Shepherd of Hermas: Visions 3.8.1–5.7
Greek text: Lake, LCL 25 (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).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 2 (1885).
Vision 3, chapter 8
3.8.1Lake, LCL 25:46
Ὅτε οὖν ἐπαυσάμην ἐρωτῶν αὐτὴν περὶ πάντων τούτων, λέγει μοι· Θέλεις ἄλλο ἰδεῖν; κατεπίθυμος ὢν τοῦ θεάσασθαι περιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην τοῦ ἰδεῖν.
Hote oun epausamēn erōtōn autēn peri pantōn toutōn, legei moi; Theleis allo idein? katepithymos ōn tou theasasthai pericharēs egenomēn tou idein.
When, then, I stopped asking her about all these things, she said to me, “Do you wish to see something else?” Being very eager to see, I was delighted to see it.
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Summary: She offers to show him more.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.1 (Lake, LCL 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-1).
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3.8.2Lake, LCL 25:46
ἐμβλέψασά μοι ὑπεμειδίασεν καὶ λέγει μοι· Βλέπεις ἑπτὰ γυναῖκας κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου; Βλέπω, φημί, κυρία. Ὁ πύργος οὗτος ὑπὸ τούτων βαστάζεται κατʼ ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ κυρίου.
emblepsasa moi hypemeidiasen kai legei moi; Blepeis hepta gynaikas kyklǭ tou pyrgou? Blepō, phēmi, kyria. Ho pyrgos houtos hypo toutōn bastazetai katʼ epitagēn tou kyriou.
Looking at me, she smiled and said to me, “Do you see seven women around the tower?” “I see them, lady,” I said. “This tower is supported by them at the command of the Lord.
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Summary: Seven women support the tower.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.2 (Lake, LCL 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-2).
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3.8.3Lake, LCL 25:46
ἄκουε νῦν τὰς ἐνεργείας αὐτῶν. ἡ μὲν πρώτη αὐτῶν, ἡ κρατοῦσα τὰς χεῖρας, Πίστις καλεῖται· διὰ ταύτης σώζονται οἱ ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ.
akoue nyn tas energeias autōn. hē men prōtē autōn, hē kratousa tas cheiras, Pistis kaleitai; dia tautēs sōzontai hoi eklektoi tou theou.
Hear now their functions. The first of them, the one clasping her hands, is called Faith; through her God's elect are saved.
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Summary: The first woman is Faith.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.3 (Lake, LCL 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-3).
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3.8.4Lake, LCL 25:46
ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα, ἡ περιεζωσμένη καὶ ἀνδριζομένη, Ἐγκράτεια καλεῖται· αὕτη θυγάτηρ ἐστὶν τῆς Πίστεως. ὃς ἂν οὖν ἀκολουθήσῃ αὐτῇ, μακάριος γίνεται ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι πάντων τῶν πονηρῶν ἔργων ἀφέξεται, πιστεύων ὅτι, ἐὰν ἀφέξηται πάσης ἐπιθυμίας πονηρᾶς, κληρονομήσει ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
hē de hetera, hē periezōsmenē kai andrizomenē, Enkrateia kaleitai; hautē thygatēr estin tēs Pisteōs. hos an oun akolouthēsę̄ autę̄, makarios ginetai en tę̄ zōę̄ autou, hoti pantōn tōn ponērōn ergōn aphexetai, pisteuōn hoti, ean aphexētai pasēs epithymias ponēras, klēronomēsei zōēn aiōnion.
And the next, who is girded and acts like a man, is called Self-control; she is the daughter of Faith. Whoever follows her becomes blessed in his life, because he will abstain from all evil deeds, believing that if he abstains from every evil desire he will inherit eternal life.”
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Summary: The second is Self-control, daughter of Faith.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): Ἑγκράτεια καλεῖται → Ἐγκράτεια καλεῖται.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.4 (Lake, LCL 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-4).
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3.8.5Lake, LCL 25:46
Αἱ δὲ ἕτεραι, κυρία, τίνες εἰσίν; Θυγατέρες ἀλλήλων εἰσίν· καλοῦνται δὲ ἡ μὲν Ἁπλότης, ἡ δὲ Ἐπιστήμη, ἡ δὲ Ἀκακία, ἡ δὲ Σεμνότης, ἡ δὲ Ἀγάπη. ὅταν οὖν τὰ ἔργα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῶν πάντα ποιήσῃς, δύνασαι ζῆσαι.
Hai de heterai, kyria, tines eisin? Thygateres allēlōn eisin; kalountai de hē men Haplotēs, hē de Epistēmē, hē de Akakia, hē de Semnotēs, hē de Agapē. hotan oun ta erga tēs mētros autōn panta poiēsę̄s, dynasai zēsai.
“And the others, lady, who are they?” “They are daughters of one another; they are called Simplicity, Knowledge, Innocence, Reverence, and Love. When, then, you do all the works of their mother, you can live.”
