonton hina proskunesosin en te heorte· houtoi oun proselthon Philippo to apo Bethsaida tes Galilaias, kai eroton auton legontes· Kurie, thelomen ton Iesoun idein. erchetai ?ho Philippos kai legei to Andrea· ?erchetai Andreas kai Philippos ?kai legousin to Iesou. ho de Iesous ?apokrinetai autois legon· Eleluthen he hora hina doxasthe ho huios tou anthropou. amen amen lego humin, ean me ho kokkos tou sitou peson eis ten gen apothane, autos monos menei· ean de apothane, polun karpon pherei. ho philon ten psuchen autou ?apolluei auten, kai ho mison ten psuchen autou en to kosmo touto eis zoen aionion phulaxei auten. ean emoi ?tis diakone? emoi akoloutheito, kai hopou eimi ego ekei kai ho diakonos ho emos estai· ?ean tis emoi diakone timesei auton ho pater. Nun he psuche mou tetaraktai, kai ti eipo; pater, soson me ek tes horas tautes. alla dia touto elthon eis ten horan tauten. pater, doxason sou to onoma. elthen oun phone ek tou ouranou· Kai edoxasa kai palin doxaso. ho oun ochlos ho hestos kai akousas elegen bronten gegonenai· alloi elegon· Angelos auto lelaleken. apekrithe ?Iesous kai eipen?· Ou di' eme ?he phone haute? gegonen alla di' humas. nun krisis estin tou kosmou toutou, nun ho archon tou kosmou toutou ekblethesetai exo· kago ?ean hupsotho ek tes ges, pantas helkuso pros emauton. touto de elegen semainon poio thanato emellen apothneskein. apekrithe ?oun auto ho ochlos· Hemeis ekousamen ek tou nomou hoti ho christos menei eis ton aiona, kai pos ?legeis su? ?hoti dei hupsothenai ton huion tou anthropou; tis estin houtos ho huios tou anthropou; eipen oun autois ho Iesous· Eti mikron chronon to phos ?en humin? estin. peripateite ?hos to phos echete, hina me skotia humas katalabe, kai ho peripaton en te skotia ouk oiden pou hupagei. ?hos to phos echete, pisteuete eis to phos, hina huioi photos genesthe. Tauta ?elalesen Iesous, kai apelthon ekrube ap' auton. tosauta de autou semeia pepoiekotos emprosthen auton ouk episteuon eis auton, hina ho logos Esaiou tou prophetou plerothe hon eipen· Kurie, tis episteusen te akoe hemon; kai ho brachion kuriou tini apekaluphthe; dia touto ouk edunanto pisteuein hoti palin eipen Esaias· Tetuphloken auton tous ophthalmous kai ?eporosen auton ten kardian, hina me idosin tois ophthalmois kai noesosin te kardia kai ?straphosin, kai ?iasomai autous. tauta eipen Esaias ?hoti eiden ten doxan autou, kai elalesen peri autou. homos mentoi kai ek ton archonton polloi episteusan eis auton, alla dia tous Pharisaious ouch homologoun hina me aposunagogoi genontai, egapesan gar ten doxan ton anthropon mallon eper ten doxan tou theou. Iesous de ekraxen kai eipen· Ho pisteuon eis eme ou pisteuei eis eme alla eis ton pempsanta me, kai ho theoron eme theorei ton pempsanta me. ego phos eis ton kosmon elelutha, hina pas ho pisteuon eis eme en te skotia me meine. kai ean tis mou akouse ton rhematon kai me ?phulaxe, ego ou krino auton, ou gar elthon hina krino ton kosmon all' hina soso ton kosmon. ho atheton eme kai me lambanon ta rhemata mou echei ton krinonta auton· ho logos hon elalesa ekeinos krinei auton en te eschate hemera· hoti ego ex emautou ouk elalesa, all' ho pempsas me pater autos moi entolen ?dedoken ti eipo kai ti laleso. kai oida hoti he entole autou zoe aionios estin. ha oun ?ego lalo?, kathos eireken moi ho pater, houtos lalo. __________________________________________________________________ Pro de tes heortes tou pascha eidos ho Iesous hoti ?elthen autou he hora hina metabe ek tou kosmou toutou pros ton patera agapesas tous idious tous en to kosmo eis telos egapesen autous. kai deipnou ?ginomenou, tou diabolou ede beblekotos eis ten kardian ?hina paradoi auton Ioudas Simonos ?Iskariotou?, ?eidos hoti panta ?edoken auto ho pater eis tas cheiras, kai hoti apo theou exelthen kai pros ton theon hupagei, egeiretai ek tou deipnou kai tithesin ta himatia kai labon lention diezosen heauton· eita ballei hudor eis ton niptera, kai erxato niptein tous podas ton matheton kai ekmassein to lentio ho en diezosmenos. erchetai oun pros Simona Petron. ?legei ?auto· Kurie, su mou nipteis tous podas; apekrithe Iesous kai eipen auto· Ho ego poio su ouk oidas arti, gnose de meta tauta. legei auto Petros· Ou me nipses ?mou tous podas? eis ton aiona. apekrithe ?Iesous auto?· Ean me nipso se, ouk echeis meros met' emou. legei auto Simon Petros· Kurie, me tous podas mou monon alla kai tas cheiras kai ten kephalen. legei auto ?ho Iesous· Ho leloumenos ?ouk echei chreian? ?ei me? tous podas nipsasthai, all' estin katharos holos· kai humeis katharoi este, all' ouchi pantes. edei gar ton paradidonta auton· dia touto eipen ?hoti Ouchi pantes katharoi este. Hote oun enipsen tous podas auton ?kai elaben ta himatia autou ?kai anepesen?, palin eipen autois· Ginoskete ti pepoieka humin; humeis phoneite me Ho didaskalos kai Ho kurios, kai kalos legete, eimi gar. ei oun ego enipsa humon tous podas ho kurios kai ho didaskalos, kai humeis opheilete allelon niptein tous podas· hupodeigma gar edoka humin hina kathos ego epoiesa humin kai humeis poiete. amen amen lego humin, ouk estin doulos meizon tou kuriou autou oude apostolos meizon tou pempsantos auton. ei tauta oidate, makarioi este ean poiete auta. ou peri panton humon lego· ego oida ?tinas exelexamen· all' hina he graphe plerothe· Ho trogon ?mou ton arton eperen ep' eme ten pternan autou. ap' arti lego humin pro tou genesthai, hina ?pisteusete hotan genetai? hoti ego eimi. amen amen lego humin, ho lambanon ?an tina pempso eme lambanei, ho de eme lambanon lambanei ton pempsanta me. Tauta eipon ?ho Iesous etarachthe to pneumati kai emarturesen kai eipen· Amen amen lego humin hoti heis ex humon paradosei me. ?eblepon eis allelous hoi mathetai aporoumenoi peri tinos legei. ?en anakeimenos heis ?ek ton matheton autou en to kolpo tou Iesou, hon egapa ho Iesous· neuei oun touto Simon Petros ?puthesthai tis an eie? peri hou legei. ?anapeson ekeinos houtos epi to stethos tou Iesou legei auto· Kurie, tis estin; ?apokrinetai ho Iesous· Ekeinos estin ho ego ?bapso to psomion ?kai doso auto?· ?bapsas oun? to ?psomion didosin Iouda Simonos ?Iskariotou. kai meta to psomion tote eiselthen eis ekeinon ho Satanas. legei oun auto ?ho Iesous· Ho poieis poieson tachion. touto de oudeis egno ton anakeimenon pros ti eipen auto· tines gar edokoun, epei to glossokomon ?eichen Ioudas, hoti legei auto ?ho Iesous· Agorason hon chreian echomen eis ten heorten, e tois ptochois hina ti do. labon oun to psomion ekeinos ?exelthen euthus?. en de nux. Hote ?oun exelthen ?legei Iesous· Nun edoxasthe ho huios tou anthropou, kai ho theos edoxasthe en auto· ?ei ho theos edoxasthe en auto,? kai ho theos doxasei auton en ?hauto, kai euthus doxasei auton. teknia, eti mikron meth' humon eimi· zetesete me, kai kathos eipon tois Ioudaiois hoti Hopou ?ego hupago? humeis ou dunasthe elthein, kai humin lego arti. entolen kainen didomi humin hina agapate allelous, kathos egapesa humas hina kai humeis agapate allelous. en touto gnosontai pantes hoti emoi mathetai este, ean agapen echete en allelois. Legei auto Simon Petros· Kurie, pou hupageis; ?apekrithe Iesous· Hopou hupago ou dunasai moi nun akolouthesai, ?akoloutheseis de husteron?. legei auto ?ho Petros· Kurie, dia ti ou dunamai soi ?akolouthesai arti; ten psuchen mou huper sou theso. ?apokrinetai Iesous· Ten psuchen sou huper emou theseis; amen amen lego soi, ou me alektor phonese heos hou ?arnese me tris. __________________________________________________________________ Me tarassestho humon he kardia· pisteuete eis ton theon, kai eis eme pisteuete. en te oikia tou patros mou monai pollai eisin· ei de me, eipon an humin ?hoti poreuomai hetoimasai topon humin· kai ean poreutho ?kai hetoimaso ?topon humin?, palin erchomai kai paralempsomai humas pros emauton, hina hopou eimi ego kai humeis ete. kai hopou ego hupago oidate ?ten hodon?. legei auto Thomas· Kurie, ouk oidamen pou hupageis· ?pos ?dunametha ten hodon eidenai?; legei auto ?ho Iesous· Ego eimi he hodos kai he aletheia kai he zoe· oudeis erchetai pros ton patera ei me di' emou. ei ?egnokeite me, kai ton patera mou ?an edeite?· ?ap' arti ginoskete auton kai heorakate ?auton. Legei auto Philippos· Kurie, deixon hemin ton patera, kai arkei hemin. legei auto ho Iesous· ?Tosouto chrono? meth' humon eimi kai ouk egnokas me, Philippe; ho heorakos eme heoraken ton patera· ?pos su legeis· Deixon hemin ton patera; ou pisteueis hoti ego en to patri kai ho pater en emoi estin; ta rhemata ha ego ?lego humin ap' emautou ou lalo, ho de ?pater en emoi ?menon poiei ta erga ?autou. pisteuete moi hoti ego en to patri kai ho pater en emoi· ei de me, dia ta erga auta ?pisteuete. amen amen lego humin, ho pisteuon eis eme ta erga ha ego poio kakeinos poiesei, kai meizona touton poiesei, hoti ego pros ton ?patera poreuomai· kai ho ti an aitesete en to onomati mou touto poieso, hina doxasthe ho pater en to huio· ean ti aitesete ?me en to onomati mou ?ego poieso. Ean agapate me, tas entolas tas emas ?teresete· kago eroteso ton patera kai allon parakleton dosei humin hina ?e meth' humon eis ton ?aiona, to pneuma tes aletheias, ho ho kosmos ou dunatai labein, hoti ou theorei auto oude ?ginoskei· ?humeis ginoskete auto, hoti par' humin menei kai en humin ?estai. Ouk apheso humas orphanous, erchomai pros humas. eti mikron kai ho kosmos me ouketi theorei, humeis de theoreite me, hoti ego zo kai humeis ?zesete. en ekeine te hemera ?gnosesthe humeis? hoti ego en to patri mou kai humeis en emoi kago en humin. ho echon tas entolas mou kai teron autas ekeinos estin ho agapon me· ho de agapon me agapethesetai hupo tou patros mou, kago agapeso auton kai emphaniso auto emauton. legei auto Ioudas, ouch ho Iskariotes· Kurie, ?ti gegonen hoti hemin melleis emphanizein seauton kai ouchi to kosmo; apekrithe Iesous kai eipen auto· Ean tis agapa me ton logon mou teresei, kai ho pater mou agapesei auton, kai pros auton eleusometha kai monen par' auto ?poiesometha. ho me agapon me tous logous mou ou terei· kai ho logos hon akouete ouk estin emos alla tou pempsantos me patros. Tauta lelaleka humin par' humin menon· ho de parakletos, to pneuma to hagion ho pempsei ho pater en to onomati mou, ekeinos humas didaxei panta kai hupomnesei humas panta ha eipon ?humin. eirenen aphiemi humin, eirenen ten emen didomi humin· ou kathos ho kosmos didosin ego didomi humin. me tarassestho humon he kardia mede deiliato. ekousate hoti ego eipon humin· Hupago kai erchomai pros humas. ei egapate me echarete an, ?hoti poreuomai pros ton patera, hoti ho ?pater meizon mou estin. kai nun eireka humin prin genesthai, hina hotan genetai pisteusete. ouketi polla laleso meth' humon, erchetai gar ho tou kosmou archon· kai en emoi ouk echei ouden, all' hina gno ho kosmos hoti agapo ton patera, kai kathos ?eneteilato moi ho pater houtos poio. Egeiresthe, agomen enteuthen. __________________________________________________________________ Ego eimi he ampelos he alethine, kai ho pater mou ho georgos estin· pan klema en emoi me pheron karpon airei auto, kai pan to karpon pheron kathairei auto hina ?karpon pleiona? phere. ede humeis katharoi este dia ton logon hon lelaleka humin· meinate en emoi, kago en humin. kathos to klema ou dunatai karpon pherein aph' heautou ean me ?mene en te ampelo, houtos oude humeis ean me en emoi ?menete. ego eimi he ampelos, humeis ta klemata. ho menon en emoi kago en auto houtos pherei karpon polun, hoti choris emou ou dunasthe poiein ouden. ean me tis ?mene en emoi, eblethe exo hos to klema kai exeranthe, kai sunagousin auta kai eis to pur ballousin kai kaietai. ean meinete en emoi kai ta rhemata mou en humin meine, ho ean thelete ?aitesasthe kai genesetai humin· en touto edoxasthe ho pater mou hina karpon polun pherete kai ?genesthe emoi mathetai. kathos egapesen me ho pater, kago ?humas egapesa?, meinate en te agape te eme. ean tas entolas mou teresete, meneite en te agape mou, kathos ego ?tas entolas tou patros mou? tetereka kai meno autou en te agape. tauta lelaleka humin hina he chara he eme en humin ?e kai he chara humon plerothe. Haute estin he entole he eme hina agapate allelous kathos egapesa humas· meizona tautes agapen oudeis echei, hina tis ten psuchen autou the huper ton philon autou. humeis philoi mou este ean poiete ?ha ego entellomai humin. ouketi ?lego humas? doulous, hoti ho doulos ouk oiden ti poiei autou ho kurios· humas de eireka philous, hoti panta ha ekousa para tou patros mou egnorisa humin. ouch humeis me exelexasthe, all' ego exelexamen humas, kai etheka humas hina humeis hupagete kai karpon pherete kai ho karpos humon mene, hina ho ti an aitesete ton patera en to onomati mou do humin. tauta entellomai humin hina agapate allelous. Ei ho kosmos humas misei, ginoskete hoti eme proton ?humon memiseken. ei ek tou kosmou ete, ho kosmos an to idion ephilei· hoti de ek tou kosmou ouk este, all' ego exelexamen humas ek tou kosmou, dia touto misei humas ho kosmos. mnemoneuete tou logou hou ego eipon humin· Ouk estin doulos meizon tou kuriou autou· ei eme edioxan, kai humas dioxousin· ei ton logon mou eteresan, kai ton humeteron teresousin. alla tauta panta poiesousin ?eis humas? dia to onoma mou, hoti ouk oidasin ton pempsanta me. ei me elthon kai elalesa autois, hamartian ouk ?eichosan· nun de prophasin ouk echousin peri tes hamartias auton. ho eme mison kai ton patera mou misei. ei ta erga me epoiesa en autois ha oudeis allos ?epoiesen, hamartian ouk ?eichosan· nun de kai heorakasin kai memisekasin kai eme kai ton patera mou. all' hina plerothe ho logos ho ?en to nomo auton gegrammenos? hoti Emisesan me dorean. ?Hotan elthe ho parakletos hon ego pempso humin para tou patros, to pneuma tes aletheias ho para tou patros ekporeuetai, ekeinos marturesei peri emou· kai humeis de martureite, hoti ap' arches met' emou este. __________________________________________________________________ Tauta lelaleka humin hina me skandalisthete. aposunagogous poiesousin humas· all' erchetai hora hina pas ho apokteinas humas doxe latreian prospherein to theo. kai tauta poiesousin hoti ouk egnosan ton patera oude eme. alla tauta lelaleka humin hina hotan elthe he hora ?auton mnemoneuete ?auton hoti ego eipon humin. Tauta de humin ex arches ouk eipon, hoti meth' humon emen. nun de hupago pros ton pempsanta me kai oudeis ex humon erota me· Pou hupageis; all' hoti tauta lelaleka humin he lupe pepleroken humon ten kardian. all' ego ten aletheian lego humin, sumpherei humin hina ego apeltho. ean ?gar me apeltho, ho parakletos ?ou me elthe? pros humas· ean de poreutho, pempso auton pros humas. kai elthon ekeinos elenxei ton kosmon peri hamartias kai peri dikaiosunes kai peri kriseos· peri hamartias men, hoti ou pisteuousin eis eme· peri dikaiosunes de, hoti pros ton ?patera hupago kai ouketi theoreite me· peri de kriseos, hoti ho archon tou kosmou toutou kekritai. Eti polla echo ?humin legein?, all' ou dunasthe bastazein arti· hotan de elthe ekeinos, to pneuma tes aletheias, hodegesei humas ?en te aletheia pase?, ou gar lalesei aph' heautou, all' hosa ?akousei lalesei, kai ta erchomena anangelei humin. ekeinos eme doxasei, hoti ek tou emou lempsetai kai anangelei humin. panta hosa echei ho pater ema estin· dia touto eipon hoti ek tou emou lambanei kai anangelei humin. Mikron kai ?ouketi theoreite me, kai palin mikron kai opsesthe ?me. eipan oun ek ton matheton autou pros allelous· Ti estin touto ho legei hemin· Mikron kai ou theoreite me, kai palin mikron kai opsesthe me; kai· ?Hoti hupago pros ton patera; elegon oun· ?Ti estin touto? ho ?legei mikron; ouk oidamen ti lalei. ?egno Iesous hoti ethelon auton erotan, kai eipen autois· Peri toutou zeteite met' allelon hoti eipon· Mikron kai ou theoreite me, kai palin mikron kai opsesthe me; amen amen lego humin hoti klausete kai threnesete humeis, ho de kosmos charesetai· ?humeis lupethesesthe, all' he lupe humon eis charan genesetai. he gune hotan tikte lupen echei, hoti elthen he hora autes· hotan de gennese to paidion, ouketi mnemoneuei tes thlipseos dia ten charan hoti egennethe anthropos eis ton kosmon. kai humeis oun ?nun men lupen? echete· palin de opsomai humas, kai charesetai humon he kardia, kai ten charan humon oudeis ?airei aph' humon. kai en ekeine te hemera eme ouk erotesete ouden· amen amen lego humin, ?an ti? aitesete ton patera ?dosei humin en to onomati mou?. heos arti ouk etesate ouden en to onomati mou· aiteite kai lempsesthe, hina he chara humon e pepleromene. Tauta en paroimiais lelaleka humin· ?erchetai hora hote ouketi en paroimiais laleso humin alla parresia peri tou patros ?apangelo humin. en ekeine te hemera en to onomati mou aitesesthe, kai ou lego humin hoti ego eroteso ton patera peri humon· autos gar ho pater philei humas, hoti humeis eme pephilekate kai pepisteukate hoti ego para tou ?theou exelthon. exelthon ?ek tou patros kai elelutha eis ton kosmon· palin aphiemi ton kosmon kai poreuomai pros ton patera. ?Legousin hoi mathetai autou· Ide nun ?en parresia laleis, kai paroimian oudemian legeis. nun oidamen hoti oidas panta kai ou chreian echeis hina tis se erota· en touto pisteuomen hoti apo theou exelthes. apekrithe ?autois Iesous· Arti pisteuete; idou erchetai hora ?kai eleluthen hina skorpisthete hekastos eis ta idia kame monon aphete· kai ouk eimi monos, hoti ho pater met' emou estin. tauta lelaleka humin hina en emoi eirenen echete· en to kosmo thlipsin echete, alla tharseite, ego nenikeka ton kosmon. __________________________________________________________________ Tauta ?elalesen Iesous, kai ?eparas tous ophthalmous autou eis ton ouranon eipen?· Pater, eleluthen he hora· doxason sou ton huion, ?hina ho ?huios doxase se, kathos edokas auto exousian pases sarkos, hina pan ho dedokas auto ?dose autois zoen aionion. haute de estin he aionios zoe hina ginoskosi se ton monon alethinon theon kai hon apesteilas Iesoun Christon. ego se edoxasa epi tes ges, to ergon ?teleiosas ho dedokas moi hina poieso· kai nun doxason me su, pater, para seauto te doxe he eichon pro tou ton kosmon einai para soi. Ephanerosa sou to onoma tois anthropois ohus ?edokas moi ek tou kosmou. soi esan kamoi autous ?edokas, kai ton logon sou teterekan. nun egnokan hoti panta hosa ?dedokas moi para sou ?eisin· hoti ta rhemata ha ?edokas moi dedoka autois, kai autoi elabon kai egnosan alethos hoti para sou exelthon, kai episteusan hoti su me apesteilas. ego peri auton eroto· ou peri tou kosmou eroto alla peri hon dedokas moi, hoti soi eisin, kai ta ema panta sa estin kai ta sa ema, kai dedoxasmai en autois. kai ouketi eimi en to kosmo, kai ?autoi en to kosmo eisin, kago pros se erchomai. pater hagie, tereson autous en to onomati sou ho dedokas moi, hina osin hen ?kathos hemeis. hote emen met' ?auton ego eteroun autous en to onomati sou ?ho dedokas moi, ?kai ephulaxa, kai oudeis ex auton apoleto ei me ho huios tes apoleias, hina he graphe plerothe. nun de pros se erchomai, kai tauta lalo en to kosmo hina echosin ten charan ten emen pepleromenen en ?heautois. ego dedoka autois ton logon sou, kai ho kosmos emisesen autous, hoti ouk eisin ek tou kosmou kathos ego ouk eimi ek tou kosmou. ouk eroto hina ares autous ek tou kosmou all' hina tereses autous ek tou ponerou. ek tou kosmou ouk eisin kathos ego ?ouk eimi ek tou kosmou?. hagiason autous en te ?aletheia· ho logos ho sos aletheia estin. kathos eme apesteilas eis ton kosmon, kago apesteila autous eis ton kosmon· kai huper auton ego hagiazo emauton, hina ?osin kai autoi? hegiasmenoi en aletheia. Ou peri touton de eroto monon, alla kai peri ton pisteuonton dia tou logou auton eis eme, hina pantes hen osin, kathos su, ?pater, en emoi kago en soi, hina kai autoi en ?hemin osin, hina ho kosmos ?pisteue hoti su me apesteilas. kago ten doxan hen dedokas moi dedoka autois, hina osin hen kathos hemeis ?hen, ego en autois kai su en emoi, hina osin teteleiomenoi eis hen, ?hina ginoske ho kosmos hoti su me apesteilas kai egapesas autous kathos eme egapesas. ?pater, ?ho dedokas moi, thelo hina hopou eimi ego kakeinoi osin met' emou, hina theorosin ten doxan ten emen hen ?dedokas moi, hoti egapesas me pro kataboles kosmou. ?Pater dikaie, kai ho kosmos se ouk egno, ego de se egnon, kai houtoi egnosan hoti su me apesteilas, kai egnorisa autois to onoma sou kai gnoriso, hina he agape hen egapesas me en autois e kago en autois. __________________________________________________________________ Tauta ?eipon Iesous exelthen sun tois mathetais autou peran tou cheimarrou ?tou Kedron hopou en kepos, eis hon eiselthen autos kai hoi mathetai autou. edei de kai Ioudas ho paradidous auton ton topon, hoti pollakis ?sunechthe Iesous ekei meta ton matheton autou. ho oun Ioudas labon ten speiran kai ek ton archiereon kai ?ek ton? Pharisaion huperetas erchetai ekei meta phanon kai lampadon kai hoplon. Iesous ?oun eidos panta ta erchomena ep' auton ?exelthen, kai legei? autois· Tina zeteite; apekrithesan auto· Iesoun ton Nazoraion. legei ?autois· Ego eimi. heistekei de kai Ioudas ho paradidous auton met' auton. hos oun eipen ?autois· Ego eimi, apelthon eis ta opiso kai epesan chamai. palin oun ?eperotesen autous?· Tina zeteite; hoi de eipan· Iesoun ton Nazoraion. apekrithe Iesous· Eipon humin hoti ego eimi· ei oun eme zeteite, aphete toutous hupagein· hina plerothe ho logos hon eipen hoti Ohus dedokas moi ouk apolesa ex auton oudena. Simon oun Petros echon machairan heilkusen auten kai epaisen ton tou archiereos doulon kai apekopsen autou to ?otarion to dexion. en de onoma to doulo Malchos. eipen oun ho Iesous to Petro· Bale ten ?machairan eis ten theken· to poterion ho dedoken moi ho pater ou me pio auto; He oun speira kai ho chiliarchos kai hoi huperetai ton Ioudaion sunelabon ton Iesoun kai edesan auton kai ?egagon pros Hannan proton· en gar pentheros tou Kaiapha, hos en archiereus tou eniautou ekeinou· en de Kaiaphas ho sumbouleusas tois Ioudaiois hoti sumpherei hena anthropon ?apothanein huper tou laou. Ekolouthei de to Iesou Simon Petros ?kai allos mathetes. ho de mathetes ekeinos en gnostos to archierei kai suneiselthen to Iesou eis ten aulen tou archiereos, ho de Petros heistekei pros te thura exo. exelthen oun ho mathetes ho allos ?ho gnostos ?tou archiereos? kai eipen te thuroro kai eisegagen ton Petron. legei oun ?to Petro he paidiske he thuroros?· Me kai su ek ton matheton ei tou anthropou toutou; legei ekeinos· Ouk eimi. heistekeisan de hoi douloi kai hoi huperetai anthrakian pepoiekotes, hoti psuchos en, kai ethermainonto· en de ?kai ho Petros met' auton? hestos kai thermainomenos. Ho oun archiereus erotesen ton Iesoun peri ton matheton autou kai peri tes didaches autou. apekrithe ?auto Iesous· Ego parresia ?lelaleka to kosmo· ego pantote edidaxa en sunagoge kai en to hiero, hopou ?pantes hoi Ioudaioi sunerchontai, kai en krupto elalesa ouden· ti me ?erotas; eroteson? tous akekootas ti elalesa autois· ide houtoi oidasin ha eipon ego. tauta de autou eipontos heis ?parestekos ton hupereton? edoken rhapisma to Iesou eipon· Houtos apokrine to archierei; apekrithe ?auto Iesous· Ei kakos elalesa, martureson peri tou kakou· ei de kalos, ti me dereis; apesteilen ?oun auton ho Hannas dedemenon pros Kaiaphan ton archierea. En de Simon Petros hestos kai thermainomenos. eipon oun auto· Me kai su ek ton matheton autou ei; ?ernesato ekeinos kai eipen· Ouk eimi. legei heis ek ton doulon tou archiereos, sungenes on hou apekopsen Petros to otion· Ouk ego se eidon en to kepo met' autou; palin oun ?ernesato Petros· kai eutheos alektor ephonesen. Agousin oun ton Iesoun apo tou Kaiapha eis to praitorion· en de proi· kai autoi ouk eiselthon eis to praitorion, hina me mianthosin ?alla phagosin to pascha. exelthen oun ho Pilatos ?exo pros autous kai ?phesin· Tina kategorian pherete ?kata tou anthropou toutou; apekrithesan kai eipan auto· Ei me en houtos ?kakon poion?, ouk an soi paredokamen auton. eipen oun autois ?ho Pilatos· Labete auton humeis, kai kata ton nomon humon krinate auton. ?eipon auto hoi Ioudaioi· Hemin ouk exestin apokteinai oudena· hina ho logos tou Iesou plerothe hon eipen semainon poio thanato emellen apothneskein. Eiselthen oun ?palin eis to praitorion? ho Pilatos kai ephonesen ton Iesoun kai eipen auto· Su ei ho basileus ton Ioudaion; ?apekrithe Iesous· ?Apo seautou? su touto legeis e alloi ?eipon soi? peri emou; apekrithe ho Pilatos· Meti ego Ioudaios eimi; to ethnos to son kai hoi archiereis paredokan se emoi· ti epoiesas; apekrithe Iesous· He basileia he eme ouk estin ek tou kosmou toutou· ei ek tou kosmou toutou en he basileia he eme, hoi huperetai ?hoi emoi egonizonto an?, hina me paradotho tois Ioudaiois· nun de he basileia he eme ouk estin enteuthen. eipen oun auto ho Pilatos· Oukoun basileus ei su; apekrithe ?ho Iesous· Su legeis hoti basileus ?eimi. ego eis touto gegennemai kai eis touto elelutha eis ton kosmon hina martureso te aletheia· pas ho on ek tes aletheias akouei mou tes phones. legei auto ho Pilatos· Ti estin aletheia; Kai touto eipon palin exelthen pros tous Ioudaious, kai legei autois· Ego oudemian ?heurisko en auto aitian?· estin de sunetheia humin hina hena ?apoluso humin? en to pascha· boulesthe oun ?apoluso humin? ton basilea ton Ioudaion; ekraugasan oun ?palin legontes· Me touton alla ton Barabban. en de ho Barabbas lestes. __________________________________________________________________ Tote oun elaben ho Pilatos ton Iesoun kai emastigosen. kai hoi stratiotai plexantes stephanon ex akanthon epethekan autou te kephale, kai himation porphuroun periebalon auton, kai ?erchonto pros auton kai? elegon· Chaire, ho basileus ton Ioudaion· kai edidosan auto rhapismata. ?kai exelthen? palin exo ho Pilatos kai legei autois· Ide ago humin auton exo, hina gnote hoti ?oudemian aitian heurisko en auto?. exelthen oun ho Iesous exo, phoron ton akanthinon stephanon kai to porphuroun himation. kai legei autois· ?Idou ho anthropos. hote oun eidon auton hoi archiereis kai hoi huperetai ekraugasan legontes· Stauroson ?stauroson. legei autois ho Pilatos· Labete auton humeis kai staurosate, ego gar ouch heurisko en auto aitian. apekrithesan auto hoi Ioudaioi· Hemeis nomon echomen, kai kata ton ?nomon opheilei apothanein, hoti ?huion theou heauton? epoiesen. Hote oun ekousen ho Pilatos touton ton logon, mallon ephobethe, kai eiselthen eis to praitorion palin kai legei to Iesou· Pothen ei su; ho de Iesous apokrisin ouk edoken auto. legei oun auto ho Pilatos· Emoi ou laleis; ouk oidas hoti exousian echo ?apolusai se kai exousian echo staurosai? se; apekrithe ?auto Iesous· Ouk eiches exousian ?kat' emou oudemian? ei me en ?dedomenon soi? anothen· dia touto ho ?paradous me soi meizona hamartian echei. ek toutou ?ho Pilatos ezetei? apolusai auton· hoi de Ioudaioi ?ekraugasan legontes· Ean touton apoluses, ouk ei philos tou Kaisaros· pas ho basilea heauton poion antilegei to Kaisari. Ho oun Pilatos akousas ?ton logon touton? egagen exo ton Iesoun, kai ekathisen ?epi bematos eis topon legomenon Lithostroton, Hebraisti de Gabbatha. en de paraskeue tou pascha, hora ?en hos? hekte. kai legei tois Ioudaiois· Ide ho basileus humon. ?ekraugasan oun ekeinoi?· Aron aron, stauroson auton. legei autois ho Pilatos· Ton basilea humon stauroso; apekrithesan hoi archiereis· Ouk echomen basilea ei me Kaisara. tote oun paredoken auton autois hina staurothe. Parelabon ?oun ton ?Iesoun· kai bastazon ?hauto ton stauron? exelthen eis ?ton legomenon Kraniou Topon, ?ho legetai Hebraisti Golgotha, hopou auton estaurosan, kai met' autou allous duo enteuthen kai enteuthen, meson de ton Iesoun. egrapsen de kai titlon ho Pilatos kai etheken epi tou staurou· en de gegrammenon· Iesous ho Nazoraios ho basileus ton Ioudaion. touton oun ton titlon polloi anegnosan ton Ioudaion, hoti engus en ho topos tes poleos hopou estaurothe ho Iesous· kai en gegrammenon Hebraisti, ?Rhomaisti, Hellenisti?. elegon oun to Pilato hoi archiereis ton Ioudaion· Me graphe· Ho basileus ton Ioudaion, all' hoti ekeinos eipen Basileus ?ton Ioudaion eimi?. apekrithe ho Pilatos· Ho gegrapha gegrapha. hoi oun stratiotai hote estaurosan ton Iesoun elabon ta himatia autou kai epoiesan tessara mere, hekasto stratiote meros, kai ton chitona. en de ho chiton araphos, ek ton anothen huphantos di' holou· eipan oun pros allelous· Me schisomen auton, alla lachomen peri autou tinos estai· hina he graphe plerothe ?he legousa?· Diemerisanto ta himatia mou heautois kai epi ton himatismon mou ebalon kleron. Hoi men oun stratiotai tauta epoiesan. Heistekeisan de para to stauro tou Iesou he meter autou kai he adelphe tes metros autou, Maria he tou Klopa kai Maria he Magdalene. Iesous oun idon ten metera kai ton matheten parestota hon egapa legei te ?metri· Gunai, ?ide ho huios sou· eita legei to mathete· ?Ide he meter sou. kai ap' ekeines tes horas elaben ho mathetes auten eis ta idia. Meta touto ?eidos ho Iesous hoti ?ede panta? tetelestai hina teleiothe he graphe legei· Dipso. ?skeuos ekeito oxous meston· ?spongon oun meston tou? oxous ?hussopo perithentes prosenenkan autou to stomati. hote oun elaben to oxos ho Iesous eipen· Tetelestai, kai klinas ten kephalen paredoken to pneuma. Hoi oun Ioudaioi, ?epei paraskeue en, hina me meine epi tou staurou ta somata en to sabbato?, en gar megale he hemera ekeinou tou sabbatou, erotesan ton Pilaton hina kateagosin auton ta skele kai arthosin. elthon oun hoi stratiotai, kai tou men protou kateaxan ta skele kai tou allou tou sustaurothentos auto· epi de ton Iesoun elthontes, hos eidon ?ede auton? tethnekota, ou kateaxan autou ta skele, all' heis ton stratioton lonche autou ten pleuran enuxen, kai ?exelthen euthus? haima kai hudor. kai ho heorakos memartureken, kai alethine ?autou estin? he marturia, kai ekeinos oiden hoti alethe legei, hina ?kai humeis ?pisteuete. egeneto gar tauta hina he graphe plerothe· Ostoun ou suntribesetai ?autou. kai palin hetera graphe legei· Opsontai eis hon exekentesan. Meta ?de tauta erotesen ton Pilaton Ioseph ?apo Harimathaias, on mathetes tou Iesou kekrummenos de dia ton phobon ton Ioudaion, hina are to soma tou Iesou· kai epetrepsen ho Pilatos. elthen oun kai eren to soma ?autou. elthen de kai Nikodemos, ho elthon pros ?auton nuktos to proton, pheron ?migma smurnes kai aloes hos litras hekaton. elabon oun to soma tou Iesou kai edesan ?auto othoniois meta ton aromaton, kathos ethos estin tois Ioudaiois entaphiazein. en de en to topo hopou estaurothe kepos, kai en to kepo mnemeion kainon, en ho oudepo oudeis ?en tetheimenos?· ekei oun dia ten paraskeuen ton Ioudaion, hoti engus en to mnemeion, ethekan ton Iesoun. __________________________________________________________________ Te de mia ton sabbaton Maria he Magdalene erchetai proi skotias eti ouses eis to mnemeion, kai blepei ton lithon ermenon ek tou mnemeiou. trechei oun kai erchetai pros Simona Petron kai pros ton allon matheten hon ephilei ho Iesous, kai legei autois· Eran ton kurion ek tou mnemeiou, kai ouk oidamen pou ethekan auton. exelthen oun ho Petros kai ho allos mathetes, kai erchonto eis to mnemeion. etrechon de hoi duo homou· kai ho allos mathetes proedramen tachion tou Petrou kai elthen protos eis to mnemeion, kai parakupsas blepei keimena ta othonia, ou mentoi eiselthen. erchetai oun ?kai Simon Petros akolouthon auto, kai eiselthen eis to mnemeion· kai theorei ta othonia keimena, kai to soudarion, ho en epi tes kephales autou, ou meta ton othonion keimenon alla choris entetuligmenon eis hena topon· tote oun eiselthen kai ho allos mathetes ho elthon protos eis to mnemeion, kai eiden kai episteusen· oudepo gar edeisan ten graphen hoti dei auton ek nekron anastenai. apelthon oun palin pros ?hautous hoi mathetai. Maria de heistekei pros ?to mnemeio exo klaiousa?. hos oun eklaien parekupsen eis to mnemeion, kai theorei duo angelous en leukois kathezomenous, hena pros te kephale kai hena pros tois posin, hopou ekeito to soma tou Iesou. kai legousin aute ekeinoi· Gunai, ti klaieis; legei autois hoti Eran ton kurion mou, kai ouk oida pou ethekan auton. ?tauta eipousa estraphe eis ta opiso, kai theorei ton Iesoun hestota, kai ouk edei hoti Iesous estin. legei ?aute Iesous· Gunai, ti klaieis; tina zeteis; ekeine dokousa hoti ho kepouros estin legei auto· Kurie, ei su ebastasas auton, eipe moi pou ethekas auton, kago auton aro. legei ?aute Iesous· ?Mariam. strapheisa ekeine legei auto ?Hebraisti· Rabbouni (ho legetai Didaskale). legei ?aute Iesous· Me mou haptou, oupo gar anabebeka pros ton ?patera· poreuou de pros tous adelphous mou kai eipe autois· Anabaino pros ton patera mou kai patera humon kai theon mou kai theon humon. erchetai ?Mariam he Magdalene ?angellousa tois mathetais hoti ?Heoraka ton kurion kai tauta eipen aute. Ouses oun opsias te hemera ekeine te ?mia sabbaton, kai ton thuron kekleismenon hopou esan hoi ?mathetai dia ton phobon ton Ioudaion, elthen ho Iesous kai este eis to meson, kai legei autois· Eirene humin. kai touto eipon ?edeixen tas cheiras kai ten pleuran ?autois. echaresan oun hoi mathetai idontes ton kurion. eipen oun autois ?ho Iesous? palin· Eirene humin· kathos apestalken me ho pater, kago pempo humas. kai touto eipon enephusesen kai legei autois· Labete pneuma hagion· an tinon aphete tas hamartias ?apheontai autois· an tinon kratete kekratentai. Thomas de heis ek ton dodeka, ho legomenos Didumos, ouk en met' auton hote ?elthen Iesous. elegon oun auto hoi alloi mathetai· Heorakamen ton kurion. ho de eipen autois· Ean me ido en tais chersin autou ton tupon ton helon kai balo ton daktulon mou eis ton tupon ton helon kai balo ?mou ten cheira? eis ten pleuran autou, ou me pisteuso. Kai meth' hemeras okto palin esan eso hoi mathetai autou kai Thomas met' auton. erchetai ho Iesous ton thuron kekleismenon, kai este eis to meson kai eipen· Eirene humin. eita legei to Thoma· Phere ton daktulon sou hode kai ide tas cheiras mou, kai phere ten cheira sou kai bale eis ten pleuran mou, kai me ginou apistos alla pistos. ?apekrithe Thomas kai eipen auto· Ho kurios mou kai ho theos mou. legei auto ho Iesous· Hoti heorakas me pepisteukas; makarioi hoi me idontes kai pisteusantes. Polla men oun kai alla semeia epoiesen ho Iesous enopion ton ?matheton, ha ouk estin gegrammena en to biblio touto· tauta de gegraptai hina ?pisteuete hoti Iesous estin ho christos ho huios tou theou, kai hina pisteuontes zoen echete en to onomati autou. __________________________________________________________________ Meta tauta ephanerosen heauton palin ?ho Iesous tois mathetais epi tes thalasses tes Tiberiados· ephanerosen de houtos. esan homou Simon Petros kai Thomas ho legomenos Didumos kai Nathanael ho apo Kana tes Galilaias kai hoi tou Zebedaiou kai alloi ek ton matheton autou duo. legei autois Simon Petros· Hupago halieuein· legousin auto· Erchometha kai hemeis sun soi. exelthon kai enebesan eis to ?ploion, kai en ekeine te nukti epiasan ouden. Proias de ede ?genomenes ?este Iesous eis ton aigialon· ou mentoi edeisan hoi mathetai hoti Iesous estin. legei oun autois ?ho Iesous· Paidia, me ti prosphagion echete; apekrithesan auto· Ou. ho de eipen autois· Balete eis ta dexia mere tou ploiou to diktuon, kai heuresete. ebalon oun, kai ouketi auto helkusai ?ischuon apo tou plethous ton ichthuon. legei oun ho mathetes ekeinos hon egapa ho Iesous to Petro· Ho kurios estin. Simon oun Petros, akousas hoti ho kurios estin, ton ependuten diezosato, en gar gumnos, kai ebalen heauton eis ten thalassan· hoi de alloi mathetai to ploiario elthon, ou gar esan makran apo tes ges alla hos apo pechon diakosion, surontes to diktuon ton ichthuon. Hos oun apebesan eis ten gen blepousin anthrakian keimenen kai opsarion epikeimenon kai arton. legei autois ho Iesous· Enenkate apo ton opsarion hon epiasate nun. anebe ?oun Simon Petros kai heilkusen to diktuon ?eis ten gen? meston ichthuon megalon hekaton pentekonta trion· kai tosouton onton ouk eschisthe to diktuon. legei autois ho Iesous· Deute aristesate. oudeis ?de etolma ton matheton exetasai auton· Su tis ei; eidotes hoti ho kurios estin. ?erchetai ?ho Iesous kai lambanei ton arton kai didosin autois, kai to opsarion homoios. touto ede triton ephanerothe ?ho Iesous tois ?mathetais egertheis ek nekron. Hote oun eristesan legei to Simoni Petro ho Iesous· Simon ?Ioannou, agapas me pleon touton; legei auto· Nai, kurie, su oidas hoti philo se. legei auto· Boske ta arnia mou. legei auto palin deuteron· Simon ?Ioannou, agapas me; legei auto· Nai, kurie, su oidas hoti philo se. legei auto· Poimaine ta probata mou. legei auto to triton· Simon ?Ioannou, phileis me; elupethe ho Petros hoti eipen auto to triton· Phileis me; kai ?eipen auto· Kurie, ?panta su? oidas, su ginoskeis hoti philo se. legei auto ?ho Iesous· Boske ta ?probata mou. amen amen lego soi, hote es neoteros, ezonnues seauton kai periepateis hopou etheles· hotan de gerases, ekteneis tas cheiras sou, kai allos ?se zosei? kai oisei hopou ou theleis. touto de eipen semainon poio thanato doxasei ton theon. kai touto eipon legei auto· Akolouthei moi. ?Epistrapheis ho Petros blepei ton matheten hon egapa ho Iesous akolouthounta, hos kai anepesen en to deipno epi to stethos autou kai eipen· Kurie, tis estin ho paradidous se; touton ?oun idon ho Petros legei to Iesou· Kurie, houtos de ti; legei auto ho Iesous· Ean auton thelo menein heos erchomai, ti pros se; su ?moi akolouthei?. exelthen oun ?houtos ho logos? eis tous adelphous hoti ho mathetes ekeinos ouk apothneskei. ?ouk eipen de? auto ho Iesous hoti ouk apothneskei all'· Ean auton thelo menein heos erchomai, ti pros se; Houtos estin ho mathetes ho marturon peri touton kai ?ho grapsas tauta, kai oidamen hoti alethes ?autou he marturia estin?. estin de kai alla polla ?ha epoiesen ho Iesous, hatina ean graphetai kath' hen, oud' auton oimai ton kosmon ?choresein ta graphomena ?biblia. __________________________________________________________________ PRAXEIS APOSTOLON __________________________________________________________________ Ton men proton logon epoiesamen peri panton, o Theophile, hon erxato ?ho Iesous poiein te kai didaskein achri hes hemeras enteilamenos tois apostolois dia pneumatos hagiou ohus exelexato anelemphthe· hois kai parestesen heauton zonta meta to pathein auton en pollois tekmeriois, di' hemeron tesserakonta optanomenos autois kai legon ta peri tes basileias tou theou· kai sunalizomenos parengeilen autois apo Hierosolumon me chorizesthai, alla perimenein ten epangelian tou patros hen ekousate mou· hoti Ioannes men ebaptisen hudati, humeis de ?en pneumati baptisthesesthe? hagio ou meta pollas tautas hemeras. Hoi men oun sunelthontes ?eroton auton legontes· Kurie, ei en to chrono touto apokathistaneis ten basileian to Israel; eipen ?de pros autous· Ouch humon estin gnonai chronous e kairous ohus ho pater etheto en te idia exousia, alla lempsesthe dunamin epelthontos tou hagiou pneumatos eph' humas, kai esesthe ?mou martures en te Ierousalem kai en pase te Ioudaia kai Samareia kai heos eschatou tes ges. kai tauta eipon bleponton auton eperthe kai nephele hupelaben auton apo ton ophthalmon auton. kai hos atenizontes esan eis ton ouranon poreuomenou autou, kai idou andres duo pareistekeisan autois en ?esthesesi leukais?, ohi kai eipan· Andres Galilaioi, ti hestekate ?blepontes eis ton ouranon; houtos ho Iesous ho analemphtheis aph' humon eis ton ouranon houtos eleusetai hon tropon etheasasthe auton poreuomenon eis ton ouranon. Tote hupestrepsan eis Ierousalem apo orous tou kaloumenou Elaionos, ho estin engus Ierousalem sabbatou echon hodon. kai hote eiselthon, ?eis to huperoon anebesan? hou esan katamenontes, ho te Petros kai ?Ioannes kai Iakobos? kai Andreas, Philippos kai Thomas, Bartholomaios kai Maththaios, Iakobos Halphaiou kai Simon ho zelotes kai Ioudas Iakobou. houtoi pantes esan proskarterountes homothumadon te ?proseuche sun gunaixin kai ?Mariam te metri tou Iesou kai ?sun tois adelphois autou. Kai en tais hemerais tautais anastas Petros en meso ton ?adelphon eipen (en te ochlos onomaton epi to auto ?hos hekaton eikosi)· Andres adelphoi, edei plerothenai ten ?graphen hen proeipe to pneuma to hagion dia stomatos Dauid peri Iouda tou genomenou hodegou tois sullabousin ?Iesoun, hoti katerithmemenos en ?en hemin kai elachen ton kleron tes diakonias tautes.-- Houtos men oun ektesato chorion ek misthou tes adikias, kai prenes genomenos elakesen mesos, kai exechuthe panta ta splanchna autou. kai gnoston egeneto pasi tois katoikousin Ierousalem, hoste klethenai to chorion ekeino te ?idia dialekto auton Hakeldamach, tout' estin Chorion Haimatos.-- gegraptai gar en biblo psalmon· Genetheto he epaulis autou eremos kai me esto ho katoikon en aute, kai· Ten episkopen autou ?labeto heteros. dei oun ton sunelthonton hemin andron en panti chrono ?ho eiselthen kai exelthen eph' hemas ho kurios Iesous, arxamenos apo tou baptismatos Ioannou heos tes hemeras hes anelemphthe aph' hemon, martura tes anastaseos autou ?sun hemin genesthai? hena touton. kai estesan duo, Ioseph ton kaloumenon Barsabban, hos epeklethe Ioustos, kai Maththian. kai proseuxamenoi eipan Su kurie kardiognosta panton, anadeixon hon exelexo, ek touton ton duo hena, labein ton ?topon tes diakonias tautes kai apostoles, ?aph' hes parebe Ioudas poreuthenai eis ton topon ton idion. kai edokan klerous ?autois, kai epesen ho kleros epi Maththian, kai sunkatepsephisthe meta ton hendeka apostolon. __________________________________________________________________ Kai en to sumplerousthai ten hemeran tes pentekostes esan ?pantes homou? epi to auto, kai egeneto aphno ek tou ouranou echos hosper pheromenes pnoes biaias kai eplerosen holon ton oikon hou esan kathemenoi, kai ophthesan autois diamerizomenai glossai hosei puros, ?kai ekathisen? eph' hena hekaston auton, kai eplesthesan ?pantes pneumatos hagiou, kai erxanto lalein heterais glossais kathos to pneuma edidou ?apophthengesthai autois?. Esan de ?en Ierousalem katoikountes Ioudaioi, andres eulabeis apo pantos ethnous ton hupo ton ouranon· genomenes de tes phones tautes sunelthe to plethos kai sunechuthe, hoti ?ekouon heis hekastos te idia dialekto lalounton auton· existanto ?de kai ethaumazon ?legontes· ?Ouch idou ?pantes houtoi eisin hoi lalountes Galilaioi; kai pos hemeis akouomen hekastos te idia dialekto hemon en he egennethemen; Parthoi kai Medoi kai Elamitai, kai hoi katoikountes ten Mesopotamian, Ioudaian te kai Kappadokian, Ponton kai ten Asian, Phrugian te kai Pamphulian, Aigupton kai ta mere tes Libues tes kata Kurenen, kai hoi epidemountes Rhomaioi, Ioudaioi te kai proselutoi, Kretes kai Arabes, akouomen lalounton auton tais hemeterais glossais ta megaleia tou theou. existanto de pantes kai ?dieporoun, allos pros allon legontes· Ti ?thelei touto einai; heteroi de ?diachleuazontes elegon hoti Gleukous memestomenoi eisin. Statheis de ?ho Petros sun tois hendeka eperen ten phonen autou kai apephthenxato autois· Andres Ioudaioi kai hoi katoikountes Ierousalem ?pantes, touto humin gnoston esto kai enotisasthe ta rhemata mou. ou gar hos humeis hupolambanete houtoi methuousin, estin gar hora trite tes hemeras, alla touto estin to eiremenon dia tou prophetou Ioel· Kai estai en tais eschatais hemerais, legei ho theos, ekcheo apo tou pneumatos mou epi pasan sarka, kai propheteusousin hoi huioi humon kai hai thugateres humon, kai hoi neaniskoi humon horaseis opsontai, kai hoi presbuteroi humon ?enupniois enupniasthesontai· kai ge epi tous doulous mou kai epi tas doulas mou en tais hemerais ekeinais ekcheo apo tou pneumatos mou, kai propheteusousin. kai doso terata en to ourano ano kai semeia epi tes ges kato, haima kai pur kai atmida kapnou· ho helios metastraphesetai eis skotos kai he selene eis haima prin ?e ?elthein hemeran kuriou ten megalen kai epiphane. kai estai pas hos ?ean epikalesetai to onoma kuriou sothesetai. Andres Israelitai, akousate tous logous toutous. Iesoun ton Nazoraion, andra ?apodedeigmenon apo tou theou? eis humas dunamesi kai terasi kai semeiois hois epoiesen di' autou ho theos en meso humon, ?kathos autoi oidate, touton te horismene boule kai prognosei tou theou ?ekdoton dia ?cheiros anomon prospexantes aneilate, hon ho theos anestesen lusas tas odinas tou thanatou, kathoti ouk en dunaton krateisthai auton hup' autou· Dauid gar legei eis auton· Prooromen ton kurion enopion mou dia pantos, hoti ek dexion mou estin hina me saleutho. dia touto euphranthe ?he kardia mou? kai egalliasato he glossa mou, eti de kai he sarx mou kataskenosei ep' elpidi· hoti ouk enkataleipseis ten psuchen mou eis ?haden, oude doseis ton hosion sou idein diaphthoran. egnorisas moi hodous zoes, pleroseis me euphrosunes meta tou prosopou sou. Andres adelphoi, exon eipein meta parresias pros humas peri tou patriarchou Dauid, hoti kai eteleutesen kai etaphe, kai to mnema autou estin en hemin achri tes hemeras tautes· prophetes oun huparchon, kai eidos hoti horko omosen auto ho theos ek karpou tes osphuos ?autou kathisai epi ?ton thronon? autou, proidon elalesen peri tes anastaseos tou christou hoti ?oute enkateleiphthe? eis ?haden ?oute he sarx autou eiden diaphthoran. touton ton Iesoun anestesen ho theos, hou pantes hemeis esmen martures. te dexia oun tou theou hupsotheis ten te epangelian tou ?pneumatos tou hagiou? labon para tou patros execheen touto ?ho ?humeis blepete kai akouete. ou gar Dauid anebe eis tous ouranous, legei de autos· Eipen ?ho kurios to kurio mou· Kathou ek dexion mou, heos an tho tous echthrous sou hupopodion ton podon sou. asphalos oun ginosketo pas oikos Israel hoti kai kurion ?auton kai christon? ?epoiesen ho theos?, touton ton Iesoun hon humeis estaurosate. Akousantes de katenugesan ?ten kardian?, eipon te pros ton Petron kai tous loipous apostolous· Ti ?poiesomen, andres adelphoi; Petros de ?pros autous· Metanoesate?, kai baptistheto hekastos humon ?epi to onomati Iesou Christou eis aphesin ?ton hamartion ?humon, kai lempsesthe ten dorean tou hagiou pneumatos· humin gar estin he epangelia kai tois teknois humon kai pasi tois eis makran hosous an proskalesetai kurios ho theos hemon. heterois te logois pleiosin diemarturato, kai parekalei ?autous legon· Sothete apo tes geneas tes skolias tautes. hoi men ?oun apodexamenoi ton logon autou ebaptisthesan, kai prosetethesan ?en te hemera ekeine psuchai hosei trischiliai. esan de proskarterountes te didache ton apostolon kai te ?koinonia, te klasei tou artou kai tais proseuchais. ?Egineto de pase psuche phobos, polla ?te terata kai semeia dia ton apostolon egineto. pantes de hoi ?pisteuontes ?esan epi to auto kai? eichon hapanta koina, kai ta ktemata kai tas huparxeis epipraskon kai diemerizon auta pasin kathoti an tis chreian eichen· kath' hemeran te proskarterountes homothumadon en to hiero, klontes te kat' oikon arton, metelambanon trophes en agalliasei kai apheloteti kardias, ainountes ton theon kai echontes charin pros holon ton laon. ho de kurios prosetithei tous sozomenous kath' hemeran ?epi to auto?. __________________________________________________________________ ?Petros de? kai Ioannes anebainon eis to hieron epi ten horan tes proseuches ten enaten, kai tis aner cholos ek koilias metros autou huparchon ebastazeto, hon etithoun kath' hemeran pros ten thuran tou hierou ten legomenen Horaian tou aitein eleemosunen para ton eisporeuomenon eis to hieron, hos idon Petron kai Ioannen mellontas eisienai eis to hieron erota eleemosunen ?labein. atenisas de Petros eis auton sun to Ioanne eipen· Blepson eis hemas. ho de epeichen autois prosdokon ti par' auton labein. eipen de Petros· Argurion kai chrusion ouch huparchei moi, ho de echo touto soi didomi· en to onomati Iesou Christou tou Nazoraiou ?peripatei. kai piasas auton tes dexias cheiros egeiren ?auton· parachrema de estereothesan ?hai baseis autou? kai ta ?sphudra, kai exallomenos este kai periepatei, kai eiselthen sun autois eis to hieron peripaton kai hallomenos kai ainon ton theon. kai eiden ?pas ho laos auton? peripatounta kai ainounta ton theon, epeginoskon ?de auton hoti ?houtos en ho pros ten eleemosunen kathemenos epi te Horaia Pule tou hierou, kai eplesthesan thambous kai ekstaseos epi to sumbebekoti auto. Kratountos de ?autou ton Petron kai ?ton Ioannen sunedramen ?pas ho laos pros autous? epi te stoa te kaloumene Solomontos ekthamboi. idon de ?ho Petros apekrinato pros ton laon· Andres Israelitai, ti thaumazete epi touto, e hemin ti atenizete hos idia dunamei e eusebeia pepoiekosin tou peripatein auton; ho theos Abraam kai ?Isaak kai? Iakob, ho theos ton pateron hemon, edoxasen ton paida autou Iesoun, hon humeis ?men paredokate kai ?ernesasthe kata prosopon Pilatou, krinantos ekeinou apoluein· humeis de ton hagion kai dikaion ernesasthe kai etesasthe andra phonea charisthenai humin, ton de archegon tes zoes apekteinate, hon ho theos egeiren ek nekron, hou hemeis martures esmen. kai ?epi te pistei tou onomatos autou touton hon theoreite kai oidate estereosen to onoma autou, kai he pistis he di' autou edoken auto ten holoklerian tauten apenanti panton humon. Kai nun, adelphoi, oida hoti kata agnoian epraxate, hosper kai hoi archontes humon· ho de theos ha prokatengeilen dia stomatos panton ton ?propheton pathein ton christon ?autou eplerosen houtos. metanoesate oun kai epistrepsate ?pros to exaleiphthenai humon tas hamartias, hopos an elthosin kairoi anapsuxeos apo prosopou tou kuriou kai aposteile ton prokecheirismenon humin christon Iesoun, hon dei ouranon men dexasthai achri chronon apokatastaseos panton hon elalesen ho theos dia ?stomatos ton hagion ?ap' aionos autou propheton?. Mouses ?men eipen hoti Propheten humin anastesei kurios ho ?theos ek ton adelphon humon hos eme· autou akousesthe kata panta hosa an lalese pros humas. estai de pasa psuche hetis ?an me akouse tou prophetou ekeinou exolethreuthesetai ek tou laou. kai pantes de hoi prophetai apo Samouel kai ton kathexes hosoi elalesan kai katengeilan tas hemeras tautas. humeis este ?hoi huioi ton propheton kai tes diathekes hes ?dietheto ho theos? pros tous pateras ?humon, legon pros Abraam Kai en to spermati sou ?eneulogethesontai pasai hai patriai tes ges. humin proton ?anastesas ho theos? ton paida ?autou apesteilen auton eulogounta humas en to apostrephein hekaston apo ton ponerion humon. __________________________________________________________________ Lalounton de auton pros ton laon epestesan autois hoi ?hiereis kai ho strategos tou hierou kai hoi Saddoukaioi, diaponoumenoi dia to didaskein autous ton laon kai katangellein en to Iesou ten anastasin ?ten ek? nekron, kai epebalon autois tas cheiras kai ethento eis teresin eis ten aurion, en gar hespera ede. polloi de ton akousanton ton logon episteusan, kai egenethe ?ho arithmos ton andron ?hos chiliades pente. Egeneto de epi ten aurion sunachthenai auton tous archontas kai ?tous presbuterous kai ?tous grammateis ?en Ierousalem (kai ?Hannas ho archiereus kai Kaiaphas kai Ioannes kai Alexandros? kai hosoi esan ek genous archieratikou), kai stesantes autous en ?to meso epunthanonto· En poia dunamei e en poio onomati epoiesate touto humeis; tote Petros plestheis pneumatos hagiou eipen pros autous· Archontes tou laou kai ?presbuteroi, ei hemeis semeron anakrinometha epi euergesia anthropou asthenous, en tini houtos ?sesostai, gnoston esto pasin humin kai panti to lao Israel hoti en to onomati Iesou Christou tou Nazoraiou, hon humeis estaurosate, hon ho theos egeiren ek nekron, en touto houtos paresteken enopion humon hugies. houtos estin ho lithos ho exouthenetheis huph' humon ton ?oikodomon, ho genomenos eis kephalen gonias. kai ouk estin en allo oudeni he soteria, ?oude gar onoma estin heteron ?hupo ton ouranon? to dedomenon en anthropois en ho dei sothenai hemas. Theorountes de ten tou Petrou parresian kai Ioannou kai katalabomenoi hoti anthropoi agrammatoi eisin kai idiotai, ethaumazon, epeginoskon te autous hoti sun to Iesou esan, ton ?te anthropon blepontes sun autois hestota ton tetherapeumenon ouden eichon anteipein. keleusantes de autous exo tou sunedriou apelthein suneballon pros allelous legontes· Ti ?poiesomen tois anthropois toutois; hoti men gar gnoston semeion gegonen di' auton pasin tois katoikousin Ierousalem phaneron, kai ou dunametha ?arneisthai· all' hina me epi pleion dianemethe eis ton laon, ?apeilesometha autois meketi lalein epi to onomati touto medeni anthropon. kai kalesantes autous parengeilan ?to katholou me phthengesthai mede didaskein epi to onomati tou Iesou. ho de Petros kai Ioannes apokrithentes ?eipon pros autous?· Ei dikaion estin enopion tou theou humon akouein mallon e tou theou, krinate, ou dunametha gar hemeis ha eidamen kai ekousamen me lalein. hoi de prosapeilesamenoi apelusan autous, meden heuriskontes to pos ?kolasontai autous, dia ton laon, hoti pantes edoxazon ton theon epi to gegonoti· eton gar en pleionon tesserakonta ho anthropos eph' hon ?gegonei to semeion touto tes iaseos. Apoluthentes de elthon pros tous idious kai apengeilan hosa pros autous hoi archiereis kai hoi presbuteroi eipan. hoi de akousantes homothumadon eran phonen pros ton theon kai eipan· Despota, ?su ho poiesas ton ouranon kai ten gen kai ten thalassan kai panta ta en autois, ho ?tou patros hemon? dia ?pneumatos hagiou? stomatos Dauid paidos sou eipon· Hinati ephruaxan ethne kai laoi emeletesan kena; parestesan hoi basileis tes ges kai hoi archontes sunechthesan epi to auto kata tou kuriou kai kata tou christou autou. sunechthesan gar ep' aletheias ?en te polei taute? epi ton hagion paida sou Iesoun, hon echrisas, Herodes te kai Pontios Pilatos sun ethnesin kai laois Israel, poiesai hosa he cheir sou kai he ?boule proorisen genesthai. kai ta nun, kurie, epide epi tas apeilas auton kai dos tois doulois sou meta parresias pases lalein ton logon sou, en to ten cheira ?sou ekteinein se eis iasin kai semeia kai terata ginesthai dia tou onomatos tou hagiou paidos sou Iesou. kai deethenton auton esaleuthe ho topos en ho esan sunegmenoi, kai eplesthesan hapantes ?tou hagiou pneumatos?, kai elaloun ton logon tou theou meta parresias. Tou de plethous ton pisteusanton en ?kardia kai ?psuche mia, kai oude heis ti ton huparchonton ?auto elegen idion einai, all' en autois ?panta koina. kai ?dunamei megale? apedidoun to marturion hoi apostoloi ?tes anastaseos tou kuriou Iesou?, charis te megale en epi pantas autous. oude gar endees tis ?en en autois· hosoi gar ktetores chorion e oikion huperchon, polountes epheron tas timas ton pipraskomenon kai etithoun para tous podas ton apostolon· diedideto de hekasto kathoti an tis chreian eichen. ?Ioseph de ho epikletheis Barnabas apo ton apostolon, ho estin methermeneuomenon huios parakleseos, Leuites, Kuprios to genei, huparchontos auto agrou polesas enenken to chrema kai etheken ?para tous podas ton apostolon. __________________________________________________________________ Aner de tis Hananias onomati sun Sapphire te gunaiki autou epolesen ktema kai enosphisato apo tes times, suneiduies kai tes ?gunaikos, kai enenkas meros ti para tous podas ton apostolon etheken. eipen de ?ho Petros· Hanania, dia ti eplerosen ho Satanas ten kardian sou, pseusasthai se to pneuma to hagion kai ?nosphisasthai apo tes times tou choriou; ouchi menon soi emenen kai prathen en te se exousia huperchen; ti hoti ethou en te kardia sou to pragma touto; ouk epseuso anthropois alla to theo. akouon de ho Hananias tous logous toutous peson exepsuxen· kai egeneto phobos megas epi pantas tous ?akouontas. anastantes de hoi neoteroi sunesteilan auton kai exenenkantes ethapsan. Egeneto de hos horon trion diastema kai he gune autou me eiduia to gegonos eiselthen. apekrithe de ?pros auten? ?Petros· Eipe moi, ei tosoutou to chorion apedosthe; he de eipen· Nai, tosoutou. ho de ?Petros pros auten· Ti hoti sunephonethe humin peirasai to pneuma kuriou; idou hoi podes ton thapsanton ton andra sou epi te thura kai exoisousin se. epesen de parachrema ?pros tous podas autou kai exepsuxen· eiselthontes de hoi neaniskoi heuron auten nekran, kai exenenkantes ethapsan pros ton andra autes. kai egeneto phobos megas eph' holen ten ekklesian kai epi pantas tous akouontas tauta. Dia de ton cheiron ton apostolon egineto semeia kai terata ?polla en to lao?· kai esan homothumadon ?hapantes en te Stoa Solomontos· ton de loipon oudeis etolma kollasthai autois, all' emegalunen autous ho laos, mallon de prosetithento pisteuontes to kurio plethe andron te kai gunaikon· hoste ?kai eis? tas plateias ekpherein tous astheneis kai tithenai epi ?klinarion kai krabatton, hina erchomenou Petrou kan he skia ?episkiase tini auton. sunercheto de kai to plethos ton perix ?poleon Ierousalem, pherontes astheneis kai ochloumenous hupo pneumaton akatharton, hoitines etherapeuonto hapantes. Anastas de ho archiereus kai pantes hoi sun auto, he ousa hairesis ton Saddoukaion, eplesthesan zelou kai epebalon tas ?cheiras epi tous apostolous kai ethento autous en teresei demosia. angelos de kuriou ?dia nuktos ?enoixe tas thuras tes phulakes exagagon te autous eipen· Poreuesthe kai stathentes laleite en to hiero to lao panta ta rhemata tes zoes tautes. akousantes de eiselthon hupo ton orthron eis to hieron kai edidaskon. Paragenomenos de ho archiereus kai hoi sun auto sunekalesan to sunedrion kai pasan ten gerousian ton huion Israel, kai apesteilan eis to desmoterion achthenai autous. hoi de ?paragenomenoi huperetai? ouch heuron autous en te phulake, anastrepsantes de apengeilan legontes hoti ?To desmoterion heuromen kekleismenon en pase asphaleia kai tous phulakas hestotas ?epi ton thuron, anoixantes de eso oudena heuromen. hos de ekousan tous logous toutous ho ?te strategos tou hierou kai hoi archiereis, dieporoun peri auton ti an genoito touto. paragenomenos de tis apengeilen autois hoti Idou hoi andres ohus ethesthe en te phulake eisin en to hiero hestotes kai didaskontes ton laon. tote apelthon ho strategos sun tois huperetais ?egagen autous, ou meta bias, ephobounto gar ton laon, ?me lithasthosin. Agagontes de autous estesan en to sunedrio. kai eperotesen autous ho archiereus ?legon· Parangelia parengeilamen humin me didaskein epi to onomati touto, kai idou peplerokate ten Ierousalem tes didaches humon, kai boulesthe epagagein eph' hemas to haima tou anthropou toutou. apokritheis de Petros kai hoi apostoloi eipan· Peitharchein dei theo mallon e anthropois. ho theos ton pateron hemon egeiren Iesoun, hon humeis diecheirisasthe kremasantes epi xulou· touton ho theos archegon kai sotera hupsosen te dexia autou, ?tou dounai metanoian to Israel kai aphesin hamartion· kai hemeis ?esmen martures ton rhematon touton, kai to ?pneuma to hagion ho edoken ho theos tois peitharchousin auto. Hoi de ?akousantes dieprionto kai eboulonto anelein autous. anastas de tis en to sunedrio Pharisaios onomati Gamaliel, nomodidaskalos timios panti to lao, ekeleusen exo ?brachu tous ?anthropous poiesai, eipen te pros autous· Andres Israelitai, prosechete heautois epi tois anthropois toutois ti mellete prassein. pro gar touton ton hemeron aneste Theudas, legon einai tina heauton, ho ?proseklithe ?andron arithmos hos? tetrakosion· hos anerethe, kai pantes hosoi epeithonto auto dieluthesan kai egenonto eis ouden. meta touton aneste Ioudas ho Galilaios en tais hemerais tes apographes kai apestese ?laon opiso autou· kakeinos apoleto kai pantes hosoi epeithonto auto dieskorpisthesan. kai ta nun lego humin, apostete apo ton anthropon touton kai ?aphete autous· (hoti ean e ex anthropon he boule ?haute e to ergon touto, kataluthesetai, ei de ek theou estin, ou ?dunesesthe katalusai ?autous·) mepote kai theomachoi heurethete. epeisthesan de auto, kai proskalesamenoi tous apostolous deirantes parengeilan me lalein epi to onomati tou Iesou kai ?apelusan. hoi men oun eporeuonto chairontes apo prosopou tou sunedriou hoti ?katexiothesan huper tou onomatos? atimasthenai· pasan te hemeran en to hiero kai kat' oikon ouk epauonto didaskontes kai euangelizomenoi ?ton christon Iesoun?. __________________________________________________________________ En de tais hemerais tautais plethunonton ton matheton egeneto gongusmos ton Helleniston pros tous Hebraious hoti paretheorounto en te diakonia te kathemerine hai cherai auton. proskalesamenoi de hoi dodeka to plethos ton matheton eipan· Ouk areston estin hemas kataleipsantas ton logon tou theou diakonein trapezais· episkepsasthe ?de, adelphoi, andras ex humon marturoumenous hepta plereis ?pneumatos kai sophias, ohus ?katastesomen epi tes chreias tautes· hemeis de te proseuche kai te diakonia tou logou proskarteresomen. kai eresen ho logos enopion pantos tou plethous, kai exelexanto Stephanon, andra ?pleres pisteos kai pneumatos hagiou, kai Philippon kai Prochoron kai Nikanora kai Timona kai Parmenan kai Nikolaon proseluton Antiochea, ohus estesan enopion ton apostolon, kai proseuxamenoi epethekan autois tas cheiras. Kai ho logos tou theou euxanen, kai eplethuneto ho arithmos ton matheton en Ierousalem sphodra, polus te ochlos ton hiereon hupekouon te pistei. Stephanos de pleres ?charitos kai dunameos epoiei terata kai semeia megala en to lao. anestesan de tines ton ek tes sunagoges tes legomenes Libertinon kai Kurenaion kai Alexandreon kai ton apo Kilikias kai Asias suzetountes to Stephano, kai ouk ischuon antistenai te sophia kai to pneumati ho elalei. tote hupebalon andras legontas hoti Akekoamen autou lalountos rhemata blasphema eis Mousen kai ton theon· sunekinesan te ton laon kai tous presbuterous kai tous grammateis, kai epistantes sunerpasan auton kai egagon eis to sunedrion, estesan te marturas pseudeis legontas· Ho anthropos houtos ou pauetai ?lalon rhemata? kata tou topou tou ?hagiou kai tou nomou, akekoamen gar autou legontos hoti Iesous ho Nazoraios houtos katalusei ton topon touton kai allaxei ta ethe ha paredoken hemin Mouses. kai atenisantes eis auton ?pantes hoi kathezomenoi en to sunedrio eidon to prosopon autou hosei prosopon angelou. __________________________________________________________________ Eipen de ho archiereus· ?Ei tauta houtos echei; ho de ephe· Andres adelphoi kai pateres, akousate· Ho theos tes doxes ophthe to patri hemon Abraam onti en te Mesopotamia prin e katoikesai auton en Charran, kai eipen pros auton· Exelthe ek tes ges sou kai ?ek tes sungeneias sou, kai deuro eis ?ten gen hen an soi deixo. tote exelthon ek ges Chaldaion katokesen en Charran. kakeithen meta to apothanein ton patera autou metokisen auton eis ten gen tauten eis hen humeis nun katoikeite, kai ouk edoken auto kleronomian en aute oude bema podos, kai epengeilato dounai auto eis kataschesin auten kai to spermati autou met' auton, ouk ontos auto teknou. elalesen ?de houtos ho theos hoti estai to sperma autou paroikon en ge allotria, kai doulosousin auto kai kakosousin ete tetrakosia· kai to ethnos ho ?ean ?douleusousin krino ego, ?ho theos eipen?, kai meta tauta exeleusontai kai latreusousin moi en to topo touto. kai edoken auto diatheken peritomes· kai houtos egennesen ton Isaak kai perietemen auton te hemera te ogdoe, ?kai Isaak ton Iakob, ?kai Iakob tous dodeka patriarchas. Kai hoi patriarchai zelosantes ton Ioseph apedonto eis Aigupton· kai en ho theos met' autou, kai exeilato auton ek pason ton thlipseon autou, kai edoken auto charin kai sophian enantion Pharao basileos Aiguptou, kai katestesen auton hegoumenon ep' Aigupton ?kai holon ton oikon autou. elthen de limos eph' holen ten ?Aigupton kai Chanaan kai thlipsis megale, kai ouch heuriskon chortasmata hoi pateres hemon· akousas de Iakob onta ?sitia eis Aigupton? exapesteilen tous pateras hemon proton· kai en to deutero ?anegnoristhe Ioseph tois adelphois autou, kai phaneron egeneto to Pharao to ?genos Ioseph. aposteilas de Ioseph metekalesato ?Iakob ton patera autou? kai pasan ten sungeneian en psuchais hebdomekonta pente, ?kai katebe? Iakob eis Aigupton. kai eteleutesen autos kai hoi pateres hemon, kai metetethesan eis Suchem kai etethesan en to mnemati ?ho onesato Abraam times arguriou para ton huion Hemmor ?en Suchem. Kathos de engizen ho chronos tes epangelias hes ?homologesen ho theos to Abraam, euxesen ho laos kai eplethunthe en Aigupto, achri hou aneste basileus heteros ?ep' Aigupton?, hos ouk edei ton Ioseph. houtos katasophisamenos to genos hemon ekakosen tous ?pateras tou poiein ?ta brephe ektheta? auton eis to me zoogoneisthai. en ho kairo egennethe Mouses, kai en asteios to theo· hos anetraphe menas treis en to oiko tou patros· ?ektethentos de autou aneilato auton? he thugater Pharao kai anethrepsato auton heaute eis huion. kai epaideuthe ?Mouses pase sophia Aiguption, en de dunatos en logois kai ergois ?autou. Hos de eplerouto auto tesserakontaetes chronos, anebe epi ten kardian autou episkepsasthai tous adelphous autou tous huious Israel. kai idon tina adikoumenon emunato kai epoiesen ekdikesin to kataponoumeno pataxas ton Aiguption. enomizen de sunienai tous ?adelphous hoti ho theos dia cheiros autou didosin ?soterian autois?, hoi de ou sunekan. te te epiouse hemera ophthe autois machomenois kai ?sunellassen autous eis eirenen eipon· Andres, adelphoi ?este· hinati adikeite allelous; ho de adikon ton plesion aposato auton eipon· Tis se katestesen archonta kai dikasten eph' ?hemon; me anelein me su theleis hon tropon aneiles ?echthes ton Aiguption; ephugen de Mouses en to logo touto, kai egeneto paroikos en ge Madiam, hou egennesen huious duo. Kai plerothenton eton tesserakonta ophthe auto en te eremo tou orous Sina ?angelos en phlogi puros batou· ho de Mouses idon ?ethaumasen to horama. proserchomenou de autou katanoesai egeneto phone ?kuriou· Ego ho theos ton pateron sou, ho theos Abraam ?kai Isaak ?kai Iakob. entromos de genomenos Mouses ouk etolma katanoesai. eipen de auto ho kurios· Luson to hupodema ton podon sou, ho gar topos ?eph' ho hestekas ge hagia estin. idon eidon ten kakosin tou laou mou tou en Aigupto, kai tou stenagmou ?autou ekousa, kai kateben exelesthai autous· kai nun deuro ?aposteilo se eis Aigupton. Touton ton Mousen, hon ernesanto eipontes· Tis se katestesen archonta kai dikasten, touton ho theos ?kai archonta kai lutroten ?apestalken sun? cheiri angelou tou ophthentos auto en te bato. houtos exegagen autous poiesas terata kai semeia en ?ge Aigupto kai en Eruthra Thalasse kai en te eremo ete tesserakonta. houtos estin ho Mouses ho ?eipas tois huiois Israel· Propheten humin anastesei ?ho theos? ek ton adelphon humon hos eme. houtos estin ho genomenos en te ekklesia en te eremo meta tou angelou tou lalountos auto en to orei Sina kai ton pateron hemon, hos edexato ?logia zonta dounai ?hemin, ho ouk ethelesan hupekooi genesthai hoi pateres hemon, alla aposanto kai estraphesan ?en tais kardiais? auton eis Aigupton, eipontes to Aaron· Poieson hemin theous ohi proporeusontai hemon· ho gar Mouses houtos, hos exegagen hemas ek ges Aiguptou, ouk oidamen ti ?egeneto auto. kai emoschopoiesan en tais hemerais ekeinais kai anegagon thusian to eidolo, kai euphrainonto en tois ergois ton cheiron auton. estrepsen de ho theos kai paredoken autous latreuein te stratia tou ouranou, kathos gegraptai en biblo ton propheton· Me sphagia kai thusias prosenenkate moi ete tesserakonta en te eremo, oikos Israel; kai anelabete ten skenen tou Moloch kai to astron tou ?theou ?Rhaiphan, tous tupous ohus epoiesate proskunein autois. kai metoikio humas epekeina Babulonos. He skene tou marturiou en tois patrasin hemon en te eremo, kathos dietaxato ho lalon to Mouse poiesai auten kata ton tupon hon heorakei, hen kai eisegagon diadexamenoi hoi pateres hemon meta Iesou en te kataschesei ton ethnon hon exosen ho theos apo prosopou ton pateron hemon heos ton hemeron Dauid· hos heuren charin enopion tou theou kai etesato heurein skenoma to ?theo Iakob. Solomon de oikodomesen auto oikon. all' ouch ho hupsistos en ?cheiropoietois katoikei· kathos ho prophetes legei· Ho ouranos moi thronos, ?he de? ge hupopodion ton podon mou· poion oikon oikodomesete moi, legei kurios, e tis topos tes katapauseos mou; ouchi he cheir mou epoiesen tauta panta; Sklerotracheloi kai aperitmetoi ?kardiais kai tois osin, humeis aei to pneumati to hagio antipiptete, hos hoi pateres humon kai humeis. tina ton propheton ouk edioxan hoi pateres humon; kai apekteinan tous prokatangeilantas peri tes eleuseos tou dikaiou hou nun humeis prodotai kai phoneis ?egenesthe, hoitines elabete ton nomon eis diatagas angelon, kai ouk ephulaxate. Akouontes de tauta dieprionto tais kardiais auton kai ebruchon tous odontas ep' auton. huparchon de pleres pneumatos hagiou atenisas eis ton ouranon eiden doxan theou kai Iesoun hestota ek dexion tou theou, kai eipen· Idou theoro tous ouranous ?dienoigmenous kai ton huion tou anthropou ek dexion hestota tou theou. kraxantes de phone megale suneschon ta ota auton, kai hormesan homothumadon ep' auton, kai ekbalontes exo tes poleos elithoboloun. kai hoi martures apethento ta himatia ?auton para tous podas neaniou kaloumenou Saulou. kai elithoboloun ton Stephanon epikaloumenon kai legonta· Kurie Iesou, dexai to pneuma mou· theis de ta gonata ekraxen phone megale· Kurie, me steses autois ?tauten ten hamartian?