Epistle of Barnabas 12.1

Anonymous · Epistle of Barnabas · ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: A prophecy of the cross: blood dripping from a tree.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:382

Ὁμοίως πάλιν περὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ ὁρίζει ἐν ἄλλῳ προφήτῃ λέγοντι· Καὶ πότε ταῦτα συντελεσθήσεται; λέγει κύριος· ὅταν ξύλον κλιθῇ καὶ ἀναστῇ, καὶ ὅταν ἐκ ξύλου αἷμα στάξῃ. ἔχεις πάλιν περὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ καὶ τοῦ σταυροῦσθαι μέλλοντος.

English · Claude translation

Likewise again he defines the cross in another prophet, who says, “And when will these things be accomplished? The Lord says: When a tree is bent down and rises up, and when blood drips from a tree.” Again you have a word about the cross and about the one who was to be crucified.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:382 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published 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.

Extrabiblical texts

2 Esd 5:5 (2 Esdras) · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Christology

Notes

Translation notes

The quotation is not in the Old Testament; the second part resembles 4 Ezra 5:5 (2 Esdras 5:5).

Cite this passage

Barn. 12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/12/1/).

Plain text

Barn. 12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/12/1/).

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