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Summary: The others are Simplicity, Knowledge, Innocence, Reverence, and Love.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text): εἰσίν καλοῦνται → εἰσίν· καλοῦνται.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.5 (Lake, LCL 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-5).
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3.8.6Lake, LCL 25:46
Ἤθελον, φημί, γνῶναι, κυρία, τίς τίνα δύναμιν ἔχει αὐτῶν. Ἄκουε, φησίν, τὰς δυνάμεις, ἃς ἔχουσιν.
Ēthelon, phēmi, gnōnai, kyria, tis tina dynamin echei autōn. Akoue, phēsin, tas dynameis, has echousin.
“I would like to know, lady,” I said, “which of them has what power.” “Hear,” she said, “the powers they have.
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Summary: He asks about their powers.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.6 (Lake, LCL 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-6).
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3.8.7Lake, LCL 25:46–48
κρατοῦνται δὲ ὑπʼ ἀλλήλων αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτῶν καὶ ἀκολουθοῦσιν ἀλλήλαις, καθὼς καὶ γεγεννημέναι εἰσίν. ἐκ τῆς Πίστεως γεννᾶται Ἐγκράτεια, ἐκ τῆς Ἐγκρατείας Ἁπλότης, ἐκ τῆς Ἁπλότητος Ἀκακία, ἐκ τῆς Ἀκακίας Σεμνότης, ἐκ τῆς Σεμνότητος Ἐπιστήμη, ἐκ τῆς Ἐπιστήμης Ἀγάπη. τούτων οὖν τὰ ἔργα ἁγνὰ καὶ σεμνὰ καὶ θεῖά ἐστιν.
kratountai de hypʼ allēlōn hai dynameis autōn kai akolouthousin allēlais, kathōs kai gegennēmenai eisin. ek tēs Pisteōs gennatai Enkrateia, ek tēs Enkrateias Haplotēs, ek tēs Haplotētos Akakia, ek tēs Akakias Semnotēs, ek tēs Semnotētos Epistēmē, ek tēs Epistēmēs Agapē. toutōn oun ta erga hagna kai semna kai theia estin.
Their powers are held together by one another, and they follow one another in the order in which they were born. From Faith is born Self-control, from Self-control Simplicity, from Simplicity Innocence, from Innocence Reverence, from Reverence Knowledge, from Knowledge Love. Their works, then, are pure and reverent and divine.
2 Pet 1:5 (echo, medium confidence) · 2 Pet 1:7 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Each virtue is born from the one before, from Faith to Love.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.7 (Lake, LCL 25:46–48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-7).
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3.8.8Lake, LCL 25:48
ὃς ἂν οὖν δουλεύσῃ ταύταις καὶ ἰσχύσῃ κρατῆσαι τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν, ἐν τῷ πύργῳ ἕξει τὴν κατοίκησιν μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ θεοῦ.
hos an oun douleusę̄ tautais kai ischysę̄ kratēsai tōn ergōn autōn, en tǭ pyrgǭ hexei tēn katoikēsin meta tōn hagiōn tou theou.
Whoever, then, serves them and is able to hold fast to their works will have his dwelling in the tower with the saints of God.”
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Summary: Those who serve these virtues will dwell in the tower.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.8 (Lake, LCL 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-8).
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3.8.9Lake, LCL 25:48
ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὴν περὶ τῶν καιρῶν, εἰ ἤδη συντέλειά ἐστιν. ἡ δὲ ἀνέκραγε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγουσα· Ἀσύνετε ἄνθρωπε, οὐχ ὁρᾷς τὸν πύργον ἔτι οἰκοδομούμενον; ὡς ἐὰν οὖν συντελεσθῇ ὁ πύργος οἰκοδομούμενος, ἔχει τέλος. ἀλλὰ ταχὺ ἐποικοδομηθήσεται. μηκέτι με ἐπερώτα μηδέν· ἀρκετή σοι ἡ ὑπόμνησις αὕτη καὶ τοῖς ἁγίοις καὶ ἡ ἀνακαίνωσις τῶν πνευμάτων ὑμῶν.
epērōtōn de autēn peri tōn kairōn, ei ēdē synteleia estin. hē de anekrage phōnę̄ megalę̄ legousa; Asynete anthrōpe, ouch horąs ton pyrgon eti oikodomoumenon? hōs ean oun syntelesthę̄ ho pyrgos oikodomoumenos, echei telos. alla tachy epoikodomēthēsetai. mēketi me eperōta mēden; arketē soi hē hypomnēsis hautē kai tois hagiois kai hē anakainōsis tōn pneumatōn hymōn.
And I asked her about the times, whether it is already the end. But she cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Foolish man, do you not see the tower still being built? When the tower has been finished, then comes the end. But it will be built quickly. Ask me nothing more; this reminder and the renewal of your spirits are enough for you and for the saints.