· kai touto eipon ekoimethe. __________________________________________________________________ Saulos de en suneudokon te anairesei autou. Egeneto de en ekeine te hemera diogmos megas epi ten ekklesian ten en Hierosolumois· pantes de diesparesan kata tas choras tes Ioudaias kai Samareias plen ton apostolon. sunekomisan de ton Stephanon andres eulabeis kai ?epoiesan kopeton megan ep' auto. Saulos de elumaineto ten ekklesian kata tous oikous eisporeuomenos, suron te andras kai gunaikas paredidou eis phulaken. Hoi men oun diasparentes dielthon euangelizomenoi ton logon. Philippos de katelthon eis ?ten polin tes Samareias ekerussen autois ton christon. proseichon ?de hoi ochloi tois legomenois hupo tou Philippou homothumadon en to akouein autous kai blepein ta semeia ha epoiei· ?polloi gar ton echonton pneumata akatharta boonta phone megale ?exerchonto, polloi de paralelumenoi kai choloi etherapeuthesan· ?egeneto de? ?polle chara? en te polei ekeine. Aner de tis onomati Simon prouperchen en te polei mageuon kai ?existanon to ethnos tes Samareias, legon einai tina heauton megan, ho proseichon ?pantes apo mikrou heos megalou legontes· Houtos estin he Dunamis tou theou he ?kaloumene Megale. proseichon de auto dia to hikano chrono tais mageiais exestakenai autous. hote de episteusan to Philippo euangelizomeno ?peri tes basileias tou theou kai tou onomatos Iesou Christou, ebaptizonto andres te kai gunaikes. ho de Simon kai autos episteusen, kai baptistheis en proskarteron to Philippo, theoron te ?semeia kai dunameis megalas ginomenas? existato. Akousantes de hoi en Hierosolumois apostoloi hoti dedektai he Samareia ton logon tou theou, apesteilan pros ?autous Petron kai Ioannen, hoitines katabantes proseuxanto peri auton hopos labosin pneuma hagion· ?oudepo gar en ep' oudeni auton epipeptokos, monon de bebaptismenoi huperchon eis to onoma tou ?kuriou Iesou. tote ?epetithesan tas cheiras ep' autous, kai elambanon pneuma hagion. ?idon de ho Simon hoti dia tes epitheseos ton cheiron ton apostolon didotai to ?pneuma prosenenken autois chremata legon· Dote kamoi ten exousian tauten hina ho ean epitho tas cheiras lambane pneuma hagion. Petros de eipen pros auton· To argurion sou sun soi eie eis apoleian hoti ten dorean tou theou enomisas dia chrematon ktasthai. ouk estin soi meris oude kleros en to logo touto, he gar kardia sou ouk estin eutheia ?enanti tou theou. metanoeson oun apo tes kakias sou tautes, kai deetheti tou ?kuriou ei ara aphethesetai soi he epinoia tes kardias sou· eis gar cholen pikrias kai sundesmon adikias horo se onta. apokritheis de ho Simon eipen· Deethete humeis huper emou pros ton kurion hopos meden epelthe ep' eme hon eirekate. Hoi men oun diamarturamenoi kai lalesantes ton logon tou kuriou ?hupestrephon eis ?Hierosoluma, pollas te komas ton Samariton ?euengelizonto. Angelos de kuriou elalesen pros Philippon legon· Anastethi kai poreuou kata mesembrian epi ten hodon ten katabainousan apo Ierousalem eis Gazan· haute estin eremos. kai anastas eporeuthe, kai idou aner Aithiops eunouchos dunastes ?Kandakes basilisses Aithiopon, hos en epi pases tes gazes autes, hos eleluthei proskuneson eis Ierousalem, en ?te hupostrephon kai kathemenos epi tou harmatos autou kai aneginosken ton propheten Esaian. eipen de to pneuma to Philippo· Proselthe kai kolletheti to harmati touto. prosdramon de ho Philippos ekousen autou anaginoskontos ?Esaian ton propheten? kai eipen· Ara ge ginoskeis ha anaginoskeis; ho de eipen· Pos gar an dunaimen ean me tis ?hodegesei me; parekalesen te ton Philippon anabanta kathisai sun auto. he de perioche tes graphes hen aneginosken en haute· Hos probaton epi sphagen echthe, kai hos amnos enantion tou ?keirantos auton aphonos, houtos ouk anoigei to stoma autou. en te ?tapeinosei he krisis autou erthe· ?ten genean autou tis diegesetai; hoti airetai apo tes ges he zoe autou. apokritheis de ho eunouchos to Philippo eipen· Deomai sou, peri tinos ho prophetes legei ?touto; peri heautou e peri heterou tinos; anoixas de ho Philippos to stoma autou kai arxamenos apo tes graphes tautes euengelisato auto ton Iesoun. hos de eporeuonto kata ten hodon, elthon epi ti hudor, kai phesin ho eunouchos· Idou hudor, ti koluei me ?baptisthenai; kai ekeleusen stenai to harma, kai katebesan amphoteroi eis to hudor ho te Philippos kai ho eunouchos, kai ebaptisen auton. hote de anebesan ek tou hudatos, pneuma kuriou herpasen ton Philippon, kai ouk eiden auton ouketi ho eunouchos, eporeueto gar ten hodon autou chairon. Philippos de heurethe eis Azoton, kai dierchomenos euengelizeto tas poleis pasas heos tou elthein auton eis Kaisareian. __________________________________________________________________ Ho de Saulos eti empneon apeiles kai phonou eis tous mathetas tou kuriou, proselthon to archierei etesato par' autou epistolas eis Damaskon pros tas sunagogas, hopos ean tinas heure tes hodou ontas, andras te kai gunaikas, dedemenous agage eis Ierousalem. en de to poreuesthai egeneto auton engizein te Damasko, ?exaiphnes te auton periestrapsen? phos ?ek tou ouranou, kai peson epi ten gen ekousen phonen legousan auto Saoul Saoul, ti me diokeis; eipen de· Tis ei, kurie; ho ?de· Ego eimi Iesous hon su diokeis· alla anastethi kai eiselthe eis ten polin, kai lalethesetai soi ?ho ti? se dei poiein. hoi de andres hoi sunodeuontes auto heistekeisan eneoi, akouontes men tes phones medena de theorountes. egerthe de ?Saulos apo tes ges, aneogmenon ?de ton ophthalmon autou ?ouden eblepen· cheiragogountes de auton eisegagon eis Damaskon. kai en hemeras treis me blepon, kai ouk ephagen oude epien. En de tis mathetes en Damasko onomati Hananias, kai eipen pros auton ?en horamati ho kurios?· Hanania. ho de eipen· Idou ego, kurie. ho de kurios pros auton· ?Anastas poreutheti epi ten rhumen ten kaloumenen Eutheian kai zeteson en oikia Iouda Saulon onomati Tarsea, idou gar proseuchetai, kai eiden ?andra en horamati Hananian onomati? eiselthonta kai epithenta auto ?cheiras hopos anablepse. apekrithe de Hananias· Kurie, ?ekousa apo pollon peri tou andros toutou, hosa kaka ?tois hagiois sou epoiesen? en Ierousalem· kai hode echei exousian para ton archiereon desai pantas tous epikaloumenous to onoma sou. eipen de pros auton ho kurios· Poreuou, hoti skeuos ekloges ?estin moi? houtos tou bastasai to onoma mou enopion ?ethnon ?te kai basileon huion te Israel, ego gar hupodeixo auto hosa dei auton huper tou onomatos mou pathein. apelthen de Hananias kai eiselthen eis ten oikian, kai epitheis ep' auton tas cheiras eipen· Saoul adelphe, ho kurios apestalken me, ?Iesous ho ophtheis soi en te hodo he erchou, hopos anablepses kai plesthes pneumatos hagiou. kai eutheos apepesan ?autou apo ton ophthalmon? ?hos lepides, aneblepsen te kai anastas ebaptisthe, kai labon trophen ?enischusen. Egeneto ?de meta ton en Damasko matheton hemeras tinas, kai eutheos en tais sunagogais ekerussen ton ?Iesoun hoti houtos estin ho huios tou theou. existanto de pantes hoi akouontes kai elegon· Ouch houtos estin ho porthesas ?en Ierousalem tous epikaloumenous to onoma touto, kai hode eis touto eleluthei hina dedemenous autous agage epi tous archiereis; Saulos de mallon enedunamouto kai ?sunechunnen ?tous Ioudaious tous katoikountas en Damasko, sumbibazon hoti houtos estin ho christos. Hos de eplerounto hemerai hikanai, sunebouleusanto hoi Ioudaioi anelein auton· egnosthe de to Saulo he epiboule auton. ?pareterounto de kai? tas pulas hemeras te kai nuktos hopos auton anelosin· labontes de ?hoi mathetai autou? nuktos ?dia tou teichous kathekan auton? chalasantes en spuridi. Paragenomenos de ?eis Ierousalem ?epeirazen kollasthai tois mathetais· kai pantes ephobounto auton, me pisteuontes hoti estin mathetes. Barnabas de epilabomenos auton egagen pros tous apostolous, kai diegesato autois pos en te hodo eiden ton kurion kai hoti elalesen auto kai pos en Damasko eparresiasato en to onomati ?tou Iesou. kai en met' auton eisporeuomenos ?kai ekporeuomenos? eis ?Ierousalem, parresiazomenos en to onomati tou ?kuriou, elalei te kai sunezetei pros tous Hellenistas· hoi de epecheiroun ?anelein auton?. epignontes de hoi adelphoi kategagon auton eis Kaisareian kai exapesteilan auton eis Tarson. ?He men oun ekklesia kath' holes tes Ioudaias kai Galilaias kai Samareias eichen eirenen oikodomoumene, kai poreuomene to phobo tou kuriou kai te paraklesei tou hagiou pneumatos eplethuneto?. Egeneto de Petron dierchomenon dia panton katelthein kai pros tous hagious tous katoikountas Ludda. heuren de ekei anthropon tina ?onomati Ainean? ex eton okto katakeimenon epi ?krabattou, hos en paralelumenos. kai eipen auto ho Petros· Ainea, iatai se Iesous ?Christos· anastethi kai stroson seauto· kai eutheos aneste. kai eidan auton pantes hoi katoikountes Ludda kai ton ?Sarona, hoitines epestrepsan epi ton kurion. En Ioppe de tis en mathetria onomati Tabitha, he diermeneuomene legetai Dorkas· haute en pleres ?ergon agathon? kai eleemosunon hon epoiei. egeneto de en tais hemerais ekeinais asthenesasan auten apothanein· lousantes de ?ethekan auten? en huperoo. engus de ouses Luddas te Ioppe hoi mathetai akousantes hoti Petros estin en aute apesteilan ?duo andras? pros auton parakalountes· Me ?okneses dielthein heos ?hemon· anastas de Petros sunelthen autois· hon paragenomenon anegagon eis to huperoon, kai parestesan auto pasai hai cherai klaiousai kai epideiknumenai chitonas kai himatia hosa epoiei met' auton ousa he Dorkas. ekbalon de exo pantas ho Petros ?kai theis ta gonata proseuxato, kai epistrepsas pros to soma eipen· Tabitha, anastethi. he de enoixen tous ophthalmous autes, kai idousa ton Petron anekathisen. dous de aute cheira anestesen auten, phonesas de tous hagious kai tas cheras parestesen auten zosan. gnoston de egeneto kath' holes ?tes Ioppes, kai ?episteusan polloi? epi ton kurion. egeneto ?de hemeras hikanas ?meinai en Ioppe para tini Simoni bursei. __________________________________________________________________ Aner de ?tis en Kaisareia onomati Kornelios, hekatontarches ek speires tes kaloumenes Italikes, eusebes kai phoboumenos ton theon sun panti to oiko autou, ?poion eleemosunas pollas to lao kai deomenos tou theou dia pantos, eiden en horamati phaneros hosei ?peri horan enaten tes hemeras angelon tou theou eiselthonta pros auton kai eiponta auto· Kornelie. ho de atenisas auto kai emphobos genomenos eipen· Ti estin, kurie; eipen de auto· Hai proseuchai sou kai hai eleemosunai sou anebesan eis mnemosunon ?emprosthen tou theou· kai nun pempson ?andras eis Ioppen? kai metapempsai Simona ?tina hos epikaleitai Petros?· houtos xenizetai para tini Simoni bursei, ho estin oikia para thalassan. hos de apelthen ho angelos ho lalon ?auto, phonesas duo ton ?oiketon kai stratioten eusebe ton proskarterounton auto kai exegesamenos ?hapanta autois? apesteilen autous eis ten Ioppen. Te de epaurion hodoiporounton ekeinon kai te polei engizonton anebe Petros epi to doma proseuxasthai peri horan hekten. egeneto de prospeinos kai ethelen geusasthai· paraskeuazonton de ?auton ?egeneto ep' auton ekstasis, kai theorei ton ouranon aneogmenon kai ?katabainon skeuos ti hos othonen megalen tessarsin ?archais kathiemenon epi tes ges, en ho huperchen panta ta tetrapoda ?kai herpeta tes ges kai? peteina tou ouranou. kai egeneto phone pros auton· Anastas, Petre, thuson kai phage. ho de Petros eipen· Medamos, kurie, hoti oudepote ephagon pan koinon ?kai akatharton. kai phone palin ek deuterou pros auton· Ha ho theos ekatharisen su me koinou. touto de egeneto epi tris, kai ?euthus anelemphthe to skeuos eis ton ouranon. Hos de en heauto dieporei ho Petros ti an eie to horama ho eiden, ?idou hoi andres hoi apestalmenoi ?hupo tou Korneliou dierotesantes ten oikian ?tou Simonos epestesan epi ton pulona, kai phonesantes ?epunthanonto ei Simon ho epikaloumenos Petros enthade xenizetai. tou de Petrou dienthumoumenou peri tou horamatos eipen ?auto to pneuma?· Idou ?andres ?zetountes se· alla anastas katabethi kai poreuou sun autois meden diakrinomenos, ?hoti ego apestalka autous. katabas de Petros pros tous andras eipen· Idou ego eimi hon zeteite· tis he aitia di' hen pareste; hoi de eipan· Kornelios hekatontarches, aner dikaios kai phoboumenos ton theon marturoumenos te hupo holou tou ethnous ton Ioudaion, echrematisthe hupo angelou hagiou metapempsasthai se eis ton oikon autou kai akousai rhemata para sou. eiskalesamenos oun autous exenisen. Te de epaurion ?anastas exelthen sun autois, kai tines ton adelphon ton apo Ioppes sunelthon auto. ?te de? epaurion ?eiselthen eis ten Kaisareian. ho de Kornelios en prosdokon autous sunkalesamenos tous sungeneis autou kai tous anankaious philous. hos de egeneto tou eiselthein ton Petron, sunantesas auto ho Kornelios peson epi tous podas prosekunesen. ho de Petros ?egeiren auton? legon· Anastethi· kai ego autos anthropos eimi. kai sunomilon auto eiselthen, kai heuriskei suneleluthotas pollous, ephe te pros autous· Humeis epistasthe hos athemiton estin andri Ioudaio kollasthai e proserchesthai allophulo· kamoi ho theos edeixen medena koinon e akatharton legein anthropon· dio kai anantirretos elthon metapemphtheis punthanomai oun tini logo metepempsasthe me. Kai ho Kornelios ephe· Apo tetartes hemeras mechri tautes tes horas ?emen ten ?enaten proseuchomenos en to oiko mou, kai idou aner este enopion mou en estheti lampra kai phesi· Kornelie, eisekousthe sou he proseuche kai hai eleemosunai sou emnesthesan enopion tou theou. pempson oun eis Ioppen kai metakalesai Simona hos epikaleitai Petros· houtos xenizetai en oikia Simonos burseos para ?thalassan. exautes oun epempsa pros se, su te kalos epoiesas paragenomenos. nun oun pantes hemeis enopion tou theou paresmen akousai panta ta prostetagmena soi hupo tou ?kuriou. Anoixas de Petros to stoma eipen· Ep' aletheias katalambanomai hoti ouk estin prosopolemptes ho theos, all' en panti ethnei ho phoboumenos auton kai ergazomenos dikaiosunen dektos auto estin. ton logon ?hon apesteilen tois huiois Israel euangelizomenos eirenen dia Iesou Christou· houtos estin panton kurios. humeis oidate to genomenon rhema kath' holes tes Ioudaias, ?arxamenos apo tes Galilaias meta to baptisma ho ekeruxen Ioannes, Iesoun ton apo Nazareth, hos echrisen auton ho theos pneumati hagio kai dunamei, hos dielthen euergeton kai iomenos pantas tous katadunasteuomenous hupo tou diabolou, hoti ho theos en met' autou· kai ?hemeis martures panton hon epoiesen en te te chora ton Ioudaion ?kai Ierousalem· hon kai aneilan kremasantes epi xulou. touton ho theos egeiren ?te trite hemera kai edoken auton emphane genesthai, ou panti to lao alla martusi tois prokecheirotonemenois hupo tou theou, hemin, hoitines sunephagomen kai sunepiomen auto meta to anastenai auton ek nekron· kai parengeilen hemin keruxai to lao kai diamarturasthai hoti ?houtos estin ho horismenos hupo tou theou krites zonton kai nekron. touto pantes hoi prophetai marturousin, aphesin hamartion labein dia tou onomatos autou panta ton pisteuonta eis auton. Eti lalountos tou Petrou ta rhemata tauta epepese to pneuma to hagion epi pantas tous akouontas ton logon. kai exestesan hoi ek peritomes pistoi ?hosoi sunelthan to Petro, hoti kai epi ta ethne he dorea tou ?hagiou pneumatos? ekkechutai· ekouon gar auton lalounton glossais kai megalunonton ton theon. tote ?apekrithe Petros· Meti to hudor ?dunatai kolusai? tis tou me baptisthenai toutous hoitines to pneuma to hagion elabon ?hos kai hemeis; prosetaxen ?de autous ?en to onomati Iesou Christou baptisthenai?. tote erotesan auton epimeinai hemeras tinas. __________________________________________________________________ Ekousan de hoi apostoloi kai hoi adelphoi hoi ontes kata ten Ioudaian hoti kai ta ethne edexanto ton logon tou theou. ?hote de? anebe Petros eis ?Ierousalem, diekrinonto pros auton hoi ek peritomes legontes hoti ?Eiselthes pros andras akrobustian echontas kai sunephages? autois. arxamenos ?de Petros exetitheto autois kathexes legon· Ego emen en polei Ioppe proseuchomenos kai eidon en ekstasei horama, katabainon skeuos ti hos othonen megalen tessarsin archais kathiemenen ek tou ouranou, kai elthen achri emou· eis hen atenisas katenooun kai eidon ta tetrapoda tes ges kai ta theria kai ta herpeta kai ta peteina tou ouranou· ekousa de ?kai phones legouses moi· Anastas, Petre, thuson kai phage. eipon de· Medamos, kurie, ?hoti koinon e akatharton oudepote eiselthen eis to stoma mou. apekrithe de ?phone ek deuterou? ek tou ouranou· Ha ho theos ekatharisen su me koinou. touto de egeneto epi tris, kai ?anespasthe palin? hapanta eis ton ouranon. kai idou exautes treis andres epestesan epi ten oikian en he ?emen, apestalmenoi apo Kaisareias pros me. eipen de ?to pneuma moi? sunelthein autois meden ?diakrinanta. elthon de sun emoi kai hoi hex adelphoi houtoi, kai eiselthomen eis ton oikon tou andros. apengeilen ?de hemin pos eiden ton angelon en to oiko autou stathenta kai ?eiponta· Aposteilon eis ?Ioppen kai metapempsai Simona ton epikaloumenon Petron, hos lalesei rhemata pros se en hois sothese su kai pas ho oikos sou. en de to arxasthai me lalein epepesen to pneuma to hagion ep' autous hosper kai eph' hemas en arche. emnesthen de tou rhematos ?tou kuriou hos elegen· Ioannes men ebaptisen hudati, humeis de baptisthesesthe en pneumati hagio. ei oun ten isen dorean edoken autois ho theos hos kai hemin pisteusasin epi ton kurion Iesoun Christon, ?ego tis emen dunatos kolusai ton theon; akousantes de tauta hesuchasan kai ?edoxasan ton theon legontes· ?Ara kai tois ethnesin ho theos ten metanoian ?eis zoen edoken?. Hoi men oun diasparentes apo tes thlipseos tes genomenes epi Stephano dielthon heos Phoinikes kai Kuprou kai Antiocheias medeni lalountes ton logon ei me monon Ioudaiois. esan de tines ex auton andres Kuprioi kai Kurenaioi, hoitines ?elthontes eis Antiocheian elaloun ?kai pros tous ?Hellenistas, euangelizomenoi ton kurion Iesoun. kai en cheir kuriou met' auton, polus te arithmos ?ho pisteusas epestrepsen epi ton kurion. ekousthe de ho logos eis ta ota tes ekklesias tes ?ouses en ?Ierousalem peri auton, kai exapesteilan ?Barnaban heos Antiocheias· hos paragenomenos kai idon ten charin ?ten tou theou, echare kai parekalei pantas te prothesei tes kardias ?prosmenein to kurio, hoti en aner agathos kai pleres pneumatos hagiou kai pisteos. kai prosetethe ochlos hikanos to kurio. exelthen de eis ?Tarson anazetesai Saulon, kai heuron ?egagen eis Antiocheian. egeneto de ?autois kai? eniauton holon sunachthenai ?en te ekklesia kai didaxai ochlon hikanon, chrematisai te ?protos en Antiocheia tous mathetas Christianous. En tautais de tais hemerais katelthon apo Hierosolumon prophetai eis Antiocheian· anastas de heis ex auton onomati Hagabos esemanen dia tou pneumatos limon ?megalen mellein esesthai eph' holen ten oikoumenen· ?hetis egeneto epi ?Klaudiou. ton de matheton kathos euporeito tis horisan hekastos auton eis diakonian pempsai tois katoikousin en te Ioudaia adelphois· ho kai epoiesan aposteilantes pros tous presbuterous dia cheiros Barnaba kai Saulou. __________________________________________________________________ Kat' ekeinon de ton kairon epebalen Herodes ho basileus tas cheiras kakosai tinas ton apo tes ekklesias. aneilen de Iakobon ton adelphon Ioannou machaire. ?idon de? hoti areston estin tois Ioudaiois prosetheto sullabein kai Petron (esan ?de hemerai ton azumon), hon kai piasas etheto eis phulaken, paradous tessarsin tetradiois stratioton phulassein auton, boulomenos meta to pascha anagagein auton to lao. ho men oun Petros etereito en te phulake· proseuche de en ?ektenos ginomene hupo tes ekklesias pros ton theon ?peri autou. Hote de emellen ?proagagein auton? ho Herodes, te nukti ekeine en ho Petros koimomenos metaxu duo stratioton dedemenos halusesin dusin, phulakes te pro tes thuras eteroun ten phulaken. kai idou angelos kuriou epeste, kai phos elampsen en to oikemati· pataxas de ten pleuran tou Petrou egeiren auton legon· Anasta en tachei· kai exepesan autou hai haluseis ek ton cheiron. eipen ?de ho angelos pros auton· ?Zosai kai hupodesai ta sandalia sou· epoiesen de houtos. kai legei auto· Peribalou to himation sou kai akolouthei moi. kai exelthon ?ekolouthei, kai ouk edei hoti alethes estin to ginomenon dia tou angelou, edokei de horama blepein. dielthontes de proten phulaken kai deuteran elthan epi ten pulen ten sideran ten pherousan eis ten polin, hetis automate enoige autois, kai exelthontes proelthon rhumen mian, kai eutheos apeste ho angelos ap' autou. kai ho Petros ?en heauto genomenos? eipen· Nun oida alethos hoti exapesteilen ?ho kurios ton angelon autou kai exeilato me ek cheiros Herodou kai pases tes prosdokias tou laou ton Ioudaion. Sunidon te elthen epi ten oikian ?tes Marias tes metros Ioannou tou epikaloumenou Markou, hou esan hikanoi sunethroismenoi kai proseuchomenoi. krousantos de ?autou ten thuran tou pulonos proselthe paidiske hupakousai onomati Rhode, kai epignousa ten phonen tou Petrou apo tes charas ouk enoixen ton pulona, eisdramousa de apengeilen hestanai ton Petron pro tou pulonos. hoi de pros auten eipan· Maine. he de diischurizeto houtos echein. hoi de elegon· Ho angelos ?estin autou?. ho de Petros epemenen krouon· anoixantes de eidan auton kai exestesan. kataseisas de autois te cheiri sigan diegesato autois pos ho kurios auton exegagen ek tes phulakes, eipen ?te· Apangeilate Iakobo kai tois adelphois tauta. kai exelthon eporeuthe eis heteron topon. Genomenes de hemeras en tarachos ouk oligos en tois stratiotais, ti ara ho Petros egeneto. Herodes de epizetesas auton kai me heuron anakrinas tous phulakas ekeleusen apachthenai, kai katelthon apo tes Ioudaias ?eis Kaisareian dietriben. En ?de thumomachon Turiois kai Sidoniois· homothumadon de paresan pros auton, kai peisantes Blaston ton epi tou koitonos tou basileos etounto eirenen dia to trephesthai auton ten choran apo tes basilikes. takte de hemera ho Herodes endusamenos estheta basiliken ?kai kathisas epi tou bematos edemegorei pros autous· ho de demos epephonei· ?Theou phone? kai ouk anthropou. parachrema de epataxen auton angelos kuriou anth' hon ouk edoken ?ten doxan to theo, kai genomenos skolekobrotos exepsuxen. Ho de logos tou ?theou euxanen kai eplethuneto. Barnabas de kai Saulos hupestrepsan, ?eis Ierousalem plerosantes ten diakonian, ?sumparalabontes Ioannen ton epiklethenta Markon. __________________________________________________________________ Esan ?de en Antiocheia kata ten ousan ekklesian prophetai kai didaskaloi ho te Barnabas kai Sumeon ho kaloumenos Niger, kai Loukios ho Kurenaios, Manaen te Herodou tou tetraarchou suntrophos kai Saulos. leitourgounton de auton to kurio kai nesteuonton eipen to pneuma to hagion· Aphorisate de moi ton Barnaban ?kai Saulon eis to ergon ho proskeklemai autous. tote nesteusantes kai proseuxamenoi kai epithentes tas cheiras autois apelusan. ?Autoi men oun ekpemphthentes hupo tou ?hagiou pneumatos? katelthon ?eis Seleukeian, ekeithen ?te apepleusan ?eis Kupron, kai genomenoi en Salamini katengellon ton logon tou theou en tais sunagogais ton Ioudaion· eichon de kai Ioannen hupereten. dielthontes de ?holen ten neson achri Paphou heuron ?andra tina magon pseudopropheten Ioudaion ho onoma ?Bariesou, hos en sun to anthupato Sergio Paulo, andri suneto. houtos proskalesamenos Barnaban kai Saulon epezetesen akousai ton logon tou theou· anthistato de autois Elumas ho magos, houtos gar methermeneuetai to onoma autou, zeton diastrepsai ton anthupaton apo tes pisteos. Saulos de, ho kai Paulos, plestheis pneumatos ?hagiou atenisas eis auton eipen· O pleres pantos dolou kai pases rhadiourgias, huie diabolou, echthre pases dikaiosunes, ou pause diastrephon tas ?hodous kuriou tas eutheias; kai nun idou cheir kuriou epi se, kai ese tuphlos me blepon ton helion achri kairou. parachrema ?de ?epesen ep' auton achlus kai skotos, kai periagon ezetei cheiragogous. tote idon ho anthupatos to gegonos episteusen ekplessomenos epi te didache tou kuriou. Anachthentes de apo tes Paphou hoi ?peri Paulon elthon eis Pergen tes Pamphulias· Ioannes de apochoresas ap' auton hupestrepsen eis Hierosoluma. autoi de dielthontes apo tes Perges paregenonto eis Antiocheian ?ten Pisidian?, kai ?eiselthontes eis ten sunagogen te hemera ton sabbaton ekathisan. meta de ten anagnosin tou nomou kai ton propheton apesteilan hoi archisunagogoi pros autous legontes· Andres adelphoi, ei ?tis estin ?en humin logos? parakleseos pros ton laon, legete. anastas de Paulos kai kataseisas te cheiri eipen· Andres Israelitai kai hoi phoboumenoi ton theon, akousate. ho theos tou laou toutou ?Israel exelexato tous pateras hemon, kai ton laon hupsosen en te paroikia en ge ?Aiguptou, kai meta brachionos hupselou exegagen autous ex autes, kai, hos tesserakontaete chronon etropophoresen autous en te eremo, ?kai kathelon ethne hepta en ge Chanaan ?katekleronomesen ten gen auton ?hos etesi tetrakosiois kai pentekonta. kai meta tauta? edoken kritas heos Samouel ?tou prophetou. kakeithen etesanto basilea, kai edoken autois ho theos ton Saoul huion Kis, andra ek phules Beniamin, ete tesserakonta· kai metastesas auton egeiren ?ton Dauid autois? eis basilea, ho kai eipen marturesas· Heuron Dauid ton tou Iessai, andra kata ten kardian mou, hos poiesei panta ta thelemata mou. toutou ho theos apo tou spermatos kat' epangelian egagen to Israel ?sotera Iesoun?, prokeruxantos Ioannou pro prosopou tes eisodou autou baptisma metanoias ?panti to lao? Israel. hos de eplerou ?Ioannes ton dromon, elegen· ?Ti eme? huponoeite einai; ouk eimi ego· all' idou erchetai met' eme hou ouk eimi axios to hupodema ton podon lusai. Andres adelphoi, huioi genous Abraam kai hoi en humin phoboumenoi ton theon, ?hemin ho logos tes soterias tautes ?exapestale. hoi gar katoikountes en Ierousalem kai hoi archontes auton touton agnoesantes kai tas phonas ton propheton tas kata pan sabbaton anaginoskomenas krinantes eplerosan, kai medemian aitian thanatou heurontes etesanto Pilaton anairethenai auton· hos de etelesan panta ta peri autou gegrammena, kathelontes apo tou xulou ethekan eis mnemeion. ho de theos egeiren auton ek nekron· hos ophthe epi hemeras pleious tois sunanabasin auto apo tes Galilaias eis Ierousalem, hoitines ?nun eisi martures autou pros ton laon. kai hemeis humas euangelizometha ten pros tous pateras epangelian genomenen hoti tauten ho theos ekpepleroken tois teknois ?hemon anastesas Iesoun, hos kai en to ?psalmo gegraptai to deutero?· Huios mou ei su, ego semeron gegenneka se. hoti de anestesen auton ek nekron meketi mellonta hupostrephein eis diaphthoran, houtos eireken hoti Doso humin ta hosia Dauid ta pista. ?dioti kai en hetero legei· Ou doseis ton hosion sou idein diaphthoran· Dauid men gar idia genea huperetesas te tou theou boule ekoimethe kai prosetethe pros tous pateras autou kai eiden diaphthoran, hon de ho theos egeiren ouk eiden diaphthoran. gnoston oun esto humin, andres adelphoi, hoti dia toutou humin aphesis hamartion katangelletai, kai apo panton hon ouk edunethete ?en nomo Mouseos dikaiothenai en touto pas ho pisteuon dikaioutai. blepete oun me ?epelthe to eiremenon en tois prophetais· Idete, hoi kataphronetai, kai thaumasate kai aphanisthete, hoti ergon ?ergazomai ego? en tais hemerais humon, ?ergon ho ou me pisteusete ean tis ekdiegetai humin. Exionton de ?auton ?parekaloun eis to metaxu sabbaton lalethenai autois ta rhemata ?tauta. lutheises de tes sunagoges ekolouthesan polloi ton Ioudaion kai ton sebomenon proseluton to Paulo kai to Barnaba, hoitines proslalountes ?autois epeithon· autous ?prosmenein te chariti tou theou. To ?de erchomeno sabbato schedon pasa he polis sunechthe akousai ton logon tou ?kuriou. idontes de hoi Ioudaioi tous ochlous eplesthesan zelou kai antelegon tois ?hupo Paulou ?laloumenois ?blasphemountes. parresiasamenoi ?te ho Paulos kai ho Barnabas eipan· Humin en anankaion proton lalethenai ton logon tou theou· ?epeide apotheisthe auton kai ouk axious krinete heautous tes aioniou zoes, idou strephometha eis ta ethne· houtos gar entetaltai hemin ho kurios· Tetheika se eis phos ethnon tou einai se eis soterian heos eschatou tes ges. akouonta de ta ethne ?echairon kai edoxazon ton logon tou ?kuriou, kai episteusan hosoi esan tetagmenoi eis zoen aionion· diephereto de ho logos tou kuriou di' holes tes choras. hoi de Ioudaioi parotrunan tas sebomenas ?gunaikas tas euschemonas kai tous protous tes poleos kai epegeiran diogmon epi ton Paulon ?kai Barnaban, kai exebalon autous apo ton horion auton. hoi de ektinaxamenoi ton koniorton ton ?podon ep' autous elthon eis Ikonion, hoi ?te mathetai eplerounto charas kai pneumatos hagiou. __________________________________________________________________ Egeneto de en Ikonio kata to auto eiselthein autous eis ten sunagogen ton Ioudaion kai lalesai houtos hoste pisteusai Ioudaion te kai Hellenon polu plethos. hoi de ?apeithesantes Ioudaioi epegeiran kai ekakosan tas psuchas ton ethnon kata ton adelphon. hikanon men oun chronon dietripsan parresiazomenoi epi to kurio to marturounti ?to logo tes charitos autou, didonti semeia kai terata ginesthai dia ton cheiron auton. eschisthe de to plethos tes poleos, kai hoi men esan sun tois Ioudaiois hoi de sun tois apostolois. hos de egeneto horme ton ethnon te kai Ioudaion sun tois archousin auton hubrisai kai lithobolesai autous, sunidontes katephugon eis tas poleis tes Lukaonias Lustran kai Derben kai ten perichoron, kakei ?euangelizomenoi esan?. Kai tis aner ?adunatos en Lustrois? tois posin ekatheto, cholos ek koilias metros ?autou, hos oudepote ?periepatesen. houtos ?ekousen tou Paulou lalountos· hos atenisas auto kai idon hoti ?echei pistin? tou sothenai eipen ?megale phone· Anastethi epi tous podas sou ?orthos· kai ?helato kai periepatei. hoi ?te ochloi idontes ho ?epoiesen Paulos eperan ten phonen auton Lukaonisti legontes· Hoi theoi homoiothentes anthropois katebesan pros hemas ekaloun te ?ton Barnaban Dia, ton de Paulon Hermen, epeide autos en ho hegoumenos tou logou. ho ?te hiereus tou Dios tou ontos pro tes ?poleos taurous kai stemmata epi tous pulonas enenkas sun tois ochlois ethelen thuein. akousantes de hoi apostoloi Barnabas kai Paulos, diarrexantes ta himatia ?auton ?exepedesan eis ton ochlon krazontes kai legontes· Andres, ti tauta poieite; kai hemeis homoiopatheis esmen humin anthropoi, euangelizomenoi humas apo touton ton mataion epistrephein epi ?theon zonta hos epoiesen ton ouranon kai ten gen kai ten thalassan kai panta ta en autois· hos en tais parochemenais geneais eiasen panta ta ethne poreuesthai tais hodois auton· ?kaitoi ouk amarturon ?hauton apheken ?agathourgon, ouranothen humin huetous didous kai kairous karpophorous, empiplon trophes kai euphrosunes tas kardias ?humon. kai tauta legontes molis katepausan tous ochlous tou me thuein autois. Epelthan de apo Antiocheias kai Ikoniou Ioudaioi, kai peisantes tous ochlous kai lithasantes ton Paulon esuron exo tes poleos, ?nomizontes auton tethnekenai. kuklosanton de ?ton matheton auton? anastas eiselthen eis ten polin. kai te epaurion exelthen sun to Barnaba eis Derben. Euangelisamenoi te ten polin ekeinen kai matheteusantes hikanous hupestrepsan eis ten Lustran kai ?eis Ikonion kai ?eis Antiocheian, episterizontes tas psuchas ton matheton, parakalountes emmenein te pistei kai hoti dia pollon thlipseon dei hemas eiselthein eis ten basileian tou theou. cheirotonesantes de autois ?kat' ekklesian presbuterous? proseuxamenoi meta nesteion parethento autous to kurio eis hon pepisteukeisan. kai dielthontes ten Pisidian elthon eis ?ten Pamphulian, kai lalesantes en Perge ton logon katebesan eis Attaleian, kakeithen apepleusan eis Antiocheian, hothen esan paradedomenoi te chariti tou theou eis to ergon ho eplerosan. paragenomenoi de kai sunagagontes ten ekklesian ?anengellon hosa epoiesen ho theos met' auton kai hoti enoixen tois ethnesin thuran pisteos. dietribon ?de chronon ouk oligon sun tois mathetais. __________________________________________________________________ Kai tines katelthontes apo tes Ioudaias edidaskon tous adelphous hoti Ean me ?peritmethete to ethei ?to Mouseos, ou dunasthe sothenai. genomenes ?de staseos kai zeteseos ouk oliges to Paulo kai to Barnaba pros autous etaxan anabainein Paulon kai Barnaban kai tinas allous ex auton pros tous apostolous kai presbuterous eis Ierousalem peri tou zetematos toutou. hoi men oun propemphthentes hupo tes ekklesias dierchonto ten ?te Phoiniken kai Samareian ekdiegoumenoi ten epistrophen ton ethnon, kai epoioun charan megalen pasi tois adelphois. paragenomenoi de eis ?Hierosoluma ?paredechthesan ?apo tes ekklesias kai ton apostolon kai ton presbuteron, anengeilan te hosa ho theos epoiesen met' auton. exanestesan de tines ton apo tes haireseos ton Pharisaion pepisteukotes, legontes hoti dei peritemnein autous parangellein te terein ton nomon Mouseos. Sunechthesan ?te hoi apostoloi kai hoi presbuteroi idein peri tou logou toutou. polles de ?zeteseos genomenes anastas Petros eipen pros autous· Andres adelphoi, humeis epistasthe hoti aph' hemeron archaion ?en humin exelexato ho theos? dia tou stomatos mou akousai ta ethne ton logon tou euangeliou kai pisteusai, kai ho kardiognostes theos emarturesen autois ?dous to pneuma to hagion kathos kai hemin, kai ?outhen diekrinen metaxu hemon te kai auton, te pistei katharisas tas kardias auton. nun oun ti peirazete ton theon, epitheinai zugon epi ton trachelon ton matheton hon oute hoi pateres hemon oute hemeis ischusamen bastasai; alla dia tes charitos tou kuriou Iesou pisteuomen sothenai kath' hon tropon kakeinoi. Esigesen de pan to plethos, kai ekouon Barnaba kai Paulou exegoumenon hosa epoiesen ho theos semeia kai terata en tois ethnesin di' auton. meta de to sigesai autous apekrithe Iakobos legon· Andres adelphoi, akousate mou. Sumeon exegesato kathos proton ho theos epeskepsato labein ex ethnon ?laon to onomati autou. kai touto sumphonousin hoi logoi ton propheton, kathos gegraptai· Meta tauta anastrepso kai anoikodomeso ten skenen Dauid ten peptokuian kai ta ?kateskammena autes anoikodomeso kai anorthoso auten, hopos an ekzetesosin hoi kataloipoi ton anthropon ton kurion, kai panta ta ethne eph' ohus epikekletai to onoma mou ep' autous, legei ?kurios poion ?tauta gnosta ap' ?aionos. dio ego krino me parenochlein tois apo ton ethnon epistrephousin epi ton theon, alla episteilai autois tou ?apechesthai ton alisgematon ton eidolon kai tes porneias kai ?tou pniktou kai tou haimatos· Mouses gar ek geneon archaion kata polin tous kerussontas auton echei en tais sunagogais kata pan sabbaton anaginoskomenos. Tote edoxe tois apostolois kai tois presbuterois sun hole te ekklesia eklexamenous andras ex auton pempsai eis Antiocheian sun ?to Paulo kai Barnaba, Ioudan ton ?kaloumenon Barsabban kai Silan, andras hegoumenous en tois adelphois, grapsantes dia cheiros ?auton· Hoi apostoloi kai hoi ?presbuteroi adelphoi tois kata ten Antiocheian kai Surian kai Kilikian adelphois tois ex ethnon chairein. epeide ekousamen hoti tines ex hemon ?exelthontes etaraxan humas logois anaskeuazontes tas psuchas ?humon hois ou diesteilametha, edoxen hemin genomenois homothumadon ?eklexamenois andras pempsai pros humas sun tois agapetois hemon Barnaba kai Paulo, anthropois paradedokosi tas psuchas auton huper tou onomatos tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou. apestalkamen oun Ioudan kai Silan, kai autous dia logou apangellontas ta auta. edoxen gar to ?pneumati to hagio? kai hemin meden pleon epitithesthai humin baros plen ?touton ton epanankes?, apechesthai eidolothuton kai haimatos kai ?pnikton kai porneias· ex hon diaterountes heautous eu praxete. errosthe. Hoi men oun apoluthentes ?katelthon eis Antiocheian, kai sunagagontes to plethos epedokan ten epistolen· anagnontes de echaresan epi te paraklesei. Ioudas te kai Silas, kai autoi prophetai ontes, dia logou pollou parekalesan tous adelphous kai epesterixan· poiesantes de chronon apeluthesan met' eirenes apo ton adelphon pros tous ?aposteilantas autous?. Paulos de kai Barnabas dietribon en Antiocheia didaskontes kai euangelizomenoi meta kai heteron pollon ton logon tou kuriou. Meta de tinas hemeras eipen ?pros Barnaban Paulos?· Epistrepsantes de episkepsometha tous ?adelphous kata ?polin pasan? en hais katengeilamen ton logon tou kuriou, pos echousin. Barnabas de ?ebouleto sumparalabein ?kai ton Ioannen ton kaloumenon Markon· Paulos de exiou, ton apostanta ap' auton apo Pamphulias kai me sunelthonta autois eis to ergon, me ?sumparalambanein touton. egeneto ?de paroxusmos hoste apochoristhenai autous ap' allelon, ton te Barnaban paralabonta ton Markon ekpleusai eis Kupron, Paulos de epilexamenos Silan exelthen paradotheis te chariti tou ?kuriou hupo ton adelphon, diercheto de ten Surian kai ?ten Kilikian episterizon tas ekklesias. __________________________________________________________________ Katentesen de ?kai eis Derben kai ?eis Lustran. kai idou mathetes tis en ekei onomati Timotheos, huios ?gunaikos Ioudaias pistes, patros de Hellenos, hos emartureito hupo ton en Lustrois kai Ikonio adelphon· touton ethelesen ho Paulos sun auto exelthein, kai labon perietemen auton dia tous Ioudaious tous ontas en tois topois ekeinois, edeisan gar hapantes ?hoti Hellen ho pater autou? huperchen. hos de dieporeuonto tas poleis, ?paredidosan autois phulassein ta dogmata ta kekrimena hupo ton apostolon ?kai presbuteron ton en ?Hierosolumois. hai men oun ekklesiai estereounto te pistei kai eperisseuon to arithmo kath' hemeran. ?Dielthon de ten Phrugian ?kai Galatiken choran, koluthentes hupo tou hagiou pneumatos lalesai ton logon en te Asia, elthontes ?de kata ten Musian epeirazon ?eis ten Bithunian ?poreuthenai kai ouk eiasen autous to pneuma ?Iesou· parelthontes de ten Musian katebesan eis Troada. kai horama ?dia nuktos ?to Paulo ophthe?, aner ?Makedon tis en? hestos ?kai parakalon auton kai legon· Diabas eis Makedonian boetheson hemin. hos de to horama eiden, eutheos ezetesamen exelthein ?eis Makedonian, sumbibazontes hoti proskekletai hemas ho ?theos euangelisasthai autous. Anachthentes ?oun ?apo Troados euthudromesamen eis Samothraken, te ?de epiouse eis ?Nean Polin?, ?kakeithen eis Philippous, hetis estin ?prote tes meridos? Makedonias polis, kolonia. emen de en ?taute te polei diatribontes hemeras tinas. te te hemera ton sabbaton exelthomen exo tes ?pules para potamon hou ?enomizomen proseuchen? einai, kai kathisantes elaloumen tais sunelthousais gunaixin. kai tis gune onomati Ludia, porphuropolis poleos Thuateiron sebomene ton theon, ekouen, hes ho kurios dienoixen ten kardian prosechein tois laloumenois hupo ?tou Paulou. hos de ebaptisthe kai ho oikos autes, parekalesen legousa· Ei kekrikate me pisten to kurio einai, eiselthontes eis ton oikon mou ?menete· kai parebiasato hemas. Egeneto de poreuomenon hemon eis ?ten proseuchen paidisken tina echousan pneuma ?puthona ?hupantesai hemin, hetis ergasian pollen pareichen tois kuriois autes manteuomene· haute ?katakolouthousa to Paulo kai hemin ekrazen legousa· Houtoi hoi anthropoi douloi tou theou tou hupsistou eisin, hoitines katangellousin ?humin hodon soterias. touto de epoiei epi pollas hemeras. diaponetheis ?de Paulos kai epistrepsas to pneumati eipen· Parangello soi ?en onomati Iesou Christou exelthein ap' autes· kai exelthen aute te hora. Idontes de hoi kurioi autes hoti exelthen he elpis tes ergasias auton epilabomenoi ton Paulon kai ton Silan heilkusan eis ten agoran epi tous archontas, kai prosagagontes autous tois strategois eipan· Houtoi hoi anthropoi ektarassousin hemon ten polin Ioudaioi huparchontes, kai katangellousin ethe ha ouk exestin hemin paradechesthai oude poiein Rhomaiois ousin. kai sunepeste ho ochlos kat' auton, kai hoi strategoi perirexantes auton ta himatia ekeleuon rhabdizein, pollas ?te epithentes autois plegas ebalon eis phulaken, parangeilantes to desmophulaki asphalos terein autous· hos parangelian toiauten ?labon ebalen autous eis ten esoteran phulaken kai tous podas ?esphalisato auton? eis to xulon. Kata de to mesonuktion Paulos kai Silas proseuchomenoi humnoun ton theon, epekroonto de auton hoi desmioi· aphno de seismos egeneto megas hoste saleuthenai ta themelia tou desmoteriou, eneochthesan ?de parachrema hai thurai pasai, kai panton ta desma anethe. exupnos de genomenos ho desmophulax kai idon aneogmenas tas thuras tes phulakes spasamenos ?ten machairan emellen heauton anairein, nomizon ekpepheugenai tous desmious. ephonesen de ?phone megale ho Paulos? legon· Meden praxes seauto kakon, hapantes gar esmen enthade. aitesas de phota eisepedesen kai entromos genomenos prosepesen to Paulo kai ?to Sila, kai proagagon autous exo ephe· Kurioi, ti me dei poiein hina sotho; hoi de eipan· Pisteuson epi ton kurion ?Iesoun, kai sothese su kai ho oikos sou. kai elalesan auto ton logon tou ?kuriou ?sun pasi tois en te oikia autou. kai paralabon autous en ekeine te hora tes nuktos elousen apo ton plegon, kai ebaptisthe autos kai hoi autou ?pantes parachrema, anagagon te autous eis ton ?oikon paretheken trapezan kai ?egalliasato panoikei pepisteukos to theo. Hemeras de genomenes apesteilan hoi strategoi tous rhabdouchous legontes· Apoluson tous anthropous ekeinous. apengeilen de ho desmophulax tous logous ?toutous pros ton Paulon, hoti Apestalkan hoi strategoi hina apoluthete· nun oun exelthontes poreuesthe en eirene. ho de Paulos ephe pros autous· Deirantes hemas demosia akatakritous, anthropous Rhomaious huparchontas, ebalan eis phulaken· kai nun lathra hemas ekballousin; ou gar, alla elthontes autoi ?hemas exagagetosan. ?apengeilan de tois strategois hoi rhabdouchoi ta rhemata tauta· ?ephobethesan de? akousantes hoti Rhomaioi eisin, kai elthontes parekalesan autous, kai exagagontes eroton ?apelthein apo? tes poleos. exelthontes de ?apo tes phulakes eiselthon pros ten Ludian, kai idontes ?parekalesan tous adelphous? kai exelthan. __________________________________________________________________ Diodeusantes de ten Amphipolin kai ?ten Apollonian elthon eis Thessaloniken, hopou ?en sunagoge ton Ioudaion. kata de to eiothos to Paulo eiselthen pros autous kai epi sabbata tria dielexato autois apo ton graphon, dianoigon kai paratithemenos hoti ton christon edei pathein kai anastenai ek nekron, kai hoti houtos estin ?ho christos, ho? Iesous hon ego katangello humin. kai tines ex auton epeisthesan kai proseklerothesan to Paulo kai to Sila, ton te sebomenon Hellenon ?plethos polu? gunaikon te ton proton ouk oligai. ?zelosantes de hoi Ioudaioi kai proslabomenoi? ton agoraion ?andras tinas? ponerous kai ochlopoiesantes ethoruboun ten polin, ?kai epistantes? te oikia Iasonos ezetoun autous ?proagagein eis ton demon· me heurontes de autous ?esuron Iasona kai tinas adelphous epi tous politarchas, boontes hoti Hoi ten oikoumenen anastatosantes houtoi kai enthade pareisin, ohus hupodedektai Iason· kai houtoi pantes apenanti ton dogmaton Kaisaros prassousi, basilea ?heteron legontes? einai Iesoun. etaraxan de ton ochlon kai tous politarchas akouontas tauta, kai labontes to hikanon para tou Iasonos kai ton loipon apelusan autous. Hoi de adelphoi eutheos ?dia nuktos exepempsan ton te Paulon kai ton Silan eis Beroian, hoitines paragenomenoi eis ten sunagogen ?ton Ioudaion apeesan?· houtoi de esan eugenesteroi ton en Thessalonike, hoitines edexanto ton logon meta pases prothumias, ?to kath' hemeran anakrinontes tas graphas ei echoi tauta houtos. polloi men oun ex auton episteusan, kai ton Hellenidon gunaikon ton euschemonon kai andron ouk oligoi. hos de egnosan hoi apo tes Thessalonikes Ioudaioi hoti kai en te Beroia katengele hupo tou Paulou ho logos tou theou, elthon kakei saleuontes ?kai tarassontes? tous ochlous. eutheos de tote ton Paulon exapesteilan hoi adelphoi poreuesthai ?heos epi ten thalassan· ?hupemeinan te? ho te Silas kai ho Timotheos ekei. hoi de ?kathistanontes ton Paulon ?egagon heos Athenon, kai labontes entolen pros ton Silan kai ?ton Timotheon hina hos tachista elthosin pros auton exeesan. En de tais Athenais ekdechomenou autous tou Paulou, paroxuneto to pneuma autou en auto ?theorountos kateidolon ousan ten polin. dielegeto men oun en te sunagoge tois Ioudaiois kai tois sebomenois kai en te agora kata pasan hemeran pros tous paratunchanontas. tines de kai ton Epikoureion ?kai Stoikon philosophon suneballon auto, kai tines elegon· Ti an theloi ho spermologos houtos legein; hoi de· Xenon daimonion dokei katangeleus einai· hoti ton Iesoun kai ten anastasin euengelizeto. epilabomenoi ?te autou epi ton Areion Pagon egagon, legontes· Dunametha gnonai tis he kaine haute he hupo sou laloumene didache; xenizonta gar tina eisphereis eis tas akoas hemon· boulometha oun gnonai ?tina thelei? tauta einai. Athenaioi de pantes kai hoi epidemountes xenoi eis ouden heteron eukairoun e legein ti ?e akouein ?ti kainoteron. Statheis ?de Paulos en meso tou Areiou Pagou ephe· Andres Athenaioi, kata panta hos deisidaimonesterous humas theoro· dierchomenos gar kai anatheoron ta sebasmata humon heuron kai bomon en ho epegegrapto· Agnosto theo. ?ho oun agnoountes eusebeite, ?touto ego katangello humin. ho theos ho poiesas ton kosmon kai panta ta en auto, houtos ouranou kai ges ?huparchon kurios? ouk en cheiropoietois naois katoikei oude hupo cheiron ?anthropinon therapeuetai prosdeomenos tinos, autos didous pasi zoen kai pnoen ?kai ta? panta· epoiesen te ex ?henos pan ethnos anthropon katoikein epi ?pantos prosopou? tes ges, horisas prostetagmenous kairous kai tas horothesias tes katoikias auton, zetein ton ?theon ei ara ge pselapheseian auton kai heuroien, kai ge ou makran apo henos hekastou hemon huparchonta. en auto gar zomen kai kinoumetha kai esmen, hos kai tines ton kath' humas poieton eirekasin· Tou gar kai genos esmen. genos oun huparchontes tou theou ouk opheilomen nomizein chruso e arguro e litho, charagmati technes kai enthumeseos anthropou, to theion einai homoion. tous men oun chronous tes agnoias huperidon ho theos ta nun ?parangellei tois anthropois ?pantas pantachou metanoein, ?kathoti estesen hemeran en he mellei krinein ten oikoumenen en dikaiosune en andri ho horisen, pistin paraschon pasin anastesas auton ek nekron. Akousantes de anastasin nekron hoi men echleuazon hoi de eipan Akousometha sou ?peri toutou kai palin?. ?houtos ho Paulos exelthen ek mesou auton· tines de andres kollethentes auto episteusan, en hois kai Dionusios ho Areopagites kai gune onomati Damaris kai heteroi sun autois. __________________________________________________________________ ?Meta tauta ?choristheis ek ton Athenon elthen eis Korinthon. kai heuron tina Ioudaion onomati Akulan, Pontikon to genei, prosphatos eleluthota apo tes Italias kai Priskillan gunaika autou dia to ?diatetachenai Klaudion chorizesthai pantas tous Ioudaious ?apo tes Rhomes, proselthen autois, kai dia to homotechnon einai emenen par' autois kai ?ergazeto, esan gar skenopoioi ?te techne?. dielegeto de en te sunagoge kata pan sabbaton, epeithen te Ioudaious kai Hellenas. Hos de katelthon apo tes Makedonias ho te Silas kai ho Timotheos, suneicheto to ?logo ho Paulos, diamarturomenos tois Ioudaiois ?einai ton christon Iesoun. antitassomenon de auton kai blasphemounton ektinaxamenos ta himatia eipen pros autous· To haima humon epi ten kephalen humon· katharos ego· apo tou nun eis ta ethne poreusomai. kai metabas ekeithen ?eiselthen eis oikian tinos onomati ?Titiou Ioustou sebomenou ton theon, hou he oikia en sunomorousa te sunagoge. Krispos de ho archisunagogos episteusen to kurio sun holo to oiko autou, kai polloi ton Korinthion akouontes episteuon kai ebaptizonto. eipen de ho kurios ?en nukti di' horamatos? to Paulo· Me phobou, alla lalei kai me siopeses, dioti ego eimi meta sou kai oudeis epithesetai soi tou kakosai se, dioti laos esti moi polus en te polei taute. ekathisen ?de eniauton kai menas hex didaskon en autois ton logon tou theou. Gallionos de ?anthupatou ontos? tes Achaias katepestesan ?homothumadon hoi Ioudaioi? to Paulo kai egagon auton epi to bema, legontes hoti Para ton nomon ?anapeithei houtos? tous anthropous sebesthai ton theon. mellontos de tou Paulou anoigein to stoma eipen ho Gallion pros tous Ioudaious· Ei ?men en adikema ti e rhadiourgema poneron, o Ioudaioi, kata logon an aneschomen humon· ei de ?zetemata estin peri logou kai onomaton kai nomou tou kath' humas, opsesthe autoi· ?krites ego touton ou boulomai einai. kai apelasen autous apo tou bematos. epilabomenoi de ?pantes Sosthenen ton archisunagogon etupton emprosthen tou bematos· kai ouden touton to Gallioni ?emelen. Ho de Paulos eti prosmeinas hemeras hikanas tois adelphois apotaxamenos exeplei eis ten Surian, kai sun auto Priskilla kai Akulas, keiramenos ?en Kenchreais ten kephalen?, eichen gar euchen. ?katentesan de eis Epheson, kakeinous katelipen autou, autos de eiselthon eis ten sunagogen ?dielexato tois Ioudaiois. erotonton de auton epi pleiona chronon ?meinai ouk epeneusen, ?alla apotaxamenos kai? ?eipon· ?Palin anakampso pros humas tou theou thelontos anechthe apo tes Ephesou, kai katelthon eis Kaisareian, anabas kai aspasamenos ten ekklesian, katebe eis Antiocheian, kai poiesas chronon tina exelthen, dierchomenos kathexes ten Galatiken choran kai Phrugian, ?sterizon pantas tous mathetas. Ioudaios de tis Apollos onomati, Alexandreus to genei, aner logios, katentesen eis Epheson, dunatos on en tais graphais. houtos en katechemenos ten hodon tou kuriou, kai zeon to pneumati elalei kai edidasken akribos ta peri tou ?Iesou, epistamenos monon to baptisma Ioannou. houtos te erxato parresiazesthai en te sunagoge· akousantes de autou ?Priskilla kai Akulas? proselabonto auton kai akribesteron auto exethento ten ?hodon tou theou?. boulomenou de autou dielthein eis ten Achaian protrepsamenoi hoi adelphoi egrapsan tois mathetais apodexasthai auton· hos paragenomenos sunebaleto polu tois pepisteukosin dia tes charitos· eutonos gar tois Ioudaiois diakatelencheto demosia epideiknus dia ton graphon einai ton christon Iesoun. __________________________________________________________________ Egeneto de en to ton Apollo einai en Korintho Paulon dielthonta ta anoterika mere ?elthein eis Epheson kai ?heurein tinas mathetas, eipen ?te pros autous· Ei pneuma hagion elabete pisteusantes; hoi ?de pros auton· All' oud' ei pneuma hagion estin ekousamen. eipen ?te· Eis ti oun ebaptisthete; hoi de eipan· Eis to Ioannou baptisma. eipen de Paulos· ?Ioannes ebaptisen baptisma metanoias, to lao legon eis ton erchomenon met' auton hina pisteusosin, tout' estin eis ?ton Iesoun. akousantes de ebaptisthesan eis to onoma tou kuriou Iesou· kai epithentos autois tou ?Paulou cheiras elthe to pneuma to hagion ep' autous, elaloun te glossais kai epropheteuon. esan de hoi pantes andres hosei ?dodeka. Eiselthon de eis ten sunagogen eparresiazeto epi menas treis dialegomenos kai ?peithon peri tes basileias tou theou. hos de tines esklerunonto kai epeithoun kakologountes ten hodon enopion tou plethous, apostas ap' auton aphorisen tous mathetas, kath' hemeran dialegomenos en te schole ?Turannou. touto de egeneto epi ete duo, hoste pantas tous katoikountas ten Asian akousai ton logon tou ?kuriou, Ioudaious te kai Hellenas. Dunameis te ou tas tuchousas ?ho theos epoiei? dia ton cheiron Paulou, hoste kai epi tous asthenountas ?apopheresthai apo tou chrotos autou soudaria e simikinthia kai apallassesthai ap' auton tas nosous, ta te pneumata ta ponera ?ekporeuesthai. epecheiresan de tines ?kai ton perierchomenon Ioudaion exorkiston onomazein epi tous echontas ta pneumata ta ponera to onoma tou kuriou Iesou legontes· ?Horkizo humas ton Iesoun ?hon Paulos kerussei. esan de ?tinos Skeua Ioudaiou archiereos hepta ?huioi touto poiountes. apokrithen de to pneuma to poneron eipen ?autois· ?Ton Iesoun ginosko kai ton Paulon epistamai, humeis de tines este; kai ?ephalomenos ?ho anthropos ep' autous? en ho en to pneuma to poneron ?katakurieusas amphoteron? ischusen kat' auton, hoste gumnous kai tetraumatismenous ekphugein ek tou oikou ekeinou. touto de egeneto gnoston pasin Ioudaiois te kai Hellesin tois katoikousin ten Epheson, kai ?epepesen phobos epi pantas autous, kai emegaluneto to onoma tou kuriou Iesou. polloi te ton pepisteukoton erchonto exomologoumenoi kai anangellontes tas praxeis auton. hikanoi de ton ta perierga praxanton sunenenkantes tas biblous katekaion enopion panton· kai sunepsephisan tas timas auton kai heuron arguriou muriadas pente. houtos kata kratos ?tou kuriou ho logos? euxanen kai ischuen. Hos de eplerothe tauta, etheto ho Paulos en to pneumati dielthon ten Makedonian kai Achaian poreuesthai eis ?Hierosoluma, eipon hoti Meta to genesthai me ekei dei me kai Rhomen idein. aposteilas de eis ten Makedonian duo ton diakonounton auto, Timotheon kai Eraston, autos epeschen chronon eis ten Asian. Egeneto de kata ton kairon ekeinon tarachos ouk oligos peri tes hodou. Demetrios gar tis onomati, argurokopos, poion naous argurous Artemidos pareicheto tois technitais ?ouk oligen ergasian?, ohus sunathroisas kai tous peri ta toiauta ergatas eipen· Andres, epistasthe hoti ek tautes tes ergasias he euporia ?hemin estin, kai theoreite kai akouete hoti ou monon Ephesou alla schedon pases tes Asias ho Paulos houtos peisas metestesen hikanon ochlon, legon hoti ouk eisin theoi hoi dia cheiron ginomenoi. ou monon de touto kinduneuei hemin to meros eis apelegmon elthein, alla kai to tes megales theas ?Artemidos hieron? eis outhen logisthenai, mellein ?te kai kathaireisthai ?tes megaleiotetos? autes, hen hole he Asia kai he oikoumene sebetai. Akousantes de kai genomenoi plereis thumou ekrazon legontes· Megale he Artemis Ephesion. kai eplesthe he ?polis tes sunchuseos, hormesan te homothumadon eis to theatron sunarpasantes Gaion kai Aristarchon Makedonas, sunekdemous Paulou. ?Paulou de? boulomenou eiselthein eis ton demon ouk eion auton hoi mathetai· tines de kai ton Asiarchon, ontes auto philoi, pempsantes pros auton parekaloun me dounai heauton eis to theatron. alloi men oun allo ti ekrazon, en gar he ekklesia sunkechumene, kai hoi pleious ouk edeisan tinos heneka sunelelutheisan. ek de tou ochlou ?sunebibasan Alexandron probalonton auton ton Ioudaion, ho de Alexandros kataseisas ten cheira ethelen apologeisthai to demo. epignontes de hoti Ioudaios estin phone egeneto mia ek panton ?hos epi horas duo krazonton· Megale he Artemis Ephesion. katasteilas de ?ho grammateus ton ochlon? phesin· Andres Ephesioi, tis gar estin ?anthropon hos ou ginoskei ten Ephesion polin neokoron ousan tes ?megales Artemidos kai tou diopetous; anantirreton oun onton touton deon estin humas katestalmenous huparchein kai meden propetes prassein. egagete gar tous andras toutous oute hierosulous oute blasphemountas ten theon ?hemon. ei men oun Demetrios kai hoi sun auto technitai echousin pros tina logon, agoraioi agontai kai anthupatoi eisin, enkaleitosan allelois. ei de ti ?peraitero epizeteite, en te ennomo ekklesia epiluthesetai. kai gar kinduneuomen enkaleisthai staseos peri tes semeron medenos aitiou huparchontos peri hou ou dunesometha ?apodounai logon ?peri tes sustrophes tautes. kai tauta eipon apelusen ten ekklesian. __________________________________________________________________ Meta de to pausasthai ton thorubon ?metapempsamenos ho Paulos tous mathetas kai ?parakalesas, aspasamenos exelthen ?poreuesthai ?eis Makedonian. dielthon de ta mere ekeina kai parakalesas autous logo pollo elthen eis ten Hellada poiesas te menas treis· genomenes ?epiboules auto? hupo ton Ioudaion mellonti anagesthai eis ten Surian egeneto ?gnomes tou hupostrephein dia Makedonias. suneipeto de ?auto Sopatros ?Purrou Beroiaios, Thessalonikeon de Aristarchos kai Sekoundos, kai Gaios Derbaios kai Timotheos, Asianoi de Tuchikos kai Trophimos· houtoi ?de ?proselthontes emenon hemas en Troadi· hemeis de exepleusamen meta tas hemeras ton azumon apo Philippon, kai elthomen pros autous eis ten Troada achri hemeron pente, ?hou dietripsamen hemeras hepta. En de te mia ton sabbaton sunegmenon ?hemon klasai arton ho Paulos dielegeto autois, mellon exienai te epaurion, pareteinen te ton logon mechri mesonuktiou. esan de lampades hikanai en to huperoo hou emen sunegmenoi· ?kathezomenos de tis neanias onomati Eutuchos epi tes thuridos, katapheromenos hupno bathei dialegomenou tou Paulou epi pleion, katenechtheis apo tou hupnou epesen apo tou tristegou kato kai erthe nekros. katabas de ho Paulos epepesen auto kai sumperilabon eipen· Me thorubeisthe, he gar psuche autou en auto estin. anabas de kai klasas ?ton arton kai geusamenos eph' hikanon te homilesas achri auges, houtos exelthen. egagon de ton paida zonta, kai pareklethesan ou metrios. Hemeis de ?proelthontes ?epi to ploion anechthemen epi ten Asson, ekeithen mellontes analambanein ton Paulon, houtos gar ?diatetagmenos en? mellon autos pezeuein. hos de ?suneballen hemin eis ten Asson, analabontes auton elthomen eis Mitulenen, kakeithen apopleusantes te epiouse katentesamen ?antikrus Chiou, te de hetera parebalomen eis ?Samon, te ?de echomene elthomen eis Mileton· ?kekrikei gar ho Paulos parapleusai ten Epheson, hopos me genetai auto chronotribesai en te Asia, espeuden gar ei dunaton ?eie auto ten hemeran tes pentekostes genesthai eis Hierosoluma. Apo de tes Miletou pempsas eis Epheson metekalesato tous presbuterous tes ekklesias. hos de paregenonto pros auton eipen autois· Humeis epistasthe apo protes hemeras aph' hes epeben eis ten Asian pos meth' humon ton panta chronon egenomen, douleuon to kurio meta pases tapeinophrosunes ?kai dakruon kai peirasmon ton sumbanton moi en tais epiboulais ton Ioudaion· hos ouden hupesteilamen ton sumpheronton tou me anangeilai humin kai didaxai humas demosia kai kat' oikous, diamarturomenos Ioudaiois te kai Hellesin ten ?eis theon metanoian kai ?pistin eis ton kurion hemon ?Iesoun. kai nun idou ?dedemenos ego? to pneumati poreuomai eis Ierousalem, ta en aute sunantesonta ?moi me eidos, plen hoti to pneuma to hagion kata polin diamarturetai ?moi legon hoti desma ?kai thlipseis me? menousin· all' oudenos ?logou ?poioumai ten ?psuchen timian emauto hos ?teleiosai ton dromon ?mou kai ten diakonian hen elabon para tou kuriou Iesou, diamarturasthai to euangelion tes charitos tou theou. Kai nun idou ego oida hoti ouketi opsesthe to prosopon mou humeis pantes en hois dielthon kerusson ten ?basileian. ?dioti marturomai humin en te semeron hemera hoti katharos ?eimi apo tou haimatos panton, ou gar hupesteilamen tou me anangeilai ?pasan ten boulen tou theou humin?. ?prosechete heautois kai panti to poimnio, en ho humas to pneuma to hagion etheto episkopous, poimainein ten ekklesian tou ?theou, hen periepoiesato dia tou ?haimatos tou idiou?. ego ?oida hoti eiseleusontai meta ten aphixin mou lukoi bareis eis humas me pheidomenoi tou poimniou, kai ex humon auton anastesontai andres lalountes diestrammena tou apospan tous mathetas opiso ?heauton· dio gregoreite, mnemoneuontes hoti trietian nukta kai hemeran ouk epausamen meta dakruon noutheton hena hekaston. kai ta nun paratithemai ?humas to ?theo kai to logo tes charitos autou, to dunameno ?oikodomesai kai dounai ?ten kleronomian en tois hegiasmenois pasin. arguriou e chrusiou e himatismou oudenos epethumesa· autoi ginoskete hoti tais chreiais mou kai tois ousi met' emou huperetesan hai cheires hautai. panta hupedeixa humin hoti houtos kopiontas dei antilambanesthai ton asthenounton, mnemoneuein te ton logon tou kuriou Iesou hoti autos eipen Makarion estin mallon didonai e lambanein. Kai tauta eipon theis ta gonata autou sun pasin autois proseuxato. hikanos de ?klauthmos egeneto? panton, kai epipesontes epi ton trachelon tou Paulou katephiloun auton, odunomenoi malista epi to logo ho eirekei hoti ouketi mellousin to prosopon autou theorein. proepempon de auton eis to ploion. __________________________________________________________________ Hos de egeneto anachthenai hemas apospasthentas ap' auton, euthudromesantes elthomen eis ten ?Ko, te de hexes eis ten Rhodon, kakeithen eis Patara· kai heurontes ploion diaperon eis Phoiniken epibantes anechthemen. ?anaphanantes de ten Kupron kai katalipontes auten euonumon epleomen eis Surian, kai ?katelthomen eis Turon, ekeise gar ?to ploion en? apophortizomenon ton gomon. ?aneurontes de tous? mathetas epemeinamen autou hemeras hepta, hoitines to Paulo elegon dia tou pneumatos me ?epibainein eis ?Hierosoluma. hote de egeneto ?exartisai hemas? tas hemeras, exelthontes eporeuometha propemponton hemas panton sun gunaixi kai teknois heos exo tes poleos, kai thentes ta gonata epi ton aigialon ?proseuxamenoi ?apespasametha allelous, kai? ?enebemen eis to ploion, ekeinoi de hupestrepsan eis ta idia. Hemeis de ton ploun dianusantes apo Turou katentesamen eis Ptolemaida, kai aspasamenoi tous adelphous emeinamen hemeran mian par' autois. te de epaurion exelthontes ?elthomen eis Kaisareian, kai eiselthontes eis ton oikon Philippou tou euangelistou ontos ek ton hepta emeinamen par' auto. touto de esan thugateres ?tessares parthenoi? propheteuousai. epimenonton ?de hemeras pleious katelthen tis apo tes Ioudaias prophetes onomati Hagabos, kai elthon pros hemas kai aras ten zonen tou Paulou desas ?heautou tous podas kai tas cheiras eipen· Tade legei to pneuma to hagion Ton andra hou estin he zone haute, houtos desousin en Ierousalem hoi Ioudaioi kai paradosousin eis cheiras ethnon. hos de ekousamen tauta, parekaloumen hemeis te kai hoi entopioi tou me anabainein auton eis Ierousalem. ?tote apekrithe? ho Paulos· Ti poieite klaiontes kai sunthruptontes mou ten kardian; ego gar ou monon dethenai alla kai apothanein eis Ierousalem hetoimos echo huper tou onomatos tou kuriou Iesou. me peithomenou de autou hesuchasamen eipontes· ?Tou kuriou to thelema? ?ginestho. Meta de tas hemeras tautas episkeuasamenoi anebainomen eis ?Hierosoluma· sunelthon de kai ton matheton apo Kaisareias sun hemin, agontes par' ho xenisthomen Mnasoni tini Kuprio, archaio mathete. Genomenon de hemon eis Hierosoluma asmenos ?apedexanto hemas hoi adelphoi. te de epiouse eiseei ho Paulos sun hemin pros Iakobon, pantes te paregenonto hoi presbuteroi. kai aspasamenos autous exegeito kath' hen hekaston hon epoiesen ho theos en tois ethnesin dia tes diakonias autou. hoi de akousantes edoxazon ton ?theon, ?eipon te? auto· Theoreis, adelphe, posai muriades eisin ?en tois Ioudaiois? ton pepisteukoton, kai pantes zelotai tou nomou huparchousin· katechethesan de peri sou hoti apostasian didaskeis apo Mouseos tous kata ta ethne pantas Ioudaious, legon me peritemnein autous ta tekna mede tois ethesin peripatein. ti oun estin; pantos ?akousontai hoti eleluthas. touto oun poieson ho soi legomen· eisin hemin andres tessares euchen echontes ?aph' heauton. toutous paralabon hagnistheti sun autois kai dapaneson ep' autois hina ?xuresontai ten kephalen, kai ?gnosontai pantes hoti hon katechentai peri sou ouden estin, alla stoicheis kai autos ?phulasson ton nomon?. peri de ton pepisteukoton ethnon hemeis ?apesteilamen ?krinantes phulassesthai autous to te eidolothuton ?kai haima kai pnikton kai porneian. tote ho Paulos paralabon tous andras te echomene hemera sun autois hagnistheis eiseei eis to hieron, diangellon ten ekplerosin ton hemeron tou hagnismou heos hou prosenechthe huper henos hekastou auton he prosphora. Hos de emellon hai hepta hemerai sunteleisthai, hoi apo tes Asias Ioudaioi theasamenoi auton en to hiero sunecheon panta