Sophia Scriptura

Didache 8.1

Anonymous · Didache · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: Fast on Wednesdays and Fridays, not on the days the hypocrites fast.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:320

Αἱ δὲ νηστεῖαι ὑμῶν μὴ ἔστωσαν μετὰ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν. νηστεύουσι γὰρ δευτέρᾳ σαββάτων καὶ πέμπτῃ· ὑμεῖς δὲ νηστεύσατε τετράδα καὶ παρασκευήν.

English · Claude translation

Do not let your fasts be with the hypocrites; for they fast on the second and fifth days of the week, but you are to fast on the fourth day and on the day of Preparation.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:320 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 · 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.
Scripture
Topics
Fasting

Notes

Translation notes

  • The second and fifth days are Monday and Thursday; the fourth day and the day of Preparation are Wednesday and Friday.
  • “The hypocrites”: the term of Matt 6:16, here apparently for those who kept the Jewish fast days.

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Did. 8.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/8/1/).

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