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Summary: The end will come when the tower is finished, and that will be soon.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.9 (Lake, LCL 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-9).
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3.8.10Lake, LCL 25:48
ἀλλʼ οὐ σοὶ μόνῳ ταῦτα ἀπεκαλύφθη, ἀλλʼ ἵνα πᾶσιν δηλώσῃς αὐτά,
allʼ ou soi monǭ tauta apekalyphthē, allʼ hina pasin dēlōsę̄s auta,
But these things were not revealed for you alone, but so that you may make them known to all,
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Summary: The revelation is for everyone.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.10 (Lake, LCL 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-10).
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3.8.11Lake, LCL 25:48
μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας, νοῆσαί σε γὰρ δεῖ πρῶτον. ἐντέλλομαι δέ σοι πρῶτον, Ἑρμᾶ, τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, ἅ σοι μέλλω λέγειν, λαλῆσαι αὐτὰ πάντα εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῶν ἁγίων, ἵνα ἀκούσαντες αὐτὰ καὶ ποιήσαντες καθαρισθῶσιν ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν αὐτῶν καὶ σὺ δὲ μετʼ αὐτῶν.
meta treis hēmeras, noēsai se gar dei prōton. entellomai de soi prōton, Herma, ta rhēmata tauta, ha soi mellō legein, lalēsai auta panta eis ta ōta tōn hagiōn, hina akousantes auta kai poiēsantes katharisthōsin apo tōn ponēriōn autōn kai sy de metʼ autōn.
after three days, for you must first understand them. And I command you first, Hermas, to speak all these words that I am about to say to you into the ears of the saints, so that when they hear them and do them they may be cleansed from their wickedness, and you with them.
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Summary: Hermas must speak these words to all the saints.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.8.11 (Lake, LCL 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-8-11).
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Vision 3, chapter 9
3.9.1Lake, LCL 25:48–50
Ἀκούσατέ μου, τέκνα· ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐξέθρεψα ἐν πολλῇ ἁπλότητι καὶ ἀκακίᾳ καὶ σεμνότητι διὰ τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς στάξαντος τὴν δικαιοσύνην, ἵνα δικαιωθῆτε καὶ ἁγιασθῆτε ἀπὸ πάσης πονηρίας καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης σκολιότητος· ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐ θέλετε παῆναι ἀπὸ τῆς πονηρίας ὑμῶν.
Akousate mou, tekna; egō hymas exethrepsa en pollę̄ haplotēti kai akakią kai semnotēti dia to eleos tou kyriou tou ephʼ hymas staxantos tēn dikaiosynēn, hina dikaiōthēte kai hagiasthēte apo pasēs ponērias kai apo pasēs skoliotētos; hymeis de ou thelete paēnai apo tēs ponērias hymōn.
Listen to me, children: I brought you up in much simplicity and innocence and reverence through the mercy of the Lord, who has dropped righteousness upon you, so that you may be justified and sanctified from all wickedness and from all crookedness. But you do not wish to stop your wickedness.
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Summary: The church speaks as a mother: you have been nurtured in righteousness but will not stop sinning.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.1 (Lake, LCL 25:48–50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-1).
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3.9.2Lake, LCL 25:50
νῦν οὖν ἀκούσατέ μου καὶ εἰρηνεύετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐπισκέπτεσθε ἀλλήλους καὶ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθε ἀλλήλων, καὶ μὴ μόνοι τὰ κτίσματα τοῦ θεοῦ μεταλαμβάνετε ἐκ καταχύματος, ἀλλὰ μεταδίδοτε καὶ τοῖς ὑστερουμένοις·
nyn oun akousate mou kai eirēneuete en heautois kai episkeptesthe allēlous kai antilambanesthe allēlōn, kai mē monoi ta ktismata tou theou metalambanete ek katachymatos, alla metadidote kai tois hysteroumenois;
Now, then, listen to me, and be at peace among yourselves, and look after one another and help one another; and do not partake of God's creatures in excess by yourselves alone, but share them also with those in need.
Notes and citation
Summary: Share food with the needy; do not consume in excess alone.
Topics: Ethics, Almsgiving and care for the poor
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.2 (Lake, LCL 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-2).
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3.9.3Lake, LCL 25:50
οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν πολλῶν ἐδεσμάτων ἀσθένειαν τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτῶν ἐπισπῶνται καὶ λυμαίνονται τὴν σάρκα αὐτῶν· τῶν δὲ μὴ ἐχόντων ἐδέσματα λυμαίνεται ἡ σὰρξ αὐτῶν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν τὸ ἀρκετὸν τῆς τροφῆς, καὶ διαφθείρεται τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν.
hoi men gar apo tōn pollōn edesmatōn astheneian tę̄ sarki autōn epispōntai kai lymainontai tēn sarka autōn; tōn de mē echontōn edesmata lymainetai hē sarx autōn dia to mē echein to arketon tēs trophēs, kai diaphtheiretai to sōma autōn.