ton ochlon kai epebalon ?ep' auton tas cheiras?, krazontes· Andres Israelitai, boetheite· houtos estin ho anthropos ho kata tou laou kai tou nomou kai tou topou toutou pantas ?pantache didaskon, eti te kai Hellenas eisegagen eis to hieron kai kekoinoken ton hagion topon touton. esan gar ?proeorakotes Trophimon ton Ephesion en te polei sun auto, hon enomizon hoti eis to hieron eisegagen ho Paulos. ekinethe te he polis hole kai egeneto sundrome tou laou, kai epilabomenoi tou Paulou heilkon auton exo tou hierou, kai eutheos ekleisthesan hai thurai. zetounton ?te auton apokteinai anebe phasis to chiliarcho tes speires hoti hole ?sunchunnetai Ierousalem, hos exautes paralabon stratiotas kai hekatontarchas katedramen ep' autous, hoi de idontes ton chiliarchon kai tous stratiotas epausanto tuptontes ton Paulon. ?tote engisas? ho chiliarchos epelabeto autou kai ekeleuse dethenai halusesi dusi, kai epunthaneto ?tis eie kai ti estin pepoiekos. alloi de allo ti ?epephonoun en to ochlo· me ?dunamenou de autou? gnonai to asphales dia ton thorubon ekeleusen agesthai auton eis ten parembolen. hote de egeneto epi tous anabathmous, sunebe bastazesthai auton hupo ton stratioton dia ten bian tou ochlou, ekolouthei gar to plethos tou laou ?krazontes· Aire auton. Mellon te eisagesthai eis ten parembolen ho Paulos legei to chiliarcho· Ei exestin moi eipein ?ti pros se; ho de ephe· Hellenisti ginoskeis; ouk ara su ei ho Aiguptios ho pro touton ton hemeron anastatosas kai exagagon eis ten eremon tous tetrakischilious andras ton sikarion; eipen de ho Paulos· Ego anthropos men eimi Ioudaios, Tarseus tes Kilikias, ouk asemou poleos polites· deomai de sou, epitrepson moi lalesai pros ton laon. epitrepsantos de autou ho Paulos hestos epi ton anabathmon kateseise te cheiri to lao, polles de siges genomenes ?prosephonesen te Hebraidi dialekto legon __________________________________________________________________ Andres adelphoi kai pateres, akousate mou tes pros humas nuni apologias. Akousantes de hoti te Hebraidi dialekto prosephonei autois mallon pareschon hesuchian. kai phesin· ?Ego eimi aner Ioudaios, gegennemenos en Tarso tes Kilikias, anatethrammenos de en te polei taute para tous podas Gamaliel, pepaideumenos kata akribeian tou patroou nomou, zelotes huparchon tou theou kathos pantes humeis este semeron, hos tauten ten hodon edioxa achri thanatou, desmeuon kai paradidous eis phulakas andras te kai gunaikas, hos kai ho archiereus marturei moi kai pan to presbuterion· par' hon kai epistolas dexamenos pros tous adelphous eis Damaskon eporeuomen axon kai tous ekeise ontas dedemenous eis Ierousalem hina timorethosin. Egeneto de moi poreuomeno kai engizonti te Damasko peri mesembrian exaiphnes ek tou ouranou periastrapsai phos hikanon peri eme, epesa te eis to edaphos kai ekousa phones legouses moi· Saoul Saoul, ti me diokeis; ego de apekrithen· Tis ei, kurie; eipen te pros ?eme· Ego eimi Iesous ho Nazoraios hon su diokeis. hoi de sun emoi ontes to men phos ?etheasanto ten de phonen ouk ekousan tou lalountos moi. eipon de· Ti poieso, kurie; ho de kurios eipen pros me· Anastas poreuou eis Damaskon, kakei soi lalethesetai peri panton hon tetaktai soi poiesai. hos de ouk eneblepon apo tes doxes tou photos ekeinou, cheiragogoumenos hupo ton sunonton moi elthon eis Damaskon. Hananias de tis aner ?eulabes kata ton nomon marturoumenos hupo panton ton katoikounton Ioudaion, elthon pros ?eme kai epistas eipen moi· Saoul adelphe, anablepson· kago aute te hora aneblepsa eis auton. ho de eipen· Ho theos ton pateron hemon proecheirisato se gnonai to thelema autou kai idein ton dikaion kai akousai phonen ek tou stomatos autou, hoti ese martus auto pros pantas anthropous hon heorakas kai ekousas. kai nun ti melleis; anastas baptisai kai apolousai tas hamartias sou epikalesamenos to onoma ?autou. Egeneto de moi hupostrepsanti eis Ierousalem kai proseuchomenou mou en to hiero genesthai me en ekstasei kai idein auton legonta moi· Speuson kai exelthe en tachei ex Ierousalem, dioti ou paradexontai ?sou marturian peri emou. kago eipon· Kurie, autoi epistantai hoti ego emen phulakizon kai deron kata tas sunagogas tous pisteuontas epi se· kai hote ?exechunneto to haima Stephanou tou marturos sou, kai autos emen ephestos kai suneudokon ?kai phulasson ta himatia ton anairounton auton. kai eipen pros me· Poreuou, hoti ego eis ethne makran exapostelo se. Ekouon de autou achri toutou tou logou kai eperan ten phonen auton legontes· Aire apo tes ges ton toiouton, ou gar katheken auton zen. ?kraugazonton ?te auton kai rhiptounton ta himatia kai koniorton ballonton eis ton aera, ekeleusen ?ho chiliarchos eisagesthai auton? eis ten parembolen, ?eipas mastixin anetazesthai auton hina epigno di' hen aitian houtos epephonoun auto. hos de ?proeteinan auton tois himasin eipen pros ton hestota hekatontarchon ho Paulos· Ei anthropon Rhomaion kai akatakriton exestin humin mastizein; akousas de ho hekatontarches proselthon ?to chiliarcho apengeilen? legon· ?Ti melleis poiein; ho gar anthropos houtos Rhomaios estin. proselthon de ho chiliarchos eipen auto· Lege moi, ?su Rhomaios ei; ho de ephe· Nai. apekrithe ?de ho chiliarchos· Ego pollou kephalaiou ten politeian tauten ektesamen. ho de Paulos ephe· Ego de kai gegennemai. eutheos oun apestesan ap' autou hoi mellontes auton anetazein· kai ho chiliarchos de ephobethe epignous hoti Rhomaios estin kai hoti ?auton en? dedekos. Te de epaurion boulomenos gnonai to asphales to ti kategoreitai ?hupo ton Ioudaion elusen ?auton, kai ekeleusen ?sunelthein tous archiereis kai ?pan to ?sunedrion, kai katagagon ton Paulon estesen eis autous. __________________________________________________________________ atenisas de ?ho Paulos to sunedrio? eipen· Andres adelphoi, ego pase suneidesei agathe pepoliteumai to theo achri tautes tes hemeras. ho de archiereus Hananias epetaxen tois parestosin auto tuptein autou to stoma. tote ho Paulos pros auton eipen· Tuptein se mellei ho theos, toiche kekoniamene· kai su kathe krinon me kata ton nomon, kai paranomon keleueis me tuptesthai; hoi de parestotes eipan· Ton archierea tou theou loidoreis; ephe te ho Paulos· Ouk edein, adelphoi, hoti estin archiereus· gegraptai gar ?hoti Archonta tou laou sou ouk ereis kakos. Gnous de ho Paulos hoti to hen meros estin Saddoukaion to de heteron Pharisaion ?ekrazen en to sunedrio· Andres adelphoi, ego Pharisaios eimi, huios ?Pharisaion· peri elpidos kai anastaseos nekron ?ego krinomai. touto de autou ?lalountos egeneto stasis ton Pharisaion ?kai Saddoukaion?, kai eschisthe to plethos. Saddoukaioi ?men gar legousin me einai anastasin ?mete angelon mete pneuma, Pharisaioi de homologousin ta amphotera. egeneto de krauge megale, kai anastantes ?tines ton grammateon? tou merous ton Pharisaion diemachonto legontes· Ouden kakon heuriskomen en to anthropo touto· ei de pneuma elalesen auto e ?angelos-- polles de ?ginomenes staseos ?phobetheis ho chiliarchos me diaspasthe ho Paulos hup' auton ekeleusen to strateuma ?kataban harpasai auton ek mesou auton, agein ?te eis ten parembolen. Te de epiouse nukti epistas auto ho kurios eipen· ?Tharsei, hos gar diemarturo ta peri emou eis Ierousalem houto se dei kai eis Rhomen marturesai. Genomenes de hemeras poiesantes ?sustrophen hoi Ioudaioi? anethematisan heautous legontes mete phagein mete piein heos hou apokteinosin ton Paulon. esan de pleious tesserakonta hoi tauten ten sunomosian ?poiesamenoi· hoitines proselthontes tois archiereusin kai tois presbuterois eipan· Anathemati anethematisamen heautous medenos geusasthai heos hou apokteinomen ton Paulon. nun oun humeis emphanisate to chiliarcho sun to sunedrio ?hopos ?katagage auton eis? humas hos mellontas diaginoskein akribesteron ta peri autou· hemeis de pro tou engisai auton hetoimoi esmen tou anelein auton. Akousas de ho huios tes adelphes Paulou ?ten enedran? paragenomenos kai eiselthon eis ten parembolen apengeilen to Paulo. proskalesamenos de ho Paulos hena ton hekatontarchon ephe· Ton neanian touton ?apage pros ton chiliarchon, echei gar ?apangeilai ti? auto. ho men oun paralabon auton egagen pros ton chiliarchon kai phesin· Ho desmios Paulos proskalesamenos me erotesen touton ton ?neanian agagein pros se, echonta ti lalesai soi. epilabomenos de tes cheiros autou ho chiliarchos kai anachoresas kat' idian epunthaneto· Ti estin ho echeis apangeilai moi; eipen de hoti Hoi Ioudaioi sunethento tou erotesai se hopos aurion ?ton Paulon katagages eis to sunedrion? hos ?mellon ti akribesteron punthanesthai peri autou· su oun me peisthes autois, enedreuousin gar auton ex auton andres pleious tesserakonta, hoitines anethematisan heautous mete phagein mete piein heos hou anelosin auton, kai nun ?eisin hetoimoi? prosdechomenoi ten apo sou epangelian. ho men oun chiliarchos apeluse ton ?neaniskon parangeilas medeni eklalesai hoti tauta enephanisas pros ?eme. Kai proskalesamenos ?tinas duo? ton hekatontarchon eipen· Hetoimasate stratiotas diakosious hopos poreuthosin heos Kaisareias, kai hippeis hebdomekonta kai dexiolabous diakosious, apo trites horas tes nuktos, ktene te parastesai hina epibibasantes ton Paulon diasososi pros Phelika ton hegemona, grapsas epistolen ?echousan ton tupon touton· Klaudios Lusias to kratisto hegemoni Pheliki chairein. ton andra touton sullemphthenta hupo ton Ioudaion kai mellonta anaireisthai hup' auton epistas sun to strateumati ?exeilamen, mathon hoti Rhomaios estin, boulomenos ?te ?epignonai ten aitian di' hen enekaloun auto, ?kategagon eis to sunedrion auton. hon heuron enkaloumenon peri zetematon tou nomou auton, meden ?de axion thanatou e desmon ?echonta enklema?. menutheises de moi epiboules eis ton ?andra esesthai ?exautes epempsa pros se, parangeilas kai tois kategorois ?legein pros auton epi ?sou. Hoi men oun stratiotai kata to diatetagmenon autois analabontes ton Paulon egagon ?dia nuktos eis ten Antipatrida· te de epaurion easantes tous hippeis ?aperchesthai sun auto hupestrepsan eis ten parembolen· hoitines eiselthontes eis ten Kaisareian kai anadontes ten epistolen to hegemoni parestesan kai ton Paulon auto. anagnous ?de kai eperotesas ek poias ?eparcheias estin kai puthomenos hoti apo Kilikias, Diakousomai sou, ephe, hotan kai hoi kategoroi sou paragenontai· ?keleusas en to praitorio ?tou Herodou phulassesthai ?auton. __________________________________________________________________ Meta de pente hemeras katebe ho archiereus Hananias meta ?presbuteron tinon? kai rhetoros Tertullou tinos, hoitines enephanisan to hegemoni kata tou Paulou. klethentos de autou erxato kategorein ho Tertullos legon· Polles eirenes tunchanontes dia sou kai ?diorthomaton ginomenon to ethnei touto dia tes ses pronoias pante te kai pantachou apodechometha, kratiste Phelix, meta pases eucharistias. hina de me epi pleion se enkopto, parakalo akousai se hemon suntomos te se epieikeia. heurontes gar ton andra touton loimon kai kinounta ?staseis pasi tois Ioudaiois tois kata ten oikoumenen protostaten te tes ton Nazoraion haireseos, hos kai to hieron epeirasen bebelosai, hon kai ?ekratesamen, par' hou dunese autos anakrinas peri panton touton epignonai hon hemeis kategoroumen autou. sunepethento de kai hoi Ioudaioi phaskontes tauta houtos echein. Apekrithe ?te ho Paulos neusantos auto tou hegemonos legein· Ek pollon eton onta se kriten to ethnei touto epistamenos ?euthumos ta peri emautou apologoumai, dunamenou sou ?epignonai, hoti ou pleious eisin moi hemerai ?dodeka aph' hes aneben proskuneson ?eis Ierousalem, kai oute en to hiero heuron me pros tina dialegomenon e ?epistasin poiounta ochlou oute en tais sunagogais oute kata ten polin, ?oude ?parastesai dunantai ?soi peri hon ?nuni kategorousin mou. homologo de touto soi hoti kata ten hodon hen legousin hairesin houtos latreuo to patroo theo, pisteuon pasi tois kata ton nomon kai ?tois en? tois prophetais gegrammenois, elpida echon eis ton theon, hen kai autoi houtoi prosdechontai, anastasin mellein ?esesthai dikaion te kai adikon· en touto ?kai autos asko aproskopon suneidesin ?echein pros ton theon kai tous anthropous dia pantos. di' eton de pleionon ?eleemosunas poieson eis to ethnos mou paregenomen? kai prosphoras, en ?hais heuron me hegnismenon en to hiero, ou meta ochlou oude meta thorubou, tines de apo tes Asias Ioudaioi, ohus ?edei epi sou pareinai kai kategorein ei ti echoien pros ?eme, e autoi houtoi eipatosan ti ?heuron adikema stantos mou epi tou sunedriou e peri mias tautes phones hes ekekraxa ?en autois hestos? hoti Peri anastaseos nekron ego krinomai semeron ?eph' humon. ?Anebaleto de autous ho Phelix?, akribesteron eidos ta peri tes hodou, ?eipas· Hotan Lusias ho chiliarchos katabe diagnosomai ta kath' humas· ?diataxamenos to hekatontarche tereisthai ?auton echein te anesin kai medena koluein ton idion autou ?huperetein auto. Meta de hemeras tinas paragenomenos ho Phelix sun Drousille te ?idia gunaiki ouse Ioudaia metepempsato ton Paulon kai ekousen autou peri tes eis Christon ?Iesoun pisteos. dialegomenou de autou peri dikaiosunes kai enkrateias kai tou krimatos tou ?mellontos emphobos genomenos ho Phelix apekrithe· To nun echon poreuou, kairon de metalabon metakalesomai se· hama kai elpizon hoti chremata dothesetai auto hupo tou ?Paulou· dio kai puknoteron auton metapempomenos homilei auto. Dietias de plerotheises elaben diadochon ho Phelix Porkion Pheston· thelon te ?charita katathesthai tois Ioudaiois ho Phelix katelipe ton Paulon dedemenon. __________________________________________________________________ Phestos oun epibas te eparcheia meta treis hemeras anebe eis Hierosoluma apo Kaisareias, enephanisan ?te auto ?hoi archiereis? kai hoi protoi ton Ioudaion kata tou Paulou, kai parekaloun auton aitoumenoi charin kat' autou hopos metapempsetai auton eis Ierousalem, enedran poiountes anelein auton kata ten hodon. ho men oun Phestos apekrithe tereisthai ton Paulon ?eis Kaisareian?, heauton de mellein en tachei ekporeuesthai· Hoi oun ?en humin, phesin, dunatoi? sunkatabantes ei ti estin en to andri ?atopon kategoreitosan autou. Diatripsas de en autois hemeras ?ou pleious okto? e deka, katabas eis Kaisareian, te epaurion kathisas epi tou bematos ekeleusen ton Paulon achthenai. paragenomenou de autou periestesan ?auton hoi apo Hierosolumon katabebekotes Ioudaioi, polla kai barea aitiomata ?katapherontes ha ouk ischuon apodeixai, ?tou Paulou apologoumenou? hoti Oute eis ton nomon ton Ioudaion oute eis to hieron oute eis Kaisara ti hemarton. ho Phestos de ?thelon tois Ioudaiois? charin katathesthai apokritheis to Paulo eipen· Theleis eis Hierosoluma anabas ekei peri touton ?krithenai ep' emou; eipen de ho Paulos· ?Epi tou bematos Kaisaros hestos? eimi, hou me dei krinesthai. Ioudaious ouden ?edikesa, hos kai su kallion epiginoskeis. ei men ?oun adiko kai axion thanatou pepracha ti, ou paraitoumai to apothanein· ei de ouden estin hon houtoi kategorousin mou, oudeis me dunatai autois charisasthai· Kaisara epikaloumai. tote ho Phestos sullalesas meta tou sumbouliou apekrithe· Kaisara epikeklesai, epi Kaisara poreuse. Hemeron de diagenomenon tinon Agrippas ho basileus kai Bernike katentesan eis Kaisareian aspasamenoi ton Pheston. hos de pleious hemeras ?dietribon ekei, ho Phestos to basilei anetheto ta kata ton Paulon legon· Aner tis estin kataleleimmenos hupo Phelikos desmios, peri hou genomenou mou eis Hierosoluma enephanisan hoi archiereis kai hoi presbuteroi ton Ioudaion, aitoumenoi kat' autou ?katadiken· pros ohus apekrithen hoti ouk estin ethos Rhomaiois charizesthai tina ?anthropon prin e ho kategoroumenos kata prosopon echoi tous kategorous topon te apologias laboi peri tou enklematos. sunelthonton ?oun enthade anabolen medemian poiesamenos te hexes kathisas epi tou bematos ekeleusa achthenai ton andra· peri hou stathentes hoi kategoroi oudemian aitian ?epheron hon ?ego hupenooun? ?poneron, zetemata de tina peri tes idias deisidaimonias eichon pros auton kai peri tinos Iesou tethnekotos, hon ephasken ho Paulos zen. aporoumenos de ego ten peri ?touton zetesin elegon ei bouloito poreuesthai eis ?Hierosoluma kakei krinesthai peri touton. tou de Paulou epikalesamenou terethenai auton eis ten tou Sebastou diagnosin, ekeleusa tereisthai auton heos hou ?anapempso auton pros Kaisara. Agrippas de pros ton ?Pheston· Eboulomen kai autos tou anthropou akousai. ?Aurion, phesin, akouse autou. Te oun epaurion elthontos tou Agrippa kai tes Bernikes meta polles phantasias kai eiselthonton eis to akroaterion sun ?te chiliarchois kai andrasin tois kat' ?exochen tes poleos kai keleusantos tou Phestou echthe ho Paulos. kai phesin ho Phestos· Agrippa basileu kai pantes hoi sumparontes hemin andres, theoreite touton peri hou ?hapan to plethos ton Ioudaion ?enetuchon moi en te Hierosolumois kai enthade, ?boontes me dein ?auton zen? meketi. ego de ?katelabomen meden axion ?auton thanatou? peprachenai, ?autou de toutou epikalesamenou ton Sebaston ekrina ?pempein. peri hou asphales ti grapsai to kurio ouk echo· dio proegagon auton eph' humon kai malista epi sou, basileu Agrippa, hopos tes anakriseos genomenes scho ti ?grapso· alogon gar moi dokei pemponta desmion me kai tas kat' autou aitias semanai. __________________________________________________________________ Agrippas de pros ton Paulon ephe· Epitrepetai soi ?huper seautou legein. tote ho Paulos ?ekteinas ten cheira apelogeito?· Peri panton hon enkaloumai hupo Ioudaion, basileu Agrippa, hegemai emauton makarion epi sou mellon ?semeron apologeisthai?, malista gnosten onta se panton ton kata Ioudaious ?ethon te kai zetematon· dio ?deomai makrothumos akousai mou. Ten men oun biosin mou ?ten ek neotetos ten ap' arches genomenen en to ethnei mou en ?te Hierosolumois isasi ?pantes Ioudaioi, proginoskontes me anothen, ean thelosi marturein, hoti kata ten akribestaten hairesin tes hemeteras threskeias ezesa Pharisaios. kai nun ep' elpidi tes ?eis tous pateras ?hemon epangelias genomenes hupo tou theou hesteka krinomenos, eis hen to dodekaphulon hemon en ekteneia nukta kai hemeran latreuon elpizei katantesai· peri hes elpidos enkaloumai ?hupo Ioudaion, basileu?· ti apiston krinetai par' humin ei ho theos nekrous egeirei; Ego men oun edoxa emauto pros to onoma Iesou tou Nazoraiou dein polla enantia praxai· ho kai epoiesa en Hierosolumois, kai pollous ?te ton hagion ego ?en phulakais katekleisa ten para ton archiereon exousian labon, anairoumenon te auton katenenka psephon, kai kata pasas tas sunagogas pollakis timoron autous enankazon blasphemein, perissos te emmainomenos autois ediokon heos kai eis tas exo poleis. En ?hois poreuomenos eis ten Damaskon met' exousias kai epitropes ?tes ton archiereon hemeras meses kata ten hodon eidon, basileu, ouranothen huper ten lamproteta tou heliou perilampsan me phos kai tous sun emoi poreuomenous· panton ?te katapesonton hemon eis ten gen ekousa phonen ?legousan pros ?me te Hebraidi dialekto· Saoul Saoul, ti me diokeis; skleron soi pros kentra laktizein. ego de eipa· Tis ei, kurie; ho de ?kurios eipen· Ego eimi Iesous hon su diokeis· alla anastethi kai stethi epi tous podas sou· eis touto gar ophthen soi, procheirisasthai se hupereten kai martura hon te eides ?me hon te ophthesomai soi, exairoumenos se ek tou laou kai ?ek ton ethnon, eis ohus ego ?apostello se? anoixai ophthalmous auton, tou ?epistrepsai apo skotous eis phos kai tes exousias tou Satana epi ton theon, tou labein autous aphesin hamartion kai kleron en tois hegiasmenois pistei te eis eme. Hothen, basileu Agrippa, ouk egenomen apeithes te ouranio optasia, alla tois en Damasko proton ?te kai Hierosolumois, ?pasan te ten choran tes Ioudaias, kai tois ethnesin ?apengellon metanoein kai epistrephein epi ton theon, axia tes metanoias erga prassontas. heneka touton ?me Ioudaioi? ?sullabomenoi en to hiero epeironto diacheirisasthai. epikourias oun tuchon tes ?apo tou theou achri tes hemeras tautes hesteka marturomenos mikro te kai megalo, ouden ektos legon hon te hoi prophetai elalesan mellonton ginesthai kai Mouses, ei pathetos ho christos, ei protos ex anastaseos nekron phos mellei katangellein to ?te lao kai tois ethnesin. Tauta de autou apologoumenou ho Phestos megale te phone ?phesin· Maine, Paule· ta polla se grammata eis manian peritrepei. ho de ?Paulos· Ou mainomai, phesin, kratiste Pheste, alla aletheias kai sophrosunes rhemata apophthengomai. epistatai gar peri touton ho basileus, pros hon ?kai parresiazomenos lalo· lanthanein gar ?auton touton ou peithomai ?outhen, ou gar ?estin en gonia pepragmenon touto. pisteueis, basileu Agrippa, tois prophetais; oida hoti pisteueis. ho de Agrippas pros ton ?Paulon· En oligo me peitheis Christianon ?poiesai. ho de ?Paulos· Euxaimen an to theo kai en oligo kai en ?megalo ou monon se alla kai pantas tous akouontas mou semeron genesthai toioutous hopoios kai ego eimi parektos ton desmon touton. ?Aneste ?te ho basileus kai ho hegemon he te Bernike kai hoi sunkathemenoi autois, kai anachoresantes elaloun pros allelous legontes hoti Ouden thanatou ?e desmon axion? ?ti prassei ho anthropos houtos. Agrippas de to Phesto ephe· Apolelusthai edunato ho anthropos houtos ei me epekekleto Kaisara. __________________________________________________________________ Hos de ekrithe tou apoplein hemas eis ten Italian, paredidoun ton te Paulon kai tinas heterous desmotas hekatontarche onomati Ioulio speires Sebastes. epibantes de ploio Adramutteno ?mellonti plein ?eis tous kata ten Asian topous anechthemen ontos sun hemin Aristarchou Makedonos Thessalonikeos· te te hetera katechthemen eis Sidona, philanthropos te ho Ioulios to Paulo chresamenos epetrepsen pros tous philous ?poreuthenti epimeleias tuchein. kakeithen anachthentes hupepleusamen ten Kupron dia to tous anemous einai enantious, to te pelagos to kata ten Kilikian kai Pamphulian diapleusantes katelthomen eis Mura tes Lukias. kakei heuron ho ?hekatontarches ploion Alexandrinon pleon eis ten Italian enebibasen hemas eis auto. en hikanais de hemerais braduploountes kai molis genomenoi kata ten Knidon, me proseontos hemas tou anemou, hupepleusamen ten Kreten kata Salmonen, molis te paralegomenoi auten elthomen eis topon tina kaloumenon Kalous Limenas ho engus ?en polis? ?Lasaia. Hikanou de chronou diagenomenou kai ontos ede episphalous tou ploos dia to kai ten nesteian ede pareleluthenai, parenei ho Paulos legon autois· Andres, theoro hoti meta hubreos kai polles zemias ou monon tou phortiou kai tou ploiou alla kai ton psuchon hemon mellein esesthai ton ploun. ho de hekatontarches to kubernete kai to nauklero ?mallon epeitheto? e tois ?hupo Paulou legomenois. aneuthetou de tou limenos huparchontos pros paracheimasian hoi pleiones ethento boulen anachthenai ?ekeithen, ei pos dunainto katantesantes eis Phoinika paracheimasai, limena tes Kretes bleponta kata liba kai kata choron. Hupopneusantos de notou doxantes tes protheseos kekratekenai arantes asson parelegonto ten Kreten. met' ou polu de ebalen kat' autes anemos tuphonikos ho kaloumenos ?Eurakulon· sunarpasthentos de tou ploiou kai me dunamenou antophthalmein to anemo epidontes epherometha. nesion de ti hupodramontes kaloumenon ?Kauda ?ischusamen molis? perikrateis genesthai tes skaphes, hen arantes boetheiais echronto hupozonnuntes to ploion· phoboumenoi te me eis ten Surtin ekpesosin, chalasantes to skeuos, houtos epheronto. sphodros de cheimazomenon hemon te hexes ekbolen epoiounto, kai te trite autocheires ten skeuen tou ploiou ?erripsan. mete de heliou mete astron epiphainonton epi pleionas hemeras, cheimonos te ouk oligou epikeimenou, loipon periereito ?elpis pasa? tou sozesthai hemas. Polles ?te asitias huparchouses tote statheis ho Paulos en meso auton eipen· Edei men, o andres, peitharchesantas moi me anagesthai apo tes Kretes kerdesai te ten hubrin tauten kai ten zemian. kai ta nun paraino humas euthumein, apobole gar psuches oudemia estai ex humon plen tou ploiou· pareste gar moi taute te ?nukti tou theou, hou ?eimi, ho kai latreuo, ?angelos legon· Me phobou, Paule· Kaisari se dei parastenai, kai idou kecharistai soi ho theos pantas tous pleontas meta sou. dio euthumeite, andres· pisteuo gar to theo hoti houtos estai kath' hon tropon lelaletai moi. eis neson de tina dei hemas ekpesein. Hos de tessareskaidekate nux egeneto diapheromenon hemon en to Adria, kata meson tes nuktos hupenooun hoi nautai prosagein tina autois choran. kai bolisantes heuron orguias eikosi, brachu de diastesantes kai palin bolisantes heuron orguias dekapente· phoboumenoi te ?me pou kata? tracheis topous ekpesomen ek prumnes rhipsantes ankuras tessaras euchonto hemeran genesthai. ton de nauton zetounton phugein ek tou ploiou kai chalasanton ten skaphen eis ten thalassan prophasei hos ek prores ?ankuras mellonton? ekteinein, eipen ho Paulos to hekatontarche kai tois stratiotais· Ean me houtoi meinosin en to ploio, humeis sothenai ou dunasthe. tote ?apekopsan hoi stratiotai? ta schoinia tes skaphes kai eiasan auten ekpesein. Achri de hou ?hemera emellen? ginesthai parekalei ho Paulos hapantas metalabein trophes legon· Tessareskaidekaten semeron hemeran prosdokontes asitoi diateleite, methen proslabomenoi· dio parakalo humas ?metalabein trophes, touto gar pros tes humeteras soterias huparchei· oudenos gar humon thrix ?apo tes kephales ?apoleitai. ?eipas de tauta kai labon arton eucharistesen to theo enopion panton kai klasas erxato esthiein. euthumoi de genomenoi pantes kai autoi proselabonto trophes. emetha de ?hai pasai psuchai en to ploio? ?diakosiai hebdomekonta hex. koresthentes ?de trophes ekouphizon to ploion ekballomenoi ton siton eis ten thalassan. Hote de hemera egeneto, ten gen ouk epeginoskon, kolpon de tina katenooun echonta aigialon eis hon ?ebouleuonto ei ?dunainto ?exosai to ploion. kai tas ankuras perielontes eion eis ten thalassan, hama anentes tas zeukterias ton pedalion, kai eparantes ton artemona te pneouse kateichon eis ton aigialon. peripesontes de eis topon dithalasson ?epekeilan ten naun, kai he men prora ereisasa emeinen asaleutos, he de prumna elueto hupo tes ?bias. ton de stratioton boule egeneto hina tous desmotas apokteinosin, me tis ekkolumbesas diaphuge· ho de ?hekatontarches boulomenos diasosai ton Paulon ekolusen autous tou boulematos, ekeleusen te tous dunamenous kolumban aporipsantas protous epi ten gen exienai, kai tous loipous ohus men epi sanisin ohus de epi tinon ton apo tou ploiou· kai houtos egeneto pantas diasothenai epi ten gen. __________________________________________________________________ Kai diasothentes tote ?epegnomen hoti ?Melite he nesos kaleitai. hoi ?te barbaroi pareichon ou ten tuchousan philanthropian hemin, ?hapsantes gar puran proselabonto pantas hemas dia ton hueton ton ephestota kai dia to psuchos. sustrepsantos de tou Paulou phruganon ?ti plethos kai epithentos epi ten puran, echidna ?apo tes thermes ?exelthousa kathepse tes cheiros autou. hos de eidon hoi barbaroi kremamenon to therion ek tes cheiros autou, ?pros allelous elegon?· Pantos phoneus estin ho anthropos houtos hon diasothenta ek tes thalasses he dike zen ouk eiasen. ho men oun apotinaxas to therion eis to pur epathen ouden kakon· hoi de prosedokon auton mellein pimprasthai e katapiptein aphno nekron. epi polu de auton prosdokonton kai theorounton meden atopon eis auton ginomenon, ?metabalomenoi elegon ?auton einai theon?. En de tois peri ton topon ekeinon huperchen choria to proto tes nesou onomati Poplio, hos anadexamenos hemas ?treis hemeras? philophronos exenisen. egeneto de ton patera tou Popliou puretois kai ?dusenterio sunechomenon katakeisthai, pros hon ho Paulos eiselthon kai proseuxamenos epitheis tas cheiras auto iasato auton. toutou ?de genomenou kai hoi loipoi hoi ?en te neso echontes astheneias? proserchonto kai etherapeuonto, ohi kai pollais timais etimesan hemas kai anagomenois epethento ta pros ?tas chreias?. Meta de treis menas ?anechthemen en ploio parakecheimakoti en te neso Alexandrino, parasemo Dioskourois. kai katachthentes eis Surakousas epemeinamen hemeras treis, hothen ?perielontes katentesamen eis Rhegion. kai meta mian hemeran epigenomenou notou deuteraioi elthomen eis Potiolous, hou heurontes adelphous pareklethemen ?par' autois epimeinai hemeras hepta· kai houtos eis ten Rhomen elthamen. kakeithen hoi adelphoi akousantes ta peri hemon ?elthan eis apantesin hemin achri Appiou Phorou kai Trion Tabernon, ohus idon ho Paulos eucharistesas to theo elabe tharsos. Hote de ?eiselthomen eis Rhomen, ?epetrape to Paulo? menein kath' heauton sun to phulassonti auton stratiote. Egeneto de meta hemeras treis sunkalesasthai ?auton tous ontas ton Ioudaion protous· sunelthonton de auton elegen pros autous· ?Ego, andres adelphoi?, ouden enantion poiesas to lao e tois ethesi tois patroois desmios ex Hierosolumon paredothen eis tas cheiras ton Rhomaion, hoitines anakrinantes me eboulonto apolusai dia to medemian aitian thanatou huparchein en emoi· antilegonton de ton Ioudaion enankasthen epikalesasthai Kaisara, ouch hos tou ethnous mou echon ti ?kategorein. dia tauten oun ten aitian parekalesa humas idein kai proslalesai, heneken gar tes elpidos tou Israel ten halusin tauten perikeimai. hoi de pros auton eipan· Hemeis oute grammata peri sou edexametha apo tes Ioudaias, oute paragenomenos tis ton adelphon apengeilen e elalesen ti peri sou poneron. axioumen de para sou akousai ha phroneis, peri men gar tes haireseos tautes gnoston ?hemin estin? hoti pantachou antilegetai. Taxamenoi de auto hemeran ?hekon pros auton eis ten xenian pleiones, hois exetitheto diamarturomenos ten basileian tou theou peithon te ?autous peri tou Iesou apo te tou nomou Mouseos kai ton propheton apo proi heos hesperas. kai hoi men epeithonto tois legomenois hoi de epistoun, asumphonoi de ontes pros allelous apeluonto, eipontos tou Paulou rhema hen hoti Kalos to pneuma to hagion elalesen dia Esaiou tou prophetou pros tous pateras ?humon ?legon· Poreutheti pros ton laon touton kai eipon· Akoe akousete kai ou me sunete, kai blepontes blepsete kai ou me idete· epachunthe gar he kardia tou laou toutou, kai tois osin bareos ekousan, kai tous ophthalmous auton ekammusan· mepote idosin tois ophthalmois kai tois osin akousosin kai te kardia sunosin kai epistrepsosin, kai iasomai autous. gnoston oun ?esto humin? hoti tois ethnesin apestale ?touto to soterion tou theou· autoi kai ?akousontai. ?Enemeinen ?de dietian holen en idio misthomati, kai apedecheto pantas tous eisporeuomenous pros auton, kerusson ten basileian tou theou kai didaskon ta peri tou kuriou Iesou Christou meta pases parresias akolutos. __________________________________________________________________ PROS ROMAIOUS __________________________________________________________________ Paulos doulos ?Christou Iesou?, kletos apostolos, aphorismenos eis euangelion theou ho proepengeilato dia ton propheton autou en graphais hagiais peri tou huiou autou, tou genomenou ek spermatos Dauid kata sarka, tou horisthentos huiou theou en dunamei kata pneuma hagiosunes ex anastaseos nekron, Iesou Christou tou kuriou hemon, di' hou elabomen charin kai apostolen eis hupakoen pisteos en pasin tois ethnesin huper tou onomatos autou, en hois este kai humeis kletoi Iesou Christou, pasin tois ousin en Rhome agapetois theou, kletois hagiois· charis humin kai eirene apo theou patros hemon kai kuriou Iesou Christou. Proton men eucharisto to theo mou dia Iesou Christou ?peri panton humon, hoti he pistis humon katangelletai en holo to kosmo. martus gar mou estin ho theos, ho latreuo en to pneumati mou en to euangelio tou huiou autou, hos adialeiptos mneian humon poioumai pantote epi ton proseuchon mou, deomenos ei pos ede pote euodothesomai en to thelemati tou theou elthein pros humas. epipotho gar idein humas, hina ti metado charisma humin pneumatikon eis to sterichthenai humas, touto de estin sumparaklethenai en humin dia tes en allelois pisteos humon te kai emou. ou thelo de humas agnoein, adelphoi, hoti pollakis proethemen elthein pros humas, kai ekoluthen achri tou deuro, hina tina karpon scho kai en humin kathos kai en tois loipois ethnesin. Hellesin te kai barbarois, sophois te kai anoetois opheiletes eimi· houtos to kat' eme prothumon kai humin tois en Rhome euangelisasthai. Ou gar epaischunomai to ?euangelion, dunamis gar theou estin eis soterian panti to pisteuonti, Ioudaio te proton kai Helleni· dikaiosune gar theou en auto apokaluptetai ek pisteos eis pistin, kathos gegraptai· Ho de dikaios ek pisteos zesetai. Apokaluptetai gar orge theou ap' ouranou epi pasan asebeian kai adikian anthropon ton ten aletheian en adikia katechonton, dioti to gnoston tou theou phaneron estin en autois, ho ?theos gar? autois ephanerosen. ta gar aorata autou apo ktiseos kosmou tois poiemasin nooumena kathoratai, he te aidios autou dunamis kai theiotes, eis to einai autous anapologetous, dioti gnontes ton theon ouch hos theon edoxasan e eucharistesan, alla emataiothesan en tois dialogismois auton kai eskotisthe he asunetos auton kardia· phaskontes einai sophoi emoranthesan, kai ellaxan ten doxan tou aphthartou theou en homoiomati eikonos phthartou anthropou kai peteinon kai tetrapodon kai herpeton. ?Dio paredoken autous ho theos en tais epithumiais ton kardion auton eis akatharsian tou atimazesthai ta somata auton en ?autois, hoitines metellaxan ten aletheian tou theou en to pseudei, kai esebasthesan kai elatreusan te ktisei para ton ktisanta, hos estin eulogetos eis tous aionas· amen. Dia touto paredoken autous ho theos eis pathe atimias· hai te gar theleiai auton metellaxan ten phusiken chresin eis ten para phusin, homoios te kai hoi arsenes aphentes ten phusiken chresin tes theleias exekauthesan en te orexei auton eis allelous, arsenes en arsesin ten aschemosunen katergazomenoi kai ten antimisthian hen edei tes planes auton en ?heautois apolambanontes. Kai kathos ouk edokimasan ton theon echein en epignosei, paredoken autous ho theos eis adokimon noun, poiein ta me kathekonta, pepleromenous pase ?adikia poneria pleonexia kakia, mestous phthonou phonou eridos dolou kakoetheias, psithuristas, katalalous, theostugeis, hubristas, huperephanous, alazonas, epheuretas kakon, goneusin apeitheis, asunetous, asunthetous, ?astorgous, aneleemonas· hoitines to dikaioma tou theou epignontes, hoti hoi ta toiauta prassontes axioi thanatou eisin, ou monon auta poiousin alla kai suneudokousin tois prassousin. __________________________________________________________________ Dio anapologetos ei, o anthrope pas ho krinon· en ho gar krineis ton heteron, seauton katakrineis, ta gar auta prasseis ho krinon· oidamen de hoti to krima tou theou estin kata aletheian epi tous ta toiauta prassontas. logize de touto, o anthrope ho krinon tous ta toiauta prassontas kai poion auta, hoti su ekpheuxe to krima tou theou; e tou ploutou tes chrestotetos autou kai tes anoches kai tes makrothumias kataphroneis, agnoon hoti to chreston tou theou eis metanoian se agei; kata de ten skleroteta sou kai ametanoeton kardian thesaurizeis seauto orgen en hemera orges kai ?apokalupseos dikaiokrisias tou theou, hos apodosei hekasto kata ta erga autou· tois men kath' hupomonen ergou agathou doxan kai timen kai aphtharsian zetousin zoen aionion· tois de ex eritheias kai ?apeithousi te aletheia peithomenois de te adikia ?orge kai thumos?, thlipsis kai stenochoria, epi pasan psuchen anthropou tou katergazomenou to kakon, Ioudaiou te proton kai Hellenos· doxa de kai time kai eirene panti to ergazomeno to agathon, Ioudaio te proton kai Helleni· ou gar estin prosopolempsia para to theo. Hosoi gar anomos hemarton, anomos kai apolountai· kai hosoi en nomo hemarton, dia nomou krithesontai· ou gar hoi akroatai ?nomou dikaioi para ?to theo, all' hoi poietai ?nomou dikaiothesontai. hotan gar ethne ta me nomon echonta phusei ta tou nomou ?poiosin, houtoi nomon me echontes heautois eisin nomos· hoitines endeiknuntai to ergon tou nomou grapton en tais kardiais auton, summarturouses auton tes suneideseos kai metaxu allelon ton logismon kategorounton e kai apologoumenon, en ?hemera hote? ?krinei ho theos ta krupta ton anthropon kata to euangelion mou dia ?Christou Iesou?. ?Ei de? su Ioudaios eponomaze kai epanapaue ?nomo kai kauchasai en theo kai ginoskeis to thelema kai dokimazeis ta diapheronta katechoumenos ek tou nomou, pepoithas te seauton hodegon einai tuphlon, phos ton en skotei, paideuten aphronon, didaskalon nepion, echonta ten morphosin tes gnoseos kai tes aletheias en to nomo-- ho oun didaskon heteron seauton ou didaskeis; ho kerusson me kleptein klepteis; ho legon me moicheuein moicheueis; ho bdelussomenos ta eidola hierosuleis; hos en nomo kauchasai, dia tes parabaseos tou nomou ton theon atimazeis; to gar onoma tou theou di' humas blasphemeitai en tois ethnesin, kathos gegraptai. Peritome men gar ophelei ean nomon prasses· ean de parabates nomou es, he peritome sou akrobustia gegonen. ean oun he akrobustia ta dikaiomata tou nomou phulasse, ?ouch he akrobustia autou eis peritomen logisthesetai; kai krinei he ek phuseos akrobustia ton nomon telousa se ton dia grammatos kai peritomes parabaten nomou. ou gar ho en to phanero Ioudaios estin, oude he en to phanero en sarki peritome· all' ho en to krupto Ioudaios, kai peritome kardias en pneumati ou grammati, hou ho epainos ouk ex anthropon all' ek tou theou. __________________________________________________________________ Ti oun to perisson tou Ioudaiou, e tis he opheleia tes peritomes; polu kata panta tropon. proton men ?gar hoti episteuthesan ta logia tou theou. ti gar; ei epistesan tines, me he apistia auton ten pistin tou theou katargesei; me genoito· ginestho de ho theos alethes, pas de anthropos pseustes, ?kathos gegraptai· Hopos an dikaiothes en tois logois sou kai ?nikeseis en to krinesthai se. ei de he adikia hemon theou dikaiosunen sunistesin, ti eroumen; me adikos ho theos ho epipheron ten orgen; kata anthropon lego. me genoito· epei pos krinei ho theos ton kosmon; ei ?de he aletheia tou theou en to emo pseusmati eperisseusen eis ten doxan autou, ti eti kago hos hamartolos krinomai, kai me kathos blasphemoumetha kai kathos phasin tines hemas legein hoti Poiesomen ta kaka hina elthe ta agatha; hon to krima endikon estin. Ti oun; proechometha; ou pantos, proetiasametha gar Ioudaious te kai Hellenas pantas huph' hamartian einai, kathos gegraptai hoti Ouk estin dikaios oude heis, ouk estin ?ho sunion, ouk estin ?ho ekzeton ton theon· pantes exeklinan, hama echreothesan· ouk ?estin poion chrestoteta, ouk estin heos henos. taphos aneogmenos ho larunx auton, tais glossais auton edoliousan, ios aspidon hupo ta cheile auton, hon to stoma aras kai pikrias gemei· oxeis hoi podes auton ekcheai haima, suntrimma kai talaiporia en tais hodois auton, kai hodon eirenes ouk egnosan. ouk estin phobos theou apenanti ton ophthalmon auton. Oidamen de hoti hosa ho nomos legei tois en to nomo lalei, hina pan stoma phrage kai hupodikos genetai pas ho kosmos to theo· dioti ex ergon nomou ou dikaiothesetai pasa sarx enopion autou, dia gar nomou epignosis hamartias. Nuni de choris nomou dikaiosune theou pephanerotai, marturoumene hupo tou nomou kai ton propheton, dikaiosune de theou dia pisteos Iesou Christou, eis ?pantas tous pisteuontas, ou gar estin diastole. pantes gar hemarton kai husterountai tes doxes tou theou, dikaioumenoi dorean te autou chariti dia tes apolutroseos tes en Christo Iesou· hon proetheto ho theos hilasterion ?dia pisteos en to autou haimati eis endeixin tes dikaiosunes autou dia ten paresin ton progegonoton hamartematon en te anoche tou theou, pros ?ten endeixin tes dikaiosunes autou en to nun kairo, eis to einai auton dikaion kai dikaiounta ton ek pisteos Iesou. Pou oun he kauchesis; exekleisthe. dia poiou nomou; ton ergon; ouchi, alla dia nomou pisteos. logizometha ?gar ?dikaiousthai pistei? anthropon choris ergon nomou. e Ioudaion ho theos monon; ?ouchi kai ethnon; nai kai ethnon, ?eiper heis ho theos, hos dikaiosei peritomen ek pisteos kai akrobustian dia tes pisteos. nomon oun katargoumen dia tes pisteos; me genoito, alla nomon ?histanomen. __________________________________________________________________ Ti oun eroumen ?heurekenai Abraam ton ?propatora ?hemon kata sarka; ei gar Abraam ex ergon edikaiothe, echei kauchema· all' ou ?pros theon, ti gar he graphe legei; Episteusen de Abraam to theo kai elogisthe auto eis dikaiosunen. to de ergazomeno ho misthos ou logizetai kata charin alla kata opheilema· to de me ergazomeno, pisteuonti de epi ton dikaiounta ton asebe, logizetai he pistis autou eis dikaiosunen, kathaper kai Dauid legei ton makarismon tou anthropou ho ho theos logizetai dikaiosunen choris ergon· Makarioi hon aphethesan hai anomiai kai hon epekaluphthesan hai hamartiai, makarios aner ?hou ou me logisetai kurios hamartian. Ho makarismos oun houtos epi ten peritomen e kai epi ten akrobustian; legomen ?gar· Elogisthe to Abraam he pistis eis dikaiosunen. pos oun elogisthe; en peritome onti e en akrobustia; ouk en peritome all' en akrobustia· kai semeion elaben peritomes, sphragida tes dikaiosunes tes pisteos tes en te akrobustia, eis to einai auton patera panton ton pisteuonton di' akrobustias, eis to ?logisthenai autois ten dikaiosunen, kai patera peritomes tois ouk ek peritomes monon alla kai tois stoichousin tois ichnesin tes ?en akrobustia pisteos? tou patros hemon Abraam. Ou gar dia nomou he epangelia to Abraam e to spermati autou, to kleronomon auton ?einai kosmou, alla dia dikaiosunes pisteos· ei gar hoi ek nomou kleronomoi, kekenotai he pistis kai katergetai he epangelia· ho gar nomos orgen katergazetai, hou ?de ouk estin nomos, oude parabasis. Dia touto ek pisteos, hina kata charin, eis to einai bebaian ten epangelian panti to spermati, ou to ek tou nomou monon alla kai to ek pisteos Abraam (hos estin pater panton hemon, kathos gegraptai hoti Patera pollon ethnon tetheika se), katenanti hou episteusen theou tou zoopoiountos tous nekrous kai kalountos ta me onta hos onta· hos par' elpida ep' elpidi episteusen eis to genesthai auton patera pollon ethnon kata to eiremenon· Houtos estai to sperma sou· kai me asthenesas te ?pistei katenoesen to heautou ?soma nenekromenon, hekatontaetes pou huparchon, kai ten nekrosin tes metras Sarras, eis de ten epangelian tou theou ou diekrithe te apistia alla enedunamothe te pistei, dous doxan to theo kai plerophoretheis hoti ho epengeltai dunatos estin kai poiesai. ?dio elogisthe auto eis dikaiosunen. Ouk egraphe de di' auton monon hoti elogisthe auto, alla kai di' hemas hois mellei logizesthai, tois pisteuousin epi ton egeiranta Iesoun ton kurion hemon ek nekron, hos paredothe dia ta paraptomata hemon kai egerthe dia ten dikaiosin hemon. __________________________________________________________________ Dikaiothentes oun ek pisteos eirenen ?echomen pros ton theon dia tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, di' hou kai ten prosagogen eschekamen te pistei eis ten charin tauten en he hestekamen, kai kauchometha ep' elpidi tes doxes tou theou· ou monon de, alla kai ?kauchometha en tais thlipsesin, eidotes hoti he thlipsis hupomonen katergazetai, he de hupomone dokimen, he de dokime elpida. he de elpis ou kataischunei· hoti he agape tou theou ekkechutai en tais kardiais hemon dia pneumatos hagiou tou dothentos hemin. ?Eti gar? Christos onton hemon asthenon ?eti kata kairon huper asebon apethanen. molis gar huper dikaiou tis apothaneitai· huper gar tou agathou tacha tis kai tolma apothanein· sunistesin de ten heautou agapen eis hemas ho theos hoti eti hamartolon onton hemon Christos huper hemon apethanen. pollo oun mallon dikaiothentes nun en to haimati autou sothesometha di' autou apo tes orges. ei gar echthroi ontes katellagemen to theo dia tou thanatou tou huiou autou, pollo mallon katallagentes sothesometha en te zoe autou· ou monon de, alla kai kauchomenoi en to theo dia tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, di' hou nun ten katallagen elabomen. Dia touto hosper di' henos anthropou he hamartia eis ton kosmon eiselthen kai dia tes hamartias ho thanatos, kai houtos eis pantas anthropous ho thanatos dielthen eph' ho pantes hemarton-- achri gar nomou hamartia en en kosmo, hamartia de ouk ellogeitai me ontos nomou, alla ebasileusen ho thanatos apo Adam mechri Mouseos kai epi tous me hamartesantas epi to homoiomati tes parabaseos Adam, hos estin tupos tou mellontos. All' ouch hos to paraptoma, houtos kai to charisma· ei gar to tou henos paraptomati hoi polloi apethanon, pollo mallon he charis tou theou kai he dorea en chariti te tou henos anthropou Iesou Christou eis tous pollous eperisseusen. kai ouch hos di' henos hamartesantos to dorema· to men gar krima ex henos eis katakrima, to de charisma ek pollon paraptomaton eis dikaioma. ei gar to tou henos paraptomati ho thanatos ebasileusen dia tou henos, pollo mallon hoi ten perisseian tes charitos kai tes doreas tes dikaiosunes lambanontes en zoe basileusousin dia tou henos Iesou Christou. Ara oun hos di' henos paraptomatos eis pantas anthropous eis katakrima, houtos kai di' henos dikaiomatos eis pantas anthropous eis dikaiosin zoes· hosper gar dia tes parakoes tou henos anthropou hamartoloi katestathesan hoi polloi, houtos kai dia tes hupakoes tou henos dikaioi katastathesontai hoi polloi. nomos de pareiselthen hina pleonase to paraptoma· hou de epleonasen he hamartia, hupereperisseusen he charis, hina hosper ebasileusen he hamartia en to thanato, houtos kai he charis basileuse dia dikaiosunes eis zoen aionion dia Iesou Christou tou kuriou hemon. __________________________________________________________________ Ti oun eroumen; ?epimenomen te hamartia, hina he charis pleonase; me genoito· hoitines apethanomen te hamartia, pos eti zesomen en aute; e agnoeite hoti hosoi ebaptisthemen eis Christon Iesoun eis ton thanaton autou ebaptisthemen; sunetaphemen oun auto dia tou baptismatos eis ton thanaton, hina hosper egerthe Christos ek nekron dia tes doxes tou patros, houtos kai hemeis en kainoteti zoes peripatesomen. Ei gar sumphutoi gegonamen to homoiomati tou thanatou autou, alla kai tes anastaseos esometha· touto ginoskontes hoti ho palaios hemon anthropos sunestaurothe, hina katargethe to soma tes hamartias, tou meketi douleuein hemas te hamartia, ho gar apothanon dedikaiotai apo tes hamartias. ei de apethanomen sun Christo, pisteuomen hoti kai suzesomen auto· eidotes hoti Christos egertheis ek nekron ouketi apothneskei, thanatos autou ouketi kurieuei· ho gar apethanen, te hamartia apethanen ephapax· ho de ze, ze to theo. houtos kai humeis logizesthe heautous ?einai nekrous men? te hamartia zontas de to theo en Christo ?Iesou. Me oun basileueto he hamartia en to thneto humon somati eis to ?hupakouein tais epithumiais autou, mede paristanete ta mele humon hopla adikias te hamartia, alla parastesate heautous to theo ?hosei ek nekron zontas kai ta mele humon hopla dikaiosunes to theo. hamartia gar humon ou kurieusei, ou gar este hupo nomon alla hupo charin. Ti oun; ?hamartesomen hoti ouk esmen hupo nomon alla hupo charin; me genoito· ouk oidate hoti ho paristanete heautous doulous eis hupakoen, douloi este ho hupakouete, etoi hamartias eis thanaton e hupakoes eis dikaiosunen; charis de to theo hoti ete douloi tes hamartias hupekousate de ek kardias eis hon paredothete tupon didaches, eleutherothentes de apo tes hamartias edoulothete te dikaiosune· anthropinon lego dia ten astheneian tes sarkos humon· hosper gar parestesate ta mele humon doula te akatharsia kai te anomia eis ten anomian, houtos nun parastesate ta mele humon doula te dikaiosune eis hagiasmon. Hote gar douloi ete tes hamartias, eleutheroi ete te dikaiosune. tina oun karpon eichete tote eph' hois nun epaischunesthe; to gar telos ekeinon thanatos· nuni de, eleutherothentes apo tes hamartias doulothentes de to theo, echete ton karpon humon eis hagiasmon, to de telos zoen aionion. ta gar opsonia tes hamartias thanatos, to de charisma tou theou zoe aionios en Christo Iesou to kurio hemon. __________________________________________________________________ E agnoeite, adelphoi, ginoskousin gar nomon lalo, hoti ho nomos kurieuei tou anthropou eph' hoson chronon ze; he gar hupandros gune to zonti andri dedetai nomo· ean de apothane ho aner, katergetai apo tou nomou tou andros. ara oun zontos tou andros moichalis chrematisei ean genetai andri hetero· ean de apothane ho aner, eleuthera estin apo tou nomou, tou me einai auten moichalida genomenen andri hetero. Hoste, adelphoi mou, kai humeis ethanatothete to nomo dia tou somatos tou Christou, eis to genesthai humas hetero, to ek nekron egerthenti hina karpophoresomen to theo. hote gar emen en te sarki, ta pathemata ton hamartion ta dia tou nomou energeito en tois melesin hemon eis to karpophoresai to thanato· nuni de katergethemen apo tou nomou, apothanontes en ho kateichometha, hoste douleuein hemas en kainoteti pneumatos kai ou palaioteti grammatos. Ti oun eroumen; ho nomos hamartia; me genoito· alla ten hamartian ouk egnon ei me dia nomou, ten te gar epithumian ouk edein ei me ho nomos elegen· Ouk epithumeseis· aphormen de labousa he hamartia dia tes entoles kateirgasato en emoi pasan epithumian, choris gar nomou hamartia nekra. ego de ezon choris nomou pote· elthouses de tes entoles he hamartia anezesen, ego de apethanon, kai heurethe moi he entole he eis zoen haute eis thanaton· he gar hamartia aphormen labousa dia tes entoles exepatesen me kai di' autes apekteinen. hoste ho men nomos hagios, kai he entole hagia kai dikaia kai agathe. To oun agathon emoi ?egeneto thanatos; me genoito· alla he hamartia, hina phane hamartia dia tou agathou moi katergazomene thanaton· hina genetai kath' huperbolen hamartolos he hamartia dia tes entoles. Oidamen gar hoti ho nomos pneumatikos estin· ego de ?sarkinos eimi, pepramenos hupo ten hamartian. ho gar katergazomai ou ginosko· ou gar ho thelo touto prasso, all' ho miso touto poio. ei de ho ou thelo touto poio, sumphemi to nomo hoti kalos. nuni de ouketi ego katergazomai auto alla he ?oikousa en emoi hamartia. oida gar hoti ouk oikei en emoi, tout' estin en te sarki mou, agathon· to gar thelein parakeitai moi, to de katergazesthai to kalon ?ou· ou gar ho thelo poio agathon, alla ho ou thelo kakon touto prasso. ei de ho ou ?thelo touto poio, ouketi ego katergazomai auto alla he oikousa en emoi hamartia. Heurisko ara ton nomon to thelonti emoi poiein to kalon hoti emoi to kakon parakeitai· sunedomai gar to nomo tou theou kata ton eso anthropon, blepo de heteron nomon en tois melesin mou antistrateuomenon to nomo tou noos mou kai aichmalotizonta me ?en to nomo tes hamartias to onti en tois melesin mou. talaiporos ego anthropos· tis me rhusetai ek tou somatos tou thanatou toutou; ?charis to theo dia Iesou Christou tou kuriou hemon. Ara oun autos ego to men noi douleuo nomo theou, te de sarki nomo hamartias. __________________________________________________________________ Ouden ara nun katakrima tois en Christo ?Iesou· ho gar nomos tou pneumatos tes zoes en Christo Iesou eleutherosen ?se apo tou nomou tes hamartias kai tou thanatou. to gar adunaton tou nomou, en ho esthenei dia tes sarkos, ho theos ton heautou huion pempsas en homoiomati sarkos hamartias kai peri hamartias katekrine ten hamartian en te sarki, hina to dikaioma tou nomou plerothe en hemin tois me kata sarka peripatousin alla kata pneuma· hoi gar kata sarka ontes ta tes sarkos phronousin, hoi de kata pneuma ta tou pneumatos. to gar phronema tes sarkos thanatos, to de phronema tou pneumatos zoe kai eirene· dioti to phronema tes sarkos echthra eis theon, to gar nomo tou theou ouch hupotassetai, oude gar dunatai· hoi de en sarki ontes theo aresai ou dunantai. Humeis de ouk este en sarki alla en pneumati, eiper pneuma theou oikei en humin. ei de tis pneuma Christou ouk echei, houtos ouk estin autou. ei de Christos en humin, to men soma nekron dia hamartian, to de pneuma zoe dia dikaiosunen. ei de to pneuma tou egeirantos ?ton Iesoun ek nekron oikei en humin, ho egeiras ?ek nekron Christon Iesoun? zoopoiesei kai ta thneta somata humon dia ?to enoikoun autou pneuma? en humin. Ara oun, adelphoi, opheiletai esmen, ou te sarki tou kata sarka zen, ei gar kata sarka zete mellete apothneskein, ei de pneumati tas praxeis tou somatos thanatoute, zesesthe. hosoi gar pneumati theou agontai, houtoi ?huioi eisin theou?. ou gar elabete pneuma douleias palin eis phobon, alla elabete pneuma huiothesias en ho krazomen· Abba ho pater· auto to pneuma summarturei to pneumati hemon hoti esmen tekna theou. ei de tekna, kai kleronomoi· kleronomoi men theou, sunkleronomoi de Christou, eiper sumpaschomen hina kai sundoxasthomen. Logizomai gar hoti ouk axia ta pathemata tou nun kairou pros ten mellousan doxan apokaluphthenai eis hemas. he gar apokaradokia tes ktiseos ten apokalupsin ton huion tou theou apekdechetai· te gar mataioteti he ktisis hupetage, ouch hekousa alla dia ton hupotaxanta, ?eph' helpidi hoti kai aute he ktisis eleutherothesetai apo tes douleias tes phthoras eis ten eleutherian tes doxes ton teknon tou theou. oidamen gar hoti pasa he ktisis sustenazei kai sunodinei achri tou nun· ou monon de, alla ?kai autoi? ten aparchen tou pneumatos echontes ?hemeis kai? autoi en heautois stenazomen, huiothesian apekdechomenoi ten apolutrosin tou somatos hemon. te gar elpidi esothemen· elpis de blepomene ouk estin elpis, ho gar blepei ?tis elpizei; ei de ho ou blepomen elpizomen, di' hupomones apekdechometha. Hosautos de kai to pneuma sunantilambanetai ?te astheneia? hemon· to gar ti ?proseuxometha katho dei ouk oidamen, alla auto to pneuma ?huperentunchanei stenagmois alaletois, ho de eraunon tas kardias oiden ti to phronema tou pneumatos, hoti kata theon entunchanei huper hagion. Oidamen de hoti tois agaposi ton theon panta ?sunergei eis agathon, tois kata prothesin kletois ousin. hoti ohus proegno, kai proorisen summorphous tes eikonos tou huiou autou, eis to einai auton prototokon en pollois adelphois· ohus de proorisen, toutous kai ekalesen· kai ohus ekalesen, toutous kai edikaiosen· ohus de edikaiosen, toutous kai edoxasen. Ti oun eroumen pros tauta; ei ho theos huper hemon, tis kath' hemon; hos ge tou idiou huiou ouk epheisato, alla huper hemon panton paredoken auton, pos ouchi kai sun auto ta panta hemin charisetai; tis enkalesei kata eklekton theou; theos ho dikaion· tis ho ?katakrinon; ?Christos ho apothanon, mallon ?de ?egertheis, hos ?kai estin en dexia tou theou, hos kai entunchanei huper hemon· tis hemas chorisei apo tes agapes tou Christou; thlipsis e stenochoria e diogmos e limos e gumnotes e kindunos e machaira; kathos gegraptai hoti Heneken sou thanatoumetha holen ten hemeran, elogisthemen hos probata sphages. all' en toutois pasin hupernikomen dia tou agapesantos hemas. pepeismai gar hoti oute thanatos oute zoe oute angeloi oute archai oute ?enestota oute mellonta oute dunameis? oute hupsoma oute bathos oute tis ktisis hetera dunesetai hemas chorisai apo tes agapes tou theou tes en Christo Iesou to kurio hemon. __________________________________________________________________ Aletheian lego en Christo, ou pseudomai, summarturouses moi tes suneideseos mou en pneumati hagio, hoti lupe moi estin megale kai adialeiptos odune te kardia mou· euchomen gar ?anathema einai autos ego? apo tou Christou huper ton adelphon mou ton sungenon mou kata sarka, hoitines eisin Israelitai, hon he huiothesia kai he doxa kai hai diathekai kai he nomothesia kai he latreia kai hai epangeliai, hon hoi pateres, kai ex hon ho christos to kata sarka, ho on epi panton, theos eulogetos eis tous aionas· amen. Ouch hoion de hoti ekpeptoken ho logos tou theou. ou gar pantes hoi ex Israel, houtoi Israel· oud' hoti eisin sperma Abraam, pantes tekna, all'· En Isaak klethesetai soi sperma. tout' estin, ou ta tekna tes sarkos tauta tekna tou theou, alla ta tekna tes epangelias logizetai eis sperma· epangelias gar ho logos houtos· Kata ton kairon touton eleusomai kai estai te Sarra huios. ou monon de, alla kai Rhebekka ex henos koiten echousa, Isaak tou patros hemon· mepo gar gennethenton mede praxanton ti agathon e ?phaulon, hina he kat' eklogen prothesis tou theou mene, ouk ex ergon all' ek tou kalountos, errethe aute hoti Ho meizon douleusei to elassoni· ?kathos gegraptai· Ton Iakob egapesa, ton de Esau emisesa. Ti oun eroumen; me adikia para to theo; me genoito· to ?Mousei gar? legei· Eleeso hon an eleo, kai oiktireso hon an oiktiro. ara oun ou tou thelontos oude tou trechontos alla tou eleontos theou. legei gar he graphe to Pharao hoti Eis auto touto exegeira se hopos endeixomai en soi ten dunamin mou, kai hopos diangele to onoma mou en pase te ge. ara oun hon thelei eleei, hon de thelei sklerunei. Ereis ?moi oun?· Ti ?oun eti memphetai; to gar boulemati autou tis anthesteken; ?o anthrope, menounge? su tis ei ho antapokrinomenos to theo; me erei to plasma to plasanti Ti me epoiesas houtos; e ouk echei exousian ho kerameus tou pelou ek tou autou phuramatos poiesai ho men eis timen skeuos ho de eis atimian; ei de thelon ho theos endeixasthai ten orgen kai gnorisai to dunaton autou enenken en polle makrothumia skeue orges katertismena eis apoleian, ?kai hina gnorise ton plouton tes doxes autou epi skeue eleous, ha proetoimasen eis doxan, ohus kai ekalesen hemas ou monon ex Ioudaion alla kai ex ethnon;-- hos kai en to Hosee legei· Kaleso ton ou laon mou laon mou kai ten ouk egapemenen egapemenen· kai estai en to topo hou errethe ?autois· Ou laos mou humeis, ekei klethesontai huioi theou zontos. Esaias de krazei huper tou Israel· Ean e ho arithmos ton huion Israel hos he ammos tes thalasses, to ?hupoleimma sothesetai· logon gar suntelon kai ?suntemnon poiesei kurios epi tes ges. kai kathos proeireken Esaias· Ei me kurios Sabaoth enkatelipen hemin sperma, hos Sodoma an egenethemen kai hos Gomorra an homoiothemen. Ti oun eroumen; hoti ethne ta me diokonta dikaiosunen katelaben dikaiosunen, dikaiosunen de ten ek pisteos· Israel de diokon nomon dikaiosunes eis ?nomon ouk ephthasen. dia ti; hoti ouk ek pisteos all' hos ex ?ergon· ?prosekopsan to litho tou proskommatos, kathos gegraptai· Idou tithemi en Sion lithon proskommatos kai petran skandalou, ?kai ho pisteuon ep' auto ou kataischunthesetai. __________________________________________________________________ Adelphoi, he men eudokia tes emes kardias kai he ?deesis pros ton theon huper ?auton eis soterian. marturo gar autois hoti zelon theou echousin· all' ou kat' epignosin, agnoountes gar ten tou theou dikaiosunen, kai ten ?idian zetountes stesai, te dikaiosune tou theou ouch hupetagesan· telos gar nomou Christos eis dikaiosunen panti to pisteuonti. Mouses gar graphei ?hoti ten dikaiosunen ten ek ?tou nomou? ho ?poiesas anthropos zesetai en ?aute. he de ek pisteos dikaiosune houtos legei· Me eipes en te kardia sou· Tis anabesetai eis ton ouranon; tout' estin Christon katagagein· e· Tis katabesetai eis ten abusson; tout' estin Christon ek nekron anagagein. alla ti legei; Engus sou to rhema estin, en to stomati sou kai en te kardia sou, tout' estin to rhema tes pisteos ho kerussomen. hoti ean ?homologeses en to stomati ?sou kurion Iesoun, kai pisteuses en te kardia sou hoti ho theos auton egeiren ek nekron, sothese· kardia gar pisteuetai eis dikaiosunen, stomati de homologeitai eis soterian· legei gar he graphe· Pas ho pisteuon ep' auto ou kataischunthesetai. ou gar estin diastole Ioudaiou te kai Hellenos, ho gar autos kurios panton, plouton eis pantas tous epikaloumenous auton· Pas gar hos an epikalesetai to onoma kuriou sothesetai. Pos oun ?epikalesontai eis hon ouk episteusan; pos de ?pisteusosin hou ouk ekousan; pos de ?akousosin choris kerussontos; pos de ?keruxosin ean me apostalosin; ?kathos gegraptai· Hos horaioi hoi podes ton ?euangelizomenon ?ta agatha. all' ou pantes hupekousan to euangelio· Esaias gar legei· Kurie, tis episteusen te akoe hemon; ara he pistis ex akoes, he de akoe dia rhematos ?Christou. Alla lego, me ouk ekousan; menounge· Eis pasan ten gen exelthen ho phthongos auton, kai eis ta perata tes oikoumenes ta rhemata auton. alla lego, me ?Israel ouk egno?; protos Mouses legei· Ego parazeloso humas ep' ouk ethnei, ep' ethnei asuneto parorgio humas. Esaias de apotolma kai legei· Heurethen ?en tois eme me zetousin, emphanes ?egenomen tois eme me eperotosin. pros de ton Israel legei· Holen ten hemeran exepetasa tas cheiras mou pros laon apeithounta kai antilegonta. __________________________________________________________________ Lego oun, me aposato ho theos ton laon autou; me genoito· kai gar ego Israelites eimi, ek spermatos Abraam, phules Beniamin. ouk aposato ho theos ton laon autou hon proegno. e ouk oidate en Elia ti legei he graphe, hos entunchanei to theo kata tou ?Israel; Kurie, tous prophetas sou apekteinan, ?ta thusiasteria sou kateskapsan, kago hupeleiphthen monos, kai zetousin ten psuchen mou. alla ti legei auto ho chrematismos; Katelipon emauto heptakischilious andras, hoitines ouk ekampsan gonu te Baal. houtos oun kai en to nun kairo leimma kat' eklogen charitos gegonen· ei de chariti, ouketi ex ergon, epei he charis ouketi ginetai ?charis. ti oun; ho epizetei Israel, touto ouk epetuchen, he de ekloge epetuchen· hoi de loipoi eporothesan, ?kathos gegraptai· Edoken autois ho theos pneuma katanuxeos, ophthalmous tou me blepein kai ota tou me akouein, heos tes semeron hemeras. kai Dauid legei· Genetheto he trapeza auton eis pagida kai eis theran kai eis skandalon kai eis antapodoma autois, skotisthetosan hoi ophthalmoi auton tou me blepein, kai ton noton auton dia pantos sunkampson. Lego oun, me eptaisan hina pesosin; me genoito· alla to auton paraptomati he soteria tois ethnesin, eis to parazelosai autous. ei de to paraptoma auton ploutos kosmou kai to hettema auton ploutos ethnon, poso mallon to pleroma auton. Humin ?de lego tois ethnesin. eph' hoson men ?oun eimi ego ethnon apostolos, ten diakonian mou doxazo, ei pos parazeloso mou ten sarka kai soso tinas ex auton. ei gar he apobole auton katallage kosmou, tis he proslempsis ei me zoe ek nekron; ei de he aparche hagia, kai to phurama· kai ei he rhiza hagia, kai hoi kladoi. Ei de tines ton kladon exeklasthesan, su de agrielaios on enekentristhes en autois kai sunkoinonos tes ?rhizes tes piotetos tes elaias egenou, me katakaucho ton kladon· ei de katakauchasai, ou su ten rhizan bastazeis alla he rhiza se. ereis oun· Exeklasthesan kladoi hina ego enkentristho. kalos· te apistia exeklasthesan, su de te pistei hestekas. me ?hupsela phronei?, alla phobou· ei gar ho theos ton kata phusin kladon ouk epheisato, ?oude sou pheisetai. ide oun chrestoteta kai apotomian theou· epi men tous pesontas ?apotomia, epi de se ?chrestotes theou?, ean ?epimenes te chrestoteti, epei kai su ekkopese. kakeinoi de, ean me ?epimenosi te apistia, enkentristhesontai· dunatos gar ?estin ho theos? palin enkentrisai autous. ei gar su ek tes kata phusin exekopes agrielaiou kai para phusin enekentristhes eis kallielaion, poso mallon houtoi hoi kata phusin enkentristhesontai te idia elaia. Ou gar thelo humas agnoein, adelphoi, to musterion touto, hina me ?ete heautois phronimoi, hoti porosis apo merous to Israel gegonen achri hou to pleroma ton ethnon eiselthe, kai houtos pas Israel sothesetai· kathos gegraptai· Hexei ek Sion ho ?rhuomenos, apostrepsei asebeias apo Iakob. kai haute autois he par' emou diatheke, hotan aphelomai tas hamartias auton. kata men to euangelion echthroi di' humas, kata de ten eklogen agapetoi dia tous pateras· ametameleta gar ta charismata kai he klesis tou theou. hosper ?gar humeis pote epeithesate to theo, nun de eleethete te touton apeitheia, houtos kai houtoi nun epeithesan to humetero eleei hina kai autoi ?nun eleethosin· sunekleisen gar ho theos tous pantas eis apeitheian hina tous pantas eleese. O bathos ploutou kai sophias kai gnoseos theou· hos anexerauneta ta krimata autou kai anexichniastoi hai hodoi autou. Tis gar egno noun kuriou; e tis sumboulos autou egeneto; e tis proedoken auto, kai antapodothesetai auto; hoti ex autou kai di' autou kai eis auton ta panta· auto he doxa eis tous aionas, amen. __________________________________________________________________ Parakalo oun humas, adelphoi, dia ton oiktirmon tou theou parastesai ta somata humon thusian zosan hagian ?euareston to theo?, ten logiken latreian humon· kai me ?suschematizesthe to aioni touto, alla ?metamorphousthe te anakainosei tou ?noos, eis to dokimazein humas ti to thelema tou theou, to agathon kai euareston kai teleion. Lego gar dia tes charitos tes dotheises moi panti to onti en humin me huperphronein par' ho dei phronein, alla phronein eis to sophronein, hekasto hos ho theos emerisen metron pisteos. kathaper gar en heni somati ?polla mele? echomen, ta de mele panta ou ten auten echei praxin, houtos hoi polloi hen soma esmen en Christo, ?to de kath' heis allelon mele. echontes de charismata kata ten charin ten dotheisan hemin diaphora, eite propheteian kata ten analogian tes pisteos, eite diakonian en te diakonia, eite ho didaskon en te didaskalia, eite ho parakalon en te paraklesei, ho metadidous en haploteti, ho proistamenos en spoude, ho eleon en hilaroteti. He agape anupokritos. apostugountes to poneron, kollomenoi to agatho· te philadelphia eis allelous philostorgoi, te time allelous proegoumenoi, te spoude me okneroi, to pneumati zeontes, to kurio douleuontes, te elpidi chairontes, te thlipsei hupomenontes, te proseuche proskarterountes, tais chreiais ton hagion koinonountes, ten philoxenian diokontes. eulogeite tous ?diokontas, eulogeite kai me katarasthe. chairein meta ?chaironton, klaiein meta klaionton. to auto eis allelous phronountes, me ta hupsela phronountes alla tois tapeinois sunapagomenoi. me ginesthe phronimoi par' heautois. medeni kakon anti kakou apodidontes· pronooumenoi kala enopion panton anthropon· ei dunaton, to ex humon meta panton anthropon eireneuontes· me heautous ekdikountes, agapetoi, alla dote topon te orge, gegraptai gar· Emoi ekdikesis, ego antapodoso, legei kurios. ?alla ean? peina ho echthros sou, psomize auton· ean dipsa, potize auton· touto gar poion anthrakas puros soreuseis epi ten kephalen autou. me niko hupo tou kakou, alla nika en to agatho to kakon. __________________________________________________________________ Pasa psuche exousiais huperechousais hupotassestho, ou gar estin exousia ei me hupo theou, hai de ?ousai ?hupo theou tetagmenai eisin. hoste ho antitassomenos te exousia te tou theou diatage anthesteken, hoi de anthestekotes heautois krima lempsontai. hoi gar archontes ouk eisin phobos ?to agatho ergo? alla ?to kako?. theleis de me phobeisthai ten exousian; to agathon poiei, kai hexeis epainon ex autes· theou gar diakonos estin soi eis to agathon. ean de to kakon poies, phobou· ou gar eike ten machairan phorei· theou gar diakonos estin, ekdikos eis orgen to to kakon prassonti. dio ananke hupotassesthai, ou monon dia ten orgen alla kai dia ten suneidesin, dia touto gar kai phorous teleite, leitourgoi gar theou eisin eis auto touto proskarterountes. ?apodote pasi tas opheilas, to ton phoron ton phoron, to to telos to telos, to ton phobon ton phobon, to ten timen ten timen. Medeni meden opheilete, ei me to ?allelous agapan?