Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude 8.3.4 (69.4)

Hermas · Shepherd of Hermas: Similitudes · ca. 100–150 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The sticks stand for how each kept the law.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:196

βλέπεις δὲ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου τὰς ῥάβδους· αἱ γὰρ ῥάβδοι ὁ νόμος ἐστί. βλέπεις οὖν πολλὰς ῥάβδους ἠχρειωμένας, γνώσῃ δὲ αὐτοὺς πάντας τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας τὸν νόμον· καὶ ὄψει ἑνὸς ἑκάστου τὴν κατοικίαν.

English · Claude translation

And you see the sticks of each one; for the sticks are the law. You see, then, many sticks spoiled, and you will know all of them, those who did not keep the law; and you will see the dwelling place of each.”

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:196 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 138–305 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), 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 25, 1913), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.

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Herm. Sim. 8.3.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/8/3/4/).

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Herm. Sim. 8.3.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-sim/8/3/4/).

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