For some bring illness upon their flesh from too much food and injure their flesh; while the flesh of those who have no food is injured because they do not have enough nourishment, and their body is ruined.
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Summary: Excess harms the rich, want harms the poor.
Topics: Wealth and poverty
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.3 (Lake, LCL 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-3).
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3.9.4Lake, LCL 25:50
αὕτη οὖν ἡ ἀσυνκρασία βλαβερὰ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἔχουσι καὶ μὴ μεταδιδοῦσιν τοῖς ὑστερουμένοις.
hautē oun hē asynkrasia blabera hymin tois echousi kai mē metadidousin tois hysteroumenois.
This lack of sharing, then, is harmful to you who have and do not share with those in need.
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Summary: Not sharing harms those who have.
- “Lack of sharing” (ἀσυνκρασία): literally “lack of mixing,” an unequal distribution.
Topics: Ethics, Almsgiving and care for the poor
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.4 (Lake, LCL 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-4).
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3.9.5Lake, LCL 25:50
βλέπετε τὴν κρίσιν τὴν ἐπερχομένην. οἱ ὑπερέχοντες οὖν ἐκζητεῖτε τοὺς πεινῶντας, ἕως οὔπω ὁ πύργος ἐτελέσθη· μετὰ γὰρ τὸ τελεσθῆναι τὸν πύργον θελήσετε ἀγαθοποιεῖν, καὶ οὐχ ἕξετε τόπον.
blepete tēn krisin tēn eperchomenēn. hoi hyperechontes oun ekzēteite tous peinōntas, heōs oupō ho pyrgos etelesthē; meta gar to telesthēnai ton pyrgon thelēsete agathopoiein, kai ouch hexete topon.
Look at the judgment that is coming. You who have abundance, then, seek out the hungry while the tower is not yet finished; for after the tower is finished you will wish to do good and will have no opportunity.
Notes and citation
Summary: Help the hungry now, before it is too late.
Topics: Ethics, Eschatology, Almsgiving and care for the poor
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.5 (Lake, LCL 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-5).
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3.9.6Lake, LCL 25:50
βλέπετε οὖν ὑμεῖς οἱ γαυριώμενοι ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ ὑμῶν, μήποτε στενάξουσιν οἱ ὑστερούμενοι καὶ ὁ στεναγμὸς αὐτῶν ἀναβήσεται πρὸς τὸν κύριον καὶ ἐκκλεισθήσεσθε μετὰ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ὑμῶν ἔξω τῆς θύρας τοῦ πύργου.
blepete oun hymeis hoi gauriōmenoi en tǭ ploutǭ hymōn, mēpote stenaxousin hoi hysteroumenoi kai ho stenagmos autōn anabēsetai pros ton kyrion kai ekkleisthēsesthe meta tōn agathōn hymōn exō tēs thyras tou pyrgou.
Look out, then, you who pride yourselves in your wealth, lest those in need groan, and their groaning go up to the Lord, and you with your goods be shut outside the door of the tower.
Jas 5:4 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The groans of the poor will rise to God against the proud rich.
Topics: Ethics, Wealth and poverty
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.6 (Lake, LCL 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-6).
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3.9.7Lake, LCL 25:50
νῦν οὖν ὑμῖν λέγω τοῖς προηγουμένοις τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τοῖς πρωτοκαθεδρίταις· μὴ γίνεσθε ὅμοιοι τοῖς φαρμακοῖς. οἱ φαρμακοὶ μὲν οὖν τὰ φάρμακα ἑαυτῶν εἰς τὰς πυξίδας βαστάζουσιν, ὑμεῖς δὲ τὸ φάρμακον ὑμῶν καὶ τὸν ἰὸν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν.
nyn oun hymin legō tois proēgoumenois tēs ekklēsias kai tois prōtokathedritais; mē ginesthe homoioi tois pharmakois. hoi pharmakoi men oun ta pharmaka heautōn eis tas pyxidas bastazousin, hymeis de to pharmakon hymōn kai ton ion eis tēn kardian.
Now, then, I say to you who lead the church and to those who occupy the chief seats: do not be like the sorcerers. For the sorcerers carry their drugs in boxes, but you carry your drug and your poison in your heart.
Notes and citation
Summary: Church leaders must not carry poison in their hearts.
- “Those who occupy the chief seats” (πρωτοκαθεδρῖται): leaders who sat in the front seats of the assembly.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.7 (Lake, LCL 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-7).