· ho gar agapon ton heteron nomon pepleroken. to gar· Ou moicheuseis, Ou phoneuseis, Ou klepseis, Ouk epithumeseis, kai ei tis hetera entole, en ?to logo touto? anakephalaioutai, ?en to?· Agapeseis ton plesion sou hos seauton. he agape to plesion kakon ouk ergazetai· pleroma oun nomou he agape. Kai touto eidotes ton kairon, hoti hora ?ede humas? ex hupnou egerthenai, nun gar enguteron hemon he soteria e hote episteusamen. he nux proekopsen, he de hemera engiken. ?apobalometha oun ta erga tou skotous, ?endusometha de? ta hopla tou photos. hos en hemera euschemonos peripatesomen, me komois kai methais, me koitais kai aselgeiais, me eridi kai zelo, alla endusasthe ton kurion Iesoun Christon, kai tes sarkos pronoian me poieisthe eis epithumias. __________________________________________________________________ Ton de asthenounta te pistei proslambanesthe, me eis diakriseis dialogismon. hos men pisteuei phagein panta, ho de asthenon lachana esthiei. ho esthion ton me esthionta me exoutheneito, ?ho de? me esthion ton esthionta me krineto, ho theos gar auton proselabeto. su tis ei ho krinon allotrion oiketen; to idio kurio stekei e piptei· stathesetai de, ?dunatei gar? ho ?kurios stesai auton. Hos ?men krinei hemeran par' hemeran, hos de krinei pasan hemeran· hekastos en to idio noi plerophoreistho· ho phronon ten hemeran kurio ?phronei. kai ho esthion kurio esthiei, eucharistei gar to theo· kai ho me esthion kurio ouk esthiei, kai eucharistei to theo. Oudeis gar hemon heauto ze, kai oudeis heauto apothneskei· ean te gar zomen, to kurio zomen, ean te apothneskomen, to kurio apothneskomen. ean te oun zomen ean te apothneskomen, tou kuriou esmen. eis touto gar ?Christos ?apethanen kai ezesen hina kai nekron kai zonton kurieuse. Su de ti krineis ton adelphon sou; e kai su ti exoutheneis ton adelphon sou; pantes gar parastesometha to bemati tou ?theou, gegraptai gar· Zo ego, legei kurios, hoti emoi kampsei pan gonu, kai ?pasa glossa exomologesetai? to theo. ?ara hekastos hemon peri heautou logon ?dosei. Meketi oun allelous krinomen· alla touto krinate mallon, to me tithenai proskomma to adelpho e skandalon. oida kai pepeismai en kurio Iesou hoti ouden koinon di' ?heautou· ei me to logizomeno ti koinon einai, ekeino koinon. ei ?gar dia broma ho adelphos sou lupeitai, ouketi kata agapen peripateis. me to bromati sou ekeinon apollue huper hou Christos apethanen. me blasphemeistho oun humon to agathon. ou gar estin he basileia tou theou brosis kai posis, alla dikaiosune kai eirene kai chara en pneumati hagio· ho gar en ?touto douleuon to Christo euarestos to theo kai dokimos tois anthropois. ara oun ta tes eirenes diokomen kai ta tes oikodomes tes eis allelous. me heneken bromatos katalue to ergon tou theou. panta men kathara, alla kakon to anthropo to dia proskommatos esthionti. kalon to me phagein krea mede piein oinon mede en ho ho adelphos sou proskoptei ?e skandalizetai e asthenei?· su pistin ?hen echeis kata seauton eche enopion tou theou. makarios ho me krinon heauton en ho dokimazei· ho de diakrinomenos ean phage katakekritai, hoti ouk ek pisteos· pan de ho ouk ek pisteos hamartia ?estin. __________________________________________________________________ Opheilomen de hemeis hoi dunatoi ta asthenemata ton adunaton bastazein, kai me heautois areskein. hekastos hemon to plesion aresketo eis to agathon pros oikodomen· kai gar ho Christos ouch heauto eresen· alla kathos gegraptai· Hoi oneidismoi ton oneidizonton se epepesan ep' eme. hosa gar proegraphe, ?eis ten hemeteran didaskalian ?egraphe, hina dia tes hupomones kai dia tes parakleseos ton graphon ten elpida echomen. ho de theos tes hupomones kai tes parakleseos doe humin to auto phronein en allelois kata ?Christon Iesoun?, hina homothumadon en heni stomati doxazete ton theon kai patera tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou. Dio proslambanesthe allelous, kathos kai ho Christos proselabeto ?humas, eis doxan ?tou theou. lego ?gar ?Christon diakonon ?gegenesthai peritomes huper aletheias theou, eis to bebaiosai tas epangelias ton pateron, ta de ethne huper eleous doxasai ton theon· kathos gegraptai· Dia touto exomologesomai soi en ethnesi, kai to onomati sou psalo. kai palin legei· Euphranthete, ethne, meta tou laou autou. kai palin· Aineite, ?panta ta ethne, ton kurion?, kai ?epainesatosan auton pantes hoi laoi. kai palin Esaias legei· Estai he rhiza tou Iessai, kai ho anistamenos archein ethnon· ep' auto ethne elpiousin. ho de theos tes elpidos plerosai humas pases charas kai eirenes en to pisteuein, eis to perisseuein humas en te elpidi en dunamei pneumatos hagiou. Pepeismai de, adelphoi mou, kai autos ego peri humon, hoti kai autoi mestoi este agathosunes, pepleromenoi ?pases gnoseos, dunamenoi kai ?allelous nouthetein. ?tolmeroteron de egrapsa ?humin apo merous, hos epanamimneskon humas, dia ten charin ten dotheisan moi ?hupo tou theou eis to einai me leitourgon ?Christou Iesou? eis ta ethne, hierourgounta to euangelion tou theou, hina genetai he prosphora ton ethnon euprosdektos, hegiasmene en pneumati hagio. echo oun ?ten kauchesin en Christo Iesou ta pros ton theon· ou gar tolmeso ?ti lalein? hon ou kateirgasato Christos di' emou eis hupakoen ethnon, logo kai ergo, en dunamei semeion kai teraton, en dunamei ?pneumatos· hoste me apo Ierousalem kai kuklo mechri tou Illurikou peplerokenai to euangelion tou Christou, houtos de ?philotimoumenon euangelizesthai ouch hopou onomasthe Christos, hina me ep' allotrion themelion oikodomo, alla kathos gegraptai· ?Hois ouk anengele peri autou opsontai?, kai ohi ouk akekoasin sunesousin. Dio kai enekoptomen ta polla tou elthein pros humas· nuni de meketi topon echon en tois klimasi toutois, epipothian de echon tou elthein pros humas apo ?hikanon eton, hos ?an poreuomai eis ten ?Spanian, elpizo gar diaporeuomenos theasasthai humas kai huph' humon propemphthenai ekei ean humon proton apo merous emplestho-- nuni de poreuomai eis Ierousalem diakonon tois hagiois. eudokesan gar Makedonia kai Achaia koinonian tina poiesasthai eis tous ptochous ton hagion ton en Ierousalem. eudokesan gar, kai opheiletai ?eisin auton?· ei gar tois pneumatikois auton ekoinonesan ta ethne, opheilousin kai en tois sarkikois leitourgesai autois. touto oun epitelesas, kai sphragisamenos autois ton karpon touton, apeleusomai di' humon ?eis Spanian· oida de hoti erchomenos pros humas en pleromati ?eulogias Christou eleusomai. Parakalo de humas, adelphoi, dia tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou kai dia tes agapes tou pneumatos sunagonisasthai moi en tais proseuchais huper emou pros ton theon, hina rhustho apo ton apeithounton en te Ioudaia ?kai he diakonia mou he eis Ierousalem euprosdektos ?tois hagiois genetai?, hina en chara ?elthon pros humas dia thelematos ?theou sunanapausomai humin. ho de theos tes eirenes meta panton humon· amen. __________________________________________________________________ Sunistemi de humin Phoiben ten adelphen hemon, ousan ?kai diakonon tes ekklesias tes en Kenchreais, hina ?auten prosdexesthe? en kurio axios ton hagion, kai parastete aute en ho an humon chreze pragmati, kai gar aute prostatis pollon egenethe kai ?emou autou?. Aspasasthe Priskan kai Akulan tous sunergous mou en Christo Iesou, hoitines huper tes psuches mou ton heauton trachelon hupethekan, hois ouk ego monos eucharisto alla kai pasai hai ekklesiai ton ethnon, kai ten kat' oikon auton ekklesian. aspasasthe Epaineton ton agapeton mou, hos estin aparche tes ?Asias eis Christon. aspasasthe ?Mariam, hetis polla ekopiasen eis ?humas. aspasasthe Andronikon kai ?Iounian tous sungeneis mou kai sunaichmalotous mou, hoitines eisin episemoi en tois apostolois, ohi kai pro emou ?gegonan en Christo. aspasasthe ?Ampliaton ton agapeton mou en kurio. aspasasthe Ourbanon ton sunergon hemon en Christo kai Stachun ton agapeton mou. aspasasthe Apellen ton dokimon en Christo. aspasasthe tous ek ton Aristoboulou. aspasasthe Herodiona ton ?sungene mou. aspasasthe tous ek ton Narkissou tous ontas en kurio. aspasasthe Truphainan kai Truphosan tas kopiosas en kurio. aspasasthe Persida ten agapeten, hetis polla ekopiasen en kurio. aspasasthe Rhouphon ton eklekton en kurio kai ten metera autou kai emou. aspasasthe Asunkriton, Phlegonta, ?Hermen, Patroban, Herman? kai tous sun autois adelphous. aspasasthe Philologon kai Ioulian, Nerea kai ten adelphen autou, kai Olumpan kai tous sun autois pantas hagious. Aspasasthe allelous en philemati hagio. Aspazontai humas hai ekklesiai ?pasai tou Christou. Parakalo de humas, adelphoi, skopein tous tas dichostasias kai ta skandala para ten didachen hen humeis emathete poiountas, kai ?ekklinete ap' auton· hoi gar toioutoi to kurio ?hemon Christo ou douleuousin alla te heauton koilia, kai dia tes chrestologias kai eulogias exapatosi tas kardias ton akakon. he gar humon hupakoe eis pantas aphiketo· ?eph' humin oun chairo?, thelo de humas ?sophous einai eis to agathon, akeraious de eis to kakon. ho de theos tes eirenes suntripsei ton Satanan hupo tous podas humon en tachei. he charis tou kuriou hemon Iesou ?Christou meth' humon. ?Aspazetai humas Timotheos ho sunergos mou, kai Loukios kai Iason kai Sosipatros hoi sungeneis mou. aspazomai humas ego Tertios ho grapsas ten epistolen en kurio. aspazetai humas Gaios ho xenos mou kai ?holes tes ekklesias?. aspazetai humas Erastos ho oikonomos tes poleos kai Kouartos ho adelphos. ?He charis tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou meta panton humon.? ?Amen. __________________________________________________________________ PROS KORINThIOUS A __________________________________________________________________ Paulos kletos apostolos ?Christou Iesou? dia thelematos theou kai Sosthenes ho adelphos te ekklesia tou theou, ?hegiasmenois en Christo Iesou, te ouse en Korintho,? kletois hagiois, sun pasin tois epikaloumenois to onoma tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou en panti topo ?auton kai hemon· charis humin kai eirene apo theou patros hemon kai kuriou Iesou Christou. Eucharisto to theo ?mou pantote peri humon epi te chariti tou theou te dotheise humin en Christo Iesou, hoti en panti eploutisthete en auto, en panti logo kai pase gnosei, kathos to marturion tou Christou ebebaiothe en humin, hoste humas me hustereisthai en medeni charismati, apekdechomenous ten apokalupsin tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou· hos kai bebaiosei humas heos telous anenkletous en te hemera tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou. pistos ho theos di' hou eklethete eis koinonian tou huiou autou Iesou Christou tou kuriou hemon. Parakalo de humas, adelphoi, dia tou onomatos tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou hina to auto legete pantes, kai me e en humin schismata, ete de katertismenoi en to auto noi kai en te aute gnome. edelothe gar moi peri humon, adelphoi mou, hupo ton Chloes hoti erides en humin eisin. lego de touto hoti hekastos humon legei· Ego men eimi Paulou, Ego de Apollo, Ego de Kepha, Ego de Christou. memeristai ho Christos; me Paulos estaurothe huper humon, e eis to onoma Paulou ebaptisthete; ?eucharisto hoti oudena humon ebaptisa ei me Krispon kai Gaion, hina me tis eipe hoti eis to emon onoma ?ebaptisthete· ebaptisa de kai ton Stephana oikon· loipon ouk oida ei tina allon ebaptisa. ou gar apesteilen me Christos baptizein alla euangelizesthai, ouk en sophia logou, hina me kenothe ho stauros tou Christou. Ho logos gar ho tou staurou tois men apollumenois moria estin, tois de sozomenois hemin dunamis theou estin. gegraptai gar· Apolo ten sophian ton sophon, kai ten sunesin ton suneton atheteso. pou sophos; pou grammateus; pou suzetetes tou aionos toutou; ouchi emoranen ho theos ten sophian tou ?kosmou; epeide gar en te sophia tou theou ouk egno ho kosmos dia tes sophias ton theon, eudokesen ho theos dia tes morias tou kerugmatos sosai tous pisteuontas. epeide kai Ioudaioi ?semeia aitousin kai Hellenes sophian zetousin· hemeis de kerussomen Christon estauromenon, Ioudaiois men skandalon ?ethnesin de morian, autois de tois kletois, Ioudaiois te kai Hellesin, Christon theou dunamin kai theou sophian. hoti to moron tou theou sophoteron ton anthropon estin, kai to asthenes tou theou ischuroteron ton ?anthropon. Blepete gar ten klesin humon, adelphoi, hoti ou polloi sophoi kata sarka, ou polloi dunatoi, ou polloi eugeneis· alla ta mora tou kosmou exelexato ho theos, hina ?kataischune tous sophous?, kai ta asthene tou kosmou exelexato ho theos, hina kataischune ta ischura, kai ta agene tou kosmou kai ta exouthenemena exelexato ho theos, ?ta me onta, hina ta onta katargese, hopos me kauchesetai pasa sarx enopion tou theou. ex autou de humeis este en Christo Iesou, hos egenethe ?sophia hemin? apo theou, dikaiosune te kai hagiasmos kai apolutrosis, hina kathos gegraptai· Ho kauchomenos en kurio kauchastho. __________________________________________________________________ Kago elthon pros humas, adelphoi, elthon ou kath' huperochen logou e sophias katangellon humin to ?marturion tou theou. ou gar ekrina ?ti eidenai? en humin ei me Iesoun Christon kai touton estauromenon· kago en astheneia kai en phobo kai en tromo pollo egenomen pros humas, kai ho logos mou kai to kerugma mou ouk en ?peithoi sophias? all' en apodeixei pneumatos kai dunameos, hina he pistis humon me e en sophia anthropon all' en dunamei theou. Sophian de laloumen en tois teleiois, sophian de ou tou aionos toutou oude ton archonton tou aionos toutou ton katargoumenon· alla laloumen ?theou sophian? en musterio, ten apokekrummenen, hen proorisen ho theos pro ton aionon eis doxan hemon· hen oudeis ton archonton tou aionos toutou egnoken, ei gar egnosan, ouk an ton kurion tes doxes estaurosan· alla kathos gegraptai· Ha ophthalmos ouk eiden kai ous ouk ekousen kai epi kardian anthropou ouk anebe, ?hosa hetoimasen ho theos tois agaposin auton. hemin ?gar ?apekalupsen ho theos? dia tou ?pneumatos, to gar pneuma panta erauna, kai ta bathe tou theou. tis gar oiden anthropon ta tou anthropou ei me to pneuma tou anthropou to en auto; houtos kai ta tou theou oudeis ?egnoken ei me to pneuma tou theou. hemeis de ou to pneuma tou kosmou elabomen alla to pneuma to ek tou theou, hina eidomen ta hupo tou theou charisthenta hemin· ha kai laloumen ouk en didaktois anthropines sophias logois, all' en didaktois ?pneumatos, pneumatikois pneumatika sunkrinontes. Psuchikos de anthropos ou dechetai ta tou pneumatos tou theou, moria gar auto estin, kai ou dunatai gnonai, hoti pneumatikos anakrinetai· ho de pneumatikos anakrinei ?ta panta, autos de hup' oudenos anakrinetai. tis gar egno noun kuriou, hos sumbibasei auton; hemeis de noun Christou echomen. __________________________________________________________________ Kago, adelphoi, ouk edunethen ?lalesai humin? hos pneumatikois all' hos ?sarkinois, hos nepiois en Christo. gala humas epotisa, ?ou broma, oupo gar edunasthe. all' ?oude eti nun dunasthe, eti gar sarkikoi este. hopou gar en humin zelos kai ?eris, ouchi sarkikoi este kai kata anthropon peripateite; hotan gar lege tis· Ego men eimi Paulou, heteros de· Ego Apollo, ?ouk anthropoi? este; ?Ti oun estin ?Apollos; ti de estin Paulos?; ?diakonoi di' hon episteusate, kai hekasto hos ho kurios edoken. ego ephuteusa, Apollos epotisen, alla ho theos euxanen· hoste oute ho phuteuon estin ti oute ho potizon, all' ho auxanon theos. ho phuteuon de kai ho potizon hen eisin, hekastos de ton idion misthon lempsetai kata ton idion kopon, theou gar esmen sunergoi· theou georgion, theou oikodome este. Kata ten charin tou theou ten dotheisan moi hos sophos architekton themelion ?etheka, allos de epoikodomei. hekastos de blepeto pos epoikodomei· themelion gar allon oudeis dunatai theinai para ton keimenon, hos estin Iesous Christos· ei de tis epoikodomei epi ton ?themelion ?chruson, arguron?, lithous timious, xula, chorton, kalamen, hekastou to ergon phaneron genesetai, he gar hemera delosei· hoti en puri apokaluptetai, kai hekastou to ergon hopoion estin to pur ?auto dokimasei. ei tinos to ergon menei ho epoikodomesen, misthon lempsetai· ei tinos to ergon katakaesetai, zemiothesetai, autos de sothesetai, houtos de hos dia puros. Ouk oidate hoti naos theou este kai to pneuma tou theou ?oikei en humin?; ei tis ton naon tou theou phtheirei, phtherei touton ho theos· ho gar naos tou theou hagios estin, hoitines este humeis. Medeis heauton exapatato· ei tis dokei sophos einai en humin en to aioni touto, moros genestho, hina genetai sophos, he gar sophia tou kosmou toutou moria para to theo estin· gegraptai gar· Ho drassomenos tous sophous en te panourgia auton· kai palin· Kurios ginoskei tous dialogismous ton sophon hoti eisin mataioi. hoste medeis kauchastho en anthropois· panta gar humon estin, eite Paulos eite Apollos eite Kephas eite kosmos eite zoe eite thanatos eite enestota eite mellonta, panta ?humon, humeis de Christou, Christos de theou. __________________________________________________________________ Houtos hemas logizestho anthropos hos huperetas Christou kai oikonomous musterion theou. ?hode loipon zeteitai en tois oikonomois hina pistos tis heurethe. emoi de eis elachiston estin, hina huph' humon anakritho e hupo anthropines hemeras· all' oude emauton anakrino· ouden gar emauto sunoida, all' ouk en touto dedikaiomai, ho de anakrinon me kurios estin. hoste me pro kairou ti krinete, heos an elthe ho kurios, hos kai photisei ta krupta tou skotous kai phanerosei tas boulas ton kardion, kai tote ho epainos genesetai hekasto apo tou theou. Tauta de, adelphoi, meteschematisa eis emauton kai ?Apollon di' humas, hina en hemin mathete to· Me huper ?ha ?gegraptai, hina me heis huper tou henos phusiousthe kata tou heterou. tis gar se diakrinei; ti de echeis ho ouk elabes; ei de kai elabes, ti kauchasai hos me labon; Ede kekoresmenoi este, ede eploutesate, choris hemon ebasileusate· kai ophelon ge ebasileusate, hina kai hemeis humin sumbasileusomen. doko ?gar, ho theos hemas tous apostolous eschatous apedeixen hos epithanatious, hoti theatron egenethemen to kosmo kai angelois kai anthropois. hemeis moroi dia Christon, humeis de phronimoi en Christo· hemeis astheneis, humeis de ischuroi· humeis endoxoi, hemeis de atimoi. achri tes arti horas kai peinomen kai dipsomen kai gumniteuomen kai kolaphizometha kai astatoumen kai kopiomen ergazomenoi tais idiais chersin· loidoroumenoi eulogoumen, diokomenoi anechometha, ?dusphemoumenoi parakaloumen· hos perikatharmata tou kosmou egenethemen, panton peripsema heos arti. Ouk entrepon humas grapho tauta, all' hos tekna mou agapeta ?noutheton· ean gar murious paidagogous echete en Christo, all' ou pollous pateras, en gar Christo Iesou dia tou euangeliou ego humas egennesa. parakalo oun humas, mimetai mou ginesthe. dia touto epempsa humin Timotheon, hos estin ?mou teknon? agapeton kai piston en kurio, hos humas anamnesei tas hodous mou tas en Christo ?Iesou, kathos pantachou en pase ekklesia didasko. hos me erchomenou de mou pros humas ephusiothesan tines· eleusomai de tacheos pros humas, ean ho kurios thelese, kai gnosomai ou ton logon ton pephusiomenon alla ten dunamin, ou gar en logo he basileia tou theou all' en dunamei. ti thelete; en rhabdo eltho pros humas, e en agape pneumati te prautetos; __________________________________________________________________ Holos akouetai en humin porneia, kai toiaute porneia hetis oude en tois ?ethnesin, hoste gunaika tina tou patros echein. kai humeis pephusiomenoi este, kai ouchi mallon epenthesate, hina ?arthe ek mesou humon ho to ergon touto ?poiesas; Ego men gar, ?apon to somati paron de to pneumati, ede kekrika hos paron ton houtos touto katergasamenon en to onomati tou kuriou hemon ?Iesou, sunachthenton humon kai tou emou pneumatos sun te dunamei tou kuriou hemon ?Iesou, paradounai ton toiouton to Satana eis olethron tes sarkos, hina to pneuma sothe en te hemera tou ?kuriou. Ou kalon to kauchema humon. ouk oidate hoti mikra zume holon to phurama zumoi; ekkatharate ten palaian zumen, hina ete neon phurama, kathos este azumoi. kai gar to pascha ?hemon etuthe Christos· hoste heortazomen, me en zume palaia mede en zume kakias kai ponerias, all' en azumois eilikrineias kai aletheias. Egrapsa humin en te epistole me sunanamignusthai pornois, ?ou pantos tois pornois tou kosmou toutou e tois pleonektais ?kai harpaxin e eidololatrais, epei ?opheilete ara ek tou kosmou exelthein. nun de egrapsa humin me sunanamignusthai ean tis adelphos onomazomenos e pornos e pleonektes e eidololatres e loidoros e methusos e harpax, to toiouto mede sunesthiein. ti gar ?moi tous exo krinein; ouchi tous eso humeis krinete, tous de exo ho theos ?krinei; ?exarate ton poneron ex humon auton. __________________________________________________________________ Tolma tis humon pragma echon pros ton heteron krinesthai epi ton adikon, kai ouchi epi ton hagion; ?e ouk oidate hoti hoi hagioi ton kosmon krinousin; kai ei en humin krinetai ho kosmos, anaxioi este kriterion elachiston; ouk oidate hoti angelous krinoumen, metige biotika; biotika men oun kriteria ean echete, tous exouthenemenous en te ekklesia, toutous kathizete; pros entropen humin lego. houtos ouk eni en humin ?oudeis sophos? hos dunesetai diakrinai ana meson tou ?adelphou autou, alla adelphos meta adelphou krinetai, kai touto epi apiston; ede men ?oun holos hettema humin estin hoti krimata echete meth' heauton· dia ti ouchi mallon adikeisthe; dia ti ouchi mallon apostereisthe; alla humeis adikeite kai apostereite, kai ?touto adelphous. E ouk oidate hoti adikoi ?theou basileian? ou kleronomesousin; me planasthe· oute pornoi oute eidololatrai oute moichoi oute malakoi oute arsenokoitai oute ?kleptai oute pleonektai?, ?ou methusoi, ou loidoroi, ouch harpages basileian ?theou kleronomesousin. kai tauta tines ete· alla apelousasthe, alla hegiasthete, alla edikaiothete en to onomati tou kuriou ?Iesou kai en to pneumati tou theou hemon. Panta moi exestin· all' ou panta sumpherei. panta moi exestin· all' ouk ego exousiasthesomai hupo tinos. ta bromata te koilia, kai he koilia tois bromasin· ho de theos kai tauten kai tauta katargesei. to de soma ou te porneia alla to kurio, kai ho kurios to somati· ho de theos kai ton kurion egeiren kai hemas exegerei dia tes dunameos autou. ouk oidate hoti ta somata humon mele Christou estin; aras oun ta mele tou Christou poieso pornes mele; me genoito. ?e ouk oidate hoti ho kollomenos te porne hen soma estin; Esontai gar, phesin, hoi duo eis sarka mian. ho de kollomenos to kurio hen pneuma estin. pheugete ten porneian· pan hamartema ho ean poiese anthropos ektos tou somatos estin, ho de porneuon eis to idion soma hamartanei. e ouk oidate hoti to soma humon naos tou en humin hagiou pneumatos estin, hou echete apo theou; kai ouk este heauton, egorasthete gar times· doxasate de ton theon en to somati ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ Peri de hon ?egrapsate, kalon anthropo gunaikos me haptesthai· dia de tas porneias hekastos ten heautou gunaika echeto, kai hekaste ton idion andra echeto. te gunaiki ho aner ten ?opheilen apodidoto, homoios de kai he gune to andri. he gune tou idiou somatos ouk exousiazei alla ho aner· homoios de kai ho aner tou idiou somatos ouk exousiazei alla he gune. me apostereite allelous, ei meti an ek sumphonou pros kairon hina ?scholasete ?te proseuche kai palin epi to auto ?ete, hina me peiraze humas ho Satanas dia ten akrasian humon. touto de lego kata sungnomen, ou kat' epitagen. thelo ?de pantas anthropous einai hos kai emauton· alla hekastos idion ?echei charisma? ek theou, ?ho men houtos, ?ho de houtos. Lego de tois agamois kai tais cherais, kalon ?autois ean meinosin hos kago· ei de ouk enkrateuontai, gamesatosan, kreitton gar estin ?gamesai e purousthai. Tois de gegamekosin parangello, ouk ego alla ho kurios, gunaika apo andros me choristhenai-- ean de kai choristhe, meneto agamos e to andri katallageto-- kai andra gunaika me aphienai. Tois de loipois ?lego ego?, ouch ho kurios· ei tis adelphos gunaika echei apiston, kai haute suneudokei oikein met' autou, me aphieto auten· kai gune ?ei tis? echei andra apiston, kai ?houtos suneudokei oikein met' autes, me aphieto ?ton andra?. hegiastai gar ho aner ho apistos en te gunaiki, kai hegiastai he gune he apistos en to ?adelpho· epei ara ta tekna humon akatharta estin, nun de hagia estin. ei de ho apistos chorizetai, chorizestho· ou dedoulotai ho adelphos e he adelphe en tois toioutois, en de eirene kekleken ?hemas ho theos. ti gar oidas, gunai, ei ton andra soseis; e ti oidas, aner, ei ten gunaika soseis; Ei me hekasto hos ?emerisen ho ?kurios, hekaston hos kekleken ho ?theos, houtos peripateito· kai houtos en tais ekklesiais pasais diatassomai. peritetmemenos tis eklethe; me epispastho· en akrobustia ?kekletai tis?; me peritemnestho. he peritome ouden estin, kai he akrobustia ouden estin, alla teresis entolon theou. hekastos en te klesei he eklethe en taute meneto. Doulos eklethes; me soi meleto· all' ei kai dunasai eleutheros genesthai, mallon chresai. ho gar en kurio kletheis doulos apeleutheros kuriou estin· ?homoios ho eleutheros kletheis doulos estin Christou. times egorasthete· me ginesthe douloi anthropon. hekastos en ho eklethe, adelphoi, en touto meneto para theo. Peri de ton parthenon epitagen kuriou ouk echo, gnomen de didomi hos eleemenos hupo kuriou pistos einai. nomizo oun touto kalon huparchein dia ten enestosan ananken, hoti kalon anthropo to houtos einai. dedesai gunaiki; me zetei lusin· lelusai apo gunaikos; me zetei gunaika· ean de kai ?gameses, ouch hemartes. kai ean geme he parthenos, ouch hemarten. thlipsin de te sarki hexousin hoi toioutoi, ego de humon pheidomai. touto de phemi, adelphoi, ho kairos sunestalmenos ?estin· to loipon? hina kai hoi echontes gunaikas hos me echontes osin, kai hoi klaiontes hos me klaiontes, kai hoi chairontes hos me chairontes, kai hoi agorazontes hos me katechontes, kai hoi chromenoi ?ton kosmon? hos me katachromenoi· paragei gar to schema tou kosmou toutou. Thelo de humas amerimnous einai. ho agamos merimna ta tou kuriou, pos ?arese to kurio· ho de gamesas merimna ta tou kosmou, pos ?arese te gunaiki, ?kai memeristai. kai he gune ?he agamos? kai he ?parthenos merimna ta tou kuriou, hina e hagia kai ?to somati kai ?to pneumati· he de gamesasa merimna ta tou kosmou, pos ?arese to andri. touto de pros to humon auton ?sumphoron lego, ouch hina brochon humin epibalo, alla pros to euschemon kai ?euparedron to kurio aperispastos. Ei de tis aschemonein epi ten parthenon autou nomizei ean e huperakmos, kai houtos opheilei ginesthai, ho thelei poieito· ouch hamartanei· gameitosan. hos de hesteken ?en te kardia autou hedraios? me echon ananken, exousian de echei peri tou idiou thelematos, kai touto kekriken en te ?idia kardia?, ?terein ten heautou parthenon, kalos ?poiesei· hoste kai ho ?gamizon ?ten parthenon heautou? kalos poiei, ?kai ho? me ?gamizon kreisson ?poiesei. Gune ?dedetai eph' hoson chronon ze ho aner autes· ean ?de koimethe ho aner, eleuthera estin ho thelei gamethenai, monon en kurio· makariotera de estin ean houtos meine, kata ten emen gnomen, doko ?de kago pneuma theou echein. __________________________________________________________________ Peri de ton eidolothuton, oidamen hoti pantes gnosin echomen. he gnosis phusioi, he de agape oikodomei. ?ei tis dokei ?egnokenai ti, ?oupo ?egno kathos dei gnonai· ei de tis agapa ton theon, houtos egnostai hup' autou. Peri tes broseos oun ton eidolothuton oidamen hoti ouden eidolon en kosmo, kai hoti oudeis ?theos ei me heis. kai gar eiper eisin legomenoi theoi eite en ourano eite epi ges, hosper eisin theoi polloi kai kurioi polloi, all' hemin heis theos ho pater, ex hou ta panta kai hemeis eis auton, kai heis kurios Iesous Christos, di' hou ta panta kai hemeis di' autou. All' ouk en pasin he gnosis· tines de te ?sunetheia ?heos arti tou eidolou? hos eidolothuton esthiousin, kai he suneidesis auton asthenes ousa molunetai. broma de hemas ou ?parastesei to theo· oute ?gar ean phagomen, perisseuomen, oute ean me phagomen, husteroumetha?. blepete de me pos he exousia humon haute proskomma genetai tois ?asthenesin. ean gar tis ide se ton echonta gnosin en eidoleio katakeimenon, ouchi he suneidesis autou asthenous ontos oikodomethesetai eis to ta eidolothuta esthiein; ?apollutai gar? ho asthenon ?en te se gnosei, ?ho adelphos? di' hon Christos apethanen. houtos de hamartanontes eis tous adelphous kai tuptontes auton ten suneidesin asthenousan eis Christon hamartanete. dioper ei broma skandalizei ton adelphon mou, ou me phago krea eis ton aiona, hina me ton adelphon mou skandaliso. __________________________________________________________________ Ouk eimi ?eleutheros; ouk eimi apostolos?; ouchi ?Iesoun ton kurion hemon heoraka; ou to ergon mou humeis este en kurio; ei allois ouk eimi apostolos, alla ge humin eimi, he gar sphragis ?mou tes? apostoles humeis este en kurio. He eme apologia tois eme anakrinousin ?estin haute?. me ouk echomen exousian phagein kai ?pein; me ouk echomen exousian adelphen gunaika periagein, hos kai hoi loipoi apostoloi kai hoi adelphoi tou kuriou kai Kephas; e monos ego kai Barnabas ouk echomen exousian ?me ergazesthai; tis strateuetai idiois opsoniois pote; tis phuteuei ampelona kai ?ton karpon? autou ouk esthiei; ?tis poimainei poimnen kai ek tou galaktos tes poimnes ouk esthiei; Me kata anthropon tauta lalo e ?kai ho nomos tauta ou? legei; en gar to Mouseos nomo gegraptai· Ou ?kemoseis boun aloonta. me ton boon melei to theo, e di' hemas pantos legei; di' hemas gar egraphe, hoti ?opheilei ep' elpidi? ho arotrion arotrian, kai ho aloon ?ep' elpidi tou metechein?. ei hemeis humin ta pneumatika espeiramen, mega ei hemeis humon ta sarkika therisomen; ei alloi tes ?humon exousias? metechousin, ou mallon hemeis; All' ouk echresametha te exousia taute, alla panta stegomen hina me ?tina enkopen? domen to euangelio tou Christou. ouk oidate hoti hoi ta hiera ergazomenoi ?ta ek tou hierou esthiousin, hoi to thusiasterio ?paredreuontes to thusiasterio summerizontai; houtos kai ho kurios dietaxen tois to euangelion katangellousin ek tou euangeliou zen. Ego de ?ou kechremai oudeni? touton. ouk egrapsa de tauta hina houtos genetai en emoi, kalon gar moi mallon apothanein e-- to kauchema mou ?oudeis kenosei?. ean gar euangelizomai, ouk estin moi kauchema, ananke gar moi epikeitai· ouai ?gar moi estin ean me ?euangelisomai. ei gar hekon touto prasso, misthon echo· ei de akon, oikonomian pepisteumai. tis oun ?mou estin ho misthos; hina euangelizomenos adapanon theso to ?euangelion, eis to me katachresasthai te exousia mou en to euangelio. Eleutheros gar on ek panton pasin emauton edoulosa, hina tous pleionas kerdeso· kai egenomen tois Ioudaiois hos Ioudaios, hina Ioudaious kerdeso· tois hupo nomon hos hupo nomon, ?me on autos hupo nomon?, hina tous hupo nomon kerdeso· tois anomois hos anomos, me on anomos ?theou all' ennomos ?Christou, hina ?kerdano ?tous anomous· egenomen tois ?asthenesin asthenes, hina tous astheneis kerdeso· tois pasin ?gegona panta, hina pantos tinas soso. ?panta de poio dia to euangelion, hina sunkoinonos autou genomai. Ouk oidate hoti hoi en stadio trechontes pantes men trechousin, heis de lambanei to brabeion; houtos trechete hina katalabete. pas de ho agonizomenos panta enkrateuetai, ekeinoi men oun hina phtharton stephanon labosin, hemeis de aphtharton. ego toinun houtos trecho hos ouk adelos, houtos pukteuo hos ouk aera deron· alla hupopiazo mou to soma kai doulagogo, me pos allois keruxas autos adokimos genomai. __________________________________________________________________ Ou thelo ?gar humas agnoein, adelphoi, hoti hoi pateres hemon pantes hupo ten nephelen esan kai pantes dia tes thalasses dielthon, kai pantes eis ton Mousen ?ebaptisanto en te nephele kai en te thalasse, kai pantes to auto ?pneumatikon broma? ephagon kai pantes to auto ?pneumatikon epion poma?, epinon gar ek pneumatikes akolouthouses petras, he ?petra de? en ho Christos· all' ouk en tois pleiosin auton eudokesen ho theos, katestrothesan gar en te eremo. Tauta de tupoi hemon egenethesan, eis to me einai hemas epithumetas kakon, kathos kakeinoi epethumesan. mede eidololatrai ginesthe, kathos tines auton· hosper gegraptai· Ekathisen ho laos phagein kai pein, kai anestesan paizein. mede porneuomen, kathos tines auton eporneusan, kai epesan mia hemera eikosi treis chiliades. mede ekpeirazomen ton ?Christon, ?kathos tines auton epeirasan, kai hupo ton opheon ?apollunto. mede gonguzete, ?kathaper tines auton egongusan, kai apolonto hupo tou olothreutou. tauta ?de ?tupikos sunebainen? ekeinois, egraphe de pros nouthesian hemon, eis ohus ta tele ton aionon ?katenteken. hoste ho dokon hestanai blepeto me pese, peirasmos humas ouk eilephen ei me anthropinos· pistos de ho theos, hos ouk easei humas peirasthenai huper ho dunasthe, alla poiesei sun to peirasmo kai ten ekbasin tou ?dunasthai hupenenkein. Dioper, agapetoi mou, pheugete apo tes eidololatrias. hos phronimois lego· krinate humeis ho phemi. to poterion tes eulogias ho eulogoumen, ouchi koinonia ?estin tou haimatos tou Christou?; ton arton hon klomen, ouchi koinonia tou somatos tou Christou estin; hoti heis artos, hen soma hoi polloi esmen, hoi gar pantes ek tou henos artou metechomen. blepete ton Israel kata sarka· ?ouch hoi esthiontes tas thusias koinonoi tou thusiasteriou eisin; ti oun phemi; hoti ?eidolothuton ti estin, e hoti eidolon? ti estin; all' hoti ha ?thuousin, daimoniois ?kai ou theo thuousin?, ou thelo de humas koinonous ton daimonion ginesthai. ou dunasthe poterion kuriou pinein kai poterion daimonion· ou dunasthe trapezes kuriou metechein kai trapezes daimonion. e parazeloumen ton kurion; me ischuroteroi autou esmen; ?Panta exestin· all' ou panta sumpherei. ?panta exestin· all' ou panta oikodomei. medeis to heautou zeteito alla to tou ?heterou. pan to en makello poloumenon esthiete meden anakrinontes dia ten suneidesin, tou ?kuriou gar? he ge kai to pleroma autes. ?ei tis kalei humas ton apiston kai thelete poreuesthai, pan to paratithemenon humin esthiete meden anakrinontes dia ten suneidesin· ean de tis humin eipe· Touto ?hierothuton estin, me esthiete di' ekeinon ton menusanta kai ten ?suneidesin· suneidesin de lego ouchi ten heautou alla ten tou heterou· hinati gar he eleutheria mou krinetai hupo alles suneideseos; ei ego chariti metecho, ti blasphemoumai huper hou ego eucharisto; Eite oun esthiete eite pinete eite ti poieite, panta eis doxan theou poieite. aproskopoi ?kai Ioudaiois ginesthe? kai Hellesin kai te ekklesia tou theou, kathos kago panta pasin aresko, me zeton to emautou ?sumphoron alla to ton pollon, hina sothosin. __________________________________________________________________ mimetai mou ginesthe, kathos kago Christou. Epaino de ?humas hoti panta mou memnesthe kai kathos paredoka humin tas paradoseis katechete. thelo de humas eidenai hoti pantos andros he kephale ho Christos estin, kephale de gunaikos ho aner, kephale de ?tou Christou ho theos. pas aner proseuchomenos e propheteuon kata kephales echon kataischunei ten kephalen autou· pasa de gune proseuchomene e propheteuousa akatakalupto te kephale kataischunei ten kephalen ?autes, hen gar estin kai to auto te exuremene. ei gar ou katakaluptetai gune, kai keirastho· ei de aischron gunaiki to keirasthai e xurasthai, katakaluptestho. aner men gar ouk opheilei katakaluptesthai ten kephalen, eikon kai doxa theou huparchon· ?he gune de doxa andros estin. ou gar estin aner ek gunaikos, alla gune ex andros· kai gar ouk ektisthe aner dia ten gunaika, alla gune dia ton andra. dia touto opheilei he gune exousian echein epi tes kephales dia tous angelous. plen oute ?gune choris andros oute aner choris gunaikos? en kurio· hosper gar he gune ek tou andros, houtos kai ho aner dia tes gunaikos· ta de panta ek tou theou. en humin autois krinate· prepon estin gunaika akatakalupton to theo proseuchesthai; ?oude ?he phusis aute? didaskei humas hoti aner men ean koma, atimia auto estin, gune de ean koma, doxa aute estin; hoti he kome anti peribolaiou ?dedotai. ei de tis dokei philoneikos einai, hemeis toiauten sunetheian ouk echomen, oude hai ekklesiai tou theou. Touto de ?parangellon ouk epaino? hoti ouk eis to kreisson alla eis to hesson sunerchesthe. proton men gar sunerchomenon humon en ekklesia akouo schismata en humin huparchein, kai meros ti pisteuo. dei gar kai haireseis en humin einai, hina ?kai hoi dokimoi phaneroi genontai en humin. sunerchomenon oun humon epi to auto ouk estin kuriakon deipnon phagein, hekastos gar to idion deipnon prolambanei en to phagein, kai hos men peina, hos de methuei. me gar oikias ouk echete eis to esthiein kai pinein; e tes ekklesias tou theou kataphroneite, kai kataischunete tous me echontas; ti ?eipo humin?; epaineso humas; en touto ouk epaino. Ego gar parelabon apo tou kuriou, ho kai paredoka humin, hoti ho kurios Iesous en te nukti he ?paredideto elaben arton kai eucharistesas eklasen kai ?eipen· Touto mou estin to soma to huper ?humon· touto poieite eis ten emen anamnesin. hosautos kai to poterion meta to deipnesai, legon· Touto to poterion he kaine diatheke estin en to emo haimati· touto poieite, hosakis ?ean pinete, eis ten emen anamnesin. hosakis gar ?ean esthiete ton arton touton kai to ?poterion pinete, ton thanaton tou kuriou katangellete, achri ?hou elthe. Hoste hos an esthie ton ?arton e pine to poterion tou kuriou ?anaxios, enochos estai tou somatos kai tou haimatos tou kuriou. dokimazeto de anthropos heauton, kai houtos ek tou artou esthieto kai ek tou poteriou pineto· ho gar esthion kai ?pinon krima heauto esthiei kai pinei me diakrinon to ?soma. dia touto en humin polloi astheneis kai arrostoi kai koimontai hikanoi. ei ?de heautous diekrinomen, ouk an ekrinometha· krinomenoi de ?hupo kuriou paideuometha, hina me sun to kosmo katakrithomen. Hoste, adelphoi mou, sunerchomenoi eis to phagein allelous ekdechesthe. ?ei tis peina, en oiko esthieto, hina me eis krima sunerchesthe. Ta de loipa hos an eltho diataxomai. __________________________________________________________________ Peri de ton pneumatikon, adelphoi, ou thelo humas agnoein. oidate hoti hote ethne ete pros ta eidola ta aphona hos an egesthe apagomenoi. dio gnorizo humin hoti oudeis en pneumati theou lalon legei· Anathema ?Iesous, kai oudeis dunatai eipein· ?Kurios Iesous? ei me en pneumati hagio. Diaireseis de charismaton eisin, to de auto pneuma· kai diaireseis diakonion eisin, kai ho autos kurios· kai diaireseis energematon eisin, ?ho de? ?autos theos, ho energon ta panta en pasin. hekasto de didotai he phanerosis tou pneumatos pros to sumpheron. ho men gar dia tou pneumatos didotai logos sophias, allo de logos gnoseos kata to auto pneuma, ?hetero pistis en to auto pneumati, ?allo charismata iamaton en to ?heni pneumati, ?allo energemata dunameon, ?allo propheteia, ?1allo diakriseis pneumaton, ?hetero gene glosson, ?2allo hermeneia glosson· panta de tauta energei to hen kai to auto pneuma, diairoun idia hekasto kathos bouletai. Kathaper gar to soma hen estin kai mele ?polla echei?, panta de ta mele tou ?somatos polla onta hen estin soma, houtos kai ho Christos· kai gar en heni pneumati hemeis pantes eis hen soma ebaptisthemen, eite Ioudaioi eite Hellenes, eite douloi eite eleutheroi, kai ?pantes hen pneuma epotisthemen. Kai gar to soma ouk estin hen melos alla polla. ean eipe ho pous· Hoti ouk eimi cheir, ouk eimi ek tou somatos, ou para touto ouk estin ek tou somatos; kai ean eipe to ous· Hoti ouk eimi ophthalmos, ouk eimi ek tou somatos, ou para touto ouk estin ek tou somatos· ei holon to soma ophthalmos, pou he akoe; ei holon akoe, pou he osphresis; ?nuni de ho theos etheto ta mele, hen hekaston auton, en to somati kathos ethelesen. ei de en ta panta hen melos, pou to soma; nun de polla ?men mele, hen de soma. ou dunatai de ho ophthalmos eipein te cheiri· Chreian sou ouk echo, e palin he kephale tois posin· Chreian humon ouk echo· alla pollo mallon ta dokounta mele tou somatos asthenestera huparchein anankaia estin, kai ha dokoumen atimotera einai tou somatos, toutois timen perissoteran peritithemen, kai ta aschemona hemon euschemosunen perissoteran echei, ta de euschemona hemon ou chreian ?echei. alla ho theos sunekerasen to soma, to ?husterounti perissoteran dous timen, hina me e ?schisma en to somati, alla to auto huper allelon merimnosi ta mele. kai ?eite paschei hen melos, sumpaschei panta ta mele· eite doxazetai ?melos, sunchairei panta ta mele. Humeis de este soma Christou kai mele ek merous. kai ohus men etheto ho theos en te ekklesia proton apostolous, deuteron prophetas, triton didaskalous, epeita dunameis, ?epeita charismata iamaton, antilempseis, kuberneseis, gene glosson. me pantes apostoloi; me pantes prophetai; me pantes didaskaloi; me pantes dunameis; me pantes charismata echousin iamaton; me pantes glossais lalousin; me pantes diermeneuousin; zeloute de ta charismata ta ?meizona. kai eti kath' huperbolen hodon humin deiknumi. __________________________________________________________________ Ean tais glossais ton anthropon lalo kai ton angelon, agapen de me echo, gegona chalkos echon e kumbalon alalazon. ?kai ean? echo propheteian kai eido ta musteria panta kai pasan ten gnosin, ?kai ean? echo pasan ten pistin hoste ore ?methistanai, agapen de me echo, outhen eimi. ?kai ean? psomiso panta ta huparchonta mou, ?kai ean? parado to soma mou, hina ?kauthesomai, agapen de me echo, ouden opheloumai. He agape makrothumei, chresteuetai he agape, ou zeloi ?he agape?, ou perpereuetai, ou phusioutai, ouk aschemonei, ou zetei ta heautes, ou paroxunetai, ou logizetai to kakon, ou chairei epi te adikia, sunchairei de te aletheia· panta stegei, panta pisteuei, panta elpizei, panta hupomenei. He agape oudepote ?piptei. eite de propheteiai, katargethesontai· eite glossai, pausontai· eite gnosis, katargethesetai. ek merous ?gar ginoskomen kai ek merous propheteuomen· hotan de elthe to teleion, ?to ek merous katargethesetai. hote emen nepios, ?elaloun hos nepios, ephronoun hos nepios, elogizomen hos nepios?· ?hote gegona aner, katergeka ta tou nepiou. blepomen gar arti di' esoptrou en ainigmati, tote de prosopon pros prosopon· arti ginosko ek merous, tote de epignosomai kathos kai epegnosthen. nuni de menei pistis, elpis, agape· ta tria tauta, meizon de touton he agape. __________________________________________________________________ Diokete ten agapen, zeloute de ta pneumatika, mallon de hina propheteuete. ho gar lalon glosse ouk anthropois lalei ?alla theo, oudeis gar akouei, pneumati de lalei musteria· ho de propheteuon anthropois lalei oikodomen kai paraklesin kai paramuthian. ho lalon glosse heauton oikodomei· ho de propheteuon ekklesian oikodomei. thelo de pantas humas lalein glossais, mallon de hina propheteuete· meizon ?de ho propheteuon e ho lalon glossais, ektos ei me ?diermeneue, hina he ekklesia oikodomen labe. ?Nun de, adelphoi, ean eltho pros humas glossais lalon, ti humas opheleso, ean me humin laleso e en apokalupsei e en gnosei e en propheteia e en didache; homos ta apsucha phonen didonta, eite aulos eite kithara, ean diastolen tois phthongois me ?do, pos gnosthesetai to auloumenon e to kitharizomenon; kai gar ean adelon ?phonen salpinx? do, tis paraskeuasetai eis polemon; houtos kai humeis dia tes glosses ean me eusemon logon dote, pos gnosthesetai to laloumenon; esesthe gar eis aera lalountes. tosauta ei tuchoi gene phonon ?eisin en kosmo, kai ?ouden aphonon· ean oun me eido ten dunamin tes phones, esomai to lalounti barbaros kai ho lalon en emoi barbaros. houtos kai humeis, epei zelotai este pneumaton, pros ten oikodomen tes ekklesias zeteite hina perisseuete. ?Dio ho lalon glosse proseuchestho hina diermeneue. ean gar proseuchomai glosse, to pneuma mou proseuchetai, ho de nous mou akarpos estin. ti oun estin; proseuxomai to pneumati, proseuxomai de kai to noi· psalo to pneumati, psalo de kai to noi· epei ean ?euloges ?pneumati, ho anapleron ton topon tou idiotou pos erei to Amen epi te se eucharistia; epeide ti legeis ouk oiden· su men gar kalos eucharisteis, all' ho heteros ouk oikodomeitai. eucharisto to ?theo, panton humon mallon ?glossais ?lalo· alla en ekklesia thelo pente logous ?to noi? mou lalesai, hina kai allous katecheso, e murious logous en glosse. Adelphoi, me paidia ginesthe tais phresin, alla te kakia nepiazete, tais de phresin teleioi ginesthe. en to nomo gegraptai hoti En heteroglossois kai en cheilesin ?heteron laleso to lao touto, kai oud' houtos eisakousontai mou, legei kurios. hoste hai glossai eis semeion eisin ou tois pisteuousin alla tois apistois, he de propheteia ou tois apistois alla tois pisteuousin. ean oun sunelthe he ekklesia hole epi to auto kai pantes ?lalosin glossais?, eiselthosin de idiotai e apistoi, ouk erousin hoti mainesthe; ean de pantes propheteuosin, eiselthe de tis apistos e idiotes, elenchetai hupo panton, anakrinetai hupo panton, ?ta krupta tes kardias autou phanera ginetai, kai houtos peson epi prosopon proskunesei to theo, apangellon hoti ?Ontos ho theos? en humin estin. Ti oun estin, adelphoi; hotan sunerchesthe, ?hekastos psalmon echei, didachen echei, ?apokalupsin echei, glossan? echei, hermeneian echei· panta pros oikodomen ginestho. eite glosse tis lalei, kata duo e to pleiston treis, kai ana meros, kai heis diermeneueto· ean de me e ?diermeneutes, sigato en ekklesia, heauto de laleito kai to theo. prophetai de duo e treis laleitosan, kai hoi alloi diakrinetosan· ean de allo apokaluphthe kathemeno, ho protos sigato. dunasthe gar kath' hena pantes propheteuein, hina pantes manthanosin kai pantes parakalontai (kai pneumata propheton prophetais hupotassetai, ou gar estin akatastasias ho theos alla eirenes), hos en pasais tais ekklesiais ton hagion. Hai ?gunaikes en tais ekklesiais sigatosan, ou gar ?epitrepetai autais lalein· alla ?hupotassesthosan, kathos kai ho nomos legei. ei de ti ?mathein thelousin, en oiko tous idious andras eperotatosan, aischron gar estin gunaiki ?lalein en ekklesia?. e aph' humon ho logos tou theou exelthen, e eis humas monous katentesen; Ei tis dokei prophetes einai e pneumatikos, epiginosketo ha grapho humin hoti kuriou ?estin· ei de tis agnoei, ?agnoeitai. hoste, adelphoi ?mou, zeloute to propheteuein, kai to lalein ?me koluete glossais?· panta ?de euschemonos kai kata taxin ginestho. __________________________________________________________________ Gnorizo de humin, adelphoi, to euangelion ho euengelisamen humin, ho kai parelabete, en ho kai hestekate, di' hou kai sozesthe, tini logo euengelisamen humin, ei katechete, ektos ei me eike episteusate. Paredoka gar humin en protois, ho kai parelabon, hoti Christos apethanen huper ton hamartion hemon kata tas graphas, kai hoti etaphe, kai hoti egegertai te ?hemera te trite? kata tas graphas, kai hoti ophthe Kepha, eita tois dodeka· epeita ophthe epano pentakosiois adelphois ephapax, ex hon hoi ?pleiones menousin heos arti, tines ?de ekoimethesan· epeita ophthe Iakobo, eita tois apostolois pasin· eschaton de panton hosperei to ektromati ophthe kamoi. ego gar eimi ho elachistos ton apostolon, hos ouk eimi hikanos kaleisthai apostolos, dioti edioxa ten ekklesian tou theou· chariti de theou eimi ho eimi, kai he charis autou he eis eme ou kene egenethe, alla perissoteron auton panton ekopiasa, ouk ego de alla he charis tou theou ?he sun emoi. eite oun ego eite ekeinoi, houtos kerussomen kai houtos episteusate. Ei de Christos kerussetai hoti ek nekron egegertai, pos legousin ?en humin tines? hoti anastasis nekron ouk estin; ei de anastasis nekron ouk estin, oude Christos egegertai· ei de Christos ouk egegertai, kenon ?ara to kerugma hemon, ?kene kai he pistis ?humon, heuriskometha de kai pseudomartures tou theou, hoti emarturesamen kata tou theou hoti egeiren ton Christon, hon ouk egeiren eiper ara nekroi ouk egeirontai. ei gar nekroi ouk egeirontai, oude Christos egegertai· ei de Christos ouk egegertai, mataia he pistis ?humon, eti este en tais hamartiais humon. ara kai hoi koimethentes en Christo apolonto. ei en te zoe taute ?en Christo elpikotes esmen? monon, eleeinoteroi panton anthropon esmen. Nuni de Christos egegertai ek nekron, aparche ton ?kekoimemenon. epeide gar di' anthropou ?thanatos, kai di' anthropou anastasis nekron· hosper gar en to Adam pantes apothneskousin, houtos kai en to Christo pantes zoopoiethesontai. hekastos de en to idio tagmati· aparche Christos, epeita hoi tou Christou en te parousia autou· eita to telos, hotan ?paradido ten basileian to theo kai patri, hotan katargese pasan archen kai pasan exousian kai dunamin, dei gar auton basileuein achri ?hou the pantas tous echthrous hupo tous podas autou. eschatos echthros katargeitai ho thanatos, panta gar hupetaxen hupo tous podas autou. hotan de eipe hoti panta hupotetaktai, delon hoti ektos tou hupotaxantos auto ta panta. hotan de hupotage auto ta panta, ?tote autos ho huios hupotagesetai to hupotaxanti auto ta panta, hina e ho theos ?panta en pasin. Epei ti poiesousin hoi baptizomenoi huper ton nekron; ei holos nekroi ouk egeirontai, ti kai baptizontai huper ?auton; ti kai hemeis kinduneuomen pasan horan; kath' hemeran apothnesko, ne ten humeteran ?kauchesin, hen echo en Christo Iesou to kurio hemon. ei kata anthropon etheriomachesa en Epheso, ti moi to ophelos; ei nekroi ouk egeirontai, Phagomen kai piomen, aurion gar apothneskomen. me planasthe· phtheirousin ethe chresta homiliai kakai. eknepsate dikaios kai me hamartanete, agnosian gar theou tines echousin· pros entropen humin ?lalo. Alla erei tis· Pos egeirontai hoi nekroi, poio de somati erchontai; ?aphron, su ho speireis, ou zoopoieitai ean me apothane· kai ho speireis, ou to soma to genesomenon speireis alla gumnon kokkon ei tuchoi sitou e tinos ton loipon· ho de theos ?didosin auto? soma kathos ethelesen, kai hekasto ton spermaton ?idion soma. ou pasa sarx he aute sarx, alla alle men anthropon, alle de sarx ktenon, alle de ?sarx ptenon?, alle de ?ichthuon. kai somata epourania, kai somata epigeia· alla hetera men he ton epouranion doxa, hetera de he ton epigeion. alle doxa heliou, kai alle doxa selenes, kai alle doxa asteron, aster gar asteros diapherei en doxe. Houtos kai he anastasis ton nekron. speiretai en phthora, egeiretai en aphtharsia· speiretai en atimia, egeiretai en doxe· speiretai en astheneia, egeiretai en dunamei· speiretai soma psuchikon, egeiretai soma pneumatikon. ?Ei estin soma psuchikon, ?estin kai? pneumatikon. houtos kai gegraptai· Egeneto ho protos anthropos Adam eis psuchen zosan· ho eschatos Adam eis pneuma zoopoioun. all' ou proton to pneumatikon alla to psuchikon, epeita to pneumatikon. ho protos anthropos ek ges choikos, ho deuteros ?anthropos ex ouranou. hoios ho choikos, toioutoi kai hoi choikoi, kai hoios ho epouranios, toioutoi kai hoi epouranioi· kai kathos ephoresamen ten eikona tou choikou, ?phoresomen kai ten eikona tou epouraniou. Touto de phemi, adelphoi, hoti sarx kai haima basileian theou kleronomesai ou ?dunatai, oude he phthora ten aphtharsian kleronomei. idou musterion humin lego· ?pantes ou koimethesometha pantes de allagesometha, en atomo, en rhipe ophthalmou, en te eschate salpingi· salpisei gar, kai hoi nekroi egerthesontai aphthartoi, kai hemeis allagesometha. dei gar to phtharton touto endusasthai aphtharsian kai to thneton touto endusasthai athanasian. hotan de to ?phtharton touto endusetai aphtharsian kai to? thneton touto endusetai ?athanasian, tote genesetai ho logos ho gegrammenos· Katepothe ho thanatos eis nikos. pou sou, thanate, to ?nikos; pou sou, thanate, to kentron?; to de kentron tou thanatou he hamartia, he de dunamis tes hamartias ho nomos· to de theo charis to didonti hemin to nikos dia tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou. Hoste, adelphoi mou agapetoi, hedraioi ginesthe, ametakinetoi, perisseuontes en to ergo tou kuriou pantote, eidotes hoti ho kopos humon ouk estin kenos en kurio. __________________________________________________________________ Peri de tes logeias tes eis tous hagious, hosper dietaxa tais ekklesiais tes Galatias, houtos kai humeis poiesate. kata mian ?sabbatou hekastos humon par' heauto titheto thesaurizon ho ti ?ean euodotai, hina me hotan eltho tote logeiai ginontai. hotan de paragenomai, ohus ?ean dokimasete di' epistolon, toutous pempso apenenkein ten charin humon eis Ierousalem· ean de ?axion e? tou kame poreuesthai, sun emoi poreusontai. Eleusomai de pros humas hotan Makedonian dieltho, Makedonian gar dierchomai, pros humas de tuchon ?parameno e ?kai paracheimaso, hina humeis me propempsete hou ean poreuomai. ou thelo gar humas arti en parodo idein, elpizo ?gar chronon tina epimeinai pros humas, ean ho kurios ?epitrepse. ?epimeno de en Epheso heos tes pentekostes· thura gar moi aneogen megale kai energes, kai antikeimenoi polloi. Ean de elthe Timotheos, blepete hina aphobos genetai pros humas, to gar ergon kuriou ergazetai hos ?kago· me tis oun auton exouthenese. propempsate de auton en eirene, hina elthe pros ?me, ekdechomai gar auton meta ton adelphon. Peri de Apollo tou adelphou, polla parekalesa auton hina elthe pros humas meta ton adelphon· kai pantos ouk en thelema hina nun elthe, eleusetai de hotan eukairese. Gregoreite, stekete en te pistei, andrizesthe, krataiousthe. panta humon en agape ginestho. Parakalo de humas, adelphoi· oidate ten oikian Stephana, hoti estin aparche tes Achaias kai eis diakonian tois hagiois etaxan heautous· hina kai humeis hupotassesthe tois toioutois kai panti to sunergounti kai kopionti. chairo de epi te parousia Stephana kai Phortounatou kai Achaikou, hoti to ?humeteron husterema houtoi aneplerosan, anepausan gar to emon pneuma kai to humon. epiginoskete oun tous toioutous. Aspazontai humas hai ekklesiai tes Asias. ?aspazetai humas en kurio polla Akulas kai ?Priska sun te kat' oikon auton ekklesia. aspazontai humas hoi adelphoi pantes. aspasasthe allelous en philemati hagio. Ho aspasmos te eme cheiri Paulou. ei tis ou philei ton ?kurion, eto anathema. ?Marana tha?. he charis tou kuriou ?Iesou meth' humon. he agape mou meta panton humon en Christo ?Iesou. __________________________________________________________________ PROS KORINThIOUS B __________________________________________________________________ Paulos apostolos ?Christou Iesou? dia thelematos theou kai Timotheos ho adelphos te ekklesia tou theou te ouse en Korintho, sun tois hagiois pasin tois ousin en hole te Achaia· charis humin kai eirene apo theou patros hemon kai kuriou Iesou Christou. Eulogetos ho theos kai pater tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, ho pater ton oiktirmon kai theos pases parakleseos, ho parakalon hemas epi pase te thlipsei hemon, eis to dunasthai hemas parakalein tous en pase thlipsei dia tes parakleseos hes parakaloumetha autoi hupo tou theou. hoti kathos perisseuei ta pathemata tou Christou eis hemas, houtos dia tou Christou perisseuei kai he paraklesis hemon. eite de thlibometha, huper tes humon parakleseos kai soterias· ?eite parakaloumetha, huper tes humon parakleseos? tes energoumenes en hupomone ton auton pathematon hon kai hemeis paschomen, kai he elpis hemon bebaia huper ?humon· eidotes hoti ?hos koinonoi este ton pathematon, houtos kai tes parakleseos. Ou gar thelomen humas agnoein, adelphoi, ?huper tes thlipseos hemon tes ?genomenes en te Asia, hoti kath' huperbolen ?huper dunamin ebarethemen?, hoste exaporethenai hemas kai tou zen· alla autoi en heautois to apokrima tou thanatou eschekamen, hina me pepoithotes omen eph' heautois all' epi to theo to egeironti tous nekrous· hos ek telikoutou thanatou errusato hemas kai ?rhusetai, eis hon elpikamen hoti kai eti rhusetai, sunupourgounton kai humon huper hemon te deesei, hina ek pollon prosopon to eis hemas charisma dia pollon eucharistethe huper ?hemon. He gar kauchesis hemon haute estin, to marturion tes suneideseos hemon, hoti en ?hagioteti kai eilikrineia ?tou theou, ?ouk en sophia sarkike all' en chariti theou, anestraphemen en to kosmo, perissoteros de pros humas· ou gar alla graphomen humin all' e ha anaginoskete e kai epiginoskete, elpizo de ?hoti heos telous epignosesthe, kathos kai epegnote hemas apo merous, hoti kauchema humon esmen kathaper kai humeis hemon en te hemera tou kuriou ?hemon Iesou. Kai taute te pepoithesei eboulomen ?proteron pros humas elthein?, hina deuteran ?charin ?schete, kai di' humon dielthein eis Makedonian, kai palin apo Makedonias elthein pros humas kai huph' humon propemphthenai eis ten Ioudaian. touto oun ?boulomenos meti ara te elaphria echresamen; e ha bouleuomai kata sarka bouleuomai, hina e par' emoi to Nai nai kai to Ou ou; pistos de ho theos hoti ho logos hemon ho pros humas ouk ?estin Nai kai Ou. ho ?tou theou gar? huios ?Iesous Christos? ho en humin di' hemon keruchtheis, di' emou kai Silouanou kai Timotheou, ouk egeneto Nai kai Ou, alla Nai en auto gegonen· hosai gar epangeliai theou, en auto to Nai· ?dio kai ?di' autou? to Amen to theo pros doxan di' hemon. ho de bebaion hemas sun humin eis Christon kai chrisas hemas theos, ho kai sphragisamenos hemas kai dous ton arrabona tou pneumatos en tais kardiais hemon. Ego de martura ton theon epikaloumai epi ten emen psuchen, hoti pheidomenos humon ouketi elthon eis Korinthon. ouch hoti kurieuomen humon tes pisteos, alla sunergoi esmen tes charas humon, te gar pistei hestekate. __________________________________________________________________ ekrina ?gar emauto touto, to me palin en lupe pros humas elthein· ei gar ego lupo humas, kai ?tis ho euphrainon me ei me ho lupoumenos ex emou; kai ?egrapsa touto auto hina me elthon lupen ?scho aph' hon edei me chairein, pepoithos epi pantas humas hoti he eme chara panton humon estin. ek gar polles thlipseos kai sunoches kardias egrapsa humin dia pollon dakruon, ouch hina lupethete, alla ten agapen hina gnote hen echo perissoteros eis humas. Ei de tis lelupeken, ouk eme lelupeken, alla apo merous hina me epibaro pantas humas. hikanon to toiouto he epitimia haute he hupo ton pleionon, hoste tounantion ?mallon humas charisasthai kai parakalesai, me pos te perissotera lupe katapothe ho toioutos. dio parakalo humas kurosai eis auton agapen· eis touto gar kai egrapsa hina gno ten dokimen humon, ei eis panta hupekooi este. ho de ti charizesthe, kago· kai gar ego ?ho kecharismai, ei ti? kecharismai, di' humas en prosopo Christou, hina me pleonektethomen hupo tou Satana, ou gar autou ta noemata agnooumen. Elthon de eis ten Troada eis to euangelion tou Christou kai thuras moi aneogmenes en kurio, ouk escheka anesin to pneumati mou to me heurein me Titon ton adelphon mou, alla apotaxamenos autois exelthon eis Makedonian. To de theo charis to pantote thriambeuonti hemas en to Christo kai ten osmen tes gnoseos autou phanerounti di' hemon en panti topo· hoti Christou euodia esmen to theo en tois sozomenois kai en tois apollumenois, hois men osme ?ek thanatou eis thanaton, hois de osme ?ek zoes eis zoen. kai pros tauta tis hikanos; ou gar esmen hos hoi ?polloi kapeleuontes ton logon tou theou, all' hos ex eilikrineias, all' hos ek theou ?katenanti theou en Christo laloumen. __________________________________________________________________ Archometha palin heautous ?sunistanein; ?e me chrezomen hos tines sustatikon epistolon pros humas e ex ?humon; he epistole hemon humeis este, engegrammene en tais kardiais hemon, ginoskomene kai anaginoskomene hupo panton anthropon· phaneroumenoi hoti este epistole Christou diakonetheisa huph' hemon, engegrammene ou melani alla pneumati theou zontos, ouk en plaxin lithinais all' en plaxin kardiais sarkinais. Pepoithesin de toiauten echomen dia tou Christou pros ton theon. ouch hoti ?aph' heauton hikanoi esmen? logisasthai ti hos ex ?hauton, all' he hikanotes hemon ek tou theou, hos kai hikanosen hemas diakonous kaines diathekes, ou grammatos alla pneumatos, to gar gramma apoktennei, to de pneuma zoopoiei. Ei de he diakonia tou thanatou en ?grammasin ?entetupomene lithois egenethe en doxe, hoste me dunasthai atenisai tous huious Israel eis to prosopon Mouseos dia ten doxan tou prosopou autou ten katargoumenen, pos ouchi mallon he diakonia tou pneumatos estai en doxe; ei gar ?te diakonia? tes katakriseos doxa, pollo mallon perisseuei he diakonia tes ?dikaiosunes doxe. kai gar ou dedoxastai to dedoxasmenon en touto to merei ?heineken tes huperballouses doxes· ei gar to katargoumenon dia doxes, pollo mallon to menon en doxe. Echontes oun toiauten elpida polle parresia chrometha, kai ou kathaper Mouses etithei kalumma epi to prosopon ?autou, pros to me atenisai tous huious Israel eis to telos tou katargoumenou. alla eporothe ta noemata auton. achri gar tes semeron ?hemeras to auto kalumma epi te anagnosei tes palaias diathekes menei me anakaluptomenon, ?hoti en Christo katargeitai, all' heos semeron henika ?an anaginosketai? Mouses kalumma epi ten kardian auton keitai· henika ?de ean? epistrepse pros kurion, periaireitai to kalumma. ho de kurios to pneuma estin· hou de to pneuma ?kuriou, eleutheria. hemeis de pantes anakekalummeno prosopo ten doxan kuriou katoptrizomenoi ten auten eikona metamorphoumetha apo doxes eis doxan, kathaper apo kuriou pneumatos. __________________________________________________________________ Dia touto, echontes ten diakonian tauten kathos eleethemen, ouk ?enkakoumen, alla apeipametha ta krupta tes aischunes, me peripatountes en panourgia mede dolountes ton logon tou theou, alla te phanerosei tes aletheias ?sunistanontes heautous pros pasan suneidesin anthropon enopion tou theou. ei de kai estin kekalummenon to euangelion hemon, en tois apollumenois estin kekalummenon, en hois ho theos tou aionos toutou etuphlosen ta noemata ton apiston eis to me ?augasai ton photismon tou euangeliou tes doxes tou Christou, hos estin eikon tou theou. ou gar heautous kerussomen alla ?Christon Iesoun? kurion, heautous de doulous humon dia Iesoun. hoti ho theos ho eipon· Ek skotous phos ?lampsei, hos elampsen en tais kardiais hemon pros photismon tes gnoseos tes doxes tou theou en prosopo ?Christou. Echomen de ton thesauron touton en ostrakinois skeuesin, hina he huperbole tes dunameos e tou theou kai me ex hemon· en panti thlibomenoi all' ou stenochoroumenoi, aporoumenoi all' ouk exaporoumenoi, diokomenoi all' ouk enkataleipomenoi, kataballomenoi all' ouk apollumenoi, pantote ten nekrosin ?tou Iesou en to somati peripherontes, hina kai he zoe tou Iesou en to somati hemon phanerothe· aei gar hemeis hoi zontes eis thanaton paradidometha dia Iesoun, hina kai he zoe tou Iesou phanerothe en te thnete sarki hemon. hoste ?ho thanatos en hemin energeitai, he de zoe en humin. Echontes de to auto pneuma tes pisteos, kata to gegrammenon· Episteusa, dio elalesa, kai hemeis pisteuomen, dio kai laloumen, eidotes hoti ho egeiras ?ton Iesoun kai hemas ?sun Iesou egerei kai parastesei sun humin. ta gar panta di' humas, hina he charis pleonasasa dia ton pleionon ten eucharistian perisseuse eis ten doxan tou theou. Dio ouk ?enkakoumen, all' ei kai ho exo hemon anthropos diaphtheiretai, all' ho ?eso hemon? anakainoutai hemera kai hemera. to gar parautika elaphron tes thlipseos ?hemon kath' huperbolen eis huperbolen aionion baros doxes katergazetai hemin, me skopounton hemon ta blepomena alla ta me blepomena, ta gar blepomena proskaira, ta de me blepomena aionia. __________________________________________________________________ Oidamen gar hoti ean he epigeios hemon oikia tou skenous kataluthe, oikodomen ek theou echomen oikian acheiropoieton aionion en tois ouranois. kai gar en touto stenazomen, to oiketerion hemon to ex ouranou ependusasthai epipothountes, ?ei ge? kai ?endusamenoi ou gumnoi heurethesometha. kai gar hoi ontes en to skenei stenazomen baroumenoi eph' ho ou thelomen ekdusasthai all' ependusasthai, hina katapothe to thneton hupo tes zoes. ho de katergasamenos hemas eis auto touto theos, ?ho dous hemin ton arrabona tou pneumatos. Tharrountes oun pantote kai eidotes hoti endemountes en to somati ekdemoumen apo tou kuriou, dia pisteos gar peripatoumen, ou dia eidous-- tharroumen de kai eudokoumen mallon ekdemesai ek tou somatos kai endemesai pros ton kurion· dio kai philotimoumetha, eite endemountes eite ekdemountes, euarestoi auto einai. tous gar pantas hemas phanerothenai dei emprosthen tou bematos tou Christou, hina komisetai hekastos ta dia tou somatos pros ha epraxen, eite agathon eite ?phaulon. Eidotes oun ton phobon tou kuriou anthropous peithomen, theo de pephanerometha· elpizo de kai en tais suneidesesin humon pephanerosthai. ?ou palin heautous sunistanomen humin, alla aphormen didontes humin kauchematos huper hemon, hina echete pros tous en prosopo kauchomenous kai ?me en? kardia. eite gar exestemen, theo· eite sophronoumen, humin. he gar agape tou Christou sunechei hemas, krinantas touto ?hoti heis huper panton apethanen· ara hoi pantes apethanon· kai huper panton apethanen hina hoi zontes meketi heautois zosin alla to huper auton apothanonti kai egerthenti. Hoste hemeis apo tou nun oudena oidamen kata sarka· ?ei kai egnokamen kata sarka Christon, alla nun ouketi ginoskomen. hoste ei