Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 56.15

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: You will die in ripe old age.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:104–106

ἐλεύσῃ δὲ ἐν τάφῳ ὥσπερ σῖτος ὥριμος κατὰ καιρὸν θεριζόμενος, ἢ ὥσπερ θημωνιὰ ἅλωνος καθʼ ὥραν συγκομισθεῖσα.

English · Claude translation

And you will come to the grave like ripe grain harvested in its season, or like a heap on the threshing floor gathered at the proper time.”

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:104–106 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): καθʼ ὤραν → καθʼ ὥραν.

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1 Clem. 56.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/15/).

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1 Clem. 56.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/56/15/).

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