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3.9.8Lake, LCL 25:50
ἐνεσκιρωμένοι ἐστὲ καὶ οὐ θέλετε καθαρίσαι τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν καὶ συνκεράσαι ὑμῶν τὴν φρόνησιν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ, ἵνα σχῆτε ἔλεος παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου.
eneskirōmenoi este kai ou thelete katharisai tas kardias hymōn kai synkerasai hymōn tēn phronēsin epi to auto en katharą kardią, hina schēte eleos para tou basileōs tou megalou.
You are hardened and do not wish to cleanse your hearts and to blend your thinking together in a pure heart, so that you may obtain mercy from the great King.
Notes and citation
Summary: Leaders must cleanse their hearts and be of one mind.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.8 (Lake, LCL 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-8).
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3.9.9Lake, LCL 25:50–52
βλέπετε οὖν, τέκνα, μήποτε αὗται αἱ διχοστασίαι ἀποστερήσουσιν τὴν ζωὴν ὑμῶν.
blepete oun, tekna, mēpote hautai hai dichostasiai aposterēsousin tēn zōēn hymōn.
Look out, then, children, lest these divisions deprive you of your life.
Notes and citation
Summary: Divisions may cost you your life.
Topics: Schism and unity
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.9 (Lake, LCL 25:50–52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-9).
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3.9.10Lake, LCL 25:52
πῶς ὑμεῖς παιδεύειν θέλετε τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κυρίου, αὐτοὶ μὴ ἔχοντες παιδείαν; παιδεύετε οὖν ἀλλήλους καὶ εἰρηνεύετε ἐν αὑτοῖς ἵνα κἀγὼ κατέναντι τοῦ πατρὸς ἱλαρὰ σταθεῖσα λόγον ἀποδῶ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν πάντων τῷ κυρίῳ.
pōs hymeis paideuein thelete tous eklektous kyriou, autoi mē echontes paideian? paideuete oun allēlous kai eirēneuete en hautois hina kagō katenanti tou patros hilara statheisa logon apodō hyper hymōn pantōn tǭ kyriǭ.
How do you wish to discipline the Lord's elect, when you yourselves have no discipline? Discipline one another, then, and be at peace among yourselves, so that I too may stand cheerfully before the Father and give an account for all of you to the Lord.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Discipline one another and keep peace, so that the church may give a good account.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.9.10 (Lake, LCL 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-9-10).
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Vision 3, chapter 10
3.10.1Lake, LCL 25:52
Ὅτε οὖν ἐπαύσατο μετʼ ἐμοῦ λαλοῦσα, ἦλθον οἱ ἓξ νεανίσκοι οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες καὶ ἀπήνεγκαν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὸν πύργον, καὶ ἄλλοι τέσσαρες ἦραν τὸ συμψέλιον καὶ ἀπήνεγκαν καὶ αὐτὸ πρὸς τὸν πύργον. τούτων τὸ πρόσωπον οὐκ εἶδον, ὅτι ἀπεστραμμένοι ἦσαν.
Hote oun epausato metʼ emou lalousa, ēlthon hoi hex neaniskoi hoi oikodomountes kai apēnenkan autēn pros ton pyrgon, kai alloi tessares ēran to sympselion kai apēnenkan kai auto pros ton pyrgon. toutōn to prosōpon ouk eidon, hoti apestrammenoi ēsan.
When, then, she had stopped speaking with me, the six young men who were building came and carried her away to the tower, and four others took up the couch and carried it also to the tower. I did not see their faces, because they were turned away.
Notes and citation
Summary: The builders carry her back to the tower.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.1 (Lake, LCL 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-1).
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3.10.2Lake, LCL 25:52
ὑπάγουσαν δὲ αὐτὴν ἠρώτων, ἵνα μοι ἀποκαλύψῃ περὶ τῶν τριῶν μορφῶν, ἐν αἷς μοι ἐνεφανίσθη. ἀποκριθεῖσά μοι λέγει· Περὶ τούτων ἕτερον δεῖ σε ἐπερωτῆσαι, ἵνα σοι ἀποκαλυφθῇ.
hypagousan de autēn ērōtōn, hina moi apokalypsę̄ peri tōn triōn morphōn, en hais moi enephanisthē. apokritheisa moi legei; Peri toutōn heteron dei se eperōtēsai, hina soi apokalyphthę̄.
As she was going I asked her to reveal to me about the three forms in which she had appeared to me. She answered me, “About these you must ask someone else, so that it may be revealed to you.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas asks about her three forms; she refers him to another.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.2 (Lake, LCL 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-2).
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3.10.3Lake, LCL 25:52
ὤφθη δέ μοι, ἀδελφοί, τῇ μὲν πρώτῃ ὁράσει τῇ περυσινῇ λίαν πρεσβυτέρα καὶ ἐν καθέδρᾳ καθημένη.
ōphthē de moi, adelphoi, tę̄ men prōtę̄ horasei tę̄ perysinę̄ lian presbytera kai en kathedrą kathēmenē.
She appeared to me, brothers, in the first vision last year as very old and seated on a chair.