tis en Christo, kaine ktisis· ta archaia parelthen, idou gegonen ?kaina· ta de panta ek tou theou tou katallaxantos hemas heauto ?dia Christou kai dontos hemin ten diakonian tes katallages, hos hoti theos en en Christo kosmon katallasson heauto, me logizomenos autois ta paraptomata auton, kai themenos en hemin ton logon tes katallages. huper Christou oun presbeuomen hos tou theou parakalountos di' hemon· deometha huper Christou, katallagete to theo. ?ton me gnonta hamartian huper hemon hamartian epoiesen, hina hemeis genometha dikaiosune theou en auto. __________________________________________________________________ Sunergountes de kai parakaloumen me eis kenon ten charin tou theou dexasthai humas· legei gar· Kairo dekto epekousa sou kai en hemera soterias eboethesa soi· idou nun kairos euprosdektos, idou nun hemera soterias· medemian en medeni didontes proskopen, hina me momethe he diakonia, all' en panti ?sunistanontes heautous hos theou diakonoi· en hupomone polle, en thlipsesin, en anankais, en stenochoriais, en plegais, en phulakais, en akatastasiais, en kopois, en agrupniais, en nesteiais, en hagnoteti, en gnosei, en makrothumia, en chrestoteti, en pneumati hagio, en agape anupokrito, en logo aletheias, en dunamei theou· dia ton hoplon tes dikaiosunes ton dexion kai aristeron, dia doxes kai atimias, dia dusphemias kai euphemias· hos planoi kai aletheis, hos agnooumenoi kai epiginoskomenoi, hos apothneskontes kai idou zomen, hos paideuomenoi kai me thanatoumenoi, hos lupoumenoi aei de chairontes, hos ptochoi pollous de ploutizontes, hos meden echontes kai panta katechontes. To stoma hemon aneogen pros humas, Korinthioi, he kardia hemon peplatuntai· ou stenochoreisthe en hemin, stenochoreisthe de en tois splanchnois humon· ten de auten antimisthian, hos teknois lego, platunthete kai humeis. Me ginesthe heterozugountes apistois· tis gar metoche dikaiosune kai anomia, ?e tis? koinonia photi pros skotos; tis de sumphonesis ?Christou pros Beliar, e tis meris pisto meta apistou; tis de sunkatathesis nao theou meta eidolon; ?hemeis gar naos theou esmen? zontos· kathos eipen ho theos hoti Enoikeso en autois kai emperipateso, kai esomai auton theos, kai autoi esontai ?mou laos. dio exelthate ek mesou auton, kai aphoristhete, legei kurios, kai akathartou me haptesthe· kago eisdexomai humas· kai esomai humin eis patera, kai humeis esesthe moi eis huious kai thugateras, legei kurios pantokrator. __________________________________________________________________ tautas oun echontes tas epangelias, agapetoi, katharisomen heautous apo pantos molusmou sarkos kai pneumatos, epitelountes hagiosunen en phobo theou. Choresate hemas· oudena edikesamen, oudena ephtheiramen, oudena epleonektesamen. ?pros katakrisin ou? lego, proeireka gar hoti en tais kardiais hemon este eis to sunapothanein kai suzen. polle moi parresia pros humas, polle moi kauchesis huper humon· pepleromai te paraklesei, huperperisseuomai te chara epi pase te thlipsei hemon. Kai gar elthonton hemon eis Makedonian oudemian ?escheken anesin he sarx hemon, all' en panti thlibomenoi-- exothen machai, esothen phoboi-- all' ho parakalon tous tapeinous parekalesen hemas ho theos en te parousia Titou· ou monon de en te parousia autou, alla kai en te paraklesei he pareklethe eph' humin, anangellon hemin ten humon epipothesin, ton humon odurmon, ton humon zelon huper emou, hoste me mallon charenai. hoti ei kai elupesa humas en te epistole, ou metamelomai· ei kai metemelomen (?blepo hoti he epistole ekeine ei kai pros horan elupesen humas), nun chairo, ouch hoti elupethete, all' hoti elupethete eis metanoian, elupethete gar kata theon, hina en medeni zemiothete ex hemon. he gar kata theon lupe metanoian eis soterian ametameleton ?ergazetai· he de tou kosmou lupe thanaton katergazetai. idou gar auto touto to kata theon ?lupethenai posen kateirgasato humin spouden, alla apologian, alla aganaktesin, alla phobon, alla epipothesin, alla zelon, alla ekdikesin· en panti sunestesate heautous hagnous ?einai to pragmati. ara ei kai egrapsa humin, ouch ?heneken tou adikesantos, ?oude ?heneken tou adikethentos, all' ?1heneken tou phanerothenai ten spouden humon ten huper hemon pros humas enopion tou theou. dia touto parakeklemetha. Epi de te paraklesei ?hemon perissoteros mallon echaremen epi te chara Titou, hoti anapepautai to pneuma autou apo panton humon· hoti ei ti auto huper humon kekauchemai, ou kateschunthen, all' hos panta en aletheia elalesamen humin, houtos kai he kauchesis hemon ?he epi Titou aletheia egenethe. kai ta splanchna autou perissoteros eis humas estin anamimneskomenou ten panton humon hupakoen, hos meta phobou kai tromou edexasthe auton. chairo hoti en panti tharro en humin. __________________________________________________________________ Gnorizomen de humin, adelphoi, ten charin tou theou ten dedomenen en tais ekklesiais tes Makedonias, hoti en polle dokime thlipseos he perisseia tes charas auton kai he kata bathous ptocheia auton eperisseusen eis ?to ploutos? tes haplotetos auton· hoti kata dunamin, marturo, kai ?para dunamin, authairetoi meta polles parakleseos deomenoi hemon, ten charin kai ten koinonian tes diakonias tes eis tous hagious-- kai ou kathos elpisamen all' heautous edokan proton to kurio kai hemin dia thelematos theou, eis to parakalesai hemas Titon hina kathos proenerxato houtos kai epitelese eis humas kai ten charin tauten· all' hosper en panti perisseuete, pistei kai logo kai gnosei kai pase spoude kai te ex ?hemon en humin? agape, hina kai en taute te chariti perisseuete. Ou kat' epitagen lego alla dia tes heteron spoudes kai to tes humeteras agapes gnesion dokimazon· ginoskete gar ten charin tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, hoti di' humas eptocheusen plousios on, hina humeis te ekeinou ptocheia ploutesete. kai gnomen en touto didomi· touto gar humin sumpherei, hoitines ou monon to poiesai alla kai to thelein proenerxasthe apo perusi· nuni de kai to poiesai epitelesate, hopos kathaper he prothumia tou thelein houtos kai to epitelesai ek tou echein. ei gar he prothumia prokeitai, katho ean ?eche euprosdektos, ou katho ouk echei. ou gar hina allois anesis, ?humin thlipsis· all' ex isotetos en to nun kairo to humon perisseuma eis to ekeinon husterema, hina kai to ekeinon perisseuma genetai eis to humon husterema, hopos genetai isotes· kathos gegraptai· Ho to polu ouk epleonasen, kai ho to oligon ouk elattonesen. Charis de to theo to ?didonti ten auten spouden huper humon en te kardia Titou, hoti ten men paraklesin edexato, spoudaioteros de huparchon authairetos exelthen pros humas. sunepempsamen de met' autou ton adelphon hou ho epainos en to euangelio dia pason ton ekklesion-- ou monon de alla kai cheirotonetheis hupo ton ekklesion sunekdemos hemon ?sun te chariti taute te diakonoumene huph' hemon pros ten ?autou tou kuriou doxan kai prothumian hemon-- stellomenoi touto me tis hemas momesetai en te hadroteti taute te diakonoumene huph' hemon, ?pronooumen gar? kala ou monon enopion kuriou alla kai enopion anthropon. sunepempsamen de autois ton adelphon hemon hon edokimasamen en pollois pollakis spoudaion onta, nuni de polu spoudaioteron pepoithesei polle te eis humas. eite huper Titou, koinonos emos kai eis humas sunergos· eite adelphoi hemon, apostoloi ekklesion, doxa Christou. ten oun endeixin tes agapes humon kai hemon kaucheseos huper humon eis autous ?endeiknumenoi eis prosopon ton ekklesion. __________________________________________________________________ Peri men gar tes diakonias tes eis tous hagious perisson moi estin to graphein humin, oida gar ten prothumian humon hen huper humon kauchomai Makedosin hoti Achaia pareskeuastai apo perusi, kai ?to humon zelos erethise tous pleionas. epempsa de tous adelphous, hina me to kauchema hemon to huper humon kenothe en to merei touto, hina kathos elegon pareskeuasmenoi ete, me pos ean elthosin sun emoi Makedones kai heurosin humas aparaskeuastous kataischunthomen hemeis, hina me ?legomen humeis, en te hupostasei ?taute. anankaion oun hegesamen parakalesai tous adelphous hina proelthosin ?eis humas kai prokatartisosi ten ?proepengelmenen eulogian humon, tauten hetoimen einai houtos hos eulogian kai me hos pleonexian. Touto de, ho speiron pheidomenos pheidomenos kai therisei, kai ho speiron ep' eulogiais ep' eulogiais kai therisei. hekastos kathos ?proeretai te kardia, me ek lupes e ex anankes· hilaron gar doten agapa ho theos. ?dunatei de ho theos pasan charin perisseusai eis humas, hina en panti pantote pasan autarkeian echontes perisseuete eis pan ergon agathon· (kathos gegraptai· Eskorpisen, edoken tois penesin, he dikaiosune autou menei eis ton aiona· ho de epichoregon ?sporon to speironti kai arton eis brosin ?choregesei kai ?plethunei ton sporon humon kai ?auxesei ta genemata tes dikaiosunes humon·) en panti ploutizomenoi eis pasan haploteta, hetis katergazetai di' hemon eucharistian to theo-- hoti he diakonia tes leitourgias tautes ou monon estin prosanaplerousa ta husteremata ton hagion, alla kai perisseuousa dia pollon eucharistion to theo-- dia tes dokimes tes diakonias tautes doxazontes ton theon epi te hupotage tes homologias humon eis to euangelion tou Christou kai haploteti tes koinonias eis autous kai eis pantas, kai auton deesei huper humon epipothounton humas dia ten huperballousan charin tou theou eph' humin. ?charis to theo epi te anekdiegeto autou dorea. __________________________________________________________________ Autos de ego Paulos parakalo humas dia tes prautetos kai epieikeias tou Christou, hos kata prosopon men tapeinos en humin, apon de tharro eis humas· deomai de to me paron tharresai te pepoithesei he logizomai tolmesai epi tinas tous logizomenous hemas hos kata sarka peripatountas. en sarki gar peripatountes ou kata sarka strateuometha-- ta gar hopla tes strateias hemon ou sarkika alla dunata to theo pros kathairesin ochuromaton-- logismous kathairountes kai pan hupsoma epairomenon kata tes gnoseos tou theou, kai aichmalotizontes pan noema eis ten hupakoen tou Christou, kai en hetoimo echontes ekdikesai pasan parakoen, hotan plerothe humon he hupakoe. Ta kata prosopon blepete. ei tis pepoithen heauto Christou einai, touto logizestho palin ?eph' heautou hoti kathos autos Christou houtos kai ?hemeis. ean ?te ?gar perissoteron ti kauchesomai peri tes exousias hemon, hes edoken ho ?kurios eis oikodomen kai ouk eis kathairesin humon, ouk aischunthesomai, hina me doxo hos an ekphobein humas dia ton epistolon· hoti Hai ?epistolai men?, phesin, bareiai kai ischurai, he de parousia tou somatos asthenes kai ho logos exouthenemenos. touto logizestho ho toioutos, hoti hoioi esmen to logo di' epistolon apontes, toioutoi kai parontes to ergo. Ou gar tolmomen enkrinai e sunkrinai heautous tisin ton heautous sunistanonton· alla autoi en heautois heautous metrountes kai sunkrinontes heautous heautois ou suniasin. hemeis de ?ouk eis ta ametra kauchesometha, alla kata to metron tou kanonos hou emerisen hemin ho theos metrou, ephikesthai achri kai humon-- ou gar hos me ephiknoumenoi eis humas huperekteinomen heautous, achri gar kai humon ephthasamen en to euangelio tou Christou-- ouk eis ta ametra kauchomenoi en allotriois kopois, elpida de echontes auxanomenes tes pisteos humon en humin megalunthenai kata ton kanona hemon eis perisseian, eis ta huperekeina humon euangelisasthai, ouk en allotrio kanoni eis ta hetoima kauchesasthai. Ho de kauchomenos en kurio kauchastho· ou gar ho heauton ?sunistanon, ekeinos estin dokimos, alla hon ho kurios sunistesin. __________________________________________________________________ Ophelon aneichesthe mou mikron ?ti ?aphrosunes· alla kai anechesthe mou. zelo gar humas theou zelo, hermosamen gar humas heni andri parthenon hagnen parastesai to Christo· phoboumai de me pos, hos ho ophis ?exepatesen Heuan? en te panourgia autou, ?phthare ta noemata humon apo tes haplotetos ?kai tes hagnotetos? tes eis ton Christon. ei men gar ho erchomenos allon Iesoun kerussei hon ouk ekeruxamen, e pneuma heteron lambanete ho ouk elabete, e euangelion heteron ho ouk edexasthe, kalos ?anechesthe. logizomai gar meden husterekenai ton huperlian apostolon· ei de kai idiotes to logo, all' ou te gnosei, all' en panti ?phanerosantes en pasin eis humas. E hamartian epoiesa emauton tapeinon hina humeis hupsothete, hoti dorean to tou theou euangelion euengelisamen humin; allas ekklesias esulesa labon opsonion pros ten humon diakonian, kai paron pros humas kai husteretheis ou katenarkesa outhenos· to gar husterema mou prosaneplerosan hoi adelphoi elthontes apo Makedonias· kai en panti abare ?emauton humin? eteresa kai tereso. estin aletheia Christou en emoi hoti he kauchesis haute ou phragesetai eis eme en tois klimasi tes Achaias. dia ti; hoti ouk agapo humas; ho theos oiden. Ho de poio kai poieso, hina ekkopso ten aphormen ton thelonton aphormen, hina en ho kauchontai heurethosin kathos kai hemeis. hoi gar toioutoi pseudapostoloi, ergatai dolioi, metaschematizomenoi eis apostolous Christou· kai ou ?thauma, autos gar ho Satanas metaschematizetai eis angelon photos· ou mega oun ei kai hoi diakonoi autou metaschematizontai hos diakonoi dikaiosunes, hon to telos estai kata ta erga auton. Palin lego, me tis me doxe aphrona einai-- ei de me ge, kan hos aphrona dexasthe me, hina kago mikron ti kauchesomai· ho lalo ou ?kata kurion lalo?, all' hos en aphrosune, en taute te hupostasei tes kaucheseos. epei polloi kauchontai ?kata sarka, kago kauchesomai. hedeos gar anechesthe ton aphronon phronimoi ontes· anechesthe gar ei tis humas katadouloi, ei tis katesthiei, ei tis lambanei, ei tis epairetai, ei tis ?eis prosopon humas? derei. kata atimian lego, hos hoti hemeis ?esthenekamen· en ho d' an tis tolma, en aphrosune lego, tolmo kago. Hebraioi eisin; kago. Israelitai eisin; kago. sperma Abraam eisin; kago. diakonoi Christou eisin; paraphronon lalo, huper ego· en kopois perissoteros, en ?phulakais perissoteros, en plegais huperballontos?, en thanatois pollakis· hupo Ioudaion pentakis tesserakonta para mian elabon, tris erabdisthen, hapax elithasthen, tris enauagesa, nuchthemeron en to butho pepoieka· hodoiporiais pollakis, kindunois potamon, kindunois leston, kindunois ek genous, kindunois ex ethnon, kindunois en polei, kindunois en eremia, kindunois en thalasse, kindunois en pseudadelphois, ?kopo kai mochtho, en agrupniais pollakis, en limo kai dipsei, en nesteiais pollakis, en psuchei kai gumnoteti· choris ton parektos he ?epistasis ?moi he kath' hemeran, he merimna pason ton ekklesion. tis asthenei, kai ouk astheno; tis skandalizetai kai ouk ego puroumai; Ei kauchasthai dei, ta tes astheneias mou kauchesomai. ho theos kai pater tou kuriou ?Iesou oiden, ho on eulogetos eis tous aionas, hoti ou pseudomai. en Damasko ho ethnarches Hareta tou basileos ephrourei ten ?polin Damaskenon? piasai ?me, kai dia thuridos en sargane echalasthen dia tou teichous kai exephugon tas cheiras autou. __________________________________________________________________ Kauchasthai ?dei· ou ?sumpheron men?, eleusomai ?de eis optasias kai apokalupseis kuriou. oida anthropon en Christo pro eton dekatessaron-- eite en somati ouk oida, eite ektos tou somatos ouk oida, ho theos oiden-- harpagenta ton toiouton heos tritou ouranou. kai oida ton toiouton anthropon-- eite en somati eite ?choris tou somatos ouk oida, ho theos oiden-- hoti herpage eis ton paradeison kai ekousen arreta rhemata ha ouk exon anthropo lalesai. huper tou toioutou kauchesomai, huper de emautou ou kauchesomai ei me en tais ?astheneiais. ean gar theleso kauchesasthai, ouk esomai aphron, aletheian gar ero· pheidomai de, me tis eis eme logisetai huper ho blepei me e akouei ?ti ex emou, kai te huperbole ton apokalupseon. ?dio hina me huperairomai, edothe moi skolops te sarki, angelos ?Satana, hina me kolaphize, ?hina me huperairomai?. huper toutou tris ton kurion parekalesa hina aposte ap' emou· kai eireken moi· Arkei soi he charis mou· he gar ?dunamis en astheneia ?teleitai. hedista oun mallon kauchesomai en tais astheneiais ?mou, hina episkenose ep' eme he dunamis tou Christou. dio eudoko en astheneiais, en hubresin, en anankais, en diogmois ?kai stenochoriais, huper Christou· hotan gar astheno, tote dunatos eimi. Gegona ?aphron· humeis me enankasate· ego gar opheilon huph' humon sunistasthai. ouden gar husteresa ton huperlian apostolon, ei kai ouden eimi· ta men semeia tou apostolou kateirgasthe en humin en pase ?hupomone, semeiois ?te kai terasin kai dunamesin. ti gar estin ho ?hessothete huper tas loipas ekklesias, ei me hoti autos ego ou katenarkesa humon; charisasthe moi ten adikian tauten. Idou triton ?touto hetoimos echo elthein pros humas, kai ou ?katanarkeso· ou gar zeto ta humon alla humas, ou gar opheilei ta tekna tois goneusin thesaurizein, alla hoi goneis tois teknois. ego de hedista dapaneso kai ekdapanethesomai huper ton psuchon humon. ?ei perissoteros humas ?agapon, hesson agapomai; esto de, ego ou katebaresa humas· alla huparchon panourgos dolo humas elabon. me tina hon apestalka pros humas, di' autou epleonektesa humas; parekalesa Titon kai sunapesteila ton adelphon· meti epleonektesen humas Titos; ou to auto pneumati periepatesamen; ou tois autois ichnesin; ?Palai dokeite hoti humin apologoumetha; ?katenanti theou en Christo laloumen. ta de panta, agapetoi, huper tes humon oikodomes, phoboumai gar me pos elthon ouch hoious thelo heuro humas, kago heuretho humin hoion ou thelete, me pos ?eris, ?zelos, thumoi, eritheiai, katalaliai, psithurismoi, phusioseis, akatastasiai· me palin ?elthontos mou? ?tapeinose ?me ho theos mou pros humas, kai pentheso pollous ton proemartekoton kai me metanoesanton epi te akatharsia kai porneia kai aselgeia he epraxan. __________________________________________________________________ Triton touto erchomai pros humas· epi stomatos duo marturon kai trion stathesetai pan rhema. proeireka kai prolego hos paron to deuteron kai apon ?nun, tois proemartekosin kai tois loipois pasin, hoti ean eltho eis to palin ou pheisomai, epei dokimen zeteite tou en emoi lalountos Christou· hos eis humas ouk asthenei alla dunatei en humin, kai ?gar estaurothe ex astheneias, alla ze ek dunameos theou. kai gar hemeis asthenoumen en auto, alla ?zesomen sun auto ek dunameos theou eis humas. Heautous peirazete ei este en te pistei, heautous dokimazete· e ouk epiginoskete heautous hoti ?Iesous Christos? en ?humin; ei meti adokimoi este. elpizo de hoti gnosesthe hoti hemeis ouk esmen adokimoi. ?euchometha de pros ton theon me poiesai humas kakon meden, ouch hina hemeis dokimoi phanomen, all' hina humeis to kalon poiete, hemeis de hos adokimoi omen. ou gar dunametha ti kata tes aletheias, alla huper tes aletheias. chairomen gar hotan hemeis asthenomen, humeis de dunatoi ete· ?touto kai euchometha, ten humon katartisin. dia touto tauta apon grapho, hina paron me apotomos chresomai kata ten exousian hen ?ho kurios edoken moi?, eis oikodomen kai ouk eis kathairesin. Loipon, adelphoi, chairete, katartizesthe, parakaleisthe, to auto phroneite, eireneuete, kai ho theos tes agapes kai eirenes estai meth' humon. aspasasthe allelous en hagio philemati. aspazontai humas hoi hagioi pantes. he charis tou kuriou Iesou Christou kai he agape tou theou kai he koinonia tou hagiou pneumatos meta panton ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ PROS GALATAS __________________________________________________________________ Paulos apostolos, ouk ap' anthropon oude di' anthropou alla dia Iesou Christou kai theou patros tou egeirantos auton ek nekron, kai hoi sun emoi pantes adelphoi, tais ekklesiais tes Galatias· charis humin kai eirene apo theou patros ?kai kuriou hemon? Iesou Christou, tou dontos heauton ?huper ton hamartion hemon hopos exeletai hemas ek tou ?aionos tou enestotos? ponerou kata to thelema tou theou kai patros hemon, ho he doxa eis tous aionas ton aionon· amen. Thaumazo hoti houtos tacheos metatithesthe apo tou kalesantos humas en chariti Christou eis heteron euangelion, ho ouk estin allo· ei me tines eisin hoi tarassontes humas kai thelontes metastrepsai to euangelion tou Christou. alla kai ean hemeis e angelos ex ouranou ?euangelizetai ?humin par' ho euengelisametha humin, anathema esto. hos proeirekamen, kai arti palin lego, ei tis humas euangelizetai par' ho parelabete, anathema esto. Arti gar anthropous peitho e ton theon; e zeto anthropois areskein; ?ei eti anthropois ereskon, Christou doulos ouk an emen. Gnorizo ?gar humin, adelphoi, to euangelion to euangelisthen hup' emou hoti ouk estin kata anthropon· oude gar ego para anthropou parelabon auto, ?oute edidachthen, alla di' apokalupseos Iesou Christou. Ekousate gar ten emen anastrophen pote en to Ioudaismo, hoti kath' huperbolen ediokon ten ekklesian tou theou kai eporthoun auten, kai proekopton en to Ioudaismo huper pollous sunelikiotas en to genei mou, perissoteros zelotes huparchon ton patrikon mou paradoseon. hote de ?eudokesen ho aphorisas me ek koilias metros mou kai kalesas dia tes charitos autou apokalupsai ton huion autou en emoi hina euangelizomai auton en tois ethnesin, eutheos ou prosanethemen sarki kai haimati, oude anelthon eis Hierosoluma pros tous pro emou apostolous, alla apelthon eis Arabian, kai palin hupestrepsa eis Damaskon. Epeita meta ?ete tria? anelthon eis Hierosoluma historesai ?Kephan, kai epemeina pros auton hemeras dekapente· heteron de ton apostolon ouk eidon, ei me Iakobon ton adelphon tou kuriou. ha de grapho humin, idou enopion tou theou hoti ou pseudomai. epeita elthon eis ta klimata tes Surias kai tes Kilikias. emen de agnooumenos to prosopo tais ekklesiais tes Ioudaias tais en Christo, monon de akouontes esan hoti Ho diokon hemas pote nun euangelizetai ten pistin hen pote eporthei, kai edoxazon en emoi ton theon. __________________________________________________________________ Epeita dia dekatessaron eton palin aneben eis Hierosoluma meta Barnaba sumparalabon kai Titon· aneben de kata apokalupsin· kai anethemen autois to euangelion ho kerusso en tois ethnesin, kat' idian de tois dokousin, me pos eis kenon trecho e edramon. all' oude Titos ho sun emoi, Hellen on, enankasthe peritmethenai· dia de tous pareisaktous pseudadelphous, hoitines pareiselthon kataskopesai ten eleutherian hemon hen echomen en Christo Iesou, hina hemas ?katadoulosousin-- hois oude pros horan eixamen te hupotage, hina he aletheia tou euangeliou diameine pros humas. apo de ton dokounton einai ti-- hopoioi pote esan ouden moi diapherei· prosopon ?theos anthropou ou lambanei-- emoi gar hoi dokountes ouden prosanethento, alla tounantion idontes hoti pepisteumai to euangelion tes akrobustias kathos Petros tes peritomes, ho gar energesas Petro eis apostolen tes peritomes energesen kai emoi eis ta ethne, kai gnontes ten charin ten dotheisan moi, Iakobos kai Kephas kai Ioannes, hoi dokountes stuloi einai, dexias edokan emoi kai Barnaba koinonias, hina ?hemeis eis ta ethne, autoi de eis ten peritomen· monon ton ptochon hina mnemoneuomen, ho kai espoudasa auto touto poiesai. Hote de elthen ?Kephas eis Antiocheian, kata prosopon auto antesten, hoti kategnosmenos en· pro tou gar elthein tinas apo Iakobou meta ton ethnon sunesthien· hote de ?elthon, hupestellen kai aphorizen heauton, phoboumenos tous ek peritomes. kai sunupekrithesan auto ?kai hoi loipoi Ioudaioi, hoste kai Barnabas sunapechthe auton te hupokrisei. all' hote eidon hoti ouk orthopodousin pros ten aletheian tou euangeliou, eipon to ?Kepha emprosthen panton· Ei su Ioudaios huparchon ethnikos ?kai ?ouk Ioudaikos zes?, ?pos ta ethne anankazeis Ioudaizein; Hemeis phusei Ioudaioi kai ouk ex ethnon hamartoloi, eidotes ?de hoti ou dikaioutai anthropos ex ergon nomou ean me dia pisteos ?Iesou Christou?, kai hemeis eis Christon Iesoun episteusamen, hina dikaiothomen ek pisteos Christou kai ouk ex ergon nomou, ?hoti ex ergon nomou ou dikaiothesetai? pasa sarx. ei de zetountes dikaiothenai en Christo heurethemen kai autoi hamartoloi, ara Christos hamartias diakonos; me genoito· ei gar ha katelusa tauta palin oikodomo, parabaten emauton ?sunistano. ego gar dia nomou nomo apethanon hina theo zeso· Christo sunestauromai· zo de ouketi ego, ze de en emoi Christos· ho de nun zo en sarki, en pistei zo te tou ?huiou tou theou? tou agapesantos me kai paradontos heauton huper emou. ouk atheto ten charin tou theou· ei gar dia nomou dikaiosune, ara Christos dorean apethanen. __________________________________________________________________ O anoetoi Galatai, tis humas ?ebaskanen, hois kat' ophthalmous Iesous Christos ?proegraphe estauromenos; touto monon thelo mathein aph' humon, ex ergon nomou to pneuma elabete e ex akoes pisteos; houtos anoetoi este; enarxamenoi pneumati nun sarki epiteleisthe; tosauta epathete eike; ei ge kai eike. ho oun epichoregon humin to pneuma kai energon dunameis en humin ex ergon nomou e ex akoes pisteos; kathos Abraam episteusen to theo, kai elogisthe auto eis dikaiosunen. Ginoskete ara hoti hoi ek pisteos, houtoi ?huioi eisin? Abraam. proidousa de he graphe hoti ek pisteos dikaioi ta ethne ho theos proeuengelisato to Abraam hoti Eneulogethesontai en soi panta ta ethne. hoste hoi ek pisteos eulogountai sun to pisto Abraam. Hosoi gar ex ergon nomou eisin hupo kataran eisin, gegraptai gar ?hoti Epikataratos pas hos ouk ?emmenei pasin tois gegrammenois en to biblio tou nomou tou poiesai auta. hoti de en nomo oudeis dikaioutai para to theo delon, hoti Ho dikaios ek pisteos zesetai, ho de nomos ouk estin ek pisteos, all'· Ho poiesas ?auta zesetai en autois. Christos hemas exegorasen ek tes kataras tou nomou genomenos huper hemon katara, ?hoti gegraptai?· Epikataratos pas ho kremamenos epi xulou, hina eis ta ethne he eulogia tou Abraam genetai en ?Christo Iesou?, hina ten epangelian tou pneumatos labomen dia tes pisteos. Adelphoi, kata anthropon lego· homos anthropou kekuromenen diatheken oudeis athetei e epidiatassetai. to de Abraam errethesan hai epangeliai kai to spermati autou· ou legei· Kai tois spermasin, hos epi pollon, all' hos eph' henos· Kai to spermati sou, hos estin Christos. touto de lego· diatheken prokekuromenen hupo tou ?theou ho meta ?tetrakosia kai triakonta ete? gegonos nomos ouk akuroi, eis to katargesai ten epangelian. ei gar ek nomou he kleronomia, ouketi ex epangelias· to de Abraam di' epangelias kecharistai ho theos. Ti oun ho nomos; ton parabaseon charin prosetethe, achris ?hou elthe to sperma ho epengeltai, diatageis di' angelon en cheiri mesitou· ho de mesites henos ouk estin, ho de theos heis estin. Ho oun nomos kata ton epangelion tou theou; me genoito· ei gar edothe nomos ho dunamenos zoopoiesai, ontos ?ek nomou an? en he dikaiosune. alla sunekleisen he graphe ta panta hupo hamartian hina he epangelia ek pisteos Iesou Christou dothe tois pisteuousin. Pro tou de elthein ten pistin hupo nomon ephrouroumetha ?sunkleiomenoi eis ten mellousan pistin apokaluphthenai. hoste ho nomos paidagogos hemon gegonen eis Christon, hina ek pisteos dikaiothomen· elthouses de tes pisteos ouketi hupo paidagogon esmen. pantes gar huioi theou este dia tes pisteos en Christo Iesou. hosoi gar eis Christon ebaptisthete, Christon enedusasthe· ouk eni Ioudaios oude Hellen, ouk eni doulos oude eleutheros, ouk eni arsen kai thelu· ?pantes gar humeis heis este en Christo Iesou. ei de humeis Christou, ara tou Abraam sperma este, ?kat' epangelian kleronomoi. __________________________________________________________________ Lego de, eph' hoson chronon ho kleronomos nepios estin, ouden diapherei doulou kurios panton on, alla hupo epitropous esti kai oikonomous achri tes prothesmias tou patros. houtos kai hemeis, hote emen nepioi, hupo ta stoicheia tou kosmou ?emetha dedoulomenoi· hote de elthen to pleroma tou chronou, exapesteilen ho theos ton huion autou, genomenon ek gunaikos, genomenon hupo nomon, hina tous hupo nomon exagorase, hina ten huiothesian apolabomen. hoti de este huioi, exapesteilen ho theos to pneuma tou huiou autou eis tas kardias ?hemon, krazon· Abba ho pater. hoste ouketi ei doulos alla huios· ei de huios, kai kleronomos ?dia theou?. Alla tote men ouk eidotes theon edouleusate tois ?phusei me? ousi theois· nun de gnontes theon, mallon de gnosthentes hupo theou, pos epistrephete palin epi ta asthene kai ptocha stoicheia, hois palin anothen ?douleuein thelete; hemeras paratereisthe kai menas kai kairous kai eniautous. phoboumai humas me pos eike kekopiaka eis humas. Ginesthe hos ego, hoti kago hos humeis, adelphoi, deomai humon. ouden me edikesate· oidate de hoti di' astheneian tes sarkos euengelisamen humin to proteron, kai ton peirasmon ?humon en te sarki mou ouk exouthenesate oude exeptusate, alla hos angelon theou edexasthe me, hos Christon Iesoun. ?pou ?oun ho makarismos humon; marturo gar humin hoti ei dunaton tous ophthalmous humon ?exoruxantes edokate moi. hoste echthros humon gegona aletheuon humin; zelousin humas ou kalos, alla ekkleisai humas thelousin, hina autous zeloute. kalon ?de zelousthai en kalo pantote, kai me monon en to pareinai me pros humas, ?tekna mou, ohus palin odino ?mechris hou morphothe Christos en humin· ethelon de pareinai pros humas arti, kai allaxai ten phonen mou, hoti aporoumai en humin. Legete moi, hoi hupo nomon thelontes einai, ton nomon ouk akouete; gegraptai gar hoti Abraam duo huious eschen, hena ek tes paidiskes kai hena ek tes eleutheras· all' ho men ek tes paidiskes kata sarka gegennetai, ho de ek tes eleutheras ?di' epangelias. hatina estin allegoroumena· hautai gar eisin duo diathekai, mia men apo orous Sina, eis douleian gennosa, hetis estin Hagar, to ?de Hagar Sina oros estin en te Arabia, sustoichei de te nun Ierousalem, douleuei ?gar meta ton teknon autes· he de ano Ierousalem eleuthera estin, hetis estin ?meter hemon· gegraptai gar· Euphrantheti, steira he ou tiktousa, rhexon kai boeson, he ouk odinousa· hoti polla ta tekna tes eremou mallon e tes echouses ton andra. ?humeis de, adelphoi, kata Isaak epangelias tekna este?· all' hosper tote ho kata sarka gennetheis edioke ton kata pneuma, houtos kai nun. alla ti legei he graphe; Ekbale ten paidisken kai ton huion autes, ou gar me ?kleronomesei ho huios tes paidiskes meta tou huiou tes eleutheras. ?dio, adelphoi, ouk esmen paidiskes tekna alla tes eleutheras. __________________________________________________________________ te eleutheria ?hemas Christos eleutherosen· stekete oun? kai me palin zugo douleias enechesthe. Ide ego Paulos lego humin hoti ean peritemnesthe Christos humas ouden ophelesei. marturomai de palin panti anthropo peritemnomeno hoti opheiletes estin holon ton nomon poiesai. katergethete ?apo Christou hoitines en nomo dikaiousthe, tes charitos exepesate. hemeis gar pneumati ek pisteos elpida dikaiosunes apekdechometha. en gar Christo Iesou oute peritome ti ischuei oute akrobustia, alla pistis di' agapes energoumene. Etrechete kalos· tis humas enekopsen ?te aletheia me peithesthai; he peismone ouk ek tou kalountos humas. mikra zume holon to phurama zumoi. ego pepoitha eis humas en kurio hoti ouden allo phronesete· ho de tarasson humas bastasei to krima, hostis ?ean e. ego de, adelphoi, ei peritomen eti kerusso, ti eti diokomai; ara katergetai to skandalon tou staurou. ophelon kai apokopsontai hoi anastatountes humas. Humeis gar ep' eleutheria eklethete, adelphoi· monon me ten eleutherian eis aphormen te sarki, alla dia tes agapes douleuete allelois· ho gar pas nomos en heni logo ?peplerotai, en to· Agapeseis ton plesion sou hos ?seauton. ei de allelous daknete kai katesthiete, blepete me hup' allelon analothete. Lego de, pneumati peripateite kai epithumian sarkos ou me telesete. he gar sarx epithumei kata tou pneumatos, to de pneuma kata tes sarkos, tauta ?gar ?allelois antikeitai?, hina me ha ?ean thelete tauta poiete. ei de pneumati agesthe, ouk este hupo nomon. phanera de estin ta erga tes sarkos, hatina ?estin porneia, akatharsia, aselgeia, eidololatria, pharmakeia, echthrai, ?eris, zelos?, thumoi, eritheiai, dichostasiai, haireseis, ?phthonoi, methai, komoi, kai ta homoia toutois, ha prolego humin ?kathos proeipon hoti hoi ta toiauta prassontes basileian theou ou kleronomesousin. Ho de karpos tou pneumatos estin agape, chara, eirene, makrothumia, chrestotes, agathosune, pistis, prautes, enkrateia· kata ton toiouton ouk estin nomos. hoi de tou ?Christou ten sarka estaurosan sun tois pathemasin kai tais epithumiais. ei zomen pneumati, pneumati kai stoichomen. me ginometha kenodoxoi, allelous prokaloumenoi, allelois phthonountes. __________________________________________________________________ Adelphoi, ean kai prolemphthe anthropos en tini paraptomati, humeis hoi pneumatikoi katartizete ton toiouton en pneumati prautetos, skopon seauton, me kai su peirasthes. allelon ta bare bastazete, kai houtos ?anaplerosete ton nomon tou Christou. ei gar dokei tis einai ti meden on, ?phrenapata heauton?· to de ergon heautou dokimazeto hekastos, kai tote eis heauton monon to kauchema hexei kai ouk eis ton heteron, hekastos gar to idion phortion bastasei. Koinoneito de ho katechoumenos ton logon to katechounti en pasin agathois. me planasthe, theos ou mukterizetai· ho gar ?ean speire anthropos, touto kai therisei· hoti ho speiron eis ten sarka heautou ek tes sarkos therisei phthoran, ho de speiron eis to pneuma ek tou pneumatos therisei zoen aionion. to de kalon poiountes me ?enkakomen, kairo gar idio therisomen me ekluomenoi. ara oun hos kairon ?echomen, ergazometha to agathon pros pantas, malista de pros tous oikeious tes pisteos. Idete pelikois humin grammasin egrapsa te eme cheiri. hosoi thelousin euprosopesai en sarki, houtoi anankazousin humas peritemnesthai, monon ?hina to stauro tou ?Christou ?me diokontai· oude gar hoi ?peritemnomenoi autoi nomon phulassousin, alla thelousin humas peritemnesthai hina en te humetera sarki kauchesontai. emoi de me genoito kauchasthai ei me en to stauro tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, di' hou emoi kosmos estaurotai ?kago kosmo. ?oute gar? peritome ti ?estin oute akrobustia, alla kaine ktisis. kai hosoi to kanoni touto stoichesousin, eirene ep' autous kai eleos, kai epi ton Israel tou theou. Tou loipou kopous moi medeis parecheto, ego gar ta stigmata ?tou Iesou en to somati mou bastazo. He charis tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou meta tou pneumatos humon, adelphoi· amen. __________________________________________________________________ PROS EPhESIOUS __________________________________________________________________ Paulos apostolos ?Christou Iesou? dia thelematos theou tois hagiois tois ousin ?[en Epheso]? kai pistois en Christo Iesou· charis humin kai eirene apo theou patros hemon kai kuriou Iesou Christou. Eulogetos ho theos kai pater tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, ho eulogesas hemas en pase eulogia pneumatike en tois epouraniois en Christo, kathos exelexato hemas en auto pro kataboles kosmou, einai hemas hagious kai amomous katenopion autou en agape, proorisas hemas eis huiothesian dia Iesou Christou eis auton, kata ten eudokian tou thelematos autou, eis epainon doxes tes charitos autou ?hes echaritosen hemas en to egapemeno, en ho echomen ten apolutrosin dia tou haimatos autou, ten aphesin ton paraptomaton, kata ?to ploutos? tes charitos autou hes eperisseusen eis hemas en pase sophia kai phronesei gnorisas hemin to musterion tou thelematos autou, kata ten eudokian autou hen proetheto en auto eis oikonomian tou pleromatos ton kairon, anakephalaiosasthai ta panta en to Christo, ta epi tois ouranois kai ta epi tes ges· en auto, en ho kai eklerothemen prooristhentes kata prothesin tou ta panta energountos kata ten boulen tou thelematos autou, eis to einai hemas eis epainon doxes autou tous proelpikotas en to Christo· en ho kai humeis akousantes ton logon tes aletheias, to euangelion tes soterias humon, en ho kai pisteusantes esphragisthete to pneumati tes epangelias to hagio, ?ho estin arrabon tes kleronomias hemon, eis apolutrosin tes peripoieseos, eis epainon tes doxes autou. Dia touto kago, akousas ten kath' humas pistin en to kurio Iesou kai ten ?agapen ten? eis pantas tous hagious, ou pauomai euchariston huper humon ?mneian poioumenos epi ton proseuchon mou, hina ho theos tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, ho pater tes doxes, doe humin pneuma sophias kai apokalupseos en epignosei autou, pephotismenous tous ophthalmous tes kardias humon eis to eidenai humas tis estin he elpis tes kleseos autou, ?tis ho ploutos tes doxes tes kleronomias autou en tois hagiois, kai ti to huperballon megethos tes dunameos autou eis hemas tous pisteuontas kata ten energeian tou kratous tes ischuos autou hen ?energeken en to Christo egeiras auton ?ek nekron, kai ?kathisas en dexia autou en tois epouraniois huperano pases arches kai exousias kai dunameos kai kuriotetos kai pantos onomatos onomazomenou ou monon en to aioni touto alla kai en to mellonti· kai panta hupetaxen hupo tous podas autou, kai auton edoken kephalen huper panta te ekklesia, hetis estin to soma autou, to pleroma tou ta panta en pasin pleroumenou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai humas ontas nekrous tois paraptomasin kai tais hamartiais ?humon, en hais pote periepatesate kata ton aiona tou kosmou toutou, kata ton archonta tes exousias tou aeros, tou pneumatos tou nun energountos en tois huiois tes apeitheias· en hois kai hemeis pantes anestraphemen pote en tais epithumiais tes sarkos hemon, poiountes ta thelemata tes sarkos kai ton dianoion, kai ?emetha tekna phusei orges hos kai hoi loipoi· ho de theos plousios on en eleei, dia ten pollen agapen autou hen egapesen hemas, kai ontas hemas nekrous tois paraptomasin sunezoopoiesen to Christo-- chariti este sesosmenoi-- kai sunegeiren kai sunekathisen en tois epouraniois en Christo Iesou, hina endeixetai en tois aiosin tois eperchomenois ?to huperballon ploutos? tes charitos autou en chrestoteti eph' hemas en Christo Iesou. te gar chariti este sesosmenoi ?dia pisteos· kai touto ouk ex humon, theou to doron· ouk ex ergon, hina me tis kauchesetai. autou gar esmen poiema, ktisthentes en Christo Iesou epi ergois agathois hois proetoimasen ho theos hina en autois peripatesomen. Dio mnemoneuete hoti ?pote humeis? ta ethne en sarki, hoi legomenoi akrobustia hupo tes legomenes peritomes en sarki cheiropoietou, hoti ?ete to kairo ekeino choris Christou, apellotriomenoi tes politeias tou Israel kai xenoi ton diathekon tes epangelias, elpida me echontes kai atheoi en to kosmo. nuni de en Christo Iesou humeis hoi pote ontes makran ?egenethete engus? en to haimati tou Christou. autos gar estin he eirene hemon, ho poiesas ta amphotera hen kai to mesotoichon tou phragmou lusas, ten echthran en te sarki autou, ton nomon ton entolon en dogmasin katargesas, hina tous duo ktise en ?hauto eis hena kainon anthropon poion eirenen, kai apokatallaxe tous amphoterous en heni somati to theo dia tou staurou apokteinas ten echthran en auto· kai elthon euengelisato eirenen humin tois makran kai ?eirenen tois engus· hoti di' autou echomen ten prosagogen hoi amphoteroi en heni pneumati pros ton patera. ara oun ouketi este xenoi kai paroikoi, alla ?este sumpolitai ton hagion kai oikeioi tou theou, epoikodomethentes epi to themelio ton apostolon kai propheton, ontos akrogoniaiou autou ?Christou Iesou?, en ho ?pasa oikodome sunarmologoumene auxei eis naon hagion en kurio, en ho kai humeis sunoikodomeisthe eis katoiketerion tou theou en pneumati. __________________________________________________________________ Toutou charin ego Paulos ho desmios tou Christou Iesou huper humon ton ethnon-- ei ge ekousate ten oikonomian tes charitos tou theou tes dotheises moi eis humas· ?kata apokalupsin ?egnoristhe moi to musterion, kathos proegrapsa en oligo, pros ho dunasthe anaginoskontes noesai ten sunesin mou en to musterio tou Christou, ho heterais geneais ouk egnoristhe tois huiois ton anthropon hos nun apekaluphthe tois hagiois apostolois autou kai prophetais en pneumati, einai ta ethne sunkleronoma kai sussoma kai summetocha tes epangelias ?en Christo Iesou? dia tou euangeliou, hou ?egenethen diakonos kata ten dorean tes charitos tou theou ?tes dotheises? moi kata ten energeian tes dunameos autou-- emoi to elachistotero panton hagion edothe he charis haute-- ?tois ethnesin euangelisasthai ?to anexichniaston ploutos? tou Christou, kai photisai ?pantas tis he oikonomia tou musteriou tou apokekrummenou apo ton aionon en to theo to ta panta ?ktisanti, hina gnoristhe nun tais archais kai tais exousiais en tois epouraniois dia tes ekklesias he polupoikilos sophia tou theou, kata prothesin ton aionon hen epoiesen en ?to Christo Iesou to kurio hemon, en ho echomen ten parresian ?kai prosagogen en pepoithesei dia tes pisteos autou. dio aitoumai me ?enkakein en tais thlipsesin mou huper humon, hetis estin doxa humon. Toutou charin kampto ta gonata mou pros ton ?patera, ex hou pasa patria en ouranois kai epi ges onomazetai, hina ?do humin kata ?to ploutos? tes doxes autou dunamei krataiothenai dia tou pneumatos autou eis ton eso anthropon, katoikesai ton Christon dia tes pisteos en tais kardiais humon en agape· errizomenoi kai tethemeliomenoi, hina exischusete katalabesthai sun pasin tois hagiois ti to platos kai mekos kai ?hupsos kai bathos?, gnonai te ten huperballousan tes gnoseos agapen tou Christou, hina plerothete eis pan to pleroma tou theou. To de dunameno huper panta poiesai huperekperissou hon aitoumetha e nooumen kata ten dunamin ten energoumenen en hemin, auto he doxa en te ekklesia ?kai en Christo Iesou eis pasas tas geneas tou aionos ton aionon· amen. __________________________________________________________________ Parakalo oun humas ego ho desmios en kurio axios peripatesai tes kleseos hes eklethete, meta pases tapeinophrosunes kai prautetos, meta makrothumias, anechomenoi allelon en agape, spoudazontes terein ten henoteta tou pneumatos en to sundesmo tes eirenes· hen soma kai hen pneuma, kathos kai eklethete en mia elpidi tes kleseos humon· heis kurios, mia pistis, hen baptisma· heis theos kai pater panton, ho epi panton kai dia panton kai en ?pasin. Heni de hekasto hemon edothe ?he charis kata to metron tes doreas tou Christou. dio legei· Anabas eis hupsos echmaloteusen aichmalosian, ?edoken domata tois anthropois. to de Anebe ti estin ei me hoti kai ?katebe eis ta katotera mere tes ges; ho katabas autos estin kai ho anabas huperano panton ton ouranon, hina plerose ta panta. kai autos edoken tous men apostolous, tous de prophetas, tous de euangelistas, tous de poimenas kai didaskalous, pros ton katartismon ton hagion eis ergon diakonias, eis oikodomen tou somatos tou Christou, mechri katantesomen hoi pantes eis ten henoteta tes pisteos kai tes epignoseos tou huiou tou theou, eis andra teleion, eis metron helikias tou pleromatos tou Christou, hina meketi omen nepioi, kludonizomenoi kai peripheromenoi panti anemo tes didaskalias en te kubeia ton anthropon en panourgia pros ten methodeian tes planes, aletheuontes de en agape auxesomen eis auton ta panta, hos estin he kephale, ?Christos, ex hou pan to soma sunarmologoumenon kai sumbibazomenon dia pases haphes tes epichoregias kat' energeian en metro henos hekastou merous ten auxesin tou somatos poieitai eis oikodomen heautou en agape. Touto oun lego kai marturomai en kurio, meketi humas peripatein kathos kai ?ta ethne peripatei en mataioteti tou noos auton, ?eskotomenoi te dianoia ontes, apellotriomenoi tes zoes tou theou, dia ten agnoian ten ousan en autois, dia ten porosin tes kardias auton, hoitines apelgekotes heautous paredokan te aselgeia eis ergasian akatharsias pases en pleonexia. humeis de ouch houtos emathete ton Christon, ei ge auton ekousate kai en auto edidachthete, kathos estin aletheia en to Iesou, apothesthai humas kata ten proteran anastrophen ton palaion anthropon ton phtheiromenon kata tas epithumias tes apates, ananeousthai de to pneumati tou noos humon, kai endusasthai ton kainon anthropon ton kata theon ktisthenta en dikaiosune kai hosioteti tes aletheias. Dio apothemenoi to pseudos laleite aletheian hekastos meta tou plesion autou, hoti esmen allelon mele. orgizesthe kai me hamartanete· ho helios me epidueto ?epi parorgismo humon, mede didote topon to diabolo. ho klepton meketi klepteto, mallon de kopiato ergazomenos ?tais idiais chersin to agathon?, hina eche metadidonai to chreian echonti. pas logos sapros ek tou stomatos humon me ekporeuestho, alla ei tis agathos pros oikodomen tes chreias, hina do charin tois akouousin. kai me lupeite to pneuma to hagion tou theou, en ho esphragisthete eis hemeran apolutroseos. pasa pikria kai thumos kai orge kai krauge kai blasphemia artheto aph' humon sun pase kakia. ?ginesthe eis allelous chrestoi, eusplanchnoi, charizomenoi heautois kathos kai ho theos en Christo echarisato ?humin. __________________________________________________________________ ginesthe oun mimetai tou theou, hos tekna agapeta, kai peripateite en agape, kathos kai ho Christos egapesen ?hemas kai paredoken heauton huper ?hemon prosphoran kai thusian to theo eis osmen euodias. Porneia de kai ?akatharsia pasa? e pleonexia mede onomazestho en humin, kathos prepei hagiois, kai aischrotes kai morologia e eutrapelia, ?ha ouk aneken?, alla mallon eucharistia. touto gar ?iste ginoskontes hoti pas pornos e akathartos e pleonektes, ?ho estin eidololatres, ouk echei kleronomian en te basileia tou Christou kai theou. Medeis humas apatato kenois logois, dia tauta gar erchetai he orge tou theou epi tous huious tes apeitheias. me oun ginesthe summetochoi auton· ete gar pote skotos, nun de phos en kurio· hos tekna photos peripateite, ho gar karpos tou ?photos en pase agathosune kai dikaiosune kai aletheia, dokimazontes ti estin euareston to kurio· kai me sunkoinoneite tois ergois tois akarpois tou skotous, mallon de kai elenchete, ta gar kruphe ginomena hup' auton aischron estin kai legein· ta de panta elenchomena hupo tou photos phaneroutai, pan gar to phaneroumenon phos estin. dio legei· Egeire, ho katheudon, kai anasta ek ton nekron, kai epiphausei soi ho Christos. Blepete oun ?akribos pos? peripateite, me hos asophoi all' hos sophoi, exagorazomenoi ton kairon, hoti hai hemerai ponerai eisin. dia touto me ginesthe aphrones, alla ?suniete ti to thelema tou kuriou· kai me methuskesthe oino, en ho estin asotia, alla plerousthe en pneumati, lalountes ?heautois psalmois kai humnois kai odais pneumatikais, adontes kai ?psallontes te kardia humon to kurio, eucharistountes pantote huper panton en onomati tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou to theo kai patri, hupotassomenoi allelois en phobo Christou. Hai gunaikes tois idiois ?andrasin hos to kurio, hoti aner estin kephale tes gunaikos hos kai ho Christos kephale tes ekklesias, ?autos soter tou somatos. alla ?hos he ekklesia hupotassetai to Christo, houtos kai hai gunaikes ?tois andrasin en panti. Hoi andres, agapate tas ?gunaikas, kathos kai ho Christos egapesen ten ekklesian kai heauton paredoken huper autes, hina auten hagiase katharisas to loutro tou hudatos en rhemati, hina parastese ?autos heauto endoxon ten ekklesian, me echousan spilon e rhutida e ti ton toiouton, all' hina e hagia kai amomos. houtos opheilousin ?kai hoi andres agapan tas heauton gunaikas hos ta heauton somata· ho agapon ten heautou gunaika heauton agapa, oudeis gar pote ten heautou sarka emisesen, alla ektrephei kai thalpei auten, kathos kai ho ?Christos ten ekklesian, hoti mele esmen tou somatos ?autou. anti toutou kataleipsei anthropos ?ton ?patera kai ?ten metera kai proskollethesetai ?te gunaiki? autou, kai esontai hoi duo eis sarka mian. to musterion touto mega estin, ego de lego eis Christon kai eis ten ekklesian. plen kai humeis hoi kath' hena hekastos ten heautou gunaika houtos agapato hos heauton, he de gune hina phobetai ton andra. __________________________________________________________________ Ta tekna, hupakouete tois goneusin humon en kurio, touto gar estin dikaion· tima ton patera sou kai ten metera, hetis estin entole prote en epangelia, hina eu soi genetai kai ese makrochronios epi tes ges. Kai hoi pateres, me parorgizete ta tekna humon, alla ektrephete auta en paideia kai nouthesia kuriou. Hoi douloi, hupakouete tois ?kata sarka kuriois? meta phobou kai tromou en haploteti tes kardias humon hos to Christo, me kat' ophthalmodoulian hos anthropareskoi all' hos ?douloi Christou poiountes to thelema tou theou, ek psuches met' eunoias douleuontes, hos to kurio kai ouk anthropois, eidotes hoti ?hekastos, ho an? poiese agathon, touto ?komisetai ?para kuriou, eite doulos eite eleutheros. Kai hoi kurioi, ta auta poieite pros autous, anientes ten apeilen, eidotes hoti kai ?auton kai humon? ho kurios estin en ouranois, kai prosopolempsia ouk estin par' auto. ?Tou loipou? endunamousthe en kurio kai en to kratei tes ischuos autou. endusasthe ten panoplian tou theou pros to dunasthai humas stenai pros tas methodeias tou diabolou· hoti ouk estin hemin he pale pros haima kai sarka, alla pros tas archas, pros tas exousias, pros tous kosmokratoras tou ?skotous toutou, pros ta pneumatika tes ponerias en tois epouraniois. dia touto analabete ten panoplian tou theou, hina dunethete antistenai en te hemera te ponera kai hapanta katergasamenoi stenai. stete oun perizosamenoi ten osphun humon en aletheia, kai endusamenoi ton thoraka tes dikaiosunes, kai hupodesamenoi tous podas en hetoimasia tou euangeliou tes eirenes, ?en pasin analabontes ton thureon tes pisteos, en ho dunesesthe panta ta bele tou ?ponerou pepuromena sbesai· kai ten perikephalaian tou soteriou ?dexasthe, kai ten machairan tou pneumatos, ho estin rhema theou, dia pases proseuches kai deeseos, proseuchomenoi en panti kairo en pneumati, kai eis ?auto agrupnountes en pase proskarteresei kai deesei peri panton ton hagion, kai huper emou, hina moi dothe logos en anoixei tou stomatos mou, en parresia gnorisai to musterion tou euangeliou huper hou presbeuo en halusei, hina en auto parresiasomai hos dei me lalesai. Hina de ?eidete kai humeis? ta kat' eme, ti prasso, panta ?gnorisei humin? Tuchikos ho agapetos adelphos kai pistos diakonos en kurio, hon epempsa pros humas eis auto touto hina gnote ta peri hemon kai parakalese tas kardias humon. Eirene tois adelphois kai agape meta pisteos apo theou patros kai kuriou Iesou Christou. he charis meta panton ton agaponton ton kurion hemon Iesoun Christon en ?aphtharsia. __________________________________________________________________ PROS PhILIPPESIOUS __________________________________________________________________ Paulos kai Timotheos douloi ?Christou Iesou? pasin tois hagiois en Christo Iesou tois ousin en Philippois sun episkopois kai diakonois· charis humin kai eirene apo theou patros hemon kai kuriou Iesou Christou. Eucharisto to theo mou epi pase te mneia humon pantote en pase deesei mou huper panton humon, meta charas ten deesin poioumenos, epi te koinonia humon eis to euangelion apo ?tes protes hemeras achri tou nun, pepoithos auto touto hoti ho enarxamenos en humin ergon agathon epitelesei achri hemeras ?Christou Iesou?· kathos estin dikaion emoi touto phronein huper panton humon, dia to echein me en te kardia humas, en te tois desmois mou kai en te apologia kai bebaiosei tou euangeliou sunkoinonous mou tes charitos pantas humas ontas· martus gar ?mou ho theos, hos epipotho pantas humas en splanchnois ?Christou Iesou?. kai touto proseuchomai hina he agape humon eti mallon kai mallon perisseue en epignosei kai pase aisthesei, eis to dokimazein humas ta diapheronta, hina ete eilikrineis kai aproskopoi eis hemeran Christou, pepleromenoi ?karpon dikaiosunes ton? dia Iesou Christou eis doxan kai epainon theou. Ginoskein de humas boulomai, adelphoi, hoti ta kat' eme mallon eis prokopen tou euangeliou eleluthen, hoste tous desmous mou phanerous en Christo genesthai en holo to praitorio kai tois loipois pasin, kai tous pleionas ton adelphon en kurio pepoithotas tois desmois mou perissoteros tolman aphobos ton ?logon lalein. Tines men kai dia phthonon kai erin, tines de kai di' eudokian ton Christon kerussousin· hoi men ex ?agapes, eidotes hoti eis apologian tou euangeliou keimai?, hoi de ex ?eritheias ton Christon katangellousin, ouch hagnos, oiomenoi thlipsin egeirein tois desmois mou?. ti gar; plen ?hoti panti tropo, eite prophasei eite aletheia, Christos katangelletai, kai en touto chairo· alla kai charesomai, oida gar hoti touto moi apobesetai eis soterian dia tes humon deeseos kai epichoregias tou pneumatos Iesou Christou, kata ten apokaradokian kai elpida mou hoti en oudeni aischunthesomai, all' en pase parresia hos pantote kai nun megalunthesetai Christos en to somati mou, eite dia zoes eite dia thanatou. emoi gar to zen Christos kai to apothanein kerdos. ei de to zen en sarki, touto moi karpos ergou-- kai ti hairesomai ou gnorizo· sunechomai de ek ton duo, ten epithumian echon eis to analusai kai sun Christo einai, pollo ?gar mallon kreisson, to de epimenein ?en te sarki anankaioteron di' humas. kai touto pepoithos oida hoti meno kai ?parameno pasin humin eis ten humon prokopen kai charan tes pisteos, hina to kauchema humon perisseue en Christo Iesou en emoi dia tes emes parousias palin pros humas. Monon axios tou euangeliou tou Christou politeuesthe, hina eite elthon kai idon humas eite apon ?akouo ta peri humon, hoti stekete en heni pneumati, mia psuche sunathlountes te pistei tou euangeliou, kai me pturomenoi en medeni hupo ton antikeimenon (hetis ?estin autois? endeixis apoleias, ?humon de soterias, kai touto apo theou, hoti humin echaristhe to huper Christou, ou monon to eis auton pisteuein alla kai to huper autou paschein), ton auton agona echontes hoion eidete en emoi kai nun akouete en emoi. __________________________________________________________________ Ei tis oun paraklesis en Christo, ei ti paramuthion agapes, ei tis koinonia pneumatos, ei tis splanchna kai oiktirmoi, plerosate mou ten charan hina to auto phronete, ten auten agapen echontes, sumpsuchoi, to hen phronountes, meden kat' eritheian ?mede kata? kenodoxian, alla te tapeinophrosune allelous hegoumenoi huperechontas heauton, me ta heauton ?hekastoi ?skopountes, alla kai ta heteron ?hekastoi. touto ?phroneite en humin ho kai en Christo Iesou, hos en morphe theou huparchon ouch harpagmon hegesato to einai isa theo, alla heauton ekenosen morphen doulou labon, en homoiomati anthropon genomenos· kai schemati heuretheis hos anthropos etapeinosen heauton genomenos hupekoos mechri thanatou, thanatou de staurou· dio kai ho theos auton huperupsosen, kai echarisato auto ?to onoma to huper pan onoma, hina en to onomati Iesou pan gonu kampse epouranion kai epigeion kai katachthonion, kai pasa glossa exomologesetai hoti kurios Iesous Christos eis doxan theou patros. Hoste, agapetoi mou, kathos pantote hupekousate, me hos en te parousia mou monon alla nun pollo mallon en te apousia mou, meta phobou kai tromou ten heauton soterian katergazesthe, ?theos gar estin ho energon en humin kai to thelein kai to energein huper tes eudokias. Panta poieite choris gongusmon kai dialogismon, hina genesthe amemptoi kai akeraioi, tekna theou ?amoma meson? geneas skolias kai diestrammenes, en hois phainesthe hos phosteres en kosmo logon zoes epechontes, eis kauchema emoi eis hemeran Christou, hoti ouk eis kenon edramon oude eis kenon ekopiasa. alla ei kai spendomai epi te thusia kai leitourgia tes pisteos humon, chairo kai sunchairo pasin humin· to de auto kai humeis chairete kai sunchairete moi. Elpizo de en kurio Iesou Timotheon tacheos pempsai humin, hina kago eupsucho gnous ta peri humon. oudena gar echo isopsuchon hostis gnesios ta peri humon merimnesei, hoi pantes gar ta heauton zetousin, ou ta ?Iesou Christou?. ten de dokimen autou ginoskete, hoti hos patri teknon sun emoi edouleusen eis to euangelion. touton men oun elpizo pempsai hos an aphido ta peri eme exautes· pepoitha de en kurio hoti kai autos tacheos eleusomai. Anankaion de hegesamen Epaphroditon ton adelphon kai sunergon kai sustratioten mou, humon de apostolon kai leitourgon tes chreias mou, pempsai pros humas, epeide epipothon en pantas ?humas, kai ademonon dioti ekousate hoti esthenesen. kai gar esthenesen paraplesion ?thanato· alla ho theos ?eleesen auton?, ouk auton de monon alla kai eme, hina me lupen epi lupen scho. spoudaioteros oun epempsa auton hina idontes auton palin charete kago alupoteros o. prosdechesthe oun auton en kurio meta pases charas, kai tous toioutous entimous echete, hoti dia to ergon ?Christou mechri thanatou engisen, ?paraboleusamenos te psuche hina anaplerose to humon husterema tes pros me leitourgias. __________________________________________________________________ To loipon, adelphoi mou, chairete en kurio. ta auta graphein humin emoi men ouk okneron, humin de asphales. Blepete tous kunas, blepete tous kakous ergatas, blepete ten katatomen. hemeis gar esmen he peritome, hoi pneumati theou latreuontes kai kauchomenoi en Christo Iesou kai ouk en sarki pepoithotes, kaiper ego echon pepoithesin kai en sarki. Ei tis dokei allos pepoithenai en sarki, ego mallon· peritome oktaemeros, ek genous Israel, phules Beniamin, Hebraios ex Hebraion, kata nomon Pharisaios, kata ?zelos diokon ten ekklesian, kata dikaiosunen ten en nomo genomenos amemptos. Alla hatina en moi kerde, tauta hegemai dia ton Christon zemian. alla ?menounge kai hegoumai panta zemian einai dia to huperechon tes gnoseos Christou Iesou tou kuriou mou di' hon ta panta ezemiothen, kai hegoumai ?skubala hina Christon kerdeso kai heuretho en auto, me echon emen dikaiosunen ten ek nomou alla ten dia pisteos Christou, ten ek theou dikaiosunen epi te pistei, tou gnonai auton kai ten dunamin tes anastaseos autou kai ?koinonian pathematon autou, ?summorphizomenos to thanato autou, ei pos katanteso eis ten exanastasin ?ten ek? nekron. Ouch hoti ede elabon e ede teteleiomai, dioko de ei kai katalabo, eph' ho kai katelemphthen hupo ?Christou. adelphoi, ego emauton ?ou logizomai kateilephenai· hen de, ta men opiso epilanthanomenos tois de emprosthen epekteinomenos, kata skopon dioko ?eis to brabeion tes ano kleseos tou theou en Christo Iesou. hosoi oun teleioi, touto phronomen· kai ei ti heteros phroneite, kai touto ho theos humin apokalupsei· plen eis ho ephthasamen, to auto ?stoichein. Summimetai mou ginesthe, adelphoi, kai skopeite tous houto peripatountas kathos echete tupon hemas· polloi gar peripatousin ohus pollakis elegon humin, nun de kai klaion lego, tous echthrous tou staurou tou Christou, hon to telos apoleia, hon ho theos he koilia kai he doxa en te aischune auton, hoi ta epigeia phronountes. hemon gar to politeuma en ouranois huparchei, ex hou kai sotera apekdechometha kurion Iesoun Christon, hos metaschematisei to soma tes tapeinoseos ?hemon summorphon to somati tes doxes autou kata ten energeian tou dunasthai auton kai hupotaxai ?hauto ta panta. __________________________________________________________________ hoste, adelphoi mou agapetoi kai epipothetoi, chara kai stephanos mou, houtos stekete en kurio, agapetoi. Euodian parakalo kai Suntuchen parakalo to auto phronein en kurio. nai eroto kai se, ?gnesie suzuge?, sullambanou autais, haitines en to euangelio sunethlesan moi meta kai Klementos kai ton loipon sunergon mou, hon ta onomata en biblo zoes. Chairete en kurio pantote· palin ero, chairete. to epieikes humon gnostheto pasin anthropois. ho kurios engus· meden merimnate, all' en panti te proseuche kai te deesei met' eucharistias ta aitemata humon gnorizestho pros ton theon· kai he eirene tou theou he huperechousa panta noun phrouresei tas kardias humon kai ta noemata humon en Christo Iesou. To loipon, adelphoi, hosa estin alethe, hosa semna, hosa dikaia, hosa hagna, hosa prosphile, hosa euphema, ei tis arete kai ei tis epainos, tauta logizesthe· ha kai emathete kai parelabete kai ekousate kai eidete en emoi, tauta prassete· kai ho theos tes eirenes estai meth' humon. Echaren de en kurio megalos hoti ede pote anethalete to huper emou phronein, eph' ho kai ephroneite ekaireisthe de. ouch hoti kath' husteresin lego, ego gar emathon en hois eimi autarkes einai· oida kai tapeinousthai, oida kai perisseuein· en panti kai en pasin memuemai, kai chortazesthai kai peinan, kai perisseuein kai hustereisthai· panta ischuo en to endunamounti ?me. plen kalos epoiesate sunkoinonesantes mou te thlipsei. Oidate de kai humeis, Philippesioi, hoti en arche tou euangeliou, hote exelthon apo Makedonias, oudemia moi ekklesia ekoinonesen eis logon doseos kai lempseos ei me humeis monoi, hoti kai en Thessalonike kai hapax kai dis eis ten chreian moi epempsate. ouch hoti epizeto to doma, alla epizeto ton karpon ton pleonazonta eis logon humon. apecho de panta kai perisseuo· pepleromai dexamenos para Epaphroditou ta par' humon, osmen euodias, thusian dekten, euareston to theo. ho de theos mou plerosei pasan chreian humon kata ?to ploutos? autou en doxe en Christo Iesou. to de theo kai patri hemon he doxa eis tous aionas ton aionon· amen. Aspasasthe panta hagion en Christo Iesou. aspazontai humas hoi sun emoi adelphoi. aspazontai humas pantes hoi hagioi, malista de hoi ek tes Kaisaros oikias. he charis tou kuriou Iesou Christou meta ?tou pneumatos? ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ PROS KOLOSSAEIS __________________________________________________________________ Paulos apostolos ?Christou Iesou? dia thelematos theou kai Timotheos ho adelphos tois en ?Kolossais hagiois kai pistois adelphois en Christo· charis humin kai eirene apo theou patros ?hemon. Eucharistoumen to ?theo patri tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou pantote ?peri humon proseuchomenoi, akousantes ten pistin humon en Christo Iesou kai ten agapen ?hen echete? eis pantas tous hagious dia ten elpida ten apokeimenen humin en tois ouranois, hen proekousate en to logo tes aletheias tou euangeliou tou parontos eis humas, kathos kai en panti to ?kosmo estin karpophoroumenon kai auxanomenon kathos kai en humin, aph' hes hemeras ekousate kai epegnote ten charin tou theou en aletheia· ?kathos emathete apo Epaphra tou agapetou sundoulou hemon, hos estin pistos huper ?hemon diakonos tou Christou, ho kai delosas hemin ten humon agapen en pneumati. Dia touto kai hemeis, aph' hes hemeras ekousamen, ou pauometha huper humon proseuchomenoi kai aitoumenoi hina plerothete ten epignosin tou thelematos autou en pase sophia kai sunesei pneumatike, ?peripatesai axios tou kuriou eis pasan areskeian en panti ergo agatho karpophorountes kai auxanomenoi ?te epignosei? tou theou, en pase dunamei dunamoumenoi kata to kratos tes doxes autou eis pasan hupomonen kai makrothumian meta charas, eucharistountes to patri to hikanosanti ?humas eis ten merida tou klerou ton hagion en to photi, hos errusato hemas ek tes exousias tou skotous kai metestesen eis ten basileian tou huiou tes agapes autou, en ho echomen ten apolutrosin, ten aphesin ton hamartion· hos estin eikon tou theou tou aoratou, prototokos pases ktiseos, hoti en auto ektisthe ta ?panta en tois ouranois ?kai epi tes ges, ta horata kai ta aorata, eite thronoi eite kuriotetes eite archai eite exousiai· ta panta di' autou kai eis auton ektistai· kai autos estin pro panton kai ta panta en auto sunesteken, kai autos estin he kephale tou somatos tes ekklesias· hos ?estin arche, prototokos ek ton nekron, hina genetai en pasin autos proteuon, hoti en auto eudokesen pan to pleroma katoikesai kai di' autou apokatallaxai ta panta eis auton, eirenopoiesas dia tou haimatos tou staurou autou, ?[di' autou]? eite ta epi tes ges eite ta ?en tois ouranois· kai humas pote ontas apellotriomenous kai echthrous te dianoia en tois ergois tois ponerois-- nuni de ?apokatellagete en to somati tes sarkos autou dia tou thanatou-- parastesai humas hagious kai amomous kai anenkletous katenopion autou, ei ge epimenete te pistei tethemeliomenoi kai hedraioi kai me metakinoumenoi apo tes elpidos tou euangeliou hou ekousate, tou keruchthentos en ?pase ktisei te hupo ton ouranon, hou egenomen ego Paulos diakonos. Nun chairo en tois pathemasin huper humon, kai antanaplero ta husteremata ton thlipseon tou Christou en te sarki mou huper tou somatos autou, ho estin he ekklesia, hes egenomen ego diakonos kata ten oikonomian tou theou ten dotheisan moi eis humas plerosai ton logon tou theou, to musterion to apokekrummenon apo ton aionon kai apo ton geneon,-- ?nun de ephanerothe tois hagiois autou, hois ethelesen ho theos gnorisai ti to ploutos tes doxes tou musteriou toutou en tois ethnesin, ?ho estin Christos en humin, he elpis tes doxes· hon hemeis katangellomen nouthetountes panta anthropon kai didaskontes panta anthropon en pase sophia, hina parastesomen panta anthropon teleion en ?Christo· eis ho kai kopio agonizomenos kata ten energeian autou ten energoumenen en emoi en dunamei. __________________________________________________________________ Thelo gar humas eidenai helikon agona echo ?huper humon kai ton en Laodikeia kai hosoi ouch heorakan to prosopon mou en sarki, hina paraklethosin hai kardiai auton, ?sumbibasthentes en agape kai eis ?pan ploutos? tes plerophorias tes suneseos, eis epignosin tou musteriou tou ?theou, Christou, en ho eisin pantes hoi thesauroi tes sophias ?kai gnoseos apokruphoi. ?touto lego hina ?medeis humas paralogizetai en pithanologia. ei gar kai te sarki apeimi, alla to pneumati sun humin eimi, chairon kai blepon humon ten taxin kai to stereoma tes eis Christon pisteos humon. Hos oun parelabete ton Christon Iesoun ton kurion, en auto peripateite, errizomenoi kai epoikodomoumenoi en auto kai ?bebaioumenoi te pistei kathos edidachthete, ?perisseuontes en eucharistia. Blepete me tis humas estai ho sulagogon dia tes philosophias kai kenes apates kata ten paradosin ton anthropon, kata ta stoicheia tou kosmou kai ou kata Christon· hoti en auto katoikei pan to pleroma tes theotetos somatikos, kai este en auto pepleromenoi, hos estin he kephale pases arches kai exousias, en ho kai perietmethete peritome acheiropoieto en te apekdusei tou ?somatos tes sarkos, en te peritome tou Christou, suntaphentes auto en to ?baptismo, en ho kai sunegerthete dia tes pisteos tes energeias tou theou tou egeirantos auton ?ek nekron· kai humas nekrous ontas ?en tois paraptomasin kai te akrobustia tes sarkos humon, sunezoopoiesen humas sun auto· charisamenos hemin panta ta paraptomata, exaleipsas to kath' hemon cheirographon tois dogmasin ho en hupenantion hemin, kai auto erken ek tou mesou proselosas auto to stauro· apekdusamenos tas archas kai tas exousias edeigmatisen en parresia, thriambeusas autous en auto. Me oun tis humas krineto en brosei ?e en posei e en merei heortes e noumenias e sabbaton, ha estin skia ton mellonton, to de soma ?tou Christou. medeis humas katabrabeueto thelon en tapeinophrosune kai threskeia ton angelon, ?ha heoraken embateuon, eike phusioumenos hupo tou noos tes sarkos autou, kai ou kraton ten kephalen, ex hou pan to soma dia ton haphon kai sundesmon epichoregoumenon kai sumbibazomenon auxei ten auxesin tou theou. Ei apethanete sun Christo apo ton stoicheion tou kosmou, ti hos zontes en kosmo dogmatizesthe· Me hapse mede geuse mede thiges, ha estin panta eis phthoran te apochresei, kata ta entalmata kai didaskalias ton anthropon; hatina estin logon men echonta sophias en ethelothreskia kai tapeinophrosune kai apheidia somatos, ouk en time tini pros plesmonen tes sarkos. __________________________________________________________________ Ei oun sunegerthete to Christo, ta ano zeteite, hou ho Christos estin en dexia tou theou kathemenos· ta ano phroneite, me ta epi tes ges, apethanete gar, kai he zoe humon kekruptai sun to Christo en to theo· hotan ho Christos phanerothe, he zoe ?humon, tote kai humeis sun auto phanerothesesthe en doxe. Nekrosate oun ta ?mele ta epi tes ges, porneian, akatharsian, pathos, epithumian kaken, kai ten pleonexian hetis estin eidololatria, di' ha erchetai he orge tou theou ?epi tous huious tes apeitheias?· en hois kai humeis periepatesate pote hote ezete en ?toutois· nuni de apothesthe kai humeis ta panta, orgen, thumon, kakian, blasphemian, aischrologian ek tou stomatos humon· me pseudesthe eis allelous· apekdusamenoi ton palaion anthropon sun tais praxesin autou, kai endusamenoi ton neon ton anakainoumenon eis epignosin kat' eikona tou ktisantos auton, hopou ouk eni Hellen kai Ioudaios, peritome kai akrobustia, barbaros, Skuthes, doulos, eleutheros, alla ?ta panta kai en pasin Christos. Endusasthe oun hos eklektoi tou theou, hagioi kai egapemenoi, splanchna oiktirmou, chrestoteta, tapeinophrosunen, prauteta, makrothumian, anechomenoi allelon kai charizomenoi heautois ean tis pros tina eche momphen· kathos kai ho ?kurios echarisato humin houtos kai humeis· epi pasin de toutois ten agapen, ?ho estin sundesmos tes teleiotetos. kai he eirene tou ?Christou brabeueto en tais kardiais humon, eis hen kai eklethete en heni somati· kai eucharistoi ginesthe. ho logos tou Christou enoikeito en humin plousios en pase sophia· didaskontes kai nouthetountes heautous ?psalmois, ?humnois, odais pneumatikais ?en chariti, adontes en ?tais kardiais? humon to ?theo· kai pan ?ho ti? ?ean poiete en logo e en ergo, panta en onomati kuriou Iesou, eucharistountes to ?theo patri di' autou. Hai gunaikes, hupotassesthe ?tois andrasin, hos aneken en kurio. hoi andres, agapate tas gunaikas kai me pikrainesthe pros autas. Ta tekna, hupakouete tois goneusin kata panta, touto gar ?euareston estin? en kurio. hoi pateres, me erethizete ta tekna humon, hina me athumosin. hoi douloi, hupakouete kata panta tois kata sarka kuriois, me en ?ophthalmodouliais, hos anthropareskoi, all' en haploteti kardias, phoboumenoi ton ?kurion. ?ho ean poiete, ek psuches ergazesthe, hos to kurio kai ouk anthropois, eidotes hoti apo kuriou ?apolempsesthe ten antapodosin tes kleronomias· ?to kurio Christo douleuete· ho ?gar adikon komisetai ho edikesen, kai ouk estin prosopolempsia. __________________________________________________________________ hoi kurioi, to dikaion kai ten isoteta tois doulois parechesthe, eidotes hoti kai humeis echete kurion en ?ourano. Te proseuche proskartereite, gregorountes en aute en eucharistia, proseuchomenoi hama kai peri hemon, hina ho theos anoixe hemin thuran tou logou, lalesai to musterion tou Christou, di' ho kai dedemai, hina phaneroso auto hos dei me lalesai. En sophia peripateite pros tous exo, ton kairon exagorazomenoi. ho logos humon pantote en chariti, halati ertumenos, eidenai pos dei humas heni hekasto apokrinesthai. Ta kat' eme panta gnorisei humin Tuchikos ho agapetos adelphos kai pistos diakonos kai sundoulos en kurio, hon epempsa pros humas eis auto touto hina ?gnote ta peri ?hemon kai parakalese tas kardias humon, sun Onesimo to pisto kai agapeto adelpho, hos estin ex humon· panta humin gnorisousin ta hode. Aspazetai humas Aristarchos ho sunaichmalotos mou, kai Markos ho anepsios Barnaba (peri hou elabete entolas, ean elthe pros humas dexasthe auton), kai Iesous ho legomenos Ioustos, hoi ontes ek peritomes, houtoi monoi sunergoi eis ten basileian tou theou, hoitines egenethesan moi paregoria. aspazetai humas Epaphras ho ex humon, doulos ?Christou, pantote agonizomenos huper humon en tais proseuchais, hina ?stathete teleioi kai ?peplerophoremenoi en panti thelemati tou theou. marturo gar auto hoti echei ?polun ponon? huper humon kai ton en Laodikeia kai ton en Hierapolei. aspazetai humas Loukas ho iatros ho agapetos kai Demas. aspasasthe tous en Laodikeia adelphous kai ?Numphan kai ten kat' oikon autes? ekklesian. kai hotan anagnosthe par' humin he epistole, poiesate hina kai en te ?Laodikeon ekklesia anagnosthe, kai ten ek Laodikeias hina kai humeis anagnote. kai eipate Archippo· Blepe ten diakonian hen parelabes en kurio, hina auten plerois. Ho aspasmos te eme cheiri Paulou. mnemoneuete mou ton desmon. he charis meth' ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ PROS ThESSALONIKEIS A __________________________________________________________________ Paulos kai Silouanos kai Timotheos te ekklesia Thessalonikeon en theo patri kai kurio Iesou Christo· charis humin kai ?eirene. Eucharistoumen to theo pantote peri panton humon ?mneian poioumenoi epi ton proseuchon hemon, adialeiptos mnemoneuontes humon tou ergou tes pisteos kai tou kopou tes agapes kai tes hupomones tes elpidos tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou emprosthen tou theou kai patros hemon, eidotes, adelphoi egapemenoi hupo ?theou, ten eklogen humon, hoti to euangelion hemon ouk egenethe eis humas en logo monon alla kai en dunamei kai en pneumati hagio ?kai plerophoria polle, kathos oidate hoioi egenethemen ?en humin di' humas· kai humeis mimetai hemon egenethete kai tou kuriou, dexamenoi ton logon en thlipsei polle meta charas pneumatos hagiou, hoste genesthai humas ?tupon pasin tois pisteuousin en te Makedonia kai ?en te Achaia. aph' humon gar exechetai ho logos tou kuriou ou monon en te Makedonia ?kai Achaia, ?all' en panti topo he pistis humon he pros ton theon exeleluthen, hoste me chreian ?echein hemas? lalein ti· autoi gar peri hemon apangellousin hopoian eisodon eschomen pros humas, kai pos epestrepsate pros ton theon apo ton eidolon douleuein theo zonti kai alethino, kai anamenein ton huion autou ek ton ouranon, hon egeiren ek ton nekron, Iesoun ton rhuomenon hemas ?ek tes orges tes erchomenes. __________________________________________________________________ Autoi gar oidate, adelphoi, ten eisodon hemon ten pros humas hoti ou kene gegonen, alla propathontes kai hubristhentes kathos oidate en Philippois eparresiasametha en to theo hemon lalesai pros humas to euangelion tou theou en pollo agoni. he gar paraklesis hemon ouk ek planes oude ex akatharsias ?oude en dolo, alla kathos dedokimasmetha hupo tou theou pisteuthenai to euangelion houtos laloumen, ouch hos anthropois areskontes alla ?theo to dokimazonti tas kardias hemon. oute gar pote en logo kolakeias egenethemen, kathos oidate, oute ?en prophasei pleonexias, theos martus, oute zetountes ex anthropon doxan, oute aph' humon oute ap' allon, dunamenoi en barei einai hos Christou apostoloi· alla egenethemen ?epioi en meso humon, hos ?ean trophos thalpe ta heautes tekna· houtos homeiromenoi humon eudokoumen metadounai humin ou monon to euangelion tou theou alla kai tas heauton psuchas, dioti agapetoi hemin ?egenethete. Mnemoneuete gar, adelphoi, ton kopon hemon kai ton mochthon· ?nuktos kai hemeras ergazomenoi pros to me epibaresai tina humon ekeruxamen eis humas to euangelion tou theou. humeis martures kai ho theos, hos hosios kai dikaios kai amemptos humin tois pisteuousin egenethemen, kathaper oidate hos hena hekaston humon hos pater tekna heautou parakalountes humas kai paramuthoumenoi kai marturomenoi, eis to ?peripatein humas axios tou theou tou kalountos humas eis ten heautou basileian kai doxan. ?Kai dia touto kai hemeis eucharistoumen to theo adialeiptos, hoti paralabontes logon akoes par' hemon tou theou edexasthe ou logon anthropon alla kathos ?alethos estin? logon theou, hos kai energeitai en humin tois pisteuousin. humeis gar mimetai egenethete, adelphoi, ton ekklesion tou theou ton ouson en te Ioudaia en Christo Iesou, hoti ta auta epathete kai humeis hupo ton idion sumphuleton kathos kai autoi hupo ton Ioudaion ton kai ton kurion apokteinanton Iesoun kai ?tous prophetas kai hemas ekdioxanton, kai theo me areskonton, kai pasin anthropois enantion, koluonton hemas tois ethnesin lalesai hina sothosin, eis to anaplerosai auton tas hamartias pantote. ephthasen de ep' autous he ?orge eis telos. Hemeis de, adelphoi, aporphanisthentes aph' humon pros kairon horas, prosopo ou kardia, perissoteros espoudasamen to prosopon humon idein en polle epithumia. ?dioti ethelesamen elthein pros humas, ego men Paulos kai hapax kai dis, kai enekopsen hemas ho Satanas. tis gar hemon elpis e chara e stephanos kaucheseos-- e ouchi kai humeis-- emprosthen tou kuriou hemon Iesou en te autou parousia; humeis gar este he doxa hemon kai he chara. __________________________________________________________________ Dio meketi stegontes eudokesamen kataleiphthenai en Athenais monoi, kai epempsamen Timotheon, ton adelphon hemon kai ?sunergon tou ?theou en to euangelio tou Christou, eis to sterixai humas kai parakalesai ?huper tes pisteos humon to medena sainesthai en tais thlipsesin tautais. autoi gar oidate hoti eis touto keimetha· kai gar hote pros humas emen, proelegomen humin hoti mellomen thlibesthai, kathos kai egeneto kai oidate. dia touto kago meketi stegon epempsa eis to gnonai ten pistin humon, me pos epeirasen humas ho peirazon kai eis kenon genetai ho kopos hemon. Arti de elthontos Timotheou pros hemas aph' humon kai euangelisamenou hemin ten pistin kai ten agapen humon, kai hoti echete mneian hemon agathen pantote epipothountes hemas idein kathaper kai hemeis humas, dia touto pareklethemen, adelphoi, eph' humin epi pase te ?ananke kai thlipsei? hemon dia tes humon pisteos, hoti nun zomen ean humeis stekete en kurio. tina gar eucharistian dunametha to theo antapodounai peri humon epi pase te chara he chairomen di' humas emprosthen tou theou hemon, nuktos kai hemeras huperekperissou deomenoi eis to idein humon to prosopon kai katartisai ta husteremata tes pisteos humon; Autos de ho theos kai pater hemon kai ho kurios hemon ?Iesous kateuthunai ten hodon hemon pros humas· humas de ho kurios pleonasai kai perisseusai te agape eis allelous kai eis pantas, kathaper kai hemeis eis humas, eis to sterixai humon tas kardias amemptous en hagiosune emprosthen tou theou kai patros hemon en te parousia tou kuriou hemon ?Iesou meta panton ton hagion ?autou. __________________________________________________________________ Loipon ?oun, adelphoi, erotomen humas kai parakaloumen en kurio Iesou, ?hina kathos parelabete par' hemon to pos dei humas peripatein kai areskein theo, ?kathos kai peripateite?, hina perisseuete mallon. oidate gar tinas parangelias edokamen humin dia tou kuriou Iesou. touto gar estin thelema tou theou, ho hagiasmos humon, apechesthai humas apo tes porneias, eidenai hekaston humon to heautou skeuos ktasthai en hagiasmo kai time, me en pathei epithumias kathaper kai ta ethne ta me eidota ton theon, to me huperbainein kai pleonektein en to pragmati ton adelphon autou, dioti ekdikos ?kurios peri panton touton, kathos kai proeipamen humin kai diemarturametha. ou gar ekalesen hemas ho theos epi akatharsia all' en hagiasmo. toigaroun ho atheton ouk anthropon athetei alla ton theon ton ?kai ?didonta to pneuma autou to hagion eis humas. Peri de tes philadelphias ou chreian echete graphein humin, autoi gar humeis theodidaktoi este eis to agapan allelous· kai gar poieite auto eis pantas tous adelphous tous en hole te Makedonia. parakaloumen de humas, adelphoi, perisseuein mallon, kai philotimeisthai hesuchazein kai prassein ta idia kai ergazesthai ?tais chersin humon, kathos humin parengeilamen, hina peripatete euschemonos pros tous exo kai medenos chreian echete. Ou thelomen de humas agnoein, adelphoi, peri ton ?koimomenon, hina me lupesthe kathos kai hoi loipoi hoi me echontes elpida. ei gar pisteuomen hoti Iesous apethanen kai aneste, houtos kai ho theos tous koimethentas dia tou Iesou axei sun auto. touto gar humin legomen en logo kuriou, hoti hemeis hoi zontes hoi perileipomenoi eis ten parousian tou kuriou ou me phthasomen tous koimethentas· hoti autos ho kurios en keleusmati, en phone archangelou kai en salpingi theou, katabesetai ap' ouranou, kai hoi nekroi en Christo anastesontai proton, epeita hemeis hoi zontes hoi perileipomenoi hama sun autois harpagesometha en nephelais eis apantesin tou kuriou eis aera· kai houtos pantote sun kurio esometha. hoste parakaleite allelous en tois logois toutois. __________________________________________________________________ Peri de ton chronon kai ton kairon, adelphoi, ou chreian echete humin graphesthai, autoi gar akribos oidate ?hoti hemera kuriou hos kleptes en nukti houtos erchetai. ?hotan legosin· Eirene kai asphaleia, tote aiphnidios autois ephistatai olethros hosper he odin te en gastri echouse, kai ou me ekphugosin. humeis de, adelphoi, ouk este en skotei, hina he hemera humas hos ?kleptes katalabe, pantes ?gar humeis huioi photos este kai huioi hemeras. ouk esmen nuktos oude skotous· ara oun me katheudomen ?hos hoi loipoi, alla gregoromen kai nephomen. hoi gar katheudontes nuktos katheudousin, kai hoi methuskomenoi nuktos methuousin· hemeis de hemeras ontes nephomen, endusamenoi thoraka pisteos kai agapes kai perikephalaian elpida soterias· hoti ouk etheto hemas ho theos eis orgen alla eis peripoiesin soterias dia tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, tou apothanontos ?peri hemon hina eite gregoromen eite katheudomen hama sun auto zesomen. dio parakaleite allelous kai oikodomeite heis ton hena, kathos kai poieite. Erotomen de humas, adelphoi, eidenai tous kopiontas en humin kai proistamenous humon en kurio kai nouthetountas humas, kai hegeisthai autous ?huperekperissou en agape dia to ergon auton. eireneuete en ?heautois. parakaloumen de humas, adelphoi, noutheteite tous ataktous, paramutheisthe tous oligopsuchous, antechesthe ton asthenon, makrothumeite pros pantas. horate me tis kakon anti kakou tini apodo, alla pantote to agathon ?diokete eis allelous kai eis pantas. pantote chairete, adialeiptos proseuchesthe, en panti eucharisteite· touto gar thelema theou en Christo Iesou eis humas. to pneuma me sbennute, propheteias me exoutheneite· panta de dokimazete, to kalon katechete, apo pantos eidous ponerou apechesthe. Autos de ho theos tes eirenes hagiasai humas holoteleis, kai holokleron humon to pneuma kai he psuche kai to soma amemptos en te parousia tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou teretheie. pistos ho kalon humas, hos kai poiesei. Adelphoi, ?proseuchesthe peri hemon. aspasasthe tous adelphous pantas en philemati hagio. ?enorkizo humas ton kurion anagnosthenai ten epistolen pasin ?tois adelphois. he charis tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou meth' ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ PROS ThESSALONIKEIS B __________________________________________________________________ Paulos kai Silouanos kai Timotheos te ekklesia Thessalonikeon en theo patri hemon kai kurio Iesou Christo· charis humin kai eirene apo theou ?patros kai kuriou Iesou Christou. Eucharistein opheilomen to theo pantote peri humon, adelphoi, kathos axion estin, hoti huperauxanei he pistis humon kai pleonazei he agape henos hekastou panton humon eis allelous, hoste ?autous hemas? en humin ?enkauchasthai en tais ekklesiais tou theou huper tes hupomones humon kai pisteos en pasin tois diogmois humon kai tais thlipsesin hais anechesthe, endeigma tes dikaias kriseos tou theou, eis to kataxiothenai humas tes basileias tou theou, huper hes kai paschete, eiper dikaion para theo antapodounai tois thlibousin humas thlipsin kai humin tois thlibomenois anesin meth' hemon en te apokalupsei tou kuriou Iesou ap' ouranou met' angelon dunameos autou en ?phlogi puros?, didontos ekdikesin tois me eidosi theon kai tois me hupakouousin to euangelio tou kuriou hemon Iesou, hoitines diken tisousin olethron aionion apo prosopou tou kuriou kai apo tes doxes tes ischuos autou, hotan elthe endoxasthenai en tois hagiois autou kai thaumasthenai en pasin tois pisteusasin, hoti episteuthe to marturion hemon eph' humas, en te hemera ekeine. eis ho kai proseuchometha pantote peri humon, hina humas axiose tes kleseos ho theos hemon kai plerose pasan eudokian agathosunes kai ergon pisteos en dunamei, hopos endoxasthe to onoma tou kuriou hemon Iesou en humin, kai humeis en auto, kata ten charin tou theou hemon kai kuriou Iesou Christou. __________________________________________________________________ Erotomen de humas, adelphoi, huper tes parousias tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou kai hemon episunagoges ep' auton, eis to me tacheos saleuthenai humas apo tou noos ?mede throeisthai mete dia pneumatos mete dia logou mete di' epistoles hos di' hemon, hos hoti enesteken he hemera tou ?kuriou. me tis humas exapatese kata medena tropon· hoti ean me elthe he apostasia proton kai apokaluphthe ho anthropos tes ?anomias, ho huios tes apoleias, ho antikeimenos kai huperairomenos epi panta legomenon theon e sebasma, hoste auton eis ton naon tou ?theou kathisai apodeiknunta heauton hoti estin theos. ou mnemoneuete hoti eti on pros humas tauta elegon humin; kai nun to katechon oidate, eis to apokaluphthenai auton en to ?heautou kairo· to gar musterion ede energeitai tes anomias· monon ho katechon arti heos ek mesou genetai. kai tote apokaluphthesetai ho anomos, hon ho kurios ?Iesous ?anelei to pneumati tou stomatos autou kai katargesei te epiphaneia tes parousias autou, hou estin he parousia kat' energeian tou Satana en pase dunamei kai semeiois kai terasin pseudous kai en pase apate ?adikias tois apollumenois, anth' hon ten agapen tes aletheias ouk edexanto eis to sothenai autous· kai dia touto ?pempei autois ho theos energeian planes eis to pisteusai autous to pseudei, hina krithosin ?pantes hoi me pisteusantes te aletheia alla eudokesantes ?te adikia. Hemeis de opheilomen eucharistein to theo pantote peri humon, adelphoi egapemenoi hupo kuriou, hoti heilato humas ho theos ?aparchen eis soterian en hagiasmo pneumatos kai pistei aletheias, eis ?ho ekalesen humas dia tou euangeliou hemon, eis peripoiesin doxes tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou. ara oun, adelphoi, stekete, kai krateite tas paradoseis has edidachthete eite dia logou eite di' epistoles hemon. Autos de ho kurios hemon Iesous Christos kai ?theos ?ho pater hemon, ho agapesas hemas kai dous paraklesin aionian kai elpida agathen en chariti, parakalesai humon tas kardias kai ?sterixai en panti ?ergo kai logo? agatho. __________________________________________________________________ To loipon proseuchesthe, adelphoi, peri hemon, hina ho logos tou kuriou treche kai doxazetai kathos kai pros humas, kai hina rhusthomen apo ton atopon kai poneron anthropon, ou gar panton he pistis. pistos de estin ho kurios, hos sterixei humas kai phulaxei apo tou ponerou. pepoithamen de en kurio eph' humas, hoti ha ?parangellomen kai poieite kai poiesete. ho de kurios kateuthunai humon tas kardias eis ten agapen tou theou kai eis ten hupomonen tou Christou. Parangellomen de humin, adelphoi, en onomati tou kuriou ?hemon Iesou Christou stellesthai humas apo pantos adelphou ataktos peripatountos kai me kata ten paradosin hen ?parelabosan par' hemon. autoi gar oidate pos dei mimeisthai hemas, hoti ouk etaktesamen en humin oude dorean arton ephagomen para tinos, all' en kopo kai mochtho ?nuktos kai hemeras? ergazomenoi pros to me epibaresai tina humon· ouch hoti ouk echomen exousian, all' hina heautous tupon domen humin eis to mimeisthai hemas. kai gar hote emen pros humas, touto parengellomen humin, hoti ei tis ou thelei ergazesthai mede esthieto. akouomen gar tinas peripatountas en humin ataktos, meden ergazomenous alla periergazomenous· tois de toioutois parangellomen kai parakaloumen ?en kurio Iesou Christo? hina meta hesuchias ergazomenoi ton heauton arton esthiosin. humeis de, adelphoi, me ?enkakesete kalopoiountes. Ei de tis ouch hupakouei to logo hemon dia tes epistoles, touton semeiousthe, ?me ?sunanamignusthai auto, hina entrape· kai me hos echthron hegeisthe, alla noutheteite hos adelphon. Autos de ho kurios tes eirenes doe humin ten eirenen dia pantos en panti tropo. ho kurios meta panton humon. Ho aspasmos te eme cheiri Paulou, ho estin semeion en pase epistole· houtos grapho. he charis tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou meta panton ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ PROS TIMOThEON A __________________________________________________________________ Paulos apostolos ?Christou Iesou? kat' epitagen theou soteros hemon kai ?Christou Iesou? tes elpidos hemon Timotheo gnesio tekno en pistei· charis, eleos, eirene apo theou ?patros kai Christou Iesou tou kuriou hemon. Kathos parekalesa se prosmeinai en Epheso, poreuomenos eis Makedonian, hina parangeiles tisin me heterodidaskalein mede prosechein muthois kai genealogiais aperantois, haitines ?ekzeteseis parechousi mallon e oikonomian theou ten en pistei-- to de telos tes parangelias estin agape ek katharas kardias kai suneideseos agathes kai pisteos anupokritou, hon tines astochesantes exetrapesan eis mataiologian, thelontes einai nomodidaskaloi, me noountes mete ha legousin mete peri tinon diabebaiountai. Oidamen de hoti kalos ho nomos ean tis auto nomimos chretai, eidos touto, hoti dikaio nomos ou keitai, anomois de kai anupotaktois, asebesi kai hamartolois, anosiois kai bebelois, patroloais kai metroloais, androphonois, pornois, arsenokoitais, andrapodistais, pseustais, epiorkois, kai ei ti heteron te hugiainouse didaskalia antikeitai, kata to euangelion tes doxes tou makariou theou, ho episteuthen ego. ?Charin echo to endunamosanti me Christo Iesou to kurio hemon, hoti piston me hegesato themenos eis diakonian, ?to proteron onta blasphemon kai diokten kai hubristen· alla eleethen, hoti agnoon epoiesa en apistia, huperepleonasen de he charis tou kuriou hemon meta pisteos kai agapes tes en Christo Iesou. pistos ho logos kai pases apodoches axios, hoti Christos Iesous elthen eis ton kosmon hamartolous sosai· hon protos eimi ego, alla dia touto eleethen, hina en emoi proto endeixetai ?Christos Iesous? ten ?hapasan makrothumian, pros hupotuposin ton mellonton pisteuein ep' auto eis zoen aionion. to de basilei ton aionon, aphtharto, aorato, ?mono theo, time kai doxa eis tous aionas ton aionon· amen. Tauten ten parangelian paratithemai soi, teknon Timothee, kata tas proagousas epi se propheteias, hina ?strateue en autais ten kalen strateian, echon pistin kai agathen suneidesin, hen tines aposamenoi peri ten pistin enauagesan· hon estin Humenaios kai Alexandros, ohus paredoka to Satana hina paideuthosi me blasphemein. __________________________________________________________________ Parakalo oun proton panton poieisthai deeseis, proseuchas, enteuxeis, eucharistias, huper panton anthropon, huper basileon kai panton ton en huperoche onton, hina eremon kai hesuchion bion diagomen en pase eusebeia kai semnoteti. ?touto kalon kai apodekton enopion tou soteros hemon theou, hos pantas anthropous thelei sothenai kai eis epignosin aletheias elthein. heis gar theos, heis kai mesites theou kai anthropon anthropos Christos Iesous, ho dous heauton antilutron huper panton, to marturion kairois idiois· eis ho etethen ego kerux kai apostolos-- aletheian ?lego, ou pseudomai-- didaskalos ethnon en pistei kai aletheia. Boulomai oun proseuchesthai tous andras en panti topo, epairontas hosious cheiras choris orges kai ?dialogismou. hosautos ?kai gunaikas en katastole kosmio meta aidous kai sophrosunes kosmein heautas, me en plegmasin ?kai ?chrusio e margaritais e himatismo polutelei, all' ho prepei gunaixin epangellomenais theosebeian, di' ergon agathon. gune en hesuchia manthaneto en pase hupotage· ?didaskein de gunaiki? ouk epitrepo, oude authentein andros, all' einai en hesuchia. Adam gar protos eplasthe, eita Heua· kai Adam ouk epatethe, he de gune ?exapatetheisa en parabasei gegonen. sothesetai de dia tes teknogonias, ean meinosin en pistei kai agape kai hagiasmo meta sophrosunes. __________________________________________________________________ Pistos ho logos· ei tis episkopes oregetai, kalou ergou epithumei. dei oun ton episkopon anepilempton einai, mias gunaikos andra, nephalion, sophrona, kosmion, philoxenon, didaktikon, me paroinon, me ?plekten, alla epieike, amachon, aphilarguron, tou idiou oikou kalos proistamenon, tekna echonta en hupotage meta pases semnotetos· (ei de tis tou idiou oikou prostenai ouk oiden, pos ekklesias theou epimelesetai;) me neophuton, hina me tuphotheis eis krima empese tou diabolou. dei ?de kai marturian kalen echein apo ton exothen, hina me eis oneidismon empese kai pagida tou diabolou. Diakonous hosautos semnous, me dilogous, me oino pollo prosechontas, me aischrokerdeis, echontas to musterion tes pisteos en kathara suneidesei. kai houtoi de dokimazesthosan proton, eita diakoneitosan anenkletoi ontes. gunaikas hosautos semnas, me diabolous, nephalious, pistas en pasin. diakonoi estosan mias gunaikos andres, teknon kalos proistamenoi kai ton idion oikon· hoi gar kalos diakonesantes bathmon heautois kalon peripoiountai kai pollen parresian en pistei te en Christo Iesou. Tauta soi grapho, elpizon elthein pros se ?en tachei?, ean de braduno, hina eides pos dei en oiko theou anastrephesthai, hetis estin ekklesia theou zontos, stulos kai hedraioma tes aletheias· kai homologoumenos mega estin to tes eusebeias musterion· ?Hos ephanerothe en sarki, edikaiothe en pneumati, ophthe angelois, ekeruchthe en ethnesin, episteuthe en kosmo, anelemphthe en doxe. __________________________________________________________________ To de pneuma rhetos legei hoti en husterois kairois apostesontai tines tes pisteos, prosechontes pneumasi planois kai didaskaliais daimonion en hupokrisei pseudologon, kekausteriasmenon ten idian suneidesin, koluonton gamein, apechesthai bromaton ha ho theos ektisen eis metalempsin meta eucharistias tois pistois kai epegnokosi ten aletheian. hoti pan ktisma theou kalon, kai ouden apobleton meta eucharistias lambanomenon, hagiazetai gar dia logou theou kai enteuxeos. Tauta hupotithemenos tois adelphois kalos ese diakonos ?Christou Iesou?, entrephomenos tois logois tes pisteos kai tes kales didaskalias he parekolouthekas, tous de bebelous kai graodeis muthous paraitou. gumnaze de seauton pros eusebeian· he gar somatike gumnasia pros oligon estin ophelimos, he de eusebeia pros panta ophelimos estin, epangelian echousa zoes tes nun kai tes mellouses. pistos ho logos kai pases apodoches axios, eis touto ?gar kopiomen kai ?oneidizometha, hoti elpikamen epi theo zonti, hos estin soter panton anthropon, malista piston. Parangelle tauta kai didaske. medeis sou tes neotetos kataphroneito, alla tupos ginou ton piston en logo, en anastrophe, en ?agape, en pistei, en hagneia. heos erchomai proseche te anagnosei, te paraklesei, te didaskalia. me amelei tou en soi charismatos, ho edothe soi dia propheteias meta epitheseos ton cheiron tou presbuteriou. tauta meleta, en toutois isthi, hina sou he prokope phanera ?e pasin· epeche seauto kai te didaskalia· epimene autois· touto gar poion kai seauton soseis kai tous akouontas sou. __________________________________________________________________ Presbutero me epiplexes, alla parakalei hos patera, neoterous hos adelphous, presbuteras hos meteras, neoteras hos adelphas en pase hagneia. Cheras tima tas ontos cheras. ei de tis chera tekna e ekgona echei, manthanetosan proton ton idion oikon eusebein kai amoibas apodidonai tois progonois, touto gar estin apodekton enopion tou theou. he de ontos chera kai memonomene elpiken epi ?theon kai prosmenei tais deesesin kai tais proseuchais nuktos kai hemeras· he de spatalosa zosa tethneken. kai tauta parangelle, hina anepilemptoi osin· ei de tis ton idion kai ?malista oikeion ou ?pronoei, ten pistin ernetai kai estin apistou cheiron. Chera katalegestho me elatton eton hexekonta gegonuia, henos andros gune, en ergois kalois marturoumene, ei eteknotrophesen, ei exenodochesen, ei hagion podas enipsen, ei thlibomenois eperkesen, ei panti ergo agatho epekolouthesen. neoteras de cheras paraitou· hotan gar katastreniasosin tou Christou, gamein thelousin, echousai krima hoti ten proten pistin ethetesan· hama de kai argai manthanousin, perierchomenai tas oikias, ou monon de argai alla kai phluaroi kai periergoi, lalousai ta me deonta. boulomai oun neoteras gamein, teknogonein, oikodespotein, medemian aphormen didonai to antikeimeno loidorias charin· ede gar tines exetrapesan opiso tou Satana. ei ?tis piste echei cheras, ?eparkeito autais, kai me bareistho he ekklesia, hina tais ontos cherais eparkese. Hoi kalos proestotes presbuteroi diples times axiousthosan, malista hoi kopiontes en logo kai didaskalia· legei gar he graphe· Boun aloonta ou phimoseis, kai· Axios ho ergates tou misthou autou. kata presbuterou kategorian me paradechou, ektos ei me epi duo e trion marturon· ?tous hamartanontas enopion panton elenche, hina kai hoi loipoi phobon echosin. diamarturomai enopion tou theou kai ?Christou Iesou? kai ton eklekton angelon, hina tauta phulaxes choris prokrimatos, meden poion kata prosklisin. cheiras tacheos medeni epitithei, mede koinonei hamartiais allotriais· seauton hagnon terei. meketi hudropotei, alla oino oligo chro dia ton ?stomachon kai tas puknas sou astheneias. Tinon anthropon hai hamartiai prodeloi eisin, proagousai eis krisin, tisin de kai epakolouthousin· hosautos kai ta ?erga ta kala? ?prodela, kai ta allos echonta krubenai ou dunantai. __________________________________________________________________ Hosoi eisin hupo zugon douloi, tous idious despotas pases times axious hegeisthosan, hina me to onoma tou theou kai he didaskalia blasphemetai. hoi de pistous echontes despotas me kataphroneitosan, hoti adelphoi eisin· alla mallon douleuetosan, hoti pistoi eisin kai agapetoi hoi tes euergesias antilambanomenoi. Tauta didaske kai parakalei. ei tis heterodidaskalei kai me proserchetai hugiainousi logois, tois tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, kai te kat' eusebeian didaskalia, tetuphotai, meden epistamenos, alla noson peri zeteseis kai logomachias, ex hon ginetai phthonos, eris, blasphemiai, huponoiai ponerai, diaparatribai diephtharmenon anthropon ton noun kai apesteremenon tes aletheias, nomizonton porismon einai ten ?eusebeian. estin de porismos megas he eusebeia meta autarkeias· ouden gar eisenenkamen eis ton kosmon, ?hoti oude exenenkein ti dunametha· echontes de diatrophas kai skepasmata, toutois arkesthesometha. hoi de boulomenoi ploutein empiptousin eis peirasmon kai pagida kai epithumias pollas anoetous kai blaberas, haitines buthizousi tous anthropous eis olethron kai apoleian· rhiza gar panton ton kakon estin he philarguria, hes tines oregomenoi apeplanethesan apo tes pisteos kai heautous periepeiran odunais pollais. Su de, o anthrope ?theou, tauta pheuge· dioke de dikaiosunen, eusebeian, pistin, agapen, hupomonen, ?praupathian. agonizou ton kalon agona tes pisteos, epilabou tes aioniou zoes, eis hen eklethes kai homologesas ten kalen homologian enopion pollon marturon. parangello soi enopion tou theou tou ?zoogonountos ta panta kai Christou Iesou tou marturesantos epi Pontiou Pilatou ten kalen homologian, teresai se ten entolen aspilon anepilempton mechri tes epiphaneias tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, hen kairois idiois deixei ho makarios kai monos dunastes, ho basileus ton basileuonton kai kurios ton kurieuonton, ho monos echon athanasian, phos oikon aprositon, hon eiden oudeis anthropon oude idein dunatai· ho time kai kratos aionion· amen. Tois plousiois en to nun aioni parangelle me hupselophronein mede elpikenai epi ploutou adeloteti, all' ?epi ?theo to parechonti hemin panta plousios eis apolausin, agathoergein, ploutein en ergois kalois, eumetadotous einai, koinonikous, apothesaurizontas heautois themelion kalon eis to mellon, hina epilabontai tes ?ontos zoes. O Timothee, ten paratheken phulaxon, ektrepomenos tas bebelous kenophonias kai antitheseis tes pseudonumou gnoseos, hen tines epangellomenoi peri ten pistin estochesan. He charis ?meth' humon?. __________________________________________________________________ PROS TIMOThEON B __________________________________________________________________ Paulos apostolos ?Christou Iesou? dia thelematos theou kat' epangelian zoes tes en Christo Iesou Timotheo agapeto tekno· charis, eleos, eirene apo theou patros kai Christou Iesou tou kuriou hemon. Charin echo to theo, ho latreuo apo progonon en kathara suneidesei, hos adialeipton echo ten peri sou mneian en tais deesesin mou, nuktos kai hemeras epipothon se idein, memnemenos sou ton dakruon, hina charas plerotho hupomnesin ?labon tes en soi anupokritou pisteos, hetis enokesen proton en te mamme sou Loidi kai te metri sou Eunike, pepeismai de hoti kai en soi. di' hen aitian anamimnesko se anazopurein to charisma tou theou, ho estin en soi dia tes epitheseos ton cheiron mou· ou gar edoken hemin ho theos pneuma deilias, alla dunameos kai agapes kai sophronismou. Me oun epaischunthes to marturion tou kuriou hemon mede eme ton desmion autou, alla sunkakopatheson to euangelio kata dunamin theou, tou sosantos hemas kai kalesantos klesei hagia, ou kata ta erga hemon alla kata idian prothesin kai charin, ten dotheisan hemin en Christo Iesou pro chronon aionion, phanerotheisan de nun dia tes epiphaneias tou soteros hemon ?Iesou Christou?, katargesantos men ton thanaton photisantos de zoen kai aphtharsian dia tou euangeliou, eis ho etethen ego kerux kai apostolos kai ?didaskalos. di' hen aitian kai tauta pascho, all' ouk epaischunomai, oida gar ho pepisteuka, kai pepeismai hoti dunatos estin ten paratheken mou phulaxai eis ekeinen ten hemeran. hupotuposin eche hugiainonton logon hon par' emou ekousas en pistei kai agape te en Christo Iesou· ten kalen paratheken phulaxon dia pneumatos hagiou tou enoikountos en hemin. Oidas touto hoti apestraphesan me pantes hoi en te Asia, hon estin Phugelos kai Hermogenes. doe eleos ho kurios to Onesiphorou oiko, hoti pollakis me anepsuxen, kai ten halusin mou ouk epaischunthe· alla genomenos en Rhome ?spoudaios ezetesen me kai heuren-- doe auto ho kurios heurein eleos para kuriou en ekeine te hemera-- kai hosa en Epheso diekonesen, beltion su ginoskeis. __________________________________________________________________ Su oun, teknon mou, endunamou en te chariti te en Christo Iesou, kai ha ekousas par' emou dia pollon marturon, tauta parathou pistois anthropois, hoitines hikanoi esontai kai heterous didaxai. ?sunkakopatheson hos kalos stratiotes ?Christou Iesou?. oudeis strateuomenos empleketai tais tou biou pragmateiais, hina to stratologesanti arese· ean de kai athle tis, ou stephanoutai ean me nomimos athlese· ton kopionta georgon dei proton ton karpon metalambanein. noei ?ho lego· ?dosei gar soi ho kurios sunesin en pasin. Mnemoneue Iesoun Christon egegermenon ek nekron, ek spermatos Dauid, kata to euangelion mou· en ho kakopatho mechri desmon hos kakourgos. alla ho logos tou theou ou dedetai· dia touto panta hupomeno dia tous eklektous, hina kai autoi soterias tuchosin tes en Christo Iesou meta doxes aioniou. pistos ho logos· ei gar sunapethanomen, kai suzesomen· ei hupomenomen, kai sumbasileusomen· ei ?arnesometha, kakeinos arnesetai hemas· ei apistoumen, ekeinos pistos menei· ?arnesasthai heauton ou dunatai. Tauta hupomimneske, diamarturomenos enopion tou ?kuriou, me logomachein, ?ep' ouden chresimon, epi katastrophe ton akouonton. spoudason seauton dokimon parastesai to theo, ergaten anepaischunton, orthotomounta ton logon tes aletheias. tas de bebelous kenophonias periistaso· epi pleion gar prokopsousin asebeias, kai ho logos auton hos gangraina nomen hexei· hon estin Humenaios kai Philetos, hoitines peri ten aletheian estochesan, ?legontes anastasin ede gegonenai, kai anatrepousin ten tinon pistin. ho mentoi stereos themelios tou theou hesteken, echon ten sphragida tauten· Egno kurios tous ontas autou, kai· Aposteto apo adikias pas ho onomazon to onoma kuriou. En megale de oikia ouk estin monon skeue chrusa kai argura alla kai xulina kai ostrakina, kai ha men eis timen ha de eis atimian· ean oun tis ekkathare heauton apo touton, estai skeuos eis timen, hegiasmenon, ?euchreston to despote, eis pan ergon agathon hetoimasmenon. tas de neoterikas epithumias pheuge, dioke de dikaiosunen, pistin, agapen, eirenen meta ton epikaloumenon ton kurion ek katharas kardias. tas de moras kai apaideutous zeteseis paraitou, eidos hoti gennosi machas· doulon de kuriou ou dei machesthai, alla epion einai pros pantas, didaktikon, anexikakon, en prauteti paideuonta tous antidiatithemenous, mepote ?doe autois ho theos metanoian eis epignosin aletheias, kai ananepsosin ek tes tou diabolou pagidos, ezogremenoi hup' autou eis to ekeinou thelema. __________________________________________________________________ Touto de ginoske hoti en eschatais hemerais enstesontai kairoi chalepoi· esontai gar hoi anthropoi philautoi, philarguroi, alazones, huperephanoi, blasphemoi, goneusin apeitheis, acharistoi, anosioi, astorgoi, aspondoi, diaboloi, akrateis, anemeroi, aphilagathoi, prodotai, propeteis, tetuphomenoi, philedonoi mallon e philotheoi, echontes morphosin eusebeias ten de dunamin autes ernemenoi· kai toutous apotrepou. ek touton gar eisin hoi endunontes eis tas oikias kai ?aichmalotizontes gunaikaria sesoreumena hamartiais, agomena epithumiais poikilais, pantote manthanonta kai medepote eis epignosin aletheias elthein dunamena. hon tropon de Iannes kai Iambres antestesan Mousei, houtos kai houtoi anthistantai te aletheia, anthropoi katephtharmenoi ton noun, adokimoi peri ten pistin. all' ou prokopsousin epi pleion, he gar anoia auton ekdelos estai pasin, hos kai he ekeinon egeneto. Su de ?parekolouthesas mou te didaskalia, te agoge, te prothesei, te pistei, te makrothumia, te agape, te hupomone, tois diogmois, tois pathemasin, hoia moi egeneto en Antiocheia, en Ikonio, en Lustrois, hoious diogmous hupenenka· kai ek panton me errusato ho kurios. kai pantes de hoi thelontes ?zen eusebos? en Christo Iesou diochthesontai· poneroi de anthropoi kai goetes prokopsousin epi to cheiron, planontes kai planomenoi. su de mene en hois emathes kai epistothes, eidos para ?tinon emathes, kai hoti apo brephous ?hiera grammata oidas, ta dunamena se sophisai eis soterian dia pisteos tes en Christo Iesou· pasa graphe theopneustos kai ophelimos pros didaskalian, pros ?elegmon, pros epanorthosin, pros paideian ten en dikaiosune, hina artios e ho tou theou anthropos, pros pan ergon agathon exertismenos. __________________________________________________________________ ?Diamarturomai enopion tou theou kai ?Christou Iesou?, tou mellontos krinein zontas kai nekrous, ?kai ten epiphaneian autou kai ten basileian autou· keruxon ton logon, epistethi eukairos akairos, elenxon, epitimeson, parakaleson, en pase makrothumia kai didache. estai gar kairos hote tes hugiainouses didaskalias ouk anexontai, alla kata tas ?idias epithumias? heautois episoreusousin didaskalous knethomenoi ten akoen, kai apo men tes aletheias ten akoen apostrepsousin, epi de tous muthous ektrapesontai. su de nephe en pasin, kakopatheson, ergon poieson euangelistou, ten diakonian sou plerophoreson. Ego gar ede spendomai, kai ho kairos tes ?analuseos mou? ephesteken. ton ?kalon agona? egonismai, ton dromon teteleka, ten pistin tetereka· loipon apokeitai moi ho tes dikaiosunes stephanos, hon apodosei moi ho kurios en ekeine te hemera, ho dikaios krites, ou monon de emoi alla kai pasin tois egapekosi ten epiphaneian autou. Spoudason elthein pros me tacheos· Demas gar me ?enkatelipen agapesas ton nun aiona, kai eporeuthe eis Thessaloniken, Kreskes eis Galatian, Titos eis Dalmatian· Loukas estin monos met' emou. Markon analabon age meta seautou, estin gar moi euchrestos eis diakonian, Tuchikon de apesteila eis Epheson. ton phailonen, hon ?apelipon en Troadi para Karpo, erchomenos phere, kai ta biblia, malista tas membranas. Alexandros ho chalkeus polla moi kaka enedeixato-- ?apodosei auto ho kurios kata ta erga autou-- hon kai su phulassou, lian gar ?anteste tois hemeterois logois. En te prote mou apologia oudeis moi ?paregeneto, alla pantes me ?enkatelipon-- me autois logistheie-- ho de kurios moi pareste kai enedunamosen me, hina di' emou to kerugma plerophorethe kai ?akousosin panta ta ethne, kai errusthen ek stomatos leontos. ?rhusetai me ho kurios apo pantos ergou ponerou kai sosei eis ten basileian autou ten epouranion· ho he doxa eis tous aionas ton aionon, amen. Aspasai Priskan kai Akulan kai ton Onesiphorou oikon. Erastos emeinen en Korintho, Trophimon de ?apelipon en Mileto asthenounta. Spoudason pro cheimonos elthein. Aspazetai se Euboulos kai Poudes kai Linos kai Klaudia kai hoi adelphoi pantes. Ho ?kurios meta tou pneumatos sou. he charis meth' ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ PROS TITON __________________________________________________________________ Paulos doulos theou, apostolos de Iesou Christou kata pistin eklekton theou kai epignosin aletheias tes kat' eusebeian ep' elpidi zoes aioniou, hen epengeilato ho apseudes theos pro chronon aionion ephanerosen de kairois idiois, ton logon autou en kerugmati ho episteuthen ego kat' epitagen tou soteros hemon theou, Tito gnesio tekno kata koinen pistin· charis ?kai eirene apo theou patros kai ?Christou Iesou? tou soteros hemon. Toutou charin ?apelipon se en Krete hina ta leiponta epidiorthose, kai katasteses kata polin presbuterous, hos ego soi dietaxamen, ei tis estin anenkletos, mias gunaikos aner, tekna echon pista, me en kategoria asotias e anupotakta. dei gar ton episkopon anenkleton einai hos theou oikonomon, me authade, me orgilon, me paroinon, me plekten, me aischrokerde, alla philoxenon, philagathon, sophrona, dikaion, hosion, enkrate, antechomenon tou kata ten didachen pistou logou, hina dunatos e kai parakalein en te didaskalia te hugiainouse kai tous antilegontas elenchein. Eisin gar polloi ?kai anupotaktoi, mataiologoi kai phrenapatai, malista hoi ek ?tes peritomes, ohus dei epistomizein, hoitines holous oikous anatrepousin didaskontes ha me dei aischrou kerdous charin. eipen tis ex auton, idios auton prophetes, Kretes aei pseustai, kaka theria, gasteres argai· he marturia haute estin alethes. di' hen aitian elenche autous apotomos, hina hugiainosin en te pistei, me prosechontes Ioudaikois muthois kai entolais anthropon apostrephomenon ten aletheian. ?panta kathara tois katharois· tois de memiammenois kai apistois ouden katharon, alla memiantai auton kai ho nous kai he suneidesis. theon homologousin eidenai, tois de ergois arnountai, bdeluktoi ontes kai apeitheis kai pros pan ergon agathon adokimoi. __________________________________________________________________ Su de lalei ha prepei te hugiainouse didaskalia. presbutas nephalious einai, semnous, sophronas, hugiainontas te pistei, te agape, te hupomone. Presbutidas hosautos en katastemati hieroprepeis, me diabolous ?mede oino pollo dedoulomenas, kalodidaskalous, hina ?sophronizosi tas neas philandrous einai, philoteknous, sophronas, hagnas, ?oikourgous, agathas, hupotassomenas tois idiois andrasin, hina me ho logos tou theou blasphemetai. Tous neoterous hosautos parakalei sophronein· peri panta seauton parechomenos tupon kalon ergon, en te didaskalia ?aphthorian, ?semnoteta, logon hugie akatagnoston, hina ho ex enantias entrape meden echon ?legein peri hemon? phaulon. Doulous idiois despotais hupotassesthai en pasin, euarestous einai, me antilegontas, me nosphizomenous, alla ?pasan pistin? endeiknumenous agathen, hina ten didaskalian ?ten tou soteros hemon theou kosmosin en pasin. Epephane gar he charis tou ?theou soterios pasin anthropois paideuousa hemas, hina arnesamenoi ten asebeian kai tas kosmikas epithumias sophronos kai dikaios kai eusebos zesomen en to nun aioni, prosdechomenoi ten makarian elpida kai epiphaneian tes doxes tou megalou theou kai soteros hemon ?Iesou Christou?, hos edoken heauton huper hemon hina lutrosetai hemas apo pases anomias kai katharise heauto laon periousion, zeloten kalon ergon. Tauta lalei kai parakalei kai elenche meta pases epitages· medeis sou periphroneito. __________________________________________________________________ Hupomimneske autous ?archais exousiais hupotassesthai peitharchein, pros pan ergon agathon hetoimous einai, medena blasphemein, amachous einai, epieikeis, pasan endeiknumenous prauteta pros pantas anthropous. emen gar pote kai hemeis anoetoi, apeitheis, planomenoi, douleuontes epithumiais kai hedonais poikilais, en kakia kai phthono diagontes, stugetoi, misountes allelous. hote de he chrestotes kai he philanthropia epephane tou soteros hemon theou, ouk ex ergon ton en dikaiosune ?ha epoiesamen hemeis alla kata ?to autou eleos? esosen hemas dia loutrou palingenesias kai anakainoseos pneumatos hagiou, hou execheen eph' hemas plousios dia Iesou Christou tou soteros hemon, hina dikaiothentes te ekeinou chariti kleronomoi ?genethomen kat' elpida zoes aioniou. Pistos ho logos, kai peri touton boulomai se diabebaiousthai, hina phrontizosin kalon ergon proistasthai hoi pepisteukotes theo. tauta ?estin kala kai ophelima tois anthropois· moras de zeteseis kai genealogias kai ?ereis kai machas nomikas periistaso, eisin gar anopheleis kai mataioi. hairetikon anthropon meta mian kai deuteran nouthesian paraitou, eidos hoti exestraptai ho toioutos kai hamartanei, on autokatakritos. Hotan pempso Arteman pros se e Tuchikon, spoudason elthein pros me eis Nikopolin, ekei gar kekrika paracheimasai. zenan ton nomikon kai ?Apollon spoudaios propempson, hina meden autois leipe. manthanetosan de kai hoi hemeteroi kalon ergon proistasthai eis tas anankaias chreias, hina me osin akarpoi. Aspazontai se hoi met' emou pantes. aspasai tous philountas hemas en pistei. he charis meta panton ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ PROS PhILEMONA __________________________________________________________________ Paulos desmios Christou Iesou kai Timotheos ho adelphos Philemoni to agapeto kai sunergo hemon kai Apphia te ?adelphe kai Archippo to sustratiote hemon kai te kat' oikon sou ekklesia· charis humin kai eirene apo theou patros hemon kai kuriou Iesou Christou. Eucharisto to theo mou pantote mneian sou poioumenos epi ton proseuchon mou, akouon sou ten agapen kai ten pistin hen echeis ?pros ton kurion Iesoun kai eis pantas tous hagious, hopos he koinonia tes pisteos sou energes genetai en epignosei pantos agathou ?tou en hemin eis ?Christon· ?charan gar ?pollen eschon? kai paraklesin epi te agape sou, hoti ta splanchna ton hagion anapepautai dia sou, adelphe. Dio, pollen en Christo parresian echon epitassein soi to anekon, dia ten agapen mallon parakalo, toioutos on hos Paulos presbutes nuni de kai desmios ?Christou Iesou?-- parakalo se peri tou emou teknou, hon egennesa en tois ?desmois Onesimon, ton pote soi achreston nuni ?de soi kai emoi euchreston, hon anepempsa ?soi auton, tout' estin ta ema splanchna?· hon ego eboulomen pros emauton katechein, hina huper sou ?moi diakone? en tois desmois tou euangeliou, choris de tes ses gnomes ouden ethelesa poiesai, hina me hos kata ananken to agathon sou e alla kata hekousion· tacha gar dia touto echoristhe pros horan hina aionion auton apeches, ouketi hos doulon alla huper doulon, adelphon agapeton, malista emoi, poso de mallon soi kai en sarki kai en kurio. Ei oun me echeis koinonon, proslabou auton hos eme. ei de ti edikesen se e opheilei, touto emoi ?elloga· ego Paulos egrapsa te eme cheiri, ego apotiso· hina me lego soi hoti kai seauton moi prosopheileis. nai, adelphe, ego sou onaimen en kurio· anapauson mou ta splanchna en ?Christo. pepoithos te hupakoe sou egrapsa soi, eidos hoti kai huper ?ha lego poieseis. hama de kai hetoimaze moi xenian, elpizo gar hoti dia ton proseuchon humon charisthesomai humin. ?Aspazetai se Epaphras ho sunaichmalotos mou en Christo Iesou, Markos, Aristarchos, Demas, Loukas, hoi sunergoi mou. He charis tou ?kuriou Iesou Christou meta tou pneumatos ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ PROS EBRAIOUS __________________________________________________________________ Polumeros kai polutropos palai ho theos lalesas tois patrasin en tois prophetais ep' eschatou ton hemeron touton elalesen hemin en huio, hon etheken kleronomon panton, di' hou kai ?epoiesen tous aionas?· hos on apaugasma tes doxes kai charakter tes hupostaseos autou, pheron te ta panta to rhemati tes dunameos, ?di' hautou? katharismon ?ton hamartion poiesamenos? ekathisen en dexia tes megalosunes en hupselois, tosouto kreitton genomenos ton angelon hoso diaphoroteron par' autous kekleronomeken onoma. Tini gar eipen pote ton angelon· Huios mou ei su, ego semeron gegenneka se, kai palin· Ego esomai auto eis patera, kai autos estai moi eis huion; hotan de palin eisagage ton prototokon eis ten oikoumenen, legei· Kai proskunesatosan auto pantes angeloi theou. kai pros men tous angelous legei· Ho poion tous angelous autou pneumata, kai tous leitourgous autou puros phloga· pros de ton huion· Ho thronos sou ho theos eis ton aiona tou aionos, ?kai he rhabdos tes euthutetos? rhabdos tes basileias ?sou. egapesas dikaiosunen kai emisesas anomian· dia touto echrisen se ho theos, ho theos sou, elaion agalliaseos para tous metochous sou· kai· Su kat' archas, kurie, ten gen ethemeliosas, kai erga ton cheiron sou eisin hoi ouranoi· autoi apolountai, su de diameneis· kai pantes hos himation palaiothesontai, kai hosei peribolaion helixeis autous, ?hos himation? kai allagesontai· su de ho autos ei, kai ta ete sou ouk ekleipsousin. pros tina de ton angelon eireken pote· Kathou ek dexion mou heos an tho tous echthrous sou hupopodion ton podon sou; ouchi pantes eisin leitourgika pneumata eis diakonian apostellomena dia tous mellontas kleronomein soterian; __________________________________________________________________ Dia touto dei perissoteros ?prosechein hemas? tois akoustheisin, mepote pararuomen. ei gar ho di' angelon laletheis logos egeneto bebaios, kai pasa parabasis kai parakoe elaben endikon misthapodosian, pos hemeis ekpheuxometha telikautes amelesantes soterias, hetis, archen labousa laleisthai dia tou kuriou, hupo ton akousanton eis hemas ebebaiothe, sunepimarturountos tou theou semeiois te kai terasin kai poikilais dunamesin kai pneumatos hagiou merismois kata ten autou thelesin; Ou gar angelois hupetaxen ten oikoumenen ten mellousan, peri hes laloumen· diemarturato de pou tis legon· Ti estin anthropos hoti mimneske autou, e huios anthropou hoti episkepte auton; elattosas auton brachu ti par' angelous, doxe kai time estephanosas ?auton, panta hupetaxas hupokato ton podon autou· en ?to gar? ?hupotaxai ta panta ouden apheken auto anupotakton. nun de oupo horomen auto ta panta hupotetagmena· ton de brachu ti par' angelous elattomenon blepomen Iesoun dia to pathema tou thanatou doxe kai time estephanomenon, hopos ?choris theou huper pantos geusetai thanatou. Eprepen gar auto, di' hon ta panta kai di' hou ta panta, pollous huious eis doxan agagonta ton archegon tes soterias auton dia pathematon teleiosai. ho te gar hagiazon kai hoi hagiazomenoi ex henos pantes· di' hen aitian ouk epaischunetai adelphous autous kalein, legon· Apangelo to onoma sou tois adelphois mou, en meso ekklesias humneso se· kai palin· Ego esomai pepoithos ep' auto· kai palin· Idou ego kai ta paidia ha moi edoken ho theos. Epei oun ta paidia kekoinoneken ?haimatos kai sarkos?, kai autos paraplesios meteschen ton auton, hina dia tou thanatou katargese ton to kratos echonta tou thanatou, tout' esti ton diabolon, kai apallaxe toutous, hosoi phobo thanatou dia pantos tou zen enochoi esan douleias. ou gar depou angelon epilambanetai, alla spermatos Abraam epilambanetai. hothen opheilen kata panta tois adelphois homoiothenai, hina eleemon genetai kai pistos archiereus ta pros ton theon, eis to hilaskesthai tas hamartias tou laou· en ho gar peponthen autos peirastheis, dunatai tois peirazomenois boethesai. __________________________________________________________________ Hothen, adelphoi hagioi, kleseos epouraniou metochoi, katanoesate ton apostolon kai archierea tes homologias hemon ?Iesoun, piston onta to poiesanti auton hos kai Mouses ?en to oiko autou. pleionos gar ?houtos doxes? para Mousen exiotai kath' hoson pleiona timen echei tou oikou ho kataskeuasas auton· pas gar oikos kataskeuazetai hupo tinos, ho ?de panta kataskeuasas theos. kai Mouses men pistos en holo to oiko autou hos therapon eis marturion ton lalethesomenon, Christos de hos huios epi ton oikon autou· ?hos oikos esmen hemeis, ?ean ten parresian kai to kauchema tes ?elpidos kataschomen. Dio, kathos legei to pneuma to hagion· Semeron ean tes phones autou akousete, me sklerunete tas kardias humon hos en to parapikrasmo, kata ten hemeran tou peirasmou en te eremo, hou ?epeirasan hoi pateres humon ?en dokimasia? kai eidon ta erga mou tesserakonta ete· dio prosochthisa te genea ?taute kai eipon· Aei planontai te kardia· autoi de ouk egnosan tas hodous mou· hos omosa en te orge mou· Ei eiseleusontai eis ten katapausin mou. blepete, adelphoi, mepote estai en tini humon kardia ponera apistias en to apostenai apo theou zontos, alla parakaleite heautous kath' hekasten hemeran, achris hou to Semeron kaleitai, hina me sklerunthe ?tis ex humon? apate tes hamartias· metochoi gar ?tou Christou gegonamen?, eanper ten archen tes hupostaseos mechri telous bebaian kataschomen. en to legesthai· Semeron ean tes phones autou akousete, Me sklerunete tas kardias humon hos en to parapikrasmo. tines gar akousantes parepikranan; all' ou pantes hoi exelthontes ex Aiguptou dia Mouseos; tisin de prosochthisen tesserakonta ete; ouchi tois hamartesasin, hon ta kola epesen en te eremo; tisin de omosen me eiseleusesthai eis ten katapausin autou ei me tois apeithesasin; kai blepomen hoti ouk edunethesan eiselthein di' apistian. __________________________________________________________________ Phobethomen oun mepote kataleipomenes epangelias eiselthein eis ten katapausin autou doke tis ex humon husterekenai· kai gar esmen euengelismenoi kathaper kakeinoi, all' ouk ophelesen ho logos tes akoes ekeinous, me ?sunkekerasmenous te pistei tois akousasin. eiserchometha gar ?eis katapausin hoi pisteusantes, kathos eireken· Hos omosa en te orge mou, Ei eiseleusontai eis ten katapausin mou, kaitoi ton ergon apo kataboles kosmou genethenton, eireken gar pou peri tes hebdomes houtos· Kai katepausen ho theos en te hemera te hebdome apo panton ton ergon autou, kai en touto palin· Ei eiseleusontai eis ten katapausin mou. epei oun apoleipetai tinas eiselthein eis auten, kai hoi proteron euangelisthentes ouk eiselthon di' apeitheian, palin tina horizei hemeran, Semeron, en Dauid legon meta tosouton chronon, kathos ?proeiretai, Semeron ean tes phones autou akousete, me sklerunete tas kardias humon· ei gar autous Iesous katepausen, ouk an peri alles elalei meta tauta hemeras. ara apoleipetai sabbatismos to lao tou theou· ho gar eiselthon eis ten katapausin autou kai autos katepausen apo ton ergon autou hosper apo ton idion ho theos. spoudasomen oun eiselthein eis ekeinen ten katapausin, hina me en to auto tis hupodeigmati pese tes apeitheias. Zon gar ho logos tou theou kai energes kai tomoteros huper pasan machairan distomon kai diiknoumenos achri merismou psuches ?kai pneumatos, harmon te kai muelon, kai kritikos enthumeseon kai ennoion kardias· kai ouk estin ktisis aphanes enopion autou, panta de gumna kai tetrachelismena tois ophthalmois autou, pros hon hemin ho logos. Echontes oun archierea megan dieleluthota tous ouranous, Iesoun ton huion tou theou, kratomen tes homologias· ou gar echomen archierea me dunamenon sumpathesai tais astheneiais hemon, ?pepeirasmenon de kata panta kath' homoioteta choris hamartias. proserchometha oun meta parresias to throno tes charitos, hina labomen eleos kai charin heuromen eis eukairon boetheian. __________________________________________________________________ Pas gar archiereus ex anthropon lambanomenos huper anthropon kathistatai ta pros ton theon, hina prosphere dora te kai thusias huper hamartion, metriopathein dunamenos tois agnoousi kai planomenois epei kai autos perikeitai astheneian, kai ?di' auten? opheilei, kathos peri tou laou, houtos kai peri ?hautou prospherein ?peri hamartion. kai ouch heauto tis lambanei ten timen, alla kaloumenos hupo tou theou, ?kathosper kai Aaron. Houtos kai ho Christos ouch heauton edoxasen genethenai archierea, all' ho lalesas pros auton· Huios mou ei su, ego semeron gegenneka se· kathos kai en hetero legei· Su hiereus eis ton aiona kata ten taxin Melchisedek, hos en tais hemerais tes sarkos autou deeseis te kai hiketerias pros ton dunamenon sozein auton ek thanatou meta krauges ischuras kai dakruon prosenenkas kai eisakoustheis apo tes eulabeias, kaiper on huios, emathen aph' hon epathen ten hupakoen, kai teleiotheis egeneto ?pasin tois hupakouousin auto? aitios soterias aioniou, prosagoreutheis hupo tou theou archiereus kata ten taxin Melchisedek. Peri hou polus hemin ho logos kai dusermeneutos legein, epei nothroi gegonate tais akoais· kai gar opheilontes einai didaskaloi dia ton chronon, palin chreian echete tou didaskein humas ?tina ta stoicheia tes arches ton logion tou theou, kai gegonate chreian echontes galaktos, ?ou stereas trophes. pas gar ho metechon galaktos apeiros logou dikaiosunes, nepios gar estin· teleion de estin he sterea trophe, ton dia ten hexin ta aistheteria gegumnasmena echonton pros diakrisin kalou te kai kakou. __________________________________________________________________ Dio aphentes ton tes arches tou Christou logon epi ten teleioteta pherometha, me palin themelion kataballomenoi metanoias apo nekron ergon, kai pisteos epi theon, baptismon ?didachen epitheseos te cheiron, anastaseos ?te nekron kai krimatos aioniou. kai touto ?poiesomen eanper epitrepe ho theos. Adunaton gar tous hapax photisthentas geusamenous te tes doreas tes epouraniou kai metochous genethentas pneumatos hagiou kai kalon geusamenous theou rhema dunameis te mellontos aionos, kai parapesontas, palin anakainizein eis metanoian, anastaurountas heautois ton huion tou theou kai paradeigmatizontas. ge gar he piousa ton ep' autes ?erchomenon pollakis? hueton, kai tiktousa botanen eutheton ekeinois di' ohus kai georgeitai, metalambanei eulogias apo tou theou· ekpherousa de akanthas kai tribolous adokimos kai kataras engus, hes to telos eis kausin. Pepeismetha de peri humon, agapetoi, ta kreissona kai echomena soterias, ei kai houtos laloumen· ou gar adikos ho theos epilathesthai tou ergou humon ?kai tes agapes hes enedeixasthe eis to onoma autou, diakonesantes tois hagiois kai diakonountes. epithumoumen de hekaston humon ten auten endeiknusthai spouden pros ten plerophorian tes elpidos achri telous, hina me nothroi genesthe, mimetai de ton dia pisteos kai makrothumias kleronomounton tas epangelias. To gar Abraam epangeilamenos ho theos, epei kat' oudenos eichen meizonos omosai, omosen kath' heautou, legon· ?Ei men eulogon eulogeso se kai plethunon plethuno se· kai houtos makrothumesas epetuchen tes epangelias. ?anthropoi gar kata tou meizonos omnuousin, kai pases autois antilogias peras eis bebaiosin ho horkos· en ho perissoteron boulomenos ho theos epideixai tois kleronomois tes epangelias to ametatheton tes boules autou emesiteusen horko, hina dia duo pragmaton ametatheton, en hois adunaton pseusasthai ?theon, ischuran paraklesin echomen hoi kataphugontes kratesai tes prokeimenes elpidos· hen hos ankuran echomen tes psuches, ?asphale te kai bebaian kai eiserchomenen eis to esoteron tou katapetasmatos, hopou prodromos huper hemon eiselthen Iesous, kata ten taxin Melchisedek archiereus genomenos eis ton aiona. __________________________________________________________________ Houtos gar ho Melchisedek, basileus Salem, hiereus tou theou tou hupsistou, ?ho sunantesas Abraam hupostrephonti apo tes kopes ton basileon kai eulogesas auton, ho kai dekaten apo panton emerisen Abraam, proton men hermeneuomenos basileus dikaiosunes epeita de kai basileus Salem, ho estin basileus eirenes, apator, ametor, agenealogetos, mete archen hemeron mete zoes telos echon, aphomoiomenos de to huio tou theou, menei hiereus eis to dienekes. Theoreite de pelikos houtos ?ho dekaten Abraam edoken ek ton akrothinion ho patriarches. kai hoi men ek ton huion Leui ten hierateian lambanontes entolen echousin apodekatoun ton laon kata ton nomon, tout' estin tous adelphous auton, kaiper exeleluthotas ek tes osphuos Abraam· ho de me genealogoumenos ex auton dedekatoken ?Abraam, kai ton echonta tas epangelias eulogeken. choris de pases antilogias to elatton hupo tou kreittonos eulogeitai. kai hode men dekatas apothneskontes anthropoi lambanousin, ekei de marturoumenos hoti ze. kai hos epos eipein, di' Abraam kai Leui ho dekatas lambanon dedekatotai, eti gar en te osphui tou patros en hote sunentesen auto ?Melchisedek. Ei men oun teleiosis dia tes Leuitikes hierosunes en, ho laos gar ep' ?autes ?nenomothetetai, tis eti chreia kata ten taxin Melchisedek heteron anistasthai hierea kai ou kata ten taxin Aaron legesthai; metatithemenes gar tes hierosunes ex anankes kai nomou metathesis ginetai. eph' hon gar legetai tauta phules heteras metescheken, aph' hes oudeis prosescheken to thusiasterio· prodelon gar hoti ex Iouda anatetalken ho kurios hemon, eis hen phulen ?peri hiereon ouden? Mouses elalesen. Kai perissoteron eti katadelon estin, ei kata ten homoioteta Melchisedek anistatai hiereus heteros, hos ou kata nomon entoles ?sarkines gegonen alla kata dunamin zoes akatalutou, ?martureitai gar hoti Su hiereus eis ton aiona kata ten taxin Melchisedek. athetesis men gar ginetai proagouses entoles dia to autes asthenes kai anopheles, ouden gar eteleiosen ho nomos, epeisagoge de kreittonos elpidos, di' hes engizomen to theo. Kai kath' hoson ou choris horkomosias (hoi men gar choris horkomosias eisin hiereis gegonotes, ho de meta horkomosias dia tou legontos pros auton· Omosen kurios, kai ou metamelethesetai, Su hiereus eis ton ?aiona), kata ?tosouto ?kreittonos diathekes gegonen enguos Iesous. Kai hoi men pleiones eisin gegonotes hiereis dia to thanato koluesthai paramenein· ho de dia to menein auton eis ton aiona aparabaton echei ten hierosunen· hothen kai sozein eis to panteles dunatai tous proserchomenous di' autou to theo, pantote zon eis to entunchanein huper auton. Toioutos gar hemin ?kai eprepen archiereus, hosios, akakos, amiantos, kechorismenos apo ton hamartolon, kai hupseloteros ton ouranon genomenos· hos ouk echei kath' hemeran ananken, hosper hoi archiereis, proteron huper ton idion hamartion thusias anapherein, epeita ton tou laou (touto gar epoiesen ephapax heauton anenenkas)· ho nomos gar anthropous kathistesin archiereis echontas astheneian, ho logos de tes horkomosias tes meta ton nomon huion, eis ton aiona teteleiomenon. __________________________________________________________________ Kephalaion de epi tois legomenois, toiouton echomen archierea, hos ekathisen en dexia tou thronou tes megalosunes en tois ouranois, ton hagion leitourgos kai tes skenes tes alethines, hen epexen ho kurios, ?ouk anthropos. pas gar archiereus eis to prospherein dora te kai thusias kathistatai· hothen anankaion echein ti kai touton ho prosenenke. ei men ?oun en epi ges, oud' an en hiereus, ?onton ton prospheronton kata ?nomon ta dora· (hoitines hupodeigmati kai skia latreuousin ton epouranion, kathos kechrematistai Mouses mellon epitelein ten skenen, Hora gar, phesin, poieseis panta kata ton tupon ton deichthenta soi en to orei)· ?nuni de diaphoroteras tetuchen leitourgias, hoso kai kreittonos estin diathekes mesites, hetis epi kreittosin epangeliais nenomothetetai. Ei gar he prote ekeine en amemptos, ouk an deuteras ezeteito topos· memphomenos gar ?autous legei· Idou hemerai erchontai, legei kurios, kai sunteleso epi ton oikon Israel kai epi ton oikon Iouda diatheken kainen, ou kata ten diatheken hen epoiesa tois patrasin auton en hemera epilabomenou mou tes cheiros auton exagagein autous ek ges Aiguptou, hoti autoi ouk enemeinan en te diatheke mou, kago emelesa auton, legei kurios. hoti haute he diatheke hen diathesomai to oiko Israel meta tas hemeras ekeinas, legei kurios, didous nomous mou eis ten dianoian auton, kai epi kardias auton epigrapso autous, kai esomai autois eis theon kai autoi esontai moi eis laon. kai ou me didaxosin hekastos ton politen autou kai hekastos ton adelphon autou, legon· Gnothi ton kurion, hoti pantes eidesousin me apo ?mikrou heos megalou auton. hoti hileos esomai tais adikiais auton, kai ton hamartion ?auton ou me mnestho eti. en to legein Kainen pepalaioken ten proten, to de palaioumenon kai geraskon engus aphanismou. __________________________________________________________________ Eiche men ?oun he prote dikaiomata latreias to te hagion kosmikon. skene gar kateskeuasthe he prote en he he te luchnia kai he trapeza kai he prothesis ton arton, hetis legetai Hagia· meta de to deuteron katapetasma skene he legomene ?Hagia Hagion?, chrusoun echousa thumiaterion kai ten kiboton tes diathekes perikekalummenen pantothen chrusio, en he stamnos chruse echousa to manna kai he rhabdos Aaron he blastesasa kai hai plakes tes diathekes, huperano de autes Cheroubin doxes kataskiazonta to hilasterion· peri hon ouk estin nun legein kata meros. Touton de houtos kateskeuasmenon, eis men ten proten skenen dia pantos eisiasin hoi hiereis tas latreias epitelountes, eis de ten deuteran hapax tou eniautou monos ho archiereus, ou choris haimatos, ho prospherei huper heautou kai ton tou laou agnoematon, touto delountos tou pneumatos tou hagiou, mepo pephanerosthai ten ton hagion hodon eti tes protes skenes echouses stasin, hetis parabole eis ton kairon ton enestekota, kath' ?hen dora te kai thusiai prospherontai me dunamenai kata suneidesin teleiosai ton latreuonta, monon epi bromasin kai pomasin kai diaphorois baptismois, ?dikaiomata sarkos mechri kairou diorthoseos epikeimena. Christos de paragenomenos archiereus ton ?genomenon agathon dia tes meizonos kai teleioteras skenes ou cheiropoietou, tout' estin ou tautes tes ktiseos, oude di' haimatos tragon kai moschon dia de tou idiou haimatos, eiselthen ephapax eis ta hagia, aionian lutrosin heuramenos. ei gar to haima ?tragon kai tauron? kai spodos damaleos rhantizousa tous kekoinomenous hagiazei pros ten tes sarkos katharoteta, poso mallon to haima tou Christou, hos dia pneumatos aioniou heauton prosenenken amomon to theo, kathariei ten suneidesin ?hemon apo nekron ergon eis to latreuein theo zonti. Kai dia touto diathekes kaines mesites estin, hopos thanatou genomenou eis apolutrosin ton epi te prote diatheke parabaseon ten epangelian labosin hoi keklemenoi tes aioniou kleronomias. hopou gar diatheke, thanaton ananke pheresthai tou diathemenou· diatheke gar epi nekrois bebaia, epei ?mepote ischuei hote ze ho diathemenos. hothen oude he prote choris haimatos enkekainistai· laletheises gar pases entoles kata ?ton nomon hupo Mouseos panti to lao, labon to haima ton ?moschon meta hudatos kai eriou kokkinou kai hussopou auto te to biblion kai panta ton laon erantisen, legon· Touto to haima tes diathekes hes eneteilato pros humas ho theos· kai ten skenen de kai panta ta skeue tes leitourgias to haimati homoios erantisen. kai schedon en haimati panta katharizetai kata ton nomon, kai choris haimatekchusias ou ginetai aphesis. Ananke oun ta men hupodeigmata ton en tois ouranois toutois katharizesthai, auta de ta epourania kreittosi thusiais para tautas. ou gar eis cheiropoieta ?eiselthen hagia? Christos, antitupa ton alethinon, all' eis auton ton ouranon, nun emphanisthenai to prosopo tou theou huper hemon· oud' hina pollakis prosphere heauton, hosper ho archiereus eiserchetai eis ta hagia kat' eniauton en haimati allotrio, epei edei auton pollakis pathein apo kataboles kosmou· ?nuni de hapax epi sunteleia ton aionon eis athetesin ?hamartias dia tes thusias autou pephanerotai. kai kath' hoson apokeitai tois anthropois hapax apothanein, meta de touto krisis, houtos kai ho Christos, hapax prosenechtheis eis to pollon anenenkein hamartias, ek deuterou choris hamartias ophthesetai tois auton apekdechomenois eis soterian. __________________________________________________________________ Skian gar echon ho nomos ton mellonton agathon, ouk auten ten eikona ton pragmaton, kat' eniauton tais autais thusiais has prospherousin eis to dienekes oudepote ?dunatai tous proserchomenous teleiosai· epei ouk an epausanto prospheromenai, dia to medemian echein eti suneidesin hamartion tous latreuontas hapax ?kekatharismenous; all' en autais anamnesis hamartion kat' eniauton, adunaton gar haima tauron kai tragon aphairein hamartias. dio eiserchomenos eis ton kosmon legei· Thusian kai prosphoran ouk ethelesas, soma de katertiso moi· holokautomata kai peri hamartias ouk eudokesas. tote eipon· Idou heko, en kephalidi bibliou gegraptai peri emou, tou poiesai, ho theos, to thelema sou. anoteron legon hoti ?Thusias kai prosphoras? kai holokautomata kai peri hamartias ouk ethelesas oude eudokesas, haitines kata ?nomon prospherontai, tote eireken· Idou heko tou ?poiesai to thelema sou· anairei to proton hina to deuteron stese. en ho thelemati hegiasmenoi ?esmen dia tes prosphoras tou somatos Iesou Christou ephapax. Kai pas men hiereus hesteken kath' hemeran leitourgon kai tas autas pollakis prospheron thusias, haitines oudepote dunantai perielein hamartias. ?houtos de mian huper hamartion prosenenkas thusian eis to dienekes ekathisen en dexia tou theou, to loipon ekdechomenos heos tethosin hoi echthroi autou hupopodion ton podon autou, mia gar prosphora teteleioken eis to dienekes tous hagiazomenous. marturei de hemin kai to pneuma to hagion, meta gar to ?eirekenai· Haute he diatheke hen diathesomai pros autous meta tas hemeras ekeinas, legei kurios, didous nomous mou epi kardias auton, kai epi ?ten dianoian? auton epigrapso autous, ?kai ton hamartion auton kai ton anomion auton ou me ?mnesthesomai eti· hopou de aphesis touton, ouketi prosphora peri hamartias. Echontes oun, adelphoi, parresian eis ten eisodon ton hagion en to haimati Iesou, hen enekainisen hemin hodon prosphaton kai zosan dia tou katapetasmatos, tout' estin tes sarkos autou, kai hierea megan epi ton oikon tou theou, proserchometha meta alethines kardias en plerophoria pisteos, rherantismenoi tas kardias apo suneideseos poneras kai lelousmenoi to soma hudati katharo· katechomen ten homologian tes elpidos akline, pistos gar ho epangeilamenos· kai katanoomen allelous eis paroxusmon agapes kai kalon ergon, me enkataleipontes ten episunagogen heauton, kathos ethos tisin, alla parakalountes, kai tosouto mallon hoso blepete engizousan ten hemeran. Hekousios gar hamartanonton hemon meta to labein ten epignosin tes aletheias, ouketi peri hamartion apoleipetai thusia, phobera de tis ekdoche kriseos kai puros zelos esthiein mellontos tous hupenantious. athetesas tis nomon Mouseos choris oiktirmon epi dusin e trisin martusin apothneskei· poso dokeite cheironos axiothesetai timorias ho ton huion tou theou katapatesas, kai to haima tes diathekes koinon hegesamenos en ho hegiasthe, kai to pneuma tes charitos enubrisas. oidamen gar ton eiponta· Emoi ekdikesis, ego ?antapodoso· kai palin· ?Krinei kurios? ton laon autou. phoberon to empesein eis cheiras theou zontos. Anamimneskesthe de tas proteron hemeras, en hais photisthentes pollen athlesin hupemeinate pathematon, touto men oneidismois te kai thlipsesin theatrizomenoi, touto de koinonoi ton houtos anastrephomenon genethentes· kai gar tois ?desmiois sunepathesate, kai ten harpagen ton huparchonton humon meta charas prosedexasthe, ginoskontes echein ?heautous kreittona ?huparxin kai menousan. me apobalete oun ten parresian humon, hetis echei ?megalen misthapodosian?, hupomones gar echete chreian hina to thelema tou theou poiesantes komisesthe ten epangelian· eti gar mikron hoson hoson, ho erchomenos hexei kai ou chronisei· ho de dikaios ?mou ek pisteos zesetai, kai ean huposteiletai, ouk eudokei he psuche mou en auto. hemeis de ouk esmen hupostoles eis apoleian, alla pisteos eis peripoiesin psuches. __________________________________________________________________ Estin de pistis elpizomenon hupostasis, pragmaton elenchos ou blepomenon· en taute gar emarturethesan hoi presbuteroi. pistei nooumen katertisthai tous aionas rhemati theou, eis to me ek phainomenon ?to blepomenon? gegonenai. Pistei pleiona thusian Habel para Kain prosenenken to theo, di' hes emarturethe einai dikaios, marturountos epi tois dorois autou ?tou theou?, kai di' autes apothanon eti ?lalei. Pistei Henoch metetethe tou me idein thanaton, kai ouch heurisketo dioti metetheken auton ho theos· pro gar tes ?metatheseos memarturetai euarestekenai to theo, choris de pisteos adunaton euarestesai, pisteusai gar dei ton proserchomenon to theo hoti estin kai tois ekzetousin auton misthapodotes ginetai. pistei chrematistheis Noe peri ton medepo blepomenon eulabetheis kateskeuasen kiboton eis soterian tou oikou autou, di' hes katekrinen ton kosmon, kai tes kata pistin dikaiosunes egeneto kleronomos. ?Pistei kaloumenos Abraam hupekousen exelthein eis ?topon hon emellen lambanein eis kleronomian, kai exelthen me epistamenos pou erchetai. pistei parokesen eis gen tes epangelias hos allotrian, en skenais katoikesas meta Isaak kai Iakob ton sunkleronomon tes epangelias tes autes· exedecheto gar ten tous themelious echousan polin, hes technites kai demiourgos ho theos. pistei kai ?aute Sarra? dunamin eis katabolen spermatos elaben kai para kairon ?helikias, epei piston hegesato ton epangeilamenon· dio kai aph' henos egennethesan, kai tauta nenekromenou, kathos ta astra tou ouranou to plethei kai hos he ammos he para to cheilos tes thalasses he anarithmetos. Kata pistin apethanon houtoi pantes, me ?labontes tas epangelias, alla porrothen autas idontes kai aspasamenoi, kai homologesantes hoti xenoi kai parepidemoi eisin epi tes ges. hoi gar toiauta legontes emphanizousin hoti patrida epizetousin. kai ei men ekeines ?mnemoneuousin aph' hes ?exebesan, eichon an kairon anakampsai· nun de kreittonos oregontai, tout' estin epouraniou. dio ouk epaischunetai autous ho theos theos epikaleisthai auton, hetoimasen gar autois polin. Pistei prosenenochen Abraam ton Isaak peirazomenos, kai ton monogene prosepheren ho tas epangelias anadexamenos, pros hon elalethe hoti En Isaak klethesetai soi sperma, logisamenos hoti kai ek nekron egeirein dunatos ho theos· hothen auton kai en parabole ekomisato. Pistei ?kai peri mellonton eulogesen Isaak ton Iakob kai ton Esau. pistei Iakob apothneskon hekaston ton huion Ioseph eulogesen, kai prosekunesen epi to akron tes rhabdou autou. pistei Ioseph teleuton peri tes exodou ton huion Israel emnemoneusen, kai peri ton osteon autou eneteilato. Pistei Mouses gennetheis ekrube trimenon hupo ton pateron autou, dioti eidon asteion to paidion kai ouk ephobethesan to diatagma tou basileos. pistei Mouses megas genomenos ernesato legesthai huios thugatros Pharao, mallon helomenos sunkakoucheisthai to lao tou theou e proskairon echein hamartias apolausin, meizona plouton hegesamenos ton Aiguptou thesauron ton oneidismon tou Christou, apeblepen gar eis ten misthapodosian. pistei katelipen Aigupton, me phobetheis ton thumon tou basileos, ton gar aoraton hos horon ekarteresen. pistei pepoieken to pascha kai ten proschusin tou haimatos, hina me ho olothreuon ta prototoka thige auton. Pistei diebesan ten Eruthran Thalassan hos dia xeras ?ges, hes peiran labontes hoi Aiguptioi katepothesan. pistei ta teiche Iericho ?epesan kuklothenta epi hepta hemeras. pistei Rhaab he porne ou sunapoleto tois apeithesasin, dexamene tous kataskopous met' eirenes. Kai ti eti lego; epileipsei ?me gar? diegoumenon ho chronos peri Gedeon, Barak, ?Sampson, Iephthae, Dauid te kai Samouel kai ton propheton, ohi dia pisteos kategonisanto basileias, eirgasanto dikaiosunen, epetuchon epangelion, ephraxan stomata leonton, esbesan dunamin puros, ephugon stomata ?machaires, ?edunamothesan apo astheneias, egenethesan ischuroi en polemo, parembolas eklinan allotrion· elabon gunaikes ex anastaseos tous nekrous auton· alloi de etumpanisthesan, ou prosdexamenoi ten apolutrosin, hina kreittonos anastaseos tuchosin· heteroi de empaigmon kai mastigon peiran elabon, eti de desmon kai phulakes· elithasthesan, ?epristhesan, en phono ?machaires apethanon, perielthon en melotais, en aigeiois dermasin, husteroumenoi, thlibomenoi, kakouchoumenoi, hon ouk en axios ho kosmos ?epi eremiais planomenoi kai oresi kai spelaiois kai tais opais tes ges· ?kai pantes marturethentes dia tes pisteos ouk ekomisanto ten epangelian, tou theou peri hemon kreitton ti problepsamenou, hina me choris hemon teleiothosin. __________________________________________________________________ Toigaroun kai hemeis, tosouton echontes perikeimenon hemin nephos marturon, onkon apothemenoi panta kai ten euperistaton hamartian, di' hupomones trechomen ton prokeimenon hemin agona, aphorontes eis ton tes pisteos archegon kai teleioten Iesoun, hos anti tes prokeimenes auto charas hupemeinen stauron aischunes kataphronesas, en dexia te tou thronou tou theou kekathiken. Analogisasthe gar ton toiauten hupomemenekota hupo ton hamartolon eis ?heautous antilogian, hina me kamete tais psuchais humon ekluomenoi. oupo mechris haimatos antikatestete pros ten hamartian antagonizomenoi, kai eklelesthe tes parakleseos, hetis humin hos huiois dialegetai, Huie mou, me oligorei paideias kuriou, mede ekluou hup' autou elenchomenos· hon gar agapa kurios paideuei, mastigoi de panta huion hon paradechetai. eis paideian hupomenete· hos huiois humin prospheretai ho theos· tis ?gar huios hon ou paideuei pater; ei de choris este paideias hes metochoi gegonasi pantes, ara nothoi ?kai ouch huioi este?. eita tous men tes sarkos hemon pateras eichomen paideutas kai enetrepometha· ou ?polu mallon hupotagesometha to patri ton pneumaton kai zesomen; hoi men gar pros oligas hemeras kata to dokoun autois epaideuon, ho de epi to sumpheron eis to metalabein tes hagiotetos autou. pasa ?de paideia pros men to paron ou dokei charas einai alla lupes, husteron de karpon eirenikon tois di' autes gegumnasmenois apodidosin dikaiosunes. Dio tas pareimenas cheiras kai ta paralelumena gonata anorthosate, kai trochias orthas ?poieite tois posin humon, hina me to cholon ektrape, iathe de mallon. Eirenen diokete meta panton, kai ton hagiasmon, hou choris oudeis opsetai ton kurion, episkopountes me tis husteron apo tes charitos tou theou, me tis rhiza pikrias ano phuousa enochle kai ?di' autes? mianthosin ?polloi, me tis pornos e bebelos hos Esau, hos anti broseos mias apedeto ta prototokia ?heautou. iste gar hoti kai metepeita thelon kleronomesai ten eulogian apedokimasthe, metanoias gar topon ouch heuren, kaiper meta dakruon ekzetesas auten. Ou gar proseleluthate ?pselaphomeno kai kekaumeno puri kai gnopho kai ?zopho kai thuelle kai salpingos echo kai phone rhematon, hes hoi akousantes paretesanto ?me prostethenai autois logon· ouk epheron gar to diastellomenon· Kan therion thige tou orous, lithobolethesetai· kai, houto phoberon en to phantazomenon, Mouses eipen· Ekphobos eimi kai entromos. alla proseleluthate Sion orei kai polei theou zontos, Ierousalem epouranio, kai muriasin angelon, panegurei kai ekklesia prototokon ?apogegrammenon en ouranois?, kai krite theo panton, kai pneumasi dikaion teteleiomenon, kai diathekes neas mesite Iesou, kai haimati rhantismou kreitton lalounti para ton Habel. Blepete me paraitesesthe ton lalounta· ei gar ekeinoi ouk ?exephugon ?epi ges paraitesamenoi ton? chrematizonta, ?polu mallon hemeis hoi ton ap' ouranon apostrephomenoi· hou he phone ten gen esaleusen tote, nun de epengeltai legon· Eti hapax ego ?seiso ou monon ten gen alla kai ton ouranon. to de Eti hapax deloi ?ton saleuomenon? metathesin hos pepoiemenon, hina meine ta me saleuomena. dio basileian asaleuton paralambanontes echomen charin, di' hes ?latreuomen euarestos to theo meta ?eulabeias kai deous?, kai gar ho theos hemon pur katanaliskon. __________________________________________________________________ He philadelphia meneto. tes philoxenias me epilanthanesthe, dia tautes gar elathon tines xenisantes angelous. mimneskesthe ton desmion hos sundedemenoi, ton kakouchoumenon hos kai autoi ontes en somati. timios ho gamos en pasin kai he koite amiantos, pornous ?gar kai moichous krinei ho theos. aphilarguros ho tropos· arkoumenoi tois parousin· autos gar eireken· Ou me se ano oud' ou me se ?enkatalipo· hoste tharrountas hemas legein· Kurios emoi boethos, ?ou phobethesomai· ti poiesei moi anthropos; Mnemoneuete ton hegoumenon humon, hoitines elalesan humin ton logon tou theou, hon anatheorountes ten ekbasin tes anastrophes mimeisthe ten pistin. Iesous Christos echthes kai semeron ho autos, kai eis tous aionas. didachais poikilais kai xenais me parapheresthe· kalon gar chariti bebaiousthai ten kardian, ou bromasin, en hois ouk ophelethesan hoi ?peripatountes. echomen thusiasterion ex hou phagein ouk echousin exousian hoi te skene latreuontes. hon gar eispheretai zoon to haima peri hamartias eis ta hagia dia tou archiereos, touton ta somata katakaietai exo tes paremboles· dio kai Iesous, hina hagiase dia tou idiou haimatos ton laon, exo tes pules epathen. toinun exerchometha pros auton exo tes paremboles, ton oneidismon autou pherontes. ou gar echomen hode menousan polin, alla ten mellousan epizetoumen· di' autou ?oun anapheromen thusian aineseos dia pantos to theo, tout' estin karpon cheileon homologounton to onomati autou. tes de eupoiias kai koinonias me epilanthanesthe, toiautais gar thusiais euaresteitai ho theos. Peithesthe tois hegoumenois humon kai hupeikete, autoi gar agrupnousin huper ton psuchon humon hos logon apodosontes, hina meta charas touto poiosin kai me stenazontes, alusiteles gar humin touto. Proseuchesthe peri hemon, ?peithometha gar hoti kalen suneidesin echomen, en pasin kalos thelontes anastrephesthai. perissoteros de parakalo touto poiesai hina tachion apokatastatho humin. Ho de theos tes eirenes, ho anagagon ek nekron ton poimena ton probaton ton megan en haimati diathekes aioniou, ton kurion hemon Iesoun, katartisai humas en ?panti agatho eis to poiesai to thelema autou, poion en ?hemin to euareston enopion autou dia Iesou Christou, ho he doxa eis tous ?aionas· amen. Parakalo de humas, adelphoi, anechesthe tou logou tes parakleseos, kai gar dia bracheon epesteila humin. ginoskete ton adelphon ?hemon Timotheon apolelumenon, meth' hou ean tachion erchetai opsomai humas. aspasasthe pantas tous hegoumenous humon kai pantas tous hagious. aspazontai humas hoi apo tes Italias. he charis meta panton ?humon. __________________________________________________________________ IAKOBOU __________________________________________________________________ Iakobos theou kai kuriou Iesou Christou doulos tais dodeka phulais tais en te diaspora chairein. Pasan charan hegesasthe, adelphoi mou, hotan peirasmois peripesete poikilois, ginoskontes hoti to dokimion humon tes pisteos katergazetai hupomonen· he de hupomone ergon teleion echeto, hina ete teleioi kai holokleroi, en medeni leipomenoi. Ei de tis humon leipetai sophias, aiteito para tou didontos theou pasin haplos kai ?me oneidizontos, kai dothesetai auto· aiteito de en pistei, meden diakrinomenos, ho gar diakrinomenos eoiken kludoni thalasses anemizomeno kai rhipizomeno· me gar oiestho ho anthropos ekeinos hoti lempsetai ti para tou kuriou aner dipsuchos, akatastatos en pasais tais hodois autou. Kauchastho de ho adelphos ho tapeinos en to hupsei autou, ho de plousios en te tapeinosei autou, hoti hos anthos chortou pareleusetai. aneteilen gar ho helios sun to kausoni kai exeranen ton chorton, kai to anthos autou exepesen kai he euprepeia tou prosopou autou apoleto· houtos kai ho plousios en tais poreiais autou maranthesetai. Makarios aner hos hupomenei peirasmon, hoti dokimos genomenos lempsetai ton stephanon tes zoes, hon ?epengeilato tois agaposin auton. medeis peirazomenos legeto hoti Apo theou peirazomai· ho gar theos apeirastos estin kakon, peirazei de autos oudena. hekastos de peirazetai hupo tes idias epithumias exelkomenos kai deleazomenos· eita he epithumia sullabousa tiktei hamartian, he de hamartia apotelestheisa apokuei thanaton. me planasthe, adelphoi mou agapetoi. Pasa dosis agathe kai pan dorema teleion anothen estin, katabainon apo tou patros ton photon, par' ho ouk eni parallage e tropes aposkiasma. bouletheis apekuesen hemas logo aletheias, eis to einai hemas aparchen tina ton autou ktismaton. ?Iste, adelphoi mou agapetoi. esto ?de pas anthropos tachus eis to akousai, bradus eis to lalesai, bradus eis orgen, orge gar andros dikaiosunen theou ?ouk ergazetai?. dio apothemenoi pasan rhuparian kai perisseian kakias en prauteti dexasthe ton emphuton logon ton dunamenon sosai tas psuchas humon. Ginesthe de poietai logou kai me ?akroatai monon? paralogizomenoi heautous. hoti ei tis akroates logou estin kai ou poietes, houtos eoiken andri katanoounti to prosopon tes geneseos autou en esoptro, katenoesen gar heauton kai apeleluthen kai eutheos epelatheto hopoios en. ho de parakupsas eis nomon teleion ton tes eleutherias kai parameinas, ?ouk akroates epilesmones genomenos alla poietes ergou, houtos makarios en te poiesei autou estai. Ei tis dokei threskos ?einai me chalinagogon glossan ?autou alla apaton kardian ?autou, toutou mataios he threskeia. threskeia kathara kai amiantos para ?to theo kai patri haute estin, episkeptesthai orphanous kai cheras en te thlipsei auton, aspilon heauton terein apo tou kosmou. __________________________________________________________________ Adelphoi mou, me en prosopolempsiais echete ten pistin tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou tes doxes; ean gar eiselthe ?eis sunagogen humon aner chrusodaktulios en estheti lampra, eiselthe de kai ptochos en rhupara estheti, ?epiblepsete de? epi ton phorounta ten estheta ten lampran kai ?eipete· Su kathou hode kalos, kai to ptocho eipete· Su stethi ?e kathou ekei? hupo to hupopodion mou, ?ou diekrithete en heautois kai egenesthe kritai dialogismon poneron; akousate, adelphoi mou agapetoi. ouch ho theos exelexato tous ptochous ?to kosmo? plousious en pistei kai kleronomous tes basileias hes epengeilato tois agaposin auton; humeis de etimasate ton ptochon. ouch hoi plousioi katadunasteuousin humon, kai autoi helkousin humas eis kriteria; ouk autoi blasphemousin to kalon onoma to epiklethen eph' humas; Ei mentoi nomon teleite basilikon kata ten graphen Agapeseis ton plesion sou hos seauton, kalos poieite· ei de prosopolempteite, hamartian ergazesthe, elenchomenoi hupo tou nomou hos parabatai. hostis gar holon ton nomon ?terese, ptaise? de en heni, gegonen panton enochos. ho gar eipon Me ?moicheuses eipen kai Me ?phoneuses· ei de ou ?moicheueis phoneueis? de, gegonas parabates nomou. houtos laleite kai houtos poieite hos dia nomou eleutherias mellontes krinesthai. he gar krisis aneleos to me poiesanti eleos· katakauchatai ?eleos kriseos. ?Ti ophelos, adelphoi mou, ean pistin lege tis echein erga de me eche; me dunatai he pistis sosai auton; ?ean adelphos e adelphe gumnoi huparchosin kai ?leipomenoi tes ephemerou trophes, eipe de tis autois ex humon· Hupagete en eirene, thermainesthe kai chortazesthe, me dote de autois ta epitedeia tou somatos, ?ti ophelos; houtos kai he pistis, ean me ?eche erga?, nekra estin kath' heauten. All' erei tis· Su pistin echeis kago erga echo. deixon moi ten pistin sou ?choris ton ?ergon, kago ?soi deixo? ek ton ergon mou ten ?pistin. su pisteueis hoti ?heis estin ho theos?; kalos poieis· kai ta daimonia pisteuousin kai phrissousin. theleis de gnonai, o anthrope kene, hoti he pistis choris ton ergon ?arge estin; Abraam ho pater hemon ouk ex ergon edikaiothe, anenenkas Isaak ton huion autou epi to thusiasterion; blepeis hoti he pistis sunergei tois ergois autou kai ek ton ergon he pistis eteleiothe, kai eplerothe he graphe he legousa· Episteusen de Abraam to theo, kai elogisthe auto eis dikaiosunen, kai philos theou eklethe. ?horate hoti ex ergon dikaioutai anthropos kai ouk ek pisteos monon. homoios de kai Rhaab he porne ouk ex ergon edikaiothe, hupodexamene tous angelous kai hetera hodo ekbalousa; hosper ?gar to soma choris pneumatos nekron estin, houtos kai he pistis ?choris ergon nekra estin. __________________________________________________________________ Me polloi didaskaloi ginesthe, adelphoi mou, eidotes hoti meizon krima lempsometha· polla gar ptaiomen hapantes. ei tis en logo ou ptaiei, houtos teleios aner, dunatos chalinagogesai kai holon to soma. ?ei de? ton hippon tous chalinous eis ta stomata ballomen ?eis to peithesthai autous hemin, kai holon to soma auton metagomen. idou kai ta ploia, telikauta onta kai hupo ?anemon skleron? elaunomena, metagetai hupo elachistou pedaliou hopou ?he horme tou euthunontos bouletai?· houtos kai he glossa mikron melos estin kai ?megala auchei?. Idou ?helikon pur heliken hulen anaptei· kai he glossa pur, ho kosmos tes ?adikias he glossa kathistatai en tois melesin hemon, he spilousa holon to soma kai phlogizousa ton trochon tes geneseos kai phlogizomene hupo tes geennes. pasa gar phusis therion te kai peteinon herpeton te kai enalion damazetai kai dedamastai te phusei te anthropine· ten de glossan oudeis ?damasai dunatai anthropon?· ?akatastaton kakon, meste iou thanatephorou. en aute eulogoumen ton ?kurion kai patera, kai en aute katarometha tous anthropous tous kath' homoiosin theou gegonotas· ek tou autou stomatos exerchetai eulogia kai katara. ou chre, adelphoi mou, tauta houtos ginesthai. meti he pege ek tes autes opes bruei to gluku kai to pikron; me dunatai, adelphoi mou, suke elaias poiesai e ampelos suka; ?oute halukon? gluku poiesai hudor. Tis sophos kai epistemon en humin; deixato ek tes kales anastrophes ta erga autou en prauteti sophias. ei de zelon pikron echete kai eritheian en te kardia humon, me katakauchasthe kai pseudesthe kata tes aletheias. ouk estin haute he sophia anothen katerchomene, alla epigeios, psuchike, daimoniodes· hopou gar zelos kai eritheia, ekei akatastasia kai pan phaulon pragma. he de anothen sophia proton men hagne estin, epeita eirenike, epieikes, eupeithes, meste eleous kai karpon agathon, ?adiakritos, anupokritos· karpos ?de dikaiosunes en eirene speiretai tois poiousin eirenen. __________________________________________________________________ Pothen polemoi kai ?pothen machai en humin; ouk enteuthen, ek ton hedonon humon ton strateuomenon en tois melesin humon; epithumeite, kai ouk echete· phoneuete kai zeloute, kai ou dunasthe epituchein· machesthe kai polemeite. ouk echete dia to me aiteisthai humas· aiteite kai ou lambanete, dioti kakos aiteisthe, hina en tais hedonais humon dapanesete. ?moichalides, ouk oidate hoti he philia tou kosmou echthra tou theou estin; hos ?ean oun boulethe philos einai tou kosmou, echthros tou theou kathistatai. e dokeite hoti kenos he graphe legei· Pros phthonon epipothei to pneuma ho ?katokisen en hemin; meizona de didosin charin· dio legei· Ho theos huperephanois antitassetai tapeinois de didosin charin. hupotagete oun to theo· antistete de to diabolo, kai pheuxetai aph' humon· engisate to theo, kai ?engiei humin. katharisate cheiras, hamartoloi, kai hagnisate kardias, dipsuchoi. talaiporesate kai penthesate kai klausate· ho gelos humon eis penthos ?metatrapeto kai he chara eis katepheian· tapeinothete enopion ?kuriou, kai hupsosei humas. Me katalaleite allelon, adelphoi· ho katalalon adelphou ?e krinon ton adelphon autou katalalei nomou kai krinei nomon· ei de nomon krineis, ouk ei poietes nomou alla krites. heis ?estin nomothetes ?kai krites?, ho dunamenos sosai kai apolesai· su de tis ei, ?ho krinon? ton ?plesion; Age nun hoi legontes· Semeron ?e aurion ?poreusometha eis tende ten polin kai ?poiesomen ekei ?eniauton kai ?emporeusometha kai ?kerdesomen· hoitines ouk epistasthe ?to tes aurion ?poia he zoe humon· atmis gar ?este ?he pros oligon phainomene, ?epeita kai aphanizomene· anti tou legein humas· Ean ho kurios ?thelese, kai ?zesomen kai ?poiesomen touto e ekeino. nun de kauchasthe en tais alazoneiais humon· pasa kauchesis toiaute ponera estin. eidoti oun kalon poiein kai me poiounti, hamartia auto estin. __________________________________________________________________ Age nun hoi plousioi, klausate ololuzontes epi tais talaiporiais humon tais eperchomenais. ho ploutos humon sesepen, kai ta himatia humon setobrota gegonen, ho chrusos humon kai ho arguros katiotai, kai ho ios auton eis marturion humin estai kai phagetai tas sarkas humon· hos pur ethesaurisate en eschatais hemerais. idou ho misthos ton ergaton ton amesanton tas choras humon ho ?aphusteremenos aph' humon krazei, kai hai boai ton therisanton eis ta ota Kuriou Sabaoth ?eiseleluthasin· etruphesate epi tes ges kai espatalesate, ethrepsate tas kardias ?humon en hemera sphages. katedikasate, ephoneusate ton dikaion. ouk antitassetai humin; Makrothumesate oun, adelphoi, heos tes parousias tou kuriou. idou ho georgos ekdechetai ton timion karpon tes ges, makrothumon ep' ?auto heos ?labe proimon kai opsimon. makrothumesate kai humeis, sterixate tas kardias humon, hoti he parousia tou kuriou engiken. me stenazete, ?adelphoi, kat' allelon?, hina me krithete· idou ho krites pro ton thuron hesteken. hupodeigma labete, ?adelphoi, tes kakopathias kai tes makrothumias tous prophetas, ohi elalesan ?en to onomati kuriou. idou makarizomen tous ?hupomeinantas· ten hupomonen Iob ekousate, kai to telos kuriou ?eidete, hoti polusplanchnos estin ?ho kurios? kai oiktirmon. Pro panton de, adelphoi mou, me omnuete, mete ton ouranon mete ten gen mete allon tina horkon· eto de humon to Nai nai kai to Ou ou, hina me ?hupo krisin? pesete. Kakopathei tis en humin; proseuchestho· euthumei tis; psalleto. asthenei tis en humin; proskalesastho tous presbuterous tes ekklesias, kai proseuxasthosan ep' auton aleipsantes ?auton elaio en to onomati tou kuriou· kai he euche tes pisteos sosei ton kamnonta, kai egerei auton ho kurios· kan hamartias e pepoiekos, aphethesetai auto. exomologeisthe ?oun allelois ?tas hamartias? kai ?euchesthe huper allelon, hopos iathete. polu ischuei deesis dikaiou energoumene. Elias anthropos en homoiopathes hemin, kai proseuche proseuxato tou me brexai, kai ouk ebrexen epi tes ges eniautous treis kai menas hex· kai palin proseuxato, kai ho ouranos ?hueton edoken? kai he ge eblastesen ton karpon autes. Adelphoi ?mou, ean tis en humin planethe apo tes aletheias kai epistrepse tis auton, ?ginosketo hoti ho epistrepsas hamartolon ek planes hodou autou sosei psuchen ?autou ek thanatou kai kalupsei plethos hamartion. __________________________________________________________________ PETROU A __________________________________________________________________ Petros apostolos Iesou Christou eklektois parepidemois diasporas Pontou, Galatias, Kappadokias, Asias, kai Bithunias, kata prognosin theou patros, en hagiasmo pneumatos, eis hupakoen kai rhantismon haimatos Iesou Christou· charis humin kai eirene plethuntheie. Eulogetos ho theos kai pater tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou, ho kata to polu autou eleos anagennesas hemas eis elpida zosan di' anastaseos Iesou Christou ek nekron, eis kleronomian aphtharton kai amianton kai amaranton, teteremenen en ouranois eis humas tous en dunamei theou phrouroumenous dia pisteos eis soterian hetoimen apokaluphthenai en kairo eschato. en ho agalliasthe, oligon arti ei ?deon lupethentes en poikilois peirasmois, hina to dokimion humon tes pisteos ?polutimoteron chrusiou tou apollumenou dia puros de dokimazomenou heurethe eis epainon kai ?doxan kai timen? en apokalupsei Iesou Christou. hon ouk ?idontes agapate, eis hon arti me horontes pisteuontes de ?agalliasthe chara aneklaleto kai dedoxasmene, komizomenoi to telos tes pisteos ?humon soterian psuchon. Peri hes soterias exezetesan kai exeraunesan prophetai hoi peri tes eis humas charitos propheteusantes, eraunontes eis tina e poion kairon edelou to en autois pneuma Christou promarturomenon ta eis Christon pathemata kai tas meta tauta doxas· hois apekaluphthe hoti ouch heautois humin de diekonoun auta, ha nun anengele humin dia ton euangelisamenon ?humas pneumati hagio apostalenti ap' ouranou, eis ha epithumousin angeloi parakupsai. Dio anazosamenoi tas osphuas tes dianoias humon, nephontes teleios, elpisate epi ten pheromenen humin charin en apokalupsei Iesou Christou. hos tekna hupakoes, me suschematizomenoi tais proteron en te agnoia humon epithumiais, alla kata ton kalesanta humas hagion kai autoi hagioi en pase anastrophe genethete, dioti gegraptai ?hoti Hagioi ?esesthe, hoti ego ?hagios. Kai ei patera epikaleisthe ton aprosopolemptos krinonta kata to hekastou ergon, en phobo ton tes paroikias humon chronon anastraphete· eidotes hoti ou phthartois, argurio e chrusio, elutrothete ek tes mataias humon anastrophes patroparadotou, alla timio haimati hos amnou amomou kai aspilou Christou, proegnosmenou men pro kataboles kosmou, phanerothentos de ep' ?eschatou ton chronon di' humas tous di' autou ?pistous eis theon ton egeiranta auton ek nekron kai doxan auto donta, hoste ten pistin humon kai elpida einai eis theon. Tas psuchas humon hegnikotes en te hupakoe tes ?aletheias eis philadelphian anupokriton ?ek kardias allelous agapesate ektenos, anagegennemenoi ouk ek sporas phthartes alla aphthartou, dia logou zontos theou kai ?menontos· dioti pasa sarx hos chortos, kai pasa doxa ?autes hos anthos chortou· exeranthe ho chortos, kai to ?anthos exepesen· to de rhema kuriou menei eis ton aiona. touto de estin to rhema to euangelisthen eis humas. __________________________________________________________________ Apothemenoi oun pasan kakian kai panta dolon kai ?hupokriseis kai phthonous kai pasas katalalias, hos artigenneta brephe to logikon adolon gala epipothesate, hina en auto auxethete ?eis soterian?, ?ei egeusasthe hoti chrestos ho kurios. Pros hon proserchomenoi, lithon zonta, hupo anthropon men apodedokimasmenon para de theo eklekton entimon kai autoi hos lithoi zontes oikodomeisthe oikos pneumatikos ?eis hierateuma hagion, anenenkai pneumatikas thusias ?euprosdektous theo dia Iesou Christou· dioti periechei ?en graphe· Idou tithemi en Sion lithon ?akrogoniaion eklekton? entimon, kai ho pisteuon ep' auto ou me kataischunthe. humin oun he time tois pisteuousin· ?apistousin de ?lithos hon apedokimasan hoi oikodomountes houtos egenethe eis kephalen gonias kai lithos proskommatos kai petra skandalou· ohi proskoptousin to logo apeithountes· eis ho kai etethesan. Humeis de genos eklekton, basileion hierateuma, ethnos hagion, laos eis peripoiesin, hopos tas aretas exangeilete tou ek skotous humas kalesantos eis to thaumaston autou phos· hoi pote ou laos nun de laos theou, hoi ouk eleemenoi nun de eleethentes. Agapetoi, parakalo hos paroikous kai parepidemous apechesthai ton sarkikon epithumion, haitines strateuontai kata tes psuches· ten anastrophen humon ?en tois ethnesin echontes kalen?, hina, en ho katalalousin humon hos kakopoion, ek ton kalon ergon ?epopteuontes doxasosi ton theon en hemera episkopes. ?Hupotagete pase anthropine ktisei dia ton kurion· eite basilei hos huperechonti, eite hegemosin hos di' autou pempomenois eis ekdikesin kakopoion epainon de agathopoion (hoti houtos estin to thelema tou theou, agathopoiountas phimoun ten ton aphronon anthropon agnosian)· hos eleutheroi, kai me hos epikalumma echontes tes kakias ten eleutherian, all' hos ?theou douloi?. pantas timesate, ten adelphoteta ?agapate, ton theon phobeisthe, ton basilea timate. Hoi oiketai hupotassomenoi en panti phobo tois despotais, ou monon tois agathois kai epieikesin alla kai tois skoliois. touto gar charis ei dia suneidesin theou hupopherei tis lupas paschon adikos· poion gar kleos ei hamartanontes kai kolaphizomenoi hupomeneite; all' ei agathopoiountes kai paschontes hupomeneite, touto charis para theo. eis touto gar eklethete, hoti kai Christos epathen huper ?humon, humin hupolimpanon hupogrammon hina epakolouthesete tois ichnesin autou· hos hamartian ouk epoiesen oude heurethe dolos en to stomati autou· hos loidoroumenos ouk anteloidorei, paschon ouk epeilei, paredidou de to krinonti dikaios· hos tas hamartias hemon autos anenenken en to somati autou epi to xulon, hina tais hamartiais apogenomenoi te dikaiosune zesomen· hou to ?molopi iathete. ete gar hos probata ?planomenoi, alla epestraphete nun epi ton poimena kai episkopon ton psuchon humon. __________________________________________________________________ ?Homoios gunaikes hupotassomenai tois idiois andrasin, hina ?kai ei tines apeithousin to logo dia tes ton gunaikon anastrophes aneu logou kerdethesontai epopteusantes ten en phobo hagnen anastrophen humon. hon esto ouch ho exothen emplokes trichon kai peritheseos chrusion e enduseos himation kosmos, all' ho kruptos tes kardias anthropos en to aphtharto tou ?praeos kai hesuchiou? pneumatos, ho estin enopion tou theou poluteles. houtos gar pote kai hai hagiai gunaikes hai elpizousai ?eis theon ekosmoun heautas, hupotassomenai tois idiois andrasin, hos Sarra ?hupekousen to Abraam, kurion auton kalousa· hes egenethete tekna agathopoiousai kai me phoboumenai medemian ptoesin. Hoi andres homoios sunoikountes kata gnosin, hos asthenestero skeuei to gunaikeio aponemontes timen, hos kai ?sunkleronomois charitos zoes, eis to me enkoptesthai tas proseuchas humon. To de telos pantes homophrones, sumpatheis, philadelphoi, eusplanchnoi, ?tapeinophrones, me apodidontes kakon anti kakou e loidorian anti loidorias tounantion de ?eulogountes, hoti eis touto eklethete hina eulogian kleronomesete. ho gar thelon zoen agapan kai idein hemeras agathas pausato ten ?glossan apo kakou kai ?cheile tou me lalesai dolon, ekklinato ?de apo kakou kai poiesato agathon, zetesato eirenen kai dioxato auten· hoti ophthalmoi kuriou epi dikaious kai ota autou eis deesin auton, prosopon de kuriou epi poiountas kaka. Kai tis ho kakoson humas ean tou agathou ?zelotai genesthe; all' ei kai paschoite dia dikaiosunen, makarioi. ton de phobon auton me phobethete mede tarachthete, kurion de ton ?Christon hagiasate en tais kardiais humon, ?hetoimoi aei pros apologian panti to aitounti humas logon peri tes en humin elpidos, ?alla meta prautetos kai phobou, suneidesin echontes agathen, hina en ho ?katalaleisthe kataischunthosin hoi epereazontes humon ten agathen en Christo anastrophen. kreitton gar agathopoiountas, ei theloi to thelema tou theou, paschein e kakopoiountas. hoti kai Christos hapax peri hamartion ?epathen, dikaios huper adikon, hina ?humas prosagage to theo, thanatotheis men sarki zoopoietheis de pneumati· en ho kai tois en phulake pneumasin poreutheis ekeruxen, apeithesasin pote hote apexedecheto he tou theou makrothumia en hemerais Noe kataskeuazomenes kibotou eis hen ?oligoi, tout' estin okto psuchai, diesothesan di' hudatos. ho ?kai humas antitupon nun? sozei baptisma, ou sarkos apothesis rhupou alla suneideseos agathes eperotema eis theon, di' anastaseos Iesou Christou, hos estin en ?dexia theou poreutheis eis ouranon hupotagenton auto angelon kai exousion kai dunameon. __________________________________________________________________ Christou oun ?pathontos sarki kai humeis ten auten ennoian hoplisasthe, hoti ho ?pathon sarki pepautai ?hamartias, eis to meketi anthropon epithumiais alla thelemati theou ton epiloipon en sarki biosai chronon. arketos ?gar ho pareleluthos ?chronos to ?boulema ton ethnon ?kateirgasthai, peporeumenous en aselgeiais, epithumiais, oinophlugiais, komois, potois, kai athemitois eidololatriais. en ho xenizontai me suntrechonton humon eis ten auten tes asotias anachusin, blasphemountes· ohi apodosousin logon to hetoimos ?echonti krinai? zontas kai nekrous· eis touto gar kai nekrois euengelisthe hina krithosi men kata anthropous sarki zosi de kata theon pneumati. Panton de to telos engiken. sophronesate oun kai nepsate ?eis proseuchas· pro ?panton ten eis heautous agapen ektene echontes, hoti agape ?kaluptei plethos hamartion· philoxenoi eis allelous aneu ?gongusmou· hekastos kathos elaben charisma, eis heautous auto diakonountes hos kaloi oikonomoi poikiles charitos theou· ei tis lalei, hos logia theou· ei tis diakonei, hos ex ischuos ?hes choregei ho theos· hina en pasin doxazetai ho theos dia Iesou Christou, ho estin he doxa kai to kratos eis tous aionas ton aionon· amen. Agapetoi, me xenizesthe te en humin purosei pros peirasmon humin ginomene hos xenou humin sumbainontos, alla katho koinoneite tois tou Christou pathemasin chairete, hina kai en te apokalupsei tes doxes autou charete agalliomenoi. ei oneidizesthe en onomati Christou, makarioi, hoti to tes doxes kai to tou theou pneuma eph' humas ?anapauetai. me gar tis humon pascheto hos phoneus e kleptes e kakopoios e hos allotriepiskopos· ei de hos Christianos, me aischunestho, doxazeto de ton theon en to ?onomati touto. hoti ho kairos tou arxasthai to krima apo tou oikou tou theou· ei de proton aph' hemon, ti to telos ton apeithounton to tou theou euangelio; kai ei ho dikaios molis sozetai, ?ho asebes kai hamartolos pou phaneitai; hoste kai hoi paschontes kata to thelema tou ?theou pisto ktiste paratithesthosan tas psuchas ?auton en agathopoiia. __________________________________________________________________ Presbuterous ?oun en humin parakalo ho sumpresbuteros kai martus ton tou Christou pathematon, ho kai tes mellouses apokaluptesthai doxes koinonos, poimanate to en humin poimnion tou theou, ?episkopountes me anankastos alla hekousios ?kata theon?, mede aischrokerdos alla prothumos, med' hos katakurieuontes ton kleron alla tupoi ginomenoi tou poimniou· kai phanerothentos tou archipoimenos komieisthe ton amarantinon tes doxes stephanon. homoios, neoteroi, hupotagete presbuterois. pantes de ?allelois ten tapeinophrosunen enkombosasthe, hoti Ho theos huperephanois antitassetai tapeinois de didosin charin. Tapeinothete oun hupo ten krataian cheira tou theou, hina humas hupsose en kairo, pasan ten merimnan humon epiripsantes ep' auton, hoti auto melei peri humon. nepsate, gregoresate. ho antidikos humon diabolos hos leon oruomenos peripatei zeton ?tina ?katapiein· ho antistete stereoi te pistei, eidotes ta auta ton pathematon te en ?to kosmo humon adelphoteti epiteleisthai. ho de theos pases charitos, ho kalesas humas eis ten aionion autou doxan en ?Christo, oligon pathontas autos ?katartisei, sterixei, sthenosei, ?themeliosei. ?auto to kratos eis tous aionas ?ton aionon?· amen. Dia Silouanou humin tou pistou adelphou, hos logizomai, di' oligon egrapsa, parakalon kai epimarturon tauten einai alethe charin tou theou· eis hen ?stete. aspazetai humas he en Babuloni suneklekte kai Markos ho huios mou. aspasasthe allelous en philemati agapes. eirene humin pasin tois en ?Christo. __________________________________________________________________ PETROU B __________________________________________________________________ ?Sumeon Petros doulos kai apostolos Iesou Christou tois isotimon hemin lachousin pistin en dikaiosune tou theou hemon kai soteros Iesou Christou· charis humin kai eirene plethuntheie en epignosei tou theou kai Iesou tou kuriou hemon. Hos panta hemin tes theias dunameos autou ta pros zoen kai eusebeian dedoremenes dia tes epignoseos tou kalesantos hemas ?idia doxe kai arete?, di' hon ta ?timia kai megista hemin? epangelmata dedoretai, hina dia touton genesthe theias koinonoi phuseos, apophugontes tes en ?to kosmo en epithumia phthoras. kai auto touto de spouden pasan pareisenenkantes epichoregesate en te pistei humon ten areten, en de te arete ten gnosin, en de te gnosei ten enkrateian, en de te enkrateia ten hupomonen, en de te hupomone ten eusebeian, en de te eusebeia ten philadelphian, en de te philadelphia ten agapen· tauta gar humin huparchonta kai pleonazonta ouk argous oude akarpous kathistesin eis ten tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou epignosin· ho gar me parestin tauta, tuphlos estin muopazon, lethen labon tou katharismou ton palai autou ?hamartematon. dio mallon, adelphoi, spoudasate bebaian humon ten klesin kai eklogen poieisthai· tauta gar poiountes ou me ptaisete pote· houtos gar plousios epichoregethesetai humin he eisodos eis ten aionion basileian tou kuriou hemon kai soteros Iesou Christou. Dio ?melleso aei humas hupomimneskein peri touton, kaiper eidotas kai esterigmenous en te parouse aletheia. dikaion de hegoumai, eph' hoson eimi en touto to skenomati, diegeirein humas en hupomnesei, eidos hoti tachine estin he apothesis tou skenomatos mou, kathos kai ho kurios hemon Iesous Christos edelosen moi· spoudaso de kai hekastote echein humas meta ten emen exodon ten touton mnemen poieisthai. Ou gar sesophismenois muthois exakolouthesantes egnorisamen humin ten tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou dunamin kai parousian, all' epoptai genethentes tes ekeinou megaleiotetos. labon gar para theou patros timen kai doxan phones enechtheises auto toiasde hupo tes megaloprepous doxes· ?Ho huios mou ho agapetos mou houtos estin?, eis hon ego eudokesa-- kai tauten ten phonen hemeis ekousamen ex ouranou enechtheisan sun auto ontes en to ?hagio orei?. kai echomen bebaioteron ton prophetikon logon, ho kalos poieite prosechontes hos luchno phainonti en auchmero topo, heos hou hemera diaugase kai phosphoros anateile en tais kardiais humon· touto proton ginoskontes hoti pasa propheteia graphes idias epiluseos ou ginetai, ou gar thelemati anthropou enechthe ?propheteia pote?, alla hupo pneumatos hagiou pheromenoi elalesan ?apo theou anthropoi. __________________________________________________________________ Egenonto de kai pseudoprophetai en to lao, hos kai en humin esontai pseudodidaskaloi, hoitines pareisaxousin haireseis apoleias, kai ton agorasanta autous despoten arnoumenoi, epagontes heautois tachinen apoleian· kai polloi exakolouthesousin auton tais aselgeiais, di' ohus he hodos tes aletheias blasphemethesetai· kai en pleonexia plastois logois humas emporeusontai· hois to krima ekpalai ouk argei, kai he apoleia auton ou ?nustazei. Ei gar ho theos angelon hamartesanton ouk epheisato, alla ?seirais zophou tartarosas paredoken eis krisin teroumenous, kai archaiou kosmou ouk epheisato, alla ogdoon Noe dikaiosunes keruka ephulaxen, kataklusmon kosmo asebon epaxas, kai poleis Sodomon kai Gomorras tephrosas ?katastrophe katekrinen, hupodeigma mellonton ?asebesin tetheikos, kai dikaion Lot kataponoumenon hupo tes ton athesmon en aselgeia anastrophes errusato-- blemmati gar kai akoe ?ho dikaios enkatoikon en autois hemeran ex hemeras psuchen dikaian anomois ergois ebasanizen-- oiden kurios eusebeis ek peirasmou rhuesthai, adikous de eis hemeran kriseos kolazomenous terein, malista de tous opiso sarkos en epithumia miasmou poreuomenous kai kuriotetos kataphronountas. Tolmetai, authadeis, doxas ou tremousin, blasphemountes, hopou angeloi ischui kai dunamei meizones ontes ou pherousin kat' ?auton blasphemon krisin. houtoi de, hos aloga zoa ?gegennemena phusika? eis halosin kai phthoran, en hois agnoousin blasphemountes, en te phthora auton ?kai phtharesontai?, ?adikoumenoi misthon adikias· hedonen hegoumenoi ten en hemera truphen, spiloi kai momoi entruphontes en tais ?apatais auton suneuochoumenoi humin, ophthalmous echontes mestous moichalidos kai ?akatapaustous hamartias, deleazontes psuchas asteriktous, kardian gegumnasmenen pleonexias echontes, kataras tekna, ?katalipontes eutheian hodon eplanethesan, exakolouthesantes te hodo tou Balaam tou ?Bosor hos misthon adikias egapesen elenxin de eschen idias paranomias· hupozugion aphonon en anthropou phone phthenxamenon ekolusen ten tou prophetou paraphronian. Houtoi eisin pegai anudroi ?kai homichlai? hupo lailapos elaunomenai, hois ho zophos tou ?skotous teteretai. huperonka gar mataiotetos phthengomenoi deleazousin en epithumiais sarkos aselgeiais tous ?oligos ?apopheugontas tous en plane anastrephomenous, eleutherian autois epangellomenoi, autoi douloi huparchontes tes phthoras· ho gar tis hettetai, touto ?kai dedoulotai. ei gar apophugontes ta miasmata tou kosmou en epignosei tou ?kuriou kai soteros Iesou Christou toutois de palin emplakentes hettontai, gegonen autois ta eschata cheirona ton proton. kreitton gar en autois me epegnokenai ten hodon tes dikaiosunes e epignousin ?hupostrepsai ek tes paradotheises autois hagias entoles· ?sumbebeken autois to tes alethous paroimias· Kuon epistrepsas epi to idion exerama, kai· Hus lousamene eis ?kulismon borborou. __________________________________________________________________ Tauten ede, agapetoi, deuteran humin grapho epistolen, en hais diegeiro humon en hupomnesei ten eilikrine dianoian, mnesthenai ton proeiremenon rhematon hupo ton hagion propheton kai tes ton apostolon humon entoles tou kuriou kai soteros, touto proton ginoskontes hoti eleusontai ep' ?eschaton ton hemeron ?en empaigmone? empaiktai kata tas idias epithumias auton poreuomenoi kai legontes· Pou estin he epangelia tes parousias autou; aph' hes gar hoi pateres ekoimethesan, panta houtos diamenei ap' arches ktiseos. lanthanei gar autous touto thelontas hoti ouranoi esan ekpalai kai ge ex hudatos kai di' hudatos sunestosa to tou theou logo, di' hon ho tote kosmos hudati kataklustheis apoleto· hoi de nun ouranoi kai he ge to ?auto logo tethesaurismenoi eisin puri teroumenoi eis hemeran kriseos kai apoleias ton asebon anthropon. Hen de touto me lanthaneto humas, agapetoi, hoti mia hemera para kurio hos chilia ete kai chilia ete hos hemera mia. ou bradunei ?kurios tes epangelias, hos tines braduteta hegountai, alla makrothumei eis ?humas, me boulomenos tinas apolesthai alla pantas eis metanoian choresai. hexei de ?hemera kuriou hos ?kleptes, en he hoi ouranoi rhoizedon pareleusontai, stoicheia de kausoumena ?luthesetai, kai ge kai ta en aute erga ?heurethesetai. Touton ?houtos panton luomenon potapous dei huparchein humas en hagiais anastrophais kai eusebeiais, prosdokontas kai speudontas ten parousian tes tou theou hemeras, di' hen ouranoi puroumenoi luthesontai kai stoicheia kausoumena teketai· kainous de ouranous kai gen kainen kata to epangelma autou prosdokomen, en hois dikaiosune katoikei. Dio, agapetoi, tauta prosdokontes spoudasate aspiloi kai amometoi auto heurethenai en eirene, kai ten tou kuriou hemon makrothumian soterian hegeisthe, kathos kai ho agapetos hemon adelphos Paulos kata ten ?dotheisan auto? sophian egrapsen humin, hos kai en pasais ?tais epistolais lalon en autais peri touton, en ?hais estin dusnoeta tina, ha hoi amatheis kai asteriktoi streblousin hos kai tas loipas graphas pros ten idian auton apoleian. humeis oun, agapetoi, proginoskontes phulassesthe hina me te ton athesmon plane sunapachthentes ekpesete tou idiou sterigmou, auxanete de en chariti kai gnosei tou kuriou hemon kai soteros Iesou Christou. auto he doxa kai nun kai eis hemeran aionos. ?amen. __________________________________________________________________ IOANNOU A __________________________________________________________________ Ho en ap' arches, ho akekoamen, ho heorakamen tois ophthalmois hemon, ho etheasametha kai hai cheires hemon epselaphesan, peri tou logou tes zoes-- kai he zoe ephanerothe, kai heorakamen kai marturoumen kai apangellomen humin ten zoen ten aionion hetis en pros ton patera kai ephanerothe hemin-- ho heorakamen kai akekoamen apangellomen ?kai humin, hina kai humeis koinonian echete meth' hemon· kai he koinonia de he hemetera meta tou patros kai meta tou huiou autou Iesou Christou· kai tauta graphomen ?hemeis hina he chara hemon e pepleromene. Kai estin haute he angelia hen akekoamen ap' autou kai anangellomen humin, hoti ho theos phos estin kai skotia ?en auto ouk estin? oudemia. ean eipomen hoti koinonian echomen met' autou kai en to skotei peripatomen, pseudometha kai ou poioumen ten aletheian· ean de en to photi peripatomen hos autos estin en to photi, koinonian echomen met' allelon kai to haima ?Iesou tou huiou autou katharizei hemas apo pases hamartias. ean eipomen hoti hamartian ouk echomen, heautous planomen kai he aletheia ?ouk estin en hemin?. ean homologomen tas hamartias hemon, pistos estin kai dikaios hina aphe hemin tas hamartias kai katharise hemas apo pases adikias. ean eipomen hoti ouch hemartekamen, pseusten poioumen auton kai ho logos autou ouk estin en hemin. __________________________________________________________________ Teknia mou, tauta grapho humin hina me hamartete. kai ean tis hamarte, parakleton echomen pros ton patera Iesoun Christon dikaion, kai autos hilasmos estin peri ton hamartion hemon, ou peri ton hemeteron de monon alla kai peri holou tou kosmou. Kai en touto ginoskomen hoti egnokamen auton, ean tas entolas autou teromen. ho legon ?hoti Egnoka auton kai tas entolas autou me teron pseustes estin, kai en touto he aletheia ouk estin· hos d' an tere autou ton logon, alethos en touto he agape tou theou teteleiotai. en touto ginoskomen hoti en auto esmen· ho legon en auto menein opheilei kathos ekeinos periepatesen kai ?autos peripatein. ?Agapetoi, ouk entolen kainen grapho humin, all' entolen palaian hen eichete ap' arches· he entole he palaia estin ho logos hon ?ekousate. palin entolen kainen grapho humin, ho estin alethes en auto kai en humin, hoti he skotia paragetai kai to phos to alethinon ede phainei. ho legon en to photi einai kai ton adelphon autou mison en te skotia estin heos arti. ho agapon ton adelphon autou en to photi menei, kai skandalon en auto ouk estin· ho de mison ton adelphon autou en te skotia estin kai en te skotia peripatei, kai ouk oiden pou hupagei, hoti he skotia etuphlosen tous ophthalmous autou. Grapho humin, teknia, hoti apheontai humin hai hamartiai dia to onoma autou· grapho humin, pateres, hoti egnokate ton ap' arches· grapho humin, neaniskoi, hoti nenikekate ton poneron. ?egrapsa humin, paidia, hoti egnokate ton patera· egrapsa humin, pateres, hoti egnokate ton ap' arches· egrapsa humin, neaniskoi, hoti ischuroi este kai ho logos tou theou en humin menei kai nenikekate ton poneron. Me agapate ton kosmon mede ta en to kosmo. ean tis agapa ton kosmon, ouk estin he agape tou patros en auto· hoti pan to en to kosmo, he epithumia tes sarkos kai he epithumia ton ophthalmon kai he alazoneia tou biou, ouk estin ek tou patros, alla ek tou kosmou estin· kai ho kosmos paragetai kai he epithumia autou, ho de poion to thelema tou theou menei eis ton aiona. Paidia, eschate hora estin, kai kathos ekousate ?hoti antichristos erchetai, kai nun antichristoi polloi gegonasin· hothen ginoskomen hoti eschate hora estin. ex hemon exelthan, all' ouk esan ex hemon· ei gar ?ex hemon esan?, memenekeisan an meth' hemon· all' hina phanerothosin hoti ouk eisin pantes ex hemon. kai humeis chrisma echete apo tou hagiou ?kai oidate ?pantes· ouk egrapsa humin hoti ouk oidate ten aletheian, all' hoti oidate auten, kai hoti pan pseudos ek tes aletheias ouk estin. tis estin ho pseustes ei me ho arnoumenos hoti Iesous ouk estin ho christos; houtos estin ho antichristos, ho arnoumenos ton patera kai ton huion. pas ho arnoumenos ton huion oude ton patera echei· ?ho homologon ton huion kai ton patera echei?. ?humeis ho ekousate ap' arches, en humin meneto· ean en humin meine ho ap' arches ekousate, kai humeis en to huio kai en to patri meneite. kai haute estin he epangelia hen autos epengeilato hemin, ten zoen ten aionion. Tauta egrapsa humin peri ton planonton humas. kai humeis to chrisma ho elabete ap' autou ?menei en humin?, kai ou chreian echete hina tis didaske humas· all' hos to ?autou chrisma didaskei humas peri panton, kai alethes estin kai ouk estin pseudos, kai kathos edidaxen humas, ?menete en auto. Kai nun, teknia, menete en auto, hina ?ean phanerothe ?schomen parresian kai me aischunthomen ap' autou en te parousia autou. ean eidete hoti dikaios estin, ginoskete ?hoti pas ho poion ten dikaiosunen ex autou gegennetai. __________________________________________________________________ idete potapen agapen dedoken hemin ho pater hina tekna theou klethomen, ?kai esmen?. dia touto ho kosmos ou ginoskei ?hemas hoti ouk egno auton. agapetoi, nun tekna theou esmen, kai oupo ephanerothe ti esometha. ?oidamen hoti ean phanerothe homoioi auto esometha, hoti opsometha auton kathos estin. kai pas ho echon ten elpida tauten ep' auto hagnizei heauton kathos ekeinos hagnos estin. Pas ho poion ten hamartian kai ten anomian poiei, kai he hamartia estin he anomia. kai oidate hoti ekeinos ephanerothe hina tas ?hamartias are, kai hamartia en auto ouk estin. pas ho en auto menon ouch hamartanei· pas ho hamartanon ouch heoraken auton oude egnoken auton. teknia, medeis planato humas· ho poion ten dikaiosunen dikaios estin, kathos ekeinos dikaios estin· ho poion ten hamartian ek tou diabolou estin, hoti ap' arches ho diabolos hamartanei. eis touto ephanerothe ho huios tou theou hina luse ta erga tou diabolou. pas ho gegennemenos ek tou theou hamartian ou poiei, hoti sperma autou en auto menei, kai ou dunatai hamartanein, hoti ek tou theou gegennetai. en touto phanera estin ta tekna tou theou kai ta tekna tou diabolou· pas ho me poion dikaiosunen ouk estin ek tou theou, kai ho me agapon ton adelphon autou. Hoti haute estin he angelia hen ekousate ap' arches, hina agapomen allelous· ou kathos Kain ek tou ponerou en kai esphaxen ton adelphon autou· kai charin tinos esphaxen auton; hoti ta erga autou ponera en, ta de tou adelphou autou dikaia. ?me thaumazete, ?adelphoi, ei misei humas ho kosmos. hemeis oidamen hoti metabebekamen ek tou thanatou eis ten zoen, hoti agapomen tous adelphous· ho me ?agapon menei en to thanato. pas ho mison ton adelphon autou anthropoktonos estin, kai oidate hoti pas anthropoktonos ouk echei zoen aionion en ?auto menousan. en touto egnokamen ten agapen, hoti ekeinos huper hemon ten psuchen autou etheken· kai hemeis opheilomen huper ton adelphon tas psuchas ?theinai. hos d' an eche ton bion tou kosmou kai theore ton adelphon autou chreian echonta kai kleise ta splanchna autou ap' autou, pos he agape tou theou menei en auto; ?Teknia, me agapomen logo mede te glosse alla en ergo kai aletheia. ?en touto ?gnosometha hoti ek tes aletheias esmen, kai emprosthen autou peisomen ?ten kardian? hemon hoti ean kataginoske hemon he kardia, hoti meizon estin ho theos tes kardias hemon kai ginoskei panta. agapetoi, ean he kardia ?me kataginoske hemon?, parresian echomen pros ton theon, kai ho ?ean aitomen lambanomen ?ap' autou, hoti tas entolas autou teroumen kai ta aresta enopion autou poioumen. kai haute estin he entole autou, hina ?pisteusomen to onomati tou huiou autou Iesou Christou kai agapomen allelous, kathos edoken entolen ?hemin. kai ho teron tas entolas autou en auto menei kai autos en auto· kai en touto ginoskomen hoti menei en hemin, ek tou pneumatos hou hemin edoken. __________________________________________________________________ Agapetoi, me panti pneumati pisteuete, alla dokimazete ta pneumata ei ek tou theou estin, hoti polloi pseudoprophetai exeleluthasin eis ton kosmon. en touto ?ginoskete to pneuma tou theou· pan pneuma ho homologei Iesoun Christon en sarki eleluthota ek tou theou estin, kai pan pneuma ho me homologei ?ton ?Iesoun ek tou theou ouk estin· kai touto estin to tou antichristou, ho akekoate hoti erchetai, kai nun en to kosmo estin ede. humeis ek tou theou este, teknia, kai nenikekate autous, hoti meizon estin ho en humin e ho en to kosmo· autoi ek tou kosmou eisin· dia touto ek tou kosmou lalousin kai ho kosmos auton akouei. hemeis ek tou theou esmen· ho ginoskon ton theon akouei hemon, hos ouk estin ek tou theou ouk akouei hemon. ek toutou ginoskomen to pneuma tes aletheias kai to pneuma tes planes. Agapetoi, agapomen allelous, hoti he agape ek tou theou estin, kai pas ho agapon ek tou theou gegennetai kai ginoskei ton theon. ho me agapon ouk egno ton theon, hoti ho theos agape estin. en touto ephanerothe he agape tou theou en hemin, hoti ton huion autou ton monogene apestalken ho theos eis ton kosmon hina zesomen di' autou. en touto estin he agape, ouch hoti hemeis ?egapekamen ton theon, all' hoti autos egapesen hemas kai apesteilen ton huion autou hilasmon peri ton hamartion hemon. agapetoi, ei houtos ho theos egapesen hemas, kai hemeis opheilomen allelous agapan. theon oudeis popote tetheatai· ean agapomen allelous, ho theos en hemin menei kai he agape autou ?en hemin teteleiomene estin?. En touto ginoskomen hoti en auto menomen kai autos en hemin, hoti ek tou pneumatos autou dedoken hemin. kai hemeis tetheametha kai marturoumen hoti ho pater apestalken ton huion sotera tou kosmou. hos ?ean homologese hoti ?Iesous estin ho huios tou theou, ho theos en auto menei kai autos en to theo. kai hemeis egnokamen kai pepisteukamen ten agapen hen echei ho theos en hemin. Ho theos agape estin, kai ho menon en te agape en to theo menei kai ho theos en auto ?menei. en touto teteleiotai he agape meth' hemon, hina parresian echomen en te hemera tes kriseos, hoti kathos ekeinos estin kai hemeis esmen en to kosmo touto. phobos ouk estin en te agape, all' he teleia agape exo ballei ton phobon, hoti ho phobos kolasin echei, ho de phoboumenos ou teteleiotai en te agape. hemeis ?agapomen, hoti autos protos egapesen hemas. ean tis eipe hoti Agapo ton theon, kai ton adelphon autou mise, pseustes estin· ho gar me agapon ton adelphon autou hon heoraken, ton theon hon ouch heoraken ?ou dunatai agapan. kai tauten ten entolen echomen ap' autou, hina ho agapon ton theon agapa kai ton adelphon autou. __________________________________________________________________ Pas ho pisteuon hoti Iesous estin ho christos ek tou theou gegennetai, kai pas ho agapon ton gennesanta agapa ?kai ton gegennemenon ex autou. en touto ginoskomen hoti agapomen ta tekna tou theou, hotan ton theon agapomen kai tas entolas autou ?poiomen· haute gar estin he agape tou theou hina tas entolas autou teromen, kai hai entolai autou bareiai ouk eisin, hoti pan to gegennemenon ek tou theou nika ton kosmon. kai haute estin he nike he nikesasa ton kosmon, he pistis hemon· tis ?de estin? ho nikon ton kosmon ei me ho pisteuon hoti Iesous estin ho huios tou theou; Houtos estin ho elthon di' hudatos kai haimatos, Iesous Christos· ouk en to hudati monon all' en to hudati kai ?en to haimati· kai to pneuma estin to marturoun, hoti to pneuma estin he aletheia. hoti treis eisin hoi marturountes, to pneuma kai to hudor kai to haima, kai hoi treis eis to hen eisin. ei ten marturian ton anthropon lambanomen, he marturia tou theou meizon estin, hoti haute estin he marturia tou theou ?hoti memartureken peri tou huiou autou. ho pisteuon eis ton huion tou theou echei ten marturian en ?hauto· ho me pisteuon to theo pseusten pepoieken auton, hoti ou pepisteuken eis ten marturian hen memartureken ho theos peri tou huiou autou. kai haute estin he marturia, hoti zoen aionion edoken ?ho theos hemin?, kai haute he zoe en to huio autou estin. ho echon ton huion echei ten zoen· ho me echon ton huion tou theou ten zoen ouk echei. Tauta egrapsa ?humin hina eidete hoti zoen ?echete aionion?, ?tois pisteuousin? eis to onoma tou huiou tou theou. kai haute estin he parresia hen echomen pros auton, hoti ean ti aitometha kata to thelema autou akouei hemon. kai ean oidamen hoti akouei hemon ho ?ean aitometha, oidamen hoti echomen ta aitemata ha etekamen ?ap' autou. ean tis ide ton adelphon autou hamartanonta hamartian me pros thanaton, aitesei, kai dosei auto zoen, tois hamartanousin me pros thanaton. estin hamartia pros thanaton· ou peri ekeines lego hina erotese. pasa adikia hamartia estin, kai estin hamartia ou pros thanaton. Oidamen hoti pas ho gegennemenos ek tou theou ouch hamartanei, all' ho gennetheis ek tou theou terei ?auton, kai ho poneros ouch haptetai autou. oidamen hoti ek tou theou esmen, kai ho kosmos holos en to ponero keitai. oidamen de hoti ho huios tou theou hekei, kai dedoken hemin dianoian hina ?ginoskomen ton alethinon· kai esmen en to alethino, en to huio autou Iesou Christo. houtos estin ho alethinos theos kai zoe aionios. Teknia, phulaxate heauta apo ton ?eidolon. __________________________________________________________________ IOANNOU B __________________________________________________________________ Ho presbuteros eklekte kuria kai tois teknois autes, ohus ego agapo en aletheia, kai ouk ego monos alla kai pantes hoi egnokotes ten aletheian, dia ten aletheian ten menousan en hemin, kai meth' hemon estai eis ton aiona· estai meth' hemon charis eleos eirene para theou patros, kai ?para Iesou Christou tou huiou tou patros, en aletheia kai agape. Echaren lian hoti heureka ek ton teknon sou peripatountas en aletheia, kathos entolen elabomen para tou patros. kai nun eroto se, kuria, ouch hos entolen ?kainen graphon soi? alla hen eichomen ap' arches, hina agapomen allelous. kai haute estin he agape, hina peripatomen kata tas entolas autou· haute ?he entole estin?, kathos ekousate ap' arches, hina en aute peripatete. hoti polloi planoi ?exelthon eis ton kosmon, hoi me homologountes Iesoun Christon erchomenon en sarki· houtos estin ho planos kai ho antichristos. blepete heautous, hina me ?apolesete ha ?eirgasametha, alla misthon plere ?apolabete. pas ho ?proagon kai me menon en te didache tou Christou theon ouk echei· ho menon en te ?didache, houtos kai ton patera kai ton huion echei. ei tis erchetai pros humas kai tauten ten didachen ou pherei, me lambanete auton eis oikian kai chairein auto me legete· ho ?legon gar? auto chairein koinonei tois ergois autou tois ponerois. Polla echon humin graphein ouk eboulethen dia chartou kai melanos, alla elpizo ?genesthai pros humas kai stoma pros stoma lalesai, hina he chara ?humon ?pepleromene e?. Aspazetai se ta tekna tes adelphes sou tes ?eklektes. __________________________________________________________________ IOANNOU G __________________________________________________________________ Ho presbuteros Gaio to agapeto, hon ego agapo en aletheia. Agapete, peri panton euchomai se euodousthai kai hugiainein, kathos euodoutai sou he psuche. echaren gar lian erchomenon adelphon kai marturounton sou te aletheia, kathos su en aletheia peripateis. meizoteran touton ouk echo ?charan, hina akouo ta ema tekna en ?te aletheia peripatounta. Agapete, piston poieis ho ean ergase eis tous adelphous kai ?touto xenous, ohi emarturesan sou te agape enopion ekklesias, ohus kalos poieseis propempsas axios tou theou· huper gar tou onomatos exelthon meden lambanontes apo ton ?ethnikon. hemeis oun opheilomen ?hupolambanein tous toioutous, hina sunergoi ginometha te aletheia. Egrapsa ?ti te ekklesia· all' ho philoproteuon auton Diotrephes ouk epidechetai hemas. dia touto, ean eltho, hupomneso autou ta erga ha poiei, logois ponerois phluaron hemas, kai me arkoumenos epi toutois oute autos epidechetai tous adelphous kai tous boulomenous koluei kai ek tes ekklesias ekballei. Agapete, me mimou to kakon alla to agathon. ho agathopoion ek tou theou estin· ho kakopoion ouch heoraken ton theon. Demetrio memarturetai hupo panton kai hupo autes tes aletheias· kai hemeis de marturoumen, kai ?oidas hoti he marturia hemon alethes estin. Polla eichon ?grapsai soi?, all' ou thelo dia melanos kai kalamou soi ?graphein· elpizo de eutheos ?se idein?, kai stoma pros stoma lalesomen. Eirene soi. aspazontai se hoi philoi. aspazou tous philous kat' onoma. __________________________________________________________________ IOUDA __________________________________________________________________ Ioudas Iesou Christou doulos, adelphos de Iakobou, tois en theo patri ?egapemenois kai Iesou Christo teteremenois kletois· eleos humin kai eirene kai agape plethuntheie. Agapetoi, pasan spouden poioumenos graphein humin peri tes koines ?hemon soterias ananken eschon grapsai humin parakalon epagonizesthai te hapax paradotheise tois hagiois pistei. pareisedusan gar tines anthropoi, hoi palai progegrammenoi eis touto to krima, asebeis, ten tou theou hemon charita metatithentes eis aselgeian kai ton monon ?despoten kai kurion hemon Iesoun Christon arnoumenoi. Hupomnesai de humas boulomai, eidotas ?humas hapax? ?panta, hoti ?Iesous laon ek ges Aiguptou sosas to deuteron tous me pisteusantas apolesen, angelous te tous me teresantas ten heauton archen alla apolipontas to idion oiketerion eis krisin megales hemeras desmois aidiois hupo zophon tetereken· hos Sodoma kai Gomorra kai hai peri autas poleis, ton homoion ?tropon toutois? ekporneusasai kai apelthousai opiso sarkos heteras, prokeintai deigma puros aioniou diken hupechousai. Homoios mentoi kai houtoi enupniazomenoi sarka men miainousin, kurioteta de athetousin, doxas de blasphemousin. ho de Michael ho archangelos, hote to diabolo diakrinomenos dielegeto peri tou Mouseos somatos, ouk etolmesen krisin epenenkein blasphemias, alla eipen· Epitimesai soi kurios. houtoi de hosa men ouk oidasin blasphemousin, hosa de phusikos hos ta aloga zoa epistantai, en toutois phtheirontai. ouai autois, hoti te hodo tou Kain eporeuthesan, kai te plane tou Balaam misthou exechuthesan, kai te antilogia tou Kore apolonto. houtoi eisin ?hoi en tais agapais humon spilades suneuochoumenoi, aphobos heautous poimainontes, nephelai anudroi hupo anemon parapheromenai, dendra phthinoporina akarpa dis apothanonta ekrizothenta, kumata agria thalasses epaphrizonta tas heauton aischunas, asteres planetai hois ho zophos tou skotous eis aiona teteretai. Proepheteusen de kai toutois hebdomos apo Adam Henoch legon· Idou elthen kurios en hagiais muriasin autou, poiesai krisin kata panton kai elenxai ?pantas tous asebeis? peri panton ton ergon asebeias auton hon esebesan kai peri panton ton skleron hon elalesan kat' autou hamartoloi asebeis. houtoi eisin gongustai, mempsimoiroi, kata tas epithumias ?auton poreuomenoi, kai to stoma auton lalei huperonka, thaumazontes prosopa opheleias charin. Humeis de, agapetoi, mnesthete ton rhematon ton proeiremenon hupo ton apostolon tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou· hoti elegon ?humin· ?Ep' eschatou chronou? esontai empaiktai kata tas heauton epithumias poreuomenoi ton asebeion. houtoi eisin hoi apodiorizontes, psuchikoi, pneuma me echontes. humeis de, agapetoi, ?epoikodomountes heautous te hagiotate humon pistei?, en pneumati hagio proseuchomenoi, heautous en agape theou teresate prosdechomenoi to eleos tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou eis zoen aionion. kai ohus men ?eleate ?diakrinomenous, ohus de sozete ek puros harpazontes, ohus de eleate en phobo?, misountes kai ton apo tes sarkos espilomenon chitona. To de dunameno phulaxai ?humas aptaistous kai stesai katenopion tes doxes autou amomous en agalliasei ?mono theo soteri hemon ?dia Iesou Christou tou kuriou hemon? ?doxa megalosune kratos kai exousia ?pro pantos tou aionos? kai nun kai eis pantas tous aionas· amen. __________________________________________________________________ APOKALUPsIS IOANNOU __________________________________________________________________ Apokalupsis Iesou Christou, hen edoken auto ho theos deixai tois doulois autou, ha dei genesthai en tachei, kai esemanen aposteilas dia tou angelou autou to doulo autou Ioanne, hos emarturesen ton logon tou theou kai ten marturian Iesou Christou, hosa eiden. makarios ho anaginoskon kai hoi akouontes tous logous tes propheteias kai terountes ta en aute gegrammena, ho gar kairos engus. Ioannes tais hepta ekklesiais tais en te Asia· charis humin kai eirene ?apo ho on kai ho en kai ho erchomenos, kai apo ton hepta pneumaton ha enopion tou thronou autou, kai apo Iesou Christou, ho martus ho pistos, ho prototokos ton nekron kai ho archon ton basileon tes ges. To agaponti hemas kai ?lusanti hemas ?ek ton hamartion hemon en to haimati autou-- kai epoiesen hemas basileian, hiereis to theo kai patri autou-- auto he doxa kai to kratos eis tous aionas ?ton aionon?· amen. Idou erchetai meta ton nephelon, kai opsetai auton pas ophthalmos kai hoitines auton exekentesan, kai kopsontai ep' auton pasai hai phulai tes ges. nai, amen. Ego eimi to Alpha kai to O, legei kurios, ho theos, ho on kai ho en kai ho erchomenos, ho pantokrator. Ego Ioannes, ho adelphos humon kai ?sunkoinonos en te thlipsei kai basileia kai hupomone ?en Iesou, egenomen en te neso te kaloumene Patmo dia ton logon tou theou ?kai ten marturian ?Iesou. egenomen en pneumati en te kuriake hemera, kai ekousa ?opiso mou phonen? megalen hos salpingos legouses· Ho blepeis grapson eis biblion kai pempson tais hepta ekklesiais, eis Epheson kai eis Smurnan kai eis Pergamon kai eis Thuateira kai eis Sardeis kai eis Philadelpheian kai eis Laodikeian. ?Kai epestrepsa blepein ten phonen hetis elalei met' emou· kai epistrepsas eidon hepta luchnias chrusas, kai en meso ?ton luchnion homoion ?huion anthropou, endedumenon podere kai periezosmenon pros tois mastois zonen chrusan· he de kephale autou kai hai triches leukai hos erion leukon, hos chion, kai hoi ophthalmoi autou hos phlox puros, kai hoi podes autou homoioi chalkolibano, hos en kamino ?pepuromenes, kai he phone autou hos phone hudaton pollon, kai echon en te dexia ?cheiri autou? asteras hepta, kai ek tou stomatos autou rhomphaia distomos oxeia ekporeuomene, kai he opsis autou hos ho helios phainei en te dunamei autou. Kai hote eidon auton, epesa pros tous podas autou hos nekros· kai etheken ten dexian autou ep' eme legon· Me phobou· ego eimi ho protos kai ho eschatos, kai ho zon-- kai egenomen nekros kai idou zon eimi eis tous aionas ton ?aionon-- kai echo tas kleis tou thanatou kai tou hadou. grapson oun ha eides kai ha eisin kai ha mellei ?ginesthai meta tauta. to musterion ton hepta asteron ?ohus eides epi tes dexias mou, kai tas hepta luchnias tas chrusas· hoi hepta asteres angeloi ton hepta ekklesion eisin, kai hai luchniai hai hepta hepta ekklesiai eisin. __________________________________________________________________ To angelo ?tes en Epheso ekklesias grapson· Tade legei ho kraton tous hepta asteras en te dexia autou, ho peripaton en meso ton hepta luchnion ton chruson· Oida ta erga sou, kai ton ?kopon kai ten hupomonen sou, kai hoti ou dune bastasai kakous, kai epeirasas tous legontas heautous ?apostolous, kai ouk eisin, kai heures autous pseudeis· kai hupomonen echeis, kai ebastasas dia to onoma mou, kai ?ou kekopiakes?. alla echo kata sou hoti ten agapen sou ten proten aphekes. mnemoneue oun pothen ?peptokas, kai metanoeson kai ta prota erga poieson· ei de me, erchomai ?soi, kai kineso ten luchnian sou ek tou topou autes, ean me metanoeses. alla touto echeis hoti miseis ta erga ton Nikolaiton, ha kago miso. ho echon ous akousato ti to pneuma legei tais ekklesiais. to nikonti doso auto phagein ek tou xulou tes zoes, ho estin en to paradeiso tou ?theou. Kai to angelo ?tes en Smurne ekklesias grapson· Tade legei ho protos kai ho eschatos, hos egeneto nekros kai ezesen· Oida ?sou ten thlipsin kai ten ptocheian, alla plousios ei, kai ten blasphemian ek ton legonton Ioudaious einai heautous, kai ouk eisin, alla sunagoge tou Satana. ?meden phobou ha melleis ?paschein. ?idou mellei ?ballein ho diabolos ex humon eis phulaken hina peirasthete, kai ?hexete thlipsin hemeron deka. ginou pistos achri thanatou, kai doso soi ton stephanon tes zoes. ho echon ous akousato ti to pneuma legei tais ekklesiais. ho nikon ou me adikethe ek tou thanatou tou deuterou. Kai to angelo tes en Pergamo ekklesias grapson· Tade legei ho echon ten rhomphaian ten distomon ten oxeian· ?Oida pou katoikeis, hopou ho thronos tou Satana, kai krateis to onoma mou, kai ouk erneso ten pistin mou ?kai en tais ?hemerais Antipas, ho martus mou, ho pistos ?mou, hos apektanthe par' humin, hopou ho Satanas katoikei. alla echo kata sou oliga, hoti echeis ekei kratountas ten didachen Balaam, hos ?edidasken to? Balak balein skandalon enopion ton huion Israel, ?phagein eidolothuta kai porneusai· houtos echeis kai su kratountas ten ?didachen Nikolaiton homoios. metanoeson oun· ei de me, erchomai soi tachu, kai polemeso met' auton en te rhomphaia tou stomatos mou. ho echon ous akousato ti to pneuma legei tais ekklesiais. to nikonti doso ?auto tou manna tou kekrummenou, kai doso auto psephon leuken, kai epi ten psephon onoma kainon gegrammenon ho oudeis oiden ei me ho lambanon. Kai to angelo ?tes en Thuateirois ekklesias grapson· Tade legei ho huios tou theou, ho echon tous ophthalmous autou hos phloga puros, kai hoi podes autou homoioi chalkolibano· Oida sou ta erga, kai ten ?agapen kai ten pistin? kai ten diakonian kai ten hupomonen sou, kai ta erga sou ta eschata pleiona ton proton. alla echo kata sou hoti apheis ten ?gunaika Iezabel, he ?legousa heauten prophetin, kai didaskei kai plana tous emous doulous porneusai kai phagein eidolothuta. kai edoka aute chronon hina metanoese, kai ou thelei metanoesai ek tes porneias autes. idou ballo auten eis klinen, kai tous moicheuontas met' autes eis thlipsin megalen, ean me ?metanoesosin ek ton ergon autes· kai ta tekna autes apokteno en thanato· kai gnosontai pasai hai ekklesiai hoti ego eimi ho eraunon nephrous kai kardias, kai doso humin hekasto kata ta erga humon. humin de lego tois loipois tois en Thuateirois, hosoi ouk echousin ten didachen tauten, hoitines ouk egnosan ta bathea tou Satana, hos legousin, ou ballo eph' humas allo baros· plen ho echete kratesate achri hou an hexo. kai ho nikon kai ho teron achri telous ta erga mou, doso auto exousian epi ton ethnon, kai poimanei autous en rhabdo sidera hos ta skeue ta keramika ?suntribetai, hos kago eilepha para tou patros mou, kai doso auto ton astera ton proinon. ho echon ous akousato ti to pneuma legei tais ekklesiais. __________________________________________________________________ Kai to angelo tes en Sardesin ekklesias grapson· Tade legei ho echon ta hepta pneumata tou theou kai tous hepta asteras· Oida sou ta erga, hoti onoma echeis hoti zes, kai nekros ei. ginou gregoron, kai sterison ta loipa ha ?emellon apothanein?, ou gar heureka sou ?ta erga pepleromena enopion tou theou mou· mnemoneue oun pos eilephas kai ekousas kai terei, kai metanoeson· ean oun me gregoreses, ?hexo hos kleptes, kai ou me ?gnos poian horan hexo epi se· alla ?echeis oliga? onomata en Sardesin ha ouk emolunan ta himatia auton, kai peripatesousin met' emou en leukois, hoti axioi eisin. ho nikon ?houtos peribaleitai en himatiois leukois, kai ou me exaleipso to onoma autou ek tes biblou tes zoes, kai homologeso to onoma autou enopion tou patros mou kai enopion ton angelon autou. ho echon ous akousato ti to pneuma legei tais ekklesiais. Kai to angelo tes en Philadelpheia ekklesias grapson· Tade legei ho hagios, ho alethinos, ho echon ten klein ?Dauid, ho anoigon kai oudeis kleisei, ?kai kleion? kai oudeis ?anoigei· Oida sou ta erga-- idou dedoka enopion sou thuran eneogmenen, hen oudeis dunatai kleisai auten-- hoti mikran echeis dunamin, kai eteresas mou ton logon, kai ouk erneso to onoma mou. idou ?dido ek tes sunagoges tou Satana, ton legonton heautous Ioudaious einai, kai ouk eisin alla pseudontai-- idou poieso autous hina ?hexousin kai proskunesousin? enopion ton podon sou, kai gnosin hoti ?ego egapesa se. hoti eteresas ton logon tes hupomones mou, kago se tereso ek tes horas tou peirasmou tes mellouses erchesthai epi tes oikoumenes holes, peirasai tous katoikountas epi tes ges. erchomai tachu· kratei ho echeis, hina medeis labe ton stephanon sou. ho nikon poieso auton stulon en to nao tou theou mou, kai exo ou me exelthe eti, kai grapso ep' auton to onoma tou theou mou kai to onoma tes poleos tou theou mou, tes kaines Ierousalem, he ?katabainousa ek tou ouranou apo tou theou mou, kai to onoma mou to kainon. ho echon ous akousato ti to pneuma legei tais ekklesiais. Kai to angelo tes en Laodikeia ekklesias grapson· Tade legei ho Amen, ho martus ho pistos ?kai alethinos, he arche tes ktiseos tou theou· Oida sou ta erga, hoti oute psuchros ei oute zestos. ophelon psuchros es e zestos. houtos, hoti chliaros ei kai ?oute zestos oute psuchros, mello se emesai ek tou stomatos mou. hoti legeis ?hoti Plousios eimi kai peplouteka kai ?ouden chreian echo, kai ouk oidas hoti su ei ho talaiporos ?kai eleeinos kai ptochos kai tuphlos kai gumnos, sumbouleuo soi agorasai ?par' emou chrusion? pepuromenon ek puros hina plouteses, kai himatia leuka hina peribale kai me phanerothe he aischune tes gumnotetos sou, kai kollourion ?enchrisai tous ophthalmous sou hina blepes. ego hosous ean philo elencho kai paideuo· ?zeleue oun kai metanoeson. idou hesteka epi ten thuran kai krouo· ean tis akouse tes phones mou kai anoixe ten thuran, ?kai eiseleusomai pros auton kai deipneso met' autou kai autos met' emou. ho nikon doso auto kathisai met' emou en to throno mou, hos kago enikesa kai ekathisa meta tou patros mou en to throno autou. ho echon ous akousato ti to pneuma legei tais ekklesiais. __________________________________________________________________ Meta tauta eidon, kai idou thura eneogmene en to ourano, kai he phone he prote hen ekousa hos salpingos lalouses met' emou, legon· Anaba hode, kai deixo soi ha dei genesthai. meta tauta ?eutheos egenomen en pneumati· kai idou thronos ekeito en to ourano, kai epi ton thronon kathemenos, ?kai ho kathemenos? homoios horasei litho iaspidi kai sardio, kai iris kuklothen tou thronou ?homoios horasei smaragdino?. kai kuklothen tou thronou ?thronoi eikosi tessares, kai epi tous ?thronous eikosi tessaras presbuterous kathemenous peribeblemenous ?en himatiois leukois, kai epi tas kephalas auton stephanous chrusous. kai ek tou thronou ekporeuontai astrapai kai phonai kai brontai· kai hepta lampades puros kaiomenai enopion tou thronou, ?ha eisin ?ta hepta pneumata tou theou, kai enopion tou thronou hos thalassa hualine homoia krustallo. Kai en meso tou thronou kai kuklo tou thronou tessara zoa gemonta ophthalmon emprosthen kai opisthen· kai to zoon to proton homoion leonti, kai to deuteron zoon homoion moscho, kai to triton zoon ?echon ?to prosopon hos? anthropou, kai to tetarton zoon homoion aeto petomeno· kai ta tessara zoa, hen ?kath' hen? ?auton ?echon ana pterugas hex, kuklothen kai esothen gemousin ophthalmon· kai anapausin ouk echousin hemeras kai nuktos legontes· Hagios hagios hagios kurios, ho theos, ho pantokrator, ho en kai ho on kai ho erchomenos. kai hotan ?dosousin ta zoa doxan kai timen kai eucharistian to kathemeno epi ?to throno?, to zonti eis tous aionas ton aionon, pesountai hoi eikosi tessares presbuteroi enopion tou kathemenou epi tou thronou, kai proskunesousin to zonti eis tous aionas ton aionon, kai balousin tous stephanous auton enopion tou thronou, legontes· Axios ei, ho kurios kai ho theos ?hemon, labein ten doxan kai ten timen kai ten dunamin, hoti su ektisas ?ta panta, kai dia to thelema sou esan kai ektisthesan. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eidon epi ten dexian tou kathemenou epi tou thronou biblion gegrammenon esothen kai ?opisthen, katesphragismenon sphragisin hepta. kai eidon angelon ischuron kerussonta en phone megale· Tis ?axios anoixai to biblion kai lusai tas sphragidas autou; kai oudeis edunato en to ?ourano ?oude epi tes ges oude? hupokato tes ges anoixai to biblion oute blepein auto. kai ?ego eklaion polu hoti oudeis axios heurethe anoixai to biblion oute blepein auto· kai heis ek ton presbuteron legei moi· Me klaie· idou enikesen ho leon ho ek tes phules Iouda, he rhiza Dauid, ?anoixai to biblion kai tas hepta sphragidas autou. Kai eidon en meso tou thronou kai ton tessaron zoon kai en meso ton presbuteron arnion ?hestekos hos esphagmenon, ?echon kerata hepta kai ophthalmous hepta, ?hoi eisin ta hepta pneumata tou theou, ?apestalmenoi eis pasan ten gen. kai elthen kai eilephen ek tes dexias tou kathemenou epi tou thronou. kai hote elaben to biblion, ta tessara zoa kai hoi eikosi tessares presbuteroi epesan enopion tou arniou, echontes hekastos kitharan kai phialas chrusas gemousas thumiamaton, hai eisin ?hai proseuchai ton hagion· kai adousin oden kainen legontes· Axios ei labein to biblion kai anoixai tas sphragidas autou, hoti esphages kai egorasas to ?theo en to haimati sou ek pases phules kai glosses kai laou kai ethnous, kai epoiesas autous to theo hemon ?basileian kai hiereis, kai ?basileuousin epi tes ges. Kai eidon, kai ?ekousa phonen angelon pollon kuklo tou thronou kai ton zoon kai ton presbuteron, kai en ho arithmos auton muriades muriadon kai chiliades chiliadon, legontes phone megale· Axion estin to arnion to esphagmenon labein ten dunamin ?kai plouton kai sophian kai ischun kai timen kai doxan kai eulogian. kai pan ktisma ho en to ourano kai epi tes ges kai hupokato tes ges kai epi tes ?thalasses, kai ta en autois ?panta, ekousa legontas· To kathemeno epi ?to throno? kai to arnio he eulogia kai he time kai he doxa kai to kratos eis tous aionas ton ?aionon. kai ta tessara zoa ?elegon· Amen. kai hoi presbuteroi epesan kai prosekunesan. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eidon ?hote enoixen to arnion mian ek ton hepta sphragidon, kai ekousa henos ek ton tessaron zoon legontos hos phone brontes· ?Erchou. kai ?eidon, kai? idou hippos leukos, kai ho kathemenos ep' auton echon toxon, kai edothe auto stephanos, kai exelthen nikon kai hina nikese. Kai hote enoixen ten ?sphragida ten deuteran?, ekousa tou deuterou zoou legontos· Erchou. kai exelthen allos hippos purros, kai to kathemeno ep' auton edothe auto labein ten eirenen ek tes ges ?kai hina allelous ?sphaxousin, kai edothe auto machaira megale. Kai hote enoixe ten sphragida ten triten, ekousa tou tritou zoou legontos· Erchou. kai ?eidon, kai idou hippos melas, kai ho kathemenos ep' auton echon zugon en te cheiri autou. kai ekousa ?hos phonen en meso ton tessaron zoon legousan· Choinix sitou denariou, kai treis choinikes ?krithon denariou· kai to elaion kai ton oinon me adikeses. Kai hote enoixen ten sphragida ten tetarten, ekousa ?phonen tou tetartou zoou legontos· ?Erchou. kai ?eidon, kai? idou hippos chloros, kai ho kathemenos epano autou onoma auto ho Thanatos, kai ho hades ekolouthei ?met' autou?, kai edothe ?autois exousia epi to tetarton tes ges, apokteinai en rhomphaia kai en limo kai en thanato kai hupo ton therion tes ges. Kai hote enoixen ten pempten sphragida, eidon hupokato tou thusiasteriou tas psuchas ton esphagmenon dia ton logon tou theou kai dia ten ?marturian hen eichon. kai ekraxan phone megale legontes· Heos pote, ho despotes ho hagios kai alethinos, ou krineis kai ekdikeis to haima hemon ek ton katoikounton epi tes ges; kai edothe autois hekasto stole leuke, kai errethe autois hina ?anapausontai eti chronon ?mikron, heos ?plerothosin kai hoi sundouloi auton kai hoi adelphoi ?auton hoi mellontes ?apoktennesthai hos kai autoi. Kai eidon hote enoixen ten sphragida ten hekten, kai seismos megas egeneto, kai ho helios ?egeneto melas? hos sakkos trichinos, kai he selene hole egeneto hos haima, kai hoi asteres tou ouranou epesan eis ten gen, hos suke ?ballei tous olunthous autes hupo anemou megalou seiomene, kai ho ouranos apechoristhe hos biblion helissomenon, kai pan oros kai nesos ek ton topon auton ekinethesan. kai hoi basileis tes ges kai hoi megistanes kai hoi chiliarchoi kai hoi plousioi kai hoi ischuroi kai pas doulos kai eleutheros ekrupsan heautous eis ta spelaia kai eis tas petras ton oreon· kai legousin tois oresin kai tais petrais· Pesete eph' hemas kai krupsate hemas apo prosopou tou kathemenou epi tou thronou kai apo tes orges tou arniou, hoti elthen he hemera he megale tes orges ?auton, kai tis dunatai stathenai; __________________________________________________________________ ?Meta touto eidon tessaras angelous hestotas epi tas tessaras gonias tes ges, kratountas tous tessaras anemous tes ges, hina me pnee anemos epi tes ges mete epi tes thalasses mete epi ?pan dendron. kai eidon allon angelon anabainonta apo anatoles heliou, echonta sphragida theou zontos, kai ekraxen phone megale tois tessarsin angelois hois edothe autois adikesai ten gen kai ten thalassan, legon· Me adikesete ten gen mete ten thalassan mete ta dendra, ?achri sphragisomen tous doulous tou theou hemon epi ton metopon auton. Kai ekousa ton arithmon ton esphragismenon, ?hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliades, ?esphragismenoi ek pases phules huion Israel· ek phules Iouda dodeka chiliades ?esphragismenoi, ek phules Rhouben dodeka chiliades, ek phules Gad dodeka chiliades, ek phules Aser dodeka chiliades, ek phules Nephthalim dodeka chiliades, ek phules Manasse dodeka chiliades, ek phules Sumeon dodeka chiliades, ek phules Leui dodeka chiliades, ek phules Issachar dodeka chiliades, ek phules Zaboulon dodeka chiliades, ek phules Ioseph dodeka chiliades, ek phules Beniamin dodeka chiliades ?esphragismenoi. Meta tauta eidon, kai idou ochlos polus, hon arithmesai ?auton oudeis edunato, ek pantos ethnous kai phulon kai laon kai glosson, ?hestotes enopion tou thronou kai enopion tou arniou, peribeblemenous stolas leukas, kai ?phoinikes en tais chersin auton· kai krazousi phone megale legontes· He soteria to theo hemon to kathemeno epi to throno kai to arnio. kai pantes hoi angeloi heistekeisan kuklo tou thronou kai ton presbuteron kai ton tessaron zoon, kai epesan enopion tou thronou epi ta prosopa auton kai prosekunesan to theo, legontes· Amen· he eulogia kai he doxa kai he sophia kai he eucharistia kai he time kai he dunamis kai he ischus to theo hemon eis tous aionas ton aionon· amen. Kai apekrithe heis ek ton presbuteron legon moi· Houtoi hoi peribeblemenoi tas stolas tas leukas tines eisin kai pothen elthon; kai ?eireka auto· Kurie mou, su oidas. kai eipen moi· Houtoi eisin hoi erchomenoi ek tes thlipseos tes megales, kai eplunan tas stolas auton kai eleukanan ?autas en to haimati tou arniou. dia touto eisin enopion tou thronou tou theou, kai latreuousin auto hemeras kai nuktos en to nao autou, kai ho kathemenos epi ?tou thronou? skenosei ep' autous. ou peinasousin eti ?oude dipsesousin eti, oude me pese ep' autous ho helios oude pan kauma, hoti to arnion to ana meson tou thronou ?poimanei autous, kai ?hodegesei autous epi zoes pegas hudaton· kai exaleipsei ho theos pan dakruon ek ton ophthalmon auton. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ?hotan enoixen ten sphragida ten hebdomen, egeneto sige en to ourano hos hemiorion. kai eidon tous hepta angelous ohi enopion tou theou hestekasin, kai edothesan autois hepta salpinges. Kai allos angelos elthen kai estathe epi tou thusiasteriou echon libanoton chrusoun, kai edothe auto thumiamata polla hina ?dosei tais proseuchais ton hagion panton epi to thusiasterion to chrusoun to enopion tou thronou. kai anebe ho kapnos ton thumiamaton tais proseuchais ton hagion ek cheiros tou angelou enopion tou theou. kai eilephen ho angelos ton libanoton, kai egemisen auton ek tou puros tou thusiasteriou, kai ebalen eis ten gen· kai egenonto brontai kai phonai kai astrapai kai seismos. Kai hoi hepta angeloi hoi echontes tas hepta salpingas hetoimasan ?hautous hina salpisosin. Kai ho protos esalpisen· kai egeneto chalaza kai pur memigmena en haimati, kai eblethe eis ten gen· kai to triton tes ges katekae, kai to triton ton dendron katekae, kai pas chortos chloros katekae. Kai ho deuteros angelos esalpisen· kai hos oros mega ?puri kaiomenon eblethe eis ten thalassan· kai egeneto to triton tes thalasses haima, kai apethane to triton ?ton ktismaton ton en te thalasse, ta echonta psuchas, kai to triton ton ploion ?diephtharesan. Kai ho tritos angelos esalpisen· kai epesen ek tou ouranou aster megas kaiomenos hos lampas, kai epesen epi to triton ton potamon kai epi tas pegas ton hudaton. kai to onoma tou asteros legetai· ?ho Apsinthos. kai egeneto to triton ton hudaton eis apsinthon, kai polloi ton anthropon apethanon ek ton hudaton, hoti epikranthesan. Kai ho tetartos angelos esalpisen· kai eplege to triton tou heliou kai to triton tes selenes kai to triton ton asteron, hina skotisthe to triton auton kai ?he hemera me phane to triton autes?, kai he nux homoios. Kai eidon, kai ekousa henos aetou petomenou en mesouranemati legontos phone megale· Ouai ouai ouai ?tous katoikountas? epi tes ges ek ton loipon phonon tes salpingos ton trion angelon ton mellonton salpizein. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ho pemptos angelos esalpisen· kai eidon astera ek tou ouranou peptokota eis ten gen, kai edothe auto he kleis tou phreatos tes abussou· kai enoixen to phrear tes abussou, kai anebe kapnos ek tou phreatos hos kapnos kaminou ?megales, kai ?eskotothe ho helios kai ho aer ek tou kapnou tou phreatos. kai ek tou kapnou exelthon akrides eis ten gen, kai edothe autais exousia hos echousin exousian hoi skorpioi tes ges. kai errethe autais hina me ?adikesousin ton chorton tes ges oude pan chloron oude pan dendron, ei me tous anthropous hoitines ouk echousi ten sphragida tou theou epi ton ?metopon. kai edothe ?autois hina me apokteinosin autous, all' hina ?basanisthesontai menas pente· kai ho basanismos auton hos basanismos skorpiou, hotan paise anthropon. kai en tais hemerais ekeinais zetesousin hoi anthropoi ton thanaton kai ou me heuresousin auton, kai epithumesousin apothanein kai ?pheugei ?ho thanatos ap' auton?. Kai ta homoiomata ton akridon homoia hippois hetoimasmenois eis polemon, kai epi tas kephalas auton hos stephanoi ?homoioi chruso?, kai ta prosopa auton hos prosopa anthropon, kai eichon trichas hos trichas gunaikon, kai hoi odontes auton hos leonton esan, kai eichon thorakas hos thorakas siderous, kai he phone ton pterugon auton hos phone harmaton hippon pollon trechonton eis polemon· kai echousin ouras homoias skorpiois kai kentra, kai en tais ourais auton ?he exousia auton? adikesai tous anthropous menas pente. ?echousin ep' auton basilea ton? angelon tes abussou· onoma auto Hebraisti Abaddon ?kai en? te Hellenike onoma echei Apolluon. He ouai he mia apelthen· idou erchetai eti duo ouai meta tauta. Kai ho hektos angelos esalpisen· kai ekousa phonen mian ek ?ton keraton tou thusiasteriou tou chrusou tou enopion tou theou, ?legonta to hekto angelo, ho echon ten salpinga· Luson tous tessaras angelous tous dedemenous epi to potamo to megalo Euphrate. kai eluthesan hoi tessares angeloi hoi hetoimasmenoi eis ten horan ?kai hemeran kai mena kai eniauton, hina apokteinosin to triton ton anthropon. kai ho arithmos ton strateumaton tou ?hippikou ?dismuriades muriadon· ekousa ton arithmon auton. kai houtos eidon tous hippous en te horasei kai tous kathemenous ep' auton, echontas thorakas purinous kai huakinthinous kai theiodeis· kai hai kephalai ton hippon hos kephalai leonton, kai ek ton stomaton auton ekporeuetai pur kai kapnos kai theion. apo ton trion plegon touton apektanthesan to triton ton anthropon, ?ek tou puros kai tou kapnou kai tou theiou tou ekporeuomenou ek ton stomaton auton. he gar exousia ton hippon en to stomati auton estin kai en tais ourais auton· hai gar ourai auton homoiai ?ophesin, echousai kephalas, kai en autais adikousin. Kai hoi loipoi ton anthropon, ohi ouk apektanthesan en tais plegais tautais, ?oude metenoesan ek ton ergon ton cheiron auton, hina me ?proskunesousin ta daimonia kai ta eidola ta chrusa kai ta argura kai ta chalka kai ta lithina kai ta xulina, ha oute blepein ?dunantai oute akouein oute peripatein, kai ou metenoesan ek ton phonon auton oute ek ton ?pharmakon auton oute ek tes porneias auton oute ek ton klemmaton auton. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eidon ?allon angelon ischuron katabainonta ek tou ouranou, peribeblemenon nephelen, kai he iris epi ?ten kephalen? autou, kai to prosopon autou hos ho helios, kai hoi podes autou hos stuloi puros, kai echon en te cheiri autou ?biblaridion eneogmenon. kai etheken ton poda autou ton dexion epi tes thalasses, ton de euonumon epi tes ges, kai ekraxen phone megale hosper leon mukatai. kai hote ekraxen, elalesan hai hepta brontai tas heauton phonas. kai hote elalesan hai hepta brontai, emellon graphein· kai ekousa phonen ek tou ouranou legousan· Sphragison ha elalesan hai hepta brontai, kai me auta grapses. kai ho angelos, hon eidon hestota epi tes thalasses kai epi tes ges, eren ten cheira autou ten dexian eis ton ouranon, kai ?omosen to zonti eis tous aionas ton aionon, hos ektisen ton ouranon kai ta en auto kai ten gen kai ta en aute kai ten thalassan kai ta en aute, hoti chronos ouketi estai· all' en tais hemerais tes phones tou hebdomou angelou, hotan melle salpizein, kai etelesthe to musterion tou theou, hos euengelisen tous ?heautou doulous? tous prophetas. Kai he phone hen ekousa ek tou ouranou, palin ?lalousan met' emou kai ?legousan· Hupage labe to ?biblion to eneogmenon en te cheiri tou angelou tou hestotos epi tes thalasses kai epi tes ges. kai ?apeltha pros ton angelon legon auto dounai moi to ?biblaridion. kai legei moi· Labe kai kataphage auto, kai pikranei sou ten koilian, all' en to stomati sou estai gluku hos meli. kai elabon to ?biblaridion ek tes cheiros tou angelou kai katephagon auto, kai en en to stomati mou hos meli gluku· kai hote ephagon auto, epikranthe he koilia mou. Kai legousin moi· Dei se palin propheteusai epi laois ?kai ethnesin kai glossais kai basileusin pollois. __________________________________________________________________ Kai edothe moi kalamos homoios rhabdo, legon· ?Egeire kai metreson ton naon tou theou kai to thusiasterion kai tous proskunountas en auto. kai ten aulen ten exothen tou naou ekbale ?exothen, kai me auten metreses, hoti edothe tois ethnesin, kai ten polin ten hagian patesousin menas ?tesserakonta duo. kai doso tois dusin martusin mou, kai propheteusousin hemeras chilias diakosias hexekonta, ?peribeblemenoi sakkous. Houtoi eisin hai duo elaiai kai hai duo luchniai hai enopion tou kuriou tes ges ?hestotes. kai ei tis autous thelei adikesai, pur ekporeuetai ek tou stomatos auton kai katesthiei tous echthrous auton· kai ei tis ?thelese autous? adikesai, houtos dei auton apoktanthenai. houtoi echousin ?ten exousian kleisai ton ouranon?, hina me huetos breche tas hemeras tes propheteias auton, kai exousian echousin epi ton hudaton strephein auta eis haima kai pataxai ten gen ?en pase plege hosakis ean thelesosin?. Kai hotan telesosin ten marturian auton, to therion to anabainon ek tes abussou poiesei met' auton polemon kai nikesei autous kai apoktenei autous. kai to ptoma auton epi tes plateias tes poleos tes megales, hetis kaleitai pneumatikos Sodoma kai Aiguptos, hopou kai ho kurios auton estaurothe. kai blepousin ek ton laon kai phulon kai glosson kai ethnon to ptoma auton hemeras treis ?kai hemisu, kai ta ptomata auton ouk ?aphiousin tethenai eis mnema. kai hoi katoikountes epi tes ges chairousin ep' autois kai ?euphrainontai, kai dora ?pempsousin allelois, hoti houtoi hoi duo prophetai ebasanisan tous katoikountas epi tes ges. Kai meta tas treis hemeras kai hemisu pneuma zoes ek tou theou eiselthen ?en autois?, kai estesan epi tous podas auton, kai phobos megas ?epepesen epi tous theorountas autous· kai ?ekousan ?phones megales? ek tou ouranou ?legouses autois· ?Anabate hode, kai anebesan eis ton ouranon en te nephele, kai etheoresan autous hoi echthroi auton. kai en ekeine te ?hora egeneto seismos megas, kai to dekaton tes poleos epesen, kai apektanthesan en to seismo onomata anthropon chiliades hepta, kai hoi loipoi emphoboi egenonto kai edokan doxan to theo tou ouranou. He ouai he deutera apelthen· ?idou he ouai he trite? erchetai tachu. Kai ho hebdomos angelos esalpisen· kai egenonto phonai megalai en to ourano ?legontes· Egeneto he basileia tou kosmou tou kuriou hemon kai tou christou autou, kai basileusei eis tous aionas ton aionon. Kai hoi eikosi tessares presbuteroi hoi enopion tou ?theou kathemenoi? epi tous thronous auton epesan epi ta prosopa auton kai prosekunesan to theo, legontes· Eucharistoumen soi, kurie, ho theos, ho pantokrator, ho on kai ho en, hoti eilephas ten dunamin sou ten megalen kai ebasileusas. kai ta ethne orgisthesan, kai elthen he orge sou kai ho kairos ton nekron krithenai kai dounai ton misthon tois doulois sou tois prophetais kai tois hagiois kai tois phoboumenois to onoma sou, ?tous mikrous kai tous megalous?, kai diaphtheirai tous diaphtheirontas ten gen. Kai enoige ho naos tou theou ?ho en to ourano, kai ophthe he kibotos tes diathekes ?autou en to nao autou· kai egenonto astrapai kai phonai kai brontai ?kai seismos? kai chalaza megale. __________________________________________________________________ Kai semeion mega ophthe en to ourano, gune peribeblemene ton helion, kai he selene hupokato ton podon autes, kai epi tes kephales autes stephanos asteron dodeka, kai en gastri echousa· ?kai krazei? odinousa kai basanizomene tekein. kai ophthe allo semeion en to ourano, kai idou drakon ?megas purros?, echon kephalas hepta kai kerata deka kai epi tas kephalas autou hepta diademata, kai he oura autou surei to triton ton asteron tou ouranou, kai ebalen autous eis ten gen. kai ho drakon hesteken enopion tes gunaikos tes mellouses tekein, hina hotan teke to teknon autes kataphage. kai eteken huion, ?arsen, hos mellei poimainein panta ta ethne en rhabdo sidera· kai herpasthe to teknon autes pros ton theon kai pros ton thronon autou. kai he gune ephugen eis ten eremon, hopou echei ekei topon hetoimasmenon ?apo tou theou, hina ekei ?trephosin auten hemeras chilias diakosias hexekonta. Kai egeneto polemos en to ourano, ho Michael kai hoi angeloi autou ?tou polemesai meta tou drakontos. kai ho drakon epolemesen kai hoi angeloi autou, kai ouk ?ischusen, oude topos heurethe ?auton eti en to ourano. kai eblethe ho drakon ho megas, ho ophis ho archaios, ho kaloumenos Diabolos kai ?ho Satanas, ho planon ten oikoumenen holen-- eblethe eis ten gen, kai hoi angeloi autou met' autou eblethesan. Kai ekousa phonen megalen en to ourano legousan· Arti egeneto he soteria kai he dunamis kai he basileia tou theou hemon kai he exousia tou christou autou, hoti eblethe ho ?kategor ton adelphon hemon, ho kategoron ?autous enopion tou theou hemon hemeras kai nuktos. kai autoi enikesan auton dia to haima tou arniou kai dia ton logon tes marturias auton, kai ouk egapesan ten psuchen auton achri thanatou· dia touto euphrainesthe, ?hoi ouranoi kai hoi en autois skenountes. ouai ?ten gen kai ten thalassan?, hoti katebe ho diabolos pros humas, echon thumon megan, eidos hoti oligon kairon echei. Kai hote eiden ho drakon hoti eblethe eis ten gen, edioxen ten gunaika hetis eteken ton arsena. kai edothesan te gunaiki ?hai duo pteruges tou aetou tou megalou, hina petetai eis ten eremon eis ton topon autes, ?hopou trephetai? ekei kairon kai kairous kai hemisu kairou apo prosopou tou opheos. kai ebalen ho ophis ek tou stomatos autou opiso tes gunaikos hudor hos potamon, hina auten potamophoreton poiese. kai eboethesen he ge te gunaiki, kai enoixen he ge to stoma autes kai katepien ton potamon hon ebalen ho drakon ek tou stomatos autou· kai orgisthe ho drakon epi te gunaiki, kai apelthen poiesai polemon meta ton loipon tou spermatos autes, ton terounton tas entolas tou theou kai echonton ten marturian Iesou· kai ?estathe epi ten ammon tes thalasses. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eidon ek tes thalasses therion anabainon, echon kerata deka kai kephalas hepta, kai epi ton keraton autou deka diademata, kai epi tas kephalas autou ?onomata blasphemias. kai to therion ho eidon en homoion pardalei, kai hoi podes autou hos arkou, kai to stoma autou hos stoma leontos. kai edoken auto ho drakon ten dunamin autou kai ton thronon autou kai exousian megalen. kai mian ek ton kephalon autou ?hos esphagmenen eis thanaton, kai he plege tou thanatou autou etherapeuthe. kai ?ethaumasthe ?hole he ge? opiso tou theriou, kai prosekunesan to drakonti ?hoti edoken? ten exousian to therio, kai prosekunesan to therio legontes· Tis homoios to therio, kai tis ?dunatai polemesai met' autou; Kai edothe auto stoma laloun megala kai ?blasphemias, kai edothe auto ?exousia poiesai menas ?tesserakonta duo. kai enoixe to stoma autou eis ?blasphemias pros ton theon, blasphemesai to onoma autou kai ten skenen autou, tous en to ourano skenountas. kai edothe auto poiesai polemon meta ton hagion kai nikesai autous, kai edothe auto exousia epi pasan phulen kai laon kai glossan kai ethnos. kai proskunesousin ?auton pantes hoi katoikountes epi tes ges, ?hou ou gegraptai to onoma ?autou en to biblio tes zoes tou arniou tou esphagmenou apo kataboles kosmou. Ei tis echei ous akousato. ei tis ?eis aichmalosian, eis aichmalosian? hupagei· ei tis en machaire ?apoktanthenai auton en machaire apoktanthenai. hode estin he hupomone kai he pistis ton hagion. Kai eidon allo therion anabainon ek tes ges, kai eichen kerata duo homoia arnio, kai elalei hos drakon. kai ten exousian tou protou theriou pasan poiei enopion autou. kai ?poiei ten gen kai tous en aute katoikountas hina ?proskunesousin to therion to proton, hou etherapeuthe he plege tou thanatou autou. kai poiei semeia megala, ?hina kai pur poie? ek tou ouranou ?katabainein eis? ten gen enopion ton anthropon. kai plana ?tous katoikountas epi tes ges dia ta semeia ha edothe auto poiesai enopion tou theriou, legon tois katoikousin epi tes ges poiesai eikona to therio, ?hos echei? ten plegen ?tes machaires kai ezesen?. kai edothe ?auto ?dounai pneuma? te eikoni tou theriou, hina kai lalese he eikon tou theriou kai poiese ?hina hosoi ean me proskunesosin te eikoni tou theriou apoktanthosin. kai poiei pantas, tous mikrous kai tous megalous, kai tous plousious kai tous ptochous, kai tous eleutherous kai tous doulous, hina ?dosin autois ?charagma epi tes cheiros auton tes dexias e epi to metopon auton, kai hina me tis ?dunetai agorasai e polesai ei me ho echon to charagma, to onoma tou theriou e ton arithmon tou onomatos autou. hode he sophia estin· ho echon noun psephisato ton arithmon tou theriou, arithmos gar anthropou estin· kai ho arithmos ?autou ?hexakosioi hexekonta hex?. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eidon, kai idou to arnion ?hestos epi to oros Sion, kai met' ?autou hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliades echousai to onoma autou kai to onoma tou patros autou gegrammenon epi ton metopon auton. kai ekousa phonen ek tou ouranou hos phonen hudaton pollon kai hos phonen brontes megales, kai he phone hen ekousa hos kitharodon kitharizonton en tais kitharais auton. kai adousin ?hos oden kainen enopion tou thronou kai enopion ton tessaron zoon kai ton presbuteron· kai oudeis edunato mathein ten oden ei me hai hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliades, hoi egorasmenoi apo tes ges. houtoi eisin ohi meta gunaikon ouk emolunthesan, parthenoi gar eisin· ?houtoi hoi akolouthountes to arnio hopou an ?hupage· ?houtoi egorasthesan apo ton anthropon aparche to theo kai to arnio, kai ?en to stomati auton ouch heurethe? pseudos· ?amomoi eisin. Kai eidon ?allon angelon petomenon en mesouranemati, echonta euangelion aionion euangelisai ?epi tous kathemenous epi tes ges kai epi pan ethnos kai phulen kai glossan kai laon, legon en phone megale· Phobethete ton ?theon kai dote auto doxan, hoti elthen he hora tes kriseos autou, kai proskunesate ?to poiesanti? ton ouranon kai ten gen ?kai thalassan kai pegas hudaton. Kai allos ?deuteros angelos? ekolouthesen legon· Epesen, ?epesen Babulon he megale, ?he ek tou oinou tou thumou tes porneias autes pepotiken panta ta ethne. Kai allos angelos tritos ekolouthesen autois legon en phone megale· Ei tis proskunei to therion kai ten eikona autou, kai lambanei charagma epi tou metopou autou e epi ten cheira autou, kai autos pietai ek tou oinou tou thumou tou theou tou kekerasmenou akratou en to poterio tes orges autou, kai basanisthesetai en puri kai theio enopion ?angelon hagion? kai enopion tou arniou. kai ho kapnos tou basanismou auton eis aionas aionon anabainei, kai ouk echousin anapausin hemeras kai nuktos, hoi proskunountes to therion kai ten eikona autou, kai ei tis lambanei to charagma tou onomatos autou. Hode he hupomone ton hagion estin, hoi terountes tas entolas tou theou kai ten pistin Iesou. Kai ekousa phones ek tou ouranou legouses· Grapson· Makarioi hoi nekroi hoi en kurio apothneskontes ap' arti. ?nai, legei? to pneuma, hina ?anapaesontai ek ton kopon auton, ta ?gar erga auton akolouthei met' auton. Kai eidon, kai idou nephele leuke, kai epi ten nephelen kathemenon homoion ?huion anthropou, echon epi tes kephales autou stephanon chrusoun kai en te cheiri autou drepanon oxu. kai allos angelos exelthen ek tou naou krazon en phone megale to kathemeno epi tes nepheles· Pempson to drepanon sou kai therison, hoti elthen he hora therisai, hoti exeranthe ho therismos tes ges. kai ebalen ho kathemenos epi ?tes nepheles? to drepanon autou epi ten gen, kai etheristhe he ge. Kai allos angelos exelthen ek tou naou tou en to ourano, echon kai autos drepanon oxu. kai allos ?angelos ek tou thusiasteriou, ?ho echon exousian epi tou puros, kai ephonesen ?phone megale to echonti to drepanon to oxu legon· Pempson sou to drepanon to oxu kai trugeson tous botruas tes ampelou tes ges, hoti ekmasan hai staphulai autes. kai ebalen ho angelos to drepanon autou eis ten gen, kai etrugesen ten ampelon tes ges, kai ebalen eis ten lenon tou thumou tou theou ton megan. kai epatethe he lenos exothen tes poleos, kai exelthen haima ek tes lenou achri ton chalinon ton hippon apo stadion chilion hexakosion. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eidon allo semeion en to ourano mega kai thaumaston, angelous hepta echontas plegas hepta tas eschatas, hoti en autais etelesthe ho thumos tou theou. Kai eidon hos thalassan hualinen memigmenen puri, kai tous nikontas ek tou theriou kai ek tes eikonos autou kai ek tou arithmou tou onomatos autou hestotas epi ten thalassan ten hualinen, echontas kitharas tou theou. kai adousin ten oden Mouseos tou doulou tou theou kai ten oden tou arniou legontes· Megala kai thaumasta ta erga sou, kurie, ho theos, ho pantokrator· dikaiai kai alethinai hai hodoi sou, ho basileus ton ?aionon· tis ou me ?phobethe, kurie, kai ?doxasei to onoma sou, hoti monos ?hosios; hoti panta ta ethne hexousin kai proskunesousin enopion sou, hoti ta dikaiomata sou ephanerothesan. Kai meta tauta eidon, kai enoige ho naos tes skenes tou marturiou en to ourano, kai exelthon hoi hepta angeloi hoi echontes tas hepta plegas ek tou naou, ?endedumenoi ?linon katharon lampron kai periezosmenoi peri ta stethe zonas chrusas. kai hen ek ton tessaron zoon edoken tois hepta angelois hepta phialas chrusas gemousas tou thumou tou theou tou zontos eis tous aionas ton aionon. kai egemisthe ho naos kapnou ek tes doxes tou theou kai ek tes dunameos autou, kai oudeis edunato eiselthein eis ton naon achri telesthosin hai hepta plegai ton hepta angelon. __________________________________________________________________ Kai ekousa ?megales phones? ek tou naou legouses tois hepta angelois· Hupagete kai ?ekcheete tas hepta phialas tou thumou tou theou eis ten gen. Kai apelthen ho protos kai execheen ten phialen autou eis ten gen· kai egeneto helkos kakon kai poneron epi tous anthropous tous echontas to charagma tou theriou kai tous proskunountas te eikoni autou. Kai ho ?deuteros execheen ten phialen autou eis ten thalassan· kai egeneto haima hos nekrou, kai pasa psuche ?zoes apethanen ?ta en te thalasse. Kai ho tritos execheen ten phialen autou eis tous potamous ?kai tas pegas ton hudaton· kai egeneto haima. kai ekousa tou angelou ton hudaton legontos· Dikaios ei, ho on kai ho en, ?ho hosios, hoti tauta ekrinas, hoti haima hagion kai propheton exechean, kai haima autois ?dedokas piein· axioi eisin. kai ekousa tou thusiasteriou legontos· Nai, kurie, ho theos, ho pantokrator, alethinai kai dikaiai hai kriseis sou. Kai ho ?tetartos execheen ten phialen autou epi ton helion· kai edothe auto kaumatisai ?tous anthropous en puri?. kai ekaumatisthesan hoi anthropoi kauma mega· kai ?eblasphemesan to onoma tou theou tou echontos ?ten exousian epi tas plegas tautas, kai ou metenoesan dounai auto doxan. Kai ho pemptos execheen ten phialen autou epi ton thronon tou theriou· kai egeneto he basileia autou eskotomene, kai emasonto tas glossas auton ek tou ponou, kai eblasphemesan ton theon tou ouranou ek ton ponon auton kai ek ton helkon auton, kai ou metenoesan ek ton ergon auton. Kai ho hektos execheen ten phialen autou epi ton potamon ton megan ?ton Euphraten· kai exeranthe to hudor autou, hina hetoimasthe he hodos ton basileon ton apo anatoles heliou. kai eidon ek tou stomatos tou drakontos kai ek tou stomatos tou theriou kai ek tou stomatos tou pseudoprophetou pneumata ?tria akatharta? hos batrachoi· eisin gar pneumata daimonion poiounta semeia, ha ekporeuetai epi tous basileis tes oikoumenes holes, sunagagein autous eis ton polemon tes ?hemeras tes megales tou theou tou pantokratoros-- Idou erchomai hos kleptes. makarios ho gregoron kai teron ta himatia autou, hina me gumnos peripate kai bleposin ten aschemosunen autou-- kai sunegagen autous eis ton topon ton kaloumenon Hebraisti Harmagedon. Kai ho hebdomos execheen ten phialen autou epi ton aera-- kai exelthen phone megale ?ek tou ?naou apo tou thronou legousa· Gegonen-- kai egenonto astrapai kai ?phonai kai brontai?, kai seismos ?egeneto megas, hoios ouk egeneto aph' hou ?anthropoi egenonto? epi tes ges telikoutos seismos houto megas, kai egeneto he polis he megale eis tria mere, kai hai poleis ton ethnon epesan· kai Babulon he megale emnesthe enopion tou theou dounai aute to poterion tou oinou tou thumou tes orges autou· kai pasa nesos ephugen, kai ore ouch heurethesan. kai chalaza megale hos talantiaia katabainei ek tou ouranou epi tous anthropous· kai eblasphemesan hoi anthropoi ton theon ek tes pleges tes chalazes, hoti megale estin he plege autes sphodra. __________________________________________________________________ Kai elthen heis ek ton hepta angelon ton echonton tas hepta phialas, kai elalesen met' emou legon· Deuro, deixo soi to krima tes pornes tes megales tes kathemenes epi ?hudaton pollon, meth' hes eporneusan hoi basileis tes ges, kai emethusthesan hoi katoikountes ten gen ek tou oinou tes porneias autes. kai apenenken me eis eremon en pneumati. kai eidon gunaika kathemenen epi therion kokkinon, ?gemonta onomata blasphemias, ?echon kephalas hepta kai kerata deka. kai he gune en peribeblemene porphuroun kai kokkinon, ?kai kechrusomene ?chrusio kai litho timio kai margaritais, echousa poterion chrusoun en te cheiri autes gemon bdelugmaton kai ta akatharta tes porneias autes, kai epi to metopon autes onoma gegrammenon, musterion, Babulon he megale, he meter ton pornon kai ton bdelugmaton tes ges. kai eidon ten gunaika methuousan ek tou haimatos ton hagion ?kai ek tou haimatos ton marturon Iesou. Kai ethaumasa idon auten thauma mega· kai eipen moi ho angelos· Dia ti ethaumasas; ego ero soi to musterion tes gunaikos kai tou theriou tou bastazontos auten, tou echontos tas hepta kephalas kai ta deka kerata· to therion ho eides en kai ouk estin, kai mellei anabainein ek tes abussou, kai eis apoleian ?hupagei· kai ?thaumasthesontai hoi katoikountes epi tes ges, hon ou gegraptai ?to onoma? epi to biblion tes zoes apo kataboles kosmou, bleponton ?to therion hoti en? kai ouk estin kai parestai. Hode ho nous ho echon sophian. hai hepta kephalai hepta ore eisin, hopou he gune kathetai ep' auton. kai basileis ?hepta eisin?· hoi pente epesan, ho heis estin, ho allos oupo elthen, kai hotan elthe oligon ?auton dei? meinai, kai to therion ho en kai ouk estin. kai ?autos ogdoos estin kai ek ton hepta estin, kai eis apoleian hupagei. kai ta deka kerata ha eides deka basileis eisin, hoitines basileian oupo elabon, alla exousian hos basileis mian horan lambanousin meta tou theriou. houtoi mian ?gnomen echousin?, kai ten dunamin ?kai exousian auton to therio didoasin. houtoi meta tou arniou polemesousin, kai to arnion nikesei autous, hoti kurios kurion estin kai basileus basileon, kai hoi met' autou kletoi kai eklektoi kai pistoi. Kai legei moi· Ta hudata ha eides, hou he porne kathetai, laoi kai ochloi eisin kai ethne kai glossai. kai ta deka kerata ha eides kai to therion, houtoi misesousi ten pornen, kai eremomenen poiesousin auten kai ?gumnen, kai tas sarkas autes phagontai, kai auten katakausousin en puri· ho gar theos edoken eis tas kardias auton poiesai ten gnomen autou, kai poiesai ?mian gnomen? kai dounai ten basileian auton to therio, achri ?telesthesontai hoi logoi tou theou. kai he gune hen eides estin he polis he megale he echousa basileian epi ton basileon tes ges. __________________________________________________________________ Meta tauta eidon allon angelon katabainonta ek tou ouranou, echonta exousian megalen, kai he ge ephotisthe ek tes doxes autou. kai ekraxen ?en ischura phone legon· Epesen, ?epesen Babulon he megale, kai egeneto katoiketerion ?daimonion kai phulake pantos pneumatos akathartou kai phulake pantos orneou akathartou ?kai phulake pantos theriou akathartou? kai memisemenou, hoti ek tou oinou tou thumou tes porneias autes ?peptokan panta ta ethne, kai hoi basileis tes ges met' autes eporneusan, kai hoi emporoi tes ges ek tes dunameos tou strenous autes eploutesan. Kai ekousa allen phonen ek tou ouranou legousan· ?Exelthate, ?ho laos mou, ex autes?, hina me sunkoinonesete tais hamartiais autes, kai ek ton plegon autes hina me labete· hoti ekollethesan autes hai hamartiai achri tou ouranou, kai emnemoneusen ho theos ta adikemata autes. apodote aute hos kai aute apedoken, kai ?diplosate ?ta dipla kata ta erga autes· en to poterio ho ekerasen kerasate aute diploun· hosa edoxasen hauten kai estreniasen, tosouton dote aute basanismon kai penthos. hoti en te kardia autes legei hoti Kathemai basilissa, kai chera ouk eimi, kai penthos ou me ido. dia touto en mia hemera hexousin hai plegai autes, thanatos kai penthos kai limos, kai en puri katakauthesetai· hoti ischuros kurios ho theos ho krinas auten. Kai klausousin kai kopsontai ep' auten hoi basileis tes ges hoi met' autes porneusantes kai streniasantes, hotan bleposin ton kapnon tes puroseos autes, apo makrothen hestekotes dia ton phobon tou basanismou autes legontes· Ouai ouai, he polis he megale, Babulon he polis he ischura, hoti mia hora elthen he krisis sou. Kai hoi emporoi tes ges ?klaiousin kai penthousin? ep' ?auten, hoti ton gomon auton oudeis agorazei ouketi, gomon chrusou kai argurou kai lithou timiou kai ?margariton kai bussinou kai ?porphuras kai sirikou kai kokkinou, kai pan xulon thuinon kai pan skeuos elephantinon kai pan skeuos ek xulou timiotatou kai chalkou kai siderou kai marmarou, kai kinnamomon ?kai amomon? kai thumiamata kai muron kai libanon kai oinon kai elaion kai semidalin kai siton kai ?ktene kai probata?, kai hippon kai rhedon kai somaton, kai psuchas anthropon. kai he opora ?sou tes epithumias tes psuches? apelthen apo sou, kai panta ta lipara kai ta lampra apoleto apo sou, kai ?ouketi ?ou me auta heuresousin?. hoi emporoi touton, hoi ploutesantes ap' autes, apo makrothen stesontai dia ton phobon tou basanismou autes klaiontes kai penthountes, ?legontes· Ouai ouai, he polis he megale, he peribeblemene bussinon kai porphuroun kai kokkinon kai ?kechrusomene chrusio kai litho timio kai ?margarite, hoti mia hora eremothe ho tosoutos ploutos. Kai pas kubernetes kai pas ho epi topon pleon, kai nautai kai hosoi ten thalassan ergazontai, apo makrothen estesan kai ?ekraxan blepontes ton kapnon tes puroseos autes legontes· Tis homoia te polei te megale; kai ebalon choun epi tas kephalas auton kai ?ekraxan klaiontes kai ?penthountes legontes· Ouai ouai, he polis he megale, en he eploutesan pantes hoi echontes ta ploia en te thalasse ek tes timiotetos autes, hoti mia hora eremothe. Euphrainou ep' aute, ourane, kai hoi hagioi kai hoi apostoloi kai hoi prophetai, hoti ekrinen ho theos to krima humon ex autes. Kai eren heis angelos ischuros lithon hos ?mulinon megan, kai ebalen eis ten thalassan legon· Houtos hormemati blethesetai Babulon he megale polis, kai ou me heurethe eti. kai phone kitharodon kai mousikon kai auleton kai salpiston ou me akousthe en soi eti, kai pas technites pases technes ou me heurethe en soi eti, kai phone mulou ou me akousthe en soi eti, kai phos luchnou ou me phane en soi eti, kai phone numphiou kai numphes ou me akousthe en soi eti· hoti hoi emporoi sou esan hoi megistanes tes ges, hoti en te pharmakeia sou eplanethesan panta ta ethne, kai en aute ?haima propheton kai hagion heurethe kai panton ton esphagmenon epi tes ges. __________________________________________________________________ Meta tauta ekousa hos phonen megalen ochlou pollou en to ourano legonton· Hallelouia· he soteria kai he ?doxa kai he dunamis? tou theou hemon, hoti alethinai kai dikaiai hai kriseis autou· hoti ekrinen ten pornen ten megalen hetis ?ephtheiren ten gen en te porneia autes, kai exedikesen to haima ton doulon autou ek cheiros autes. kai deuteron ?eirekan· Hallelouia· kai ho kapnos autes anabainei eis tous aionas ton aionon. kai epesan hoi presbuteroi hoi eikosi tessares kai ta tessara zoa, kai prosekunesan to theo to kathemeno epi ?to throno? legontes· Amen, Hallelouia. Kai phone apo tou thronou exelthen legousa· Aineite ?to theo? hemon, pantes hoi douloi autou, ?kai hoi phoboumenoi auton, hoi mikroi kai hoi megaloi. kai ekousa hos phonen ochlou pollou kai hos phonen hudaton pollon kai hos phonen bronton ischuron, ?legonton· Hallelouia, hoti ebasileusen kurios, ho ?theos, ho pantokrator. chairomen kai ?agalliomen, kai ?dosomen ten doxan auto, hoti elthen ho gamos tou arniou, kai he gune autou hetoimasen heauten, kai edothe aute hina peribaletai bussinon ?lampron katharon, to gar bussinon ta dikaiomata ton hagion estin. Kai legei moi· Grapson· Makarioi hoi eis to deipnon tou gamou tou arniou keklemenoi. kai legei moi· Houtoi hoi logoi alethinoi tou theou eisin. kai epesa emprosthen ton podon autou proskunesai auto. kai legei moi· Hora me· sundoulos sou eimi kai ton adelphon sou ton echonton ten marturian Iesou· to theo proskuneson· he gar ?marturia Iesou estin to pneuma tes propheteias. Kai eidon ton ouranon eneogmenon, kai idou hippos leukos, kai ho kathemenos ep' auton ?pistos kaloumenos? kai alethinos, kai en dikaiosune krinei kai polemei. hoi de ophthalmoi ?autou phlox puros, kai epi ten kephalen autou diademata polla, ?echon onoma gegrammenon ho oudeis oiden ei me autos, kai peribeblemenos himation ?bebammenon haimati, kai ?kekletai to onoma autou ho Logos tou Theou. kai ta strateumata ?ta en to ourano ekolouthei auto eph' hippois leukois, endedumenoi bussinon leukon katharon. kai ek tou stomatos autou ekporeuetai ?rhomphaia oxeia, hina en aute pataxe ta ethne, kai autos poimanei autous en rhabdo sidera· kai autos patei ten lenon tou oinou tou thumou tes orges tou theou tou pantokratoros. kai echei epi to himation kai epi ton meron autou onoma gegrammenon· Basileus basileon kai kurios kurion. Kai eidon ?hena angelon hestota en to helio, kai ?ekraxen phone megale legon pasi tois orneois tois petomenois en mesouranemati· Deute sunachthete eis to deipnon to mega tou theou, hina phagete sarkas basileon kai sarkas chiliarchon kai sarkas ischuron kai sarkas hippon kai ton kathemenon ep' ?auton, kai sarkas panton eleutheron te kai doulon kai mikron ?kai megalon. kai eidon to therion kai tous basileis tes ges kai ta strateumata auton sunegmena poiesai ?ton polemon meta tou kathemenou epi tou hippou kai meta tou strateumatos autou. kai epiasthe to therion kai ?met' autou ho? pseudoprophetes ho poiesas ta semeia enopion autou, en hois eplanesen tous labontas to charagma tou theriou kai tous proskunountas te eikoni autou· zontes eblethesan hoi duo eis ten limnen tou puros ?tes kaiomenes? en theio. kai hoi loipoi apektanthesan en te rhomphaia tou kathemenou epi tou hippou te exelthouse ek tou stomatos autou, kai panta ta ornea echortasthesan ek ton sarkon auton. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eidon angelon katabainonta ek tou ouranou, echonta ten klein tes abussou kai halusin megalen epi ten cheira autou. kai ekratesen ton drakonta, ?ho ophis ho archaios?, hos estin Diabolos kai ho ?Satanas, kai edesen auton chilia ete, kai ebalen auton eis ten abusson, kai ekleisen kai esphragisen epano autou, hina me ?planese eti ta ethne, achri telesthe ta chilia ete· ?meta tauta dei ?luthenai auton? mikron chronon. Kai eidon thronous, kai ekathisan ep' autous, kai krima edothe autois, kai tas psuchas ton pepelekismenon dia ten marturian Iesou kai dia ton logon tou theou, kai hoitines ou prosekunesan to therion oude ten eikona autou kai ouk elabon to charagma epi to metopon kai epi ten cheira auton· kai ezesan kai ebasileusan meta tou christou ?chilia ete. ?hoi loipoi ton nekron ouk ezesan achri telesthe ta chilia ete. haute he anastasis he prote. makarios kai hagios ho echon meros en te anastasei te prote· epi touton ho deuteros thanatos ouk echei exousian, all' esontai hiereis tou theou kai tou christou, kai basileusousin met' autou ?chilia ete. Kai hotan telesthe ta chilia ete, luthesetai ho Satanas ek tes phulakes autou, kai exeleusetai planesai ta ethne ta en tais tessarsi goniais tes ges, ton Gog ?kai Magog, sunagagein autous eis ton polemon, hon ho arithmos ?auton hos he ammos tes thalasses. kai anebesan epi to platos tes ges, kai ?ekukleusan ten parembolen ton hagion kai ten polin ten egapemenen. kai katebe pur ?ek tou ouranou? kai katephagen autous· kai ho diabolos ho planon autous eblethe eis ten limnen tou puros kai theiou, hopou kai to therion kai ho pseudoprophetes, kai basanisthesontai hemeras kai nuktos eis tous aionas ton aionon. Kai eidon thronon megan leukon kai ton kathemenon ?ep' autou?, hou apo ?tou prosopou ephugen he ge kai ho ouranos, kai topos ouch heurethe autois. kai eidon tous nekrous, tous megalous kai tous mikrous, hestotas enopion tou thronou, kai biblia enoichthesan· kai allo biblion enoichthe, ho estin tes zoes· kai ekrithesan hoi nekroi ek ton gegrammenon en tois bibliois kata ta erga auton. kai edoken he thalassa tous nekrous tous en aute, kai ho thanatos kai ho hades edokan tous nekrous tous en autois, kai ekrithesan hekastos kata ta erga auton. kai ho thanatos kai ho hades eblethesan eis ten limnen tou puros. houtos ho ?thanatos ho deuteros? estin, he limne tou puros. kai ei tis ouch heurethe en ?te biblo? tes zoes gegrammenos, eblethe eis ten limnen tou puros. __________________________________________________________________ Kai eidon ouranon kainon kai gen kainen· ho gar protos ouranos kai he prote ge apelthan, kai he thalassa ouk estin eti. kai ten polin ten hagian Ierousalem kainen eidon katabainousan ek tou ouranou apo tou theou, hetoimasmenen hos numphen kekosmemenen to andri autes. kai ekousa phones megales ek tou ?thronou legouses· Idou he skene tou theou meta ton anthropon, kai skenosei met' auton, kai autoi ?laoi autou esontai, kai autos ho theos ?met' auton estai?, kai exaleipsei pan dakruon ?ek ton ophthalmon auton, kai ho thanatos ouk estai eti· oute penthos oute krauge oute ponos ouk estai ?eti. ta prota apelthan. Kai eipen ho kathemenos epi to throno· Idou ?kaina poio panta?. kai ?legei· Grapson, hoti houtoi hoi logoi ?pistoi kai alethinoi? eisin. kai eipen moi· ?Gegonan. ego? to Alpha kai to O, he arche kai to telos. ego to dipsonti doso ek tes peges tou hudatos tes zoes dorean. ho nikon kleronomesei tauta, kai esomai auto theos kai autos estai moi huios. tois de deilois kai ?apistois kai ebdelugmenois kai phoneusi kai pornois kai pharmakois kai eidololatrais kai pasi tois pseudesin to meros auton en te limne te kaiomene puri kai theio, ho estin ho thanatos ho deuteros. Kai elthen heis ek ton hepta angelon ton echonton tas hepta phialas, ?ton gemonton? ton hepta plegon ton eschaton, kai elalesen met' emou legon· Deuro, deixo soi ten ?numphen ten gunaika? tou arniou. kai apenenken me en pneumati epi oros mega kai hupselon, kai edeixen moi ten ?polin ten hagian Ierousalem katabainousan ek tou ouranou apo tou theou, echousan ten doxan tou theou· ho phoster autes homoios litho timiotato, hos litho iaspidi krustallizonti· echousa teichos mega kai hupselon, echousa pulonas dodeka, kai epi ?tois pulosin? angelous dodeka, kai onomata epigegrammena ha ?estin ton dodeka ?phulon huion Israel· apo ?anatoles pulones treis, kai apo borra pulones treis, kai apo notou pulones treis, kai apo dusmon pulones treis· kai to teichos tes poleos ?echon themelious dodeka, kai ep' auton dodeka onomata ton dodeka apostolon tou arniou. Kai ho lalon met' emou eichen metron kalamon chrusoun, hina metrese ten polin kai tous pulonas autes kai to teichos autes. kai he polis tetragonos keitai, kai to mekos autes ?hoson to platos. kai emetresen ten polin to kalamo epi ?stadious dodeka ?chiliadon· to mekos kai to platos kai to hupsos autes isa estin. kai emetresen to teichos autes hekaton tesserakonta tessaron pechon, metron anthropou, ho estin angelou. ?kai he endomesis tou teichous autes iaspis, kai he polis chrusion katharon homoion hualo katharo· ?hoi themelioi tou teichous tes poleos panti litho timio kekosmemenoi· ho themelios ho protos iaspis, ho deuteros sapphiros, ho tritos chalkedon, ho tetartos smaragdos, ho pemptos sardonux, ho hektos sardion, ho hebdomos chrusolithos, ho ogdoos berullos, ho enatos topazion, ho dekatos chrusoprasos, ho hendekatos huakinthos, ho dodekatos amethustos· kai hoi dodeka pulones dodeka margaritai, ana heis hekastos ton pulonon en ex henos margaritou· kai he plateia tes poleos chrusion katharon hos hualos diauges. Kai naon ouk eidon en aute, ho gar kurios, ho theos, ho pantokrator, naos autes estin, kai to arnion. kai he polis ou chreian echei tou heliou oude tes selenes, hina phainosin aute, he gar doxa tou theou ephotisen auten, kai ho luchnos autes to arnion. kai peripatesousin ta ethne dia tou photos autes· kai hoi basileis tes ges pherousin ?ten doxan auton? eis auten· kai hoi pulones autes ou me kleisthosin hemeras, nux gar ouk estai ekei, kai oisousin ten doxan kai ten timen ton ethnon eis auten. kai ou me eiselthe eis auten pan koinon kai ?poion bdelugma kai pseudos, ei me hoi gegrammenoi en to biblio tes zoes tou arniou. __________________________________________________________________ Kai edeixen moi ?potamon hudatos zoes lampron hos krustallon, ekporeuomenon ek tou thronou tou theou kai tou arniou en meso tes plateias autes· kai tou potamou enteuthen kai ekeithen xulon zoes poioun karpous dodeka, kata mena hekaston ?apodidoun ton karpon autou, kai ta phulla tou xulou eis therapeian ton ethnon. kai pan katathema ouk estai eti. kai ho thronos tou theou kai tou arniou en aute estai, kai hoi douloi autou latreusousin auto, kai opsontai to prosopon autou, kai to onoma autou epi ton metopon auton. kai nux ouk estai ?eti, kai ?ouk echousin chreian? ?photos luchnou kai ?phos heliou, hoti kurios ho theos photisei ?ep' autous, kai basileusousin eis tous aionas ton aionon. Kai ?eipen moi· Houtoi hoi logoi pistoi kai alethinoi, kai ?ho kurios, ho theos ton pneumaton ton propheton, apesteilen ton angelon autou deixai tois doulois autou ha dei genesthai en tachei· kai idou erchomai tachu· makarios ho teron tous logous tes propheteias tou bibliou toutou. Kago Ioannes ho akouon kai blepon tauta. kai hote ekousa kai eblepsa, epesa proskunesai emprosthen ton podon tou angelou tou deiknuontos moi tauta. kai legei moi· Hora me· sundoulos sou eimi kai ton adelphon sou ton propheton kai ton terounton tous logous tou bibliou toutou· to theo proskuneson. Kai legei moi· Me sphragises tous logous tes propheteias tou bibliou toutou, ho kairos gar engus estin. ho adikon adikesato eti, kai ho rhuparos ?rhupareutheto eti, kai ho dikaios dikaiosunen poiesato eti, kai ho hagios hagiastheto eti. Idou erchomai tachu, kai ho misthos mou met' emou, apodounai hekasto hos to ergon ?estin autou. ego to Alpha kai to O, ho protos kai ho eschatos, ?he arche kai ?to telos. Makarioi hoi ?plunontes tas stolas auton?, hina estai he exousia auton epi to xulon tes zoes kai tois pulosin eiselthosin eis ten polin. exo hoi kunes kai hoi pharmakoi kai hoi pornoi kai hoi phoneis kai hoi eidololatrai kai pas philon kai poion pseudos. Ego Iesous epempsa ton angelon mou marturesai humin tauta epi tais ekklesiais. ego eimi he rhiza kai to genos Dauid, ho aster ho lampros, ho proinos. kai to pneuma kai he numphe legousin· Erchou· kai ho akouon eipato· Erchou· kai ho dipson erchestho, ho thelon labeto hudor zoes dorean. Marturo ego panti to akouonti tous logous tes propheteias tou bibliou toutou· ean tis epithe ep' auta, ?epithesei ho theos ep' auton tas plegas tas gegrammenas en to biblio touto· kai ean tis aphele apo ton logon tou bibliou tes propheteias tautes, ?aphelei ho theos to meros autou apo tou xulou tes zoes kai ek tes poleos tes hagias, ton gegrammenon en to biblio touto. Legei ho marturon tauta· Nai· erchomai tachu. Amen· ?erchou, kurie Iesou. 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