Notes and citation
Summary: In the first vision she was very old and seated.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.3 (Lake, LCL 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-3).
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3.10.4Lake, LCL 25:52
τῇ δὲ ἑτέρᾳ ὁράσει τὴν μὲν ὄψιν νεωτέραν εἶχεν, τὴν δὲ σάρκα καὶ τὰς τρίχας πρεσβυτέρας, καὶ ἑστηκυῖά μοι ἐλάλει· ἱλαρωτέρα δὲ ἦν ἢ τὸ πρότερον.
tę̄ de heterą horasei tēn men opsin neōteran eichen, tēn de sarka kai tas trichas presbyteras, kai hestēkuia moi elalei; hilarōtera de ēn ē to proteron.
In the second vision her face was younger, but her flesh and her hair were old, and she spoke to me standing; and she was more cheerful than before.
Notes and citation
Summary: In the second she was younger in face, standing and more cheerful.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.4 (Lake, LCL 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-4).
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3.10.5Lake, LCL 25:52
τῇ δὲ τρίτῃ ὁράσει ὅλη νεωτέρα καὶ κάλλει ἐκπρεπεστάτη, μόνας δὲ τὰς τρίχας πρεσβυτέρας εἶχεν· ἱλαρὰ δὲ εἰς τέλος ἦν καὶ ἐπὶ συμψελίου καθημένη.
tę̄ de tritę̄ horasei holē neōtera kai kallei ekprepestatē, monas de tas trichas presbyteras eichen; hilara de eis telos ēn kai epi sympseliou kathēmenē.
In the third vision she was entirely younger and exceedingly beautiful, and only her hair was old; and she was altogether cheerful and was seated on a couch.
Notes and citation
Summary: In the third she was young and beautiful, seated on a couch.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.5 (Lake, LCL 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-5).
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3.10.6Lake, LCL 25:52–54
περὶ τούτων περίλυπος ἤμην λίαν τοῦ γνῶναί με τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν ταύτην, καὶ βλέπω τὴν πρεσβυτέραν ἐν ὁράματι τῆς νυκτὸς λέγουσάν μοι· Πᾶσα ἐρώτησις ταπεινοφροσύνης χρῄζει. νήστευσον οὖν, καὶ λήμψῃ ὃ αἰτεῖς παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου.
peri toutōn perilypos ēmēn lian tou gnōnai me tēn apokalypsin tautēn, kai blepō tēn presbyteran en horamati tēs nyktos legousan moi; Pasa erōtēsis tapeinophrosynēs chrę̄zei. nēsteuson oun, kai lēmpsę̄ ho aiteis para tou kyriou.
I was very distressed about these things, wishing to know this revelation; and I saw the elderly woman in a vision of the night, saying to me, “Every request needs humility. Fast, then, and you will receive what you ask from the Lord.”
Notes and citation
Summary: She tells him to fast and ask humbly.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (a quotation follows)): λέγουσάν μοι. Πᾶσα → λέγουσάν μοι· Πᾶσα.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.6 (Lake, LCL 25:52–54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-6).
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3.10.7Lake, LCL 25:54
ἐνήστευσα οὖν μίαν ἡμέραν, καὶ αὐτῇ τῇ νυκτί μοι ὤφθη νεανίσκος καὶ λέγει μοι· Τί σὺ ὑπὸ χεῖρα αἰτεῖς ἀποκαλύψεις ἐν δεήσει; βλέπε, μήποτε πολλὰ αἰτούμενος βλάψῃς σου τὴν σάρκα.
enēsteusa oun mian hēmeran, kai autę̄ tę̄ nykti moi ōphthē neaniskos kai legei moi; Ti sy hypo cheira aiteis apokalypseis en deēsei? blepe, mēpote polla aitoumenos blapsę̄s sou tēn sarka.
So I fasted one day, and that very night a young man appeared to me and said, “Why do you keep asking for revelations in prayer? See that by asking many things you do not harm your flesh.
Notes and citation
Summary: A young man warns him not to harm his body by excessive fasting.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.7 (Lake, LCL 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-7).
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3.10.8Lake, LCL 25:54
ἀρκοῦσίν σοι αἱ ἀποκαλύψεις αὗται. μήτι δύνῃ ἰσχυροτέρας ἀποκαλύψεις ὧν ἑώρακας ἰδεῖν;
arkousin soi hai apokalypseis hautai. mēti dynę̄ ischyroteras apokalypseis hōn heōrakas idein?
These revelations are enough for you. Can you see more powerful revelations than those you have seen?”
Notes and citation
Summary: The revelations he has are enough.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.8 (Lake, LCL 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-8).
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3.10.9Lake, LCL 25:54
ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγω· Κύριε, τοῦτο μόνον αἰτοῦμαι, περὶ τῶν τριῶν μορφῶν τῆς πρεσβυτέρας ἵνα ἀποκάλυψις ὁλοτελὴς γένηται. ἀποκριθείς μοι λέγει· Μέχρι τίνος ἀσύνετοί ἐστε; ἀλλʼ αἱ διψυχίαι ὑμῶν ἀσυνέτους ὑμᾶς ποιοῦσιν καὶ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν κύριον.
apokritheis autǭ legō; Kyrie, touto monon aitoumai, peri tōn triōn morphōn tēs presbyteras hina apokalypsis holotelēs genētai. apokritheis moi legei; Mechri tinos asynetoi este? allʼ hai dipsychiai hymōn asynetous hymas poiousin kai to mē echein tēn kardian hymōn pros ton kyrion.
I answered him, “Sir, I ask only this, about the three forms of the elderly woman, so that the revelation may be complete.” He answered me, “How long will you be without understanding? It is your double-mindedness that makes you without understanding, and not having your heart toward the Lord.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Doubt keeps them from understanding.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ἀποκριθείς αὐτῷ λέγω → ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγω.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.9 (Lake, LCL 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-9).
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3.10.10Lake, LCL 25:54
ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ πάλιν εἶπον· Ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ σοῦ, κύριε, ἀκριβέστερον αὐτὰ γνωσόμεθα.
apokritheis autǭ palin eipon; Allʼ apo sou, kyrie, akribesteron auta gnōsometha.
I answered him again, “But from you, sir, we shall learn them more exactly.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas asks him to explain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.10.10 (Lake, LCL 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-10-10).
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Vision 3, chapter 11
3.11.1Lake, LCL 25:54
Ἄκουε, φησίν, περὶ τῶν μορφῶν ὧν ἐπιζητεῖς.
Akoue, phēsin, peri tōn morphōn hōn epizēteis.
“Hear,” he said, “about the forms you are asking about.
Notes and citation
Summary: The young man explains the three forms.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.11.1 (Lake, LCL 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-11-1).
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3.11.2Lake, LCL 25:54
τῇ μὲν πρώτῃ ὁράσει διατί πρεσβυτέρα ὤφθη σοι καὶ ἐπὶ καθέδραν καθημένη; ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα ὑμῶν πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἤδη μεμαραμμένον καὶ μὴ ἔχον δύναμιν ἀπὸ τῶν μαλακιῶν ὑμῶν καὶ διψυχιῶν·
tę̄ men prōtę̄ horasei diati presbytera ōphthē soi kai epi kathedran kathēmenē? hoti to pneuma hymōn presbyteron kai ēdē memarammenon kai mē echon dynamin apo tōn malakiōn hymōn kai dipsychiōn;
In the first vision, why did she appear to you old and seated on a chair? Because your spirit was old and already withered and without power because of your weaknesses and double-mindedness.
Notes and citation
Summary: She was old because their spirit was weak and doubting.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.11.2 (Lake, LCL 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-11-2).
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3.11.3Lake, LCL 25:54–56
ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι, μηκέτι ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα τοῦ ἀνανεῶσαι, οὐδὲν ἄλλο προσδοκῶσιν εἰ μὴ τὴν κοίμησιν αὐτῶν, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς μαλακισθέντες ἀπὸ τῶν βιωτικῶν πραγμάτων παρεδώκατε ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὰς ἀκηδίας καὶ οὐκ ἐπερίψατε ἑαυτῶν τὰς μερίμνας ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον· ἀλλὰ ἐθραύσθη ὑμῶν ἡ διάνοια καὶ ἐπαλαιώθητε ταῖς λύπαις ὑμῶν.
hōsper gar hoi presbyteroi, mēketi echontes elpida tou ananeōsai, ouden allo prosdokōsin ei mē tēn koimēsin autōn, houtōs kai hymeis malakisthentes apo tōn biōtikōn pragmatōn paredōkate heautous eis tas akēdias kai ouk eperipsate heautōn tas merimnas epi ton kyrion; alla ethrausthē hymōn hē dianoia kai epalaiōthēte tais lypais hymōn.
For just as old people, no longer having hope of renewal, expect nothing but their falling asleep, so also you, weakened by the affairs of this life, gave yourselves over to apathy and did not cast your cares upon the Lord; but your mind was broken and you grew old in your sorrows.
Ps 55:22 (54:23 LXX) (echo, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 5:7 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Worn down by worldly cares, they grew old in spirit.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.11.3 (Lake, LCL 25:54–56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-11-3).
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3.11.4Lake, LCL 25:56
Διατί οὖν ἐν καθέδρᾳ ἐκάθητο, ἤθελον γνῶναι, κύριε. Ὅτι πᾶς ἀσθενὴς εἰς καθέδραν καθέζεται διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν αὐτοῦ, ἵνα συνκρατηθῇ ἡ ἀσθένεια τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ. ἔχεις τὸν τύπον τῆς πρώτης ὁράσεως.
Diati oun en kathedrą ekathēto, ēthelon gnōnai, kyrie. Hoti pas asthenēs eis kathedran kathezetai dia tēn astheneian autou, hina synkratēthę̄ hē astheneia tou sōmatos autou. echeis ton typon tēs prōtēs horaseōs.
“Why, then, did she sit on a chair? I would like to know, sir.” “Because every sick person sits on a chair because of his weakness, so that the weakness of his body may be supported. You have the meaning of the first vision.
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Summary: She sat because the weak need support.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.11.4 (Lake, LCL 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-11-4).
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Vision 3, chapter 12
3.12.1Lake, LCL 25:56
Τῇ δὲ δευτέρᾳ ὁράσει εἶδες αὐτὴν ἑστηκυῖαν καὶ τὴν ὄψιν νεωτέραν ἔχουσαν καὶ ἱλαρωτέραν παρὰ τὸ πρότερον, τὴν δὲ σάρκα καὶ τὰς τρίχας πρεσβυτέρας. ἄκουε, φησίν, καὶ ταύτην τὴν παραβολήν·
Tę̄ de deuterą horasei eides autēn hestēkuian kai tēn opsin neōteran echousan kai hilarōteran para to proteron, tēn de sarka kai tas trichas presbyteras. akoue, phēsin, kai tautēn tēn parabolēn;
In the second vision you saw her standing, with a younger and more cheerful face than before, but her flesh and hair old. Hear,” he said, “this parable also.
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Summary: The meaning of the second vision.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.12.1 (Lake, LCL 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-12-1).
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3.12.2Lake, LCL 25:56
ὅταν πρεσβύτερός τις, ἤδη ἀφηλπικὼς ἑαυτὸν διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν πτωχότητα, οὐδὲν ἕτερον προσδέχεται εἰ μὴ τὴν ἐσχάτην ἡμέραν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ· εἶτα ἐξαίφνης κατελείφθη αὐτῷ κληρονομία, ἀκούσας δὲ ἐξηγέρθη καὶ περιχαρὴς γενόμενος ἐνεδύσατο τὴν ἰσχύν· καὶ οὐκέτι ἀνακεῖται, ἀλλὰ ἕστηκεν, καὶ ἀνανεοῦται αὐτοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἤδη ἐφθαρμένον ἀπὸ τῶν προτέρων αὐτοῦ πράξεων, καὶ οὐκέτι κάθηται, ἀλλὰ ἀνδρίζεται· οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ἀκούσαντες τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν, ἣν ὑμῖν ὁ κύριος ἀπεκάλυψεν,
hotan presbyteros tis, ēdē aphēlpikōs heauton dia tēn astheneian autou kai tēn ptōchotēta, ouden heteron prosdechetai ei mē tēn eschatēn hēmeran tēs zōēs autou; eita exaiphnēs kateleiphthē autǭ klēronomia, akousas de exēgerthē kai pericharēs genomenos enedysato tēn ischyn; kai ouketi anakeitai, alla hestēken, kai ananeoutai autou to pneuma to ēdē ephtharmenon apo tōn proterōn autou praxeōn, kai ouketi kathētai, alla andrizetai; houtōs kai hymeis, akousantes tēn apokalypsin, hēn hymin ho kyrios apekalypsen,
When an old man, already despairing of himself because of his weakness and poverty, expects nothing but the last day of his life, and then suddenly an inheritance is left to him: when he hears it he rises up and, overjoyed, puts on strength; and he no longer lies down, but stands, and his spirit, already worn out by his former circumstances, is renewed, and he no longer sits but acts like a man. So also you, when you heard the revelation that the Lord revealed to you,
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Summary: Like an old man who inherits a fortune, they were renewed by the revelation.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing breathing)): αλλὰ ἀνδρίζεται → ἀλλὰ ἀνδρίζεται.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.12.2 (Lake, LCL 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-12-2).
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3.12.3Lake, LCL 25:56–58
ὅτι ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἀνενεώσατο τὰ πνεύματα ὑμῶν καὶ ἀπέθεσθε τὰς μαλακίας ὑμῶν, καὶ προσῆλθεν ὑμῖν ἰσχυρότης καὶ ἐνεδυναμώθητε ἐν τῇ πίστει, καὶ ἰδὼν ὁ κύριος τὴν ἰσχυροποίησιν ὑμῶν ἐχάρη· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐδήλωσεν ὑμῖν τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου καὶ ἕτερα δηλώσει, ἐὰν ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας εἰρηνεύετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς.
hoti esplanchnisthē ephʼ hymas, kai aneneōsato ta pneumata hymōn kai apethesthe tas malakias hymōn, kai prosēlthen hymin ischyrotēs kai enedynamōthēte en tę̄ pistei, kai idōn ho kyrios tēn ischyropoiēsin hymōn echarē; kai dia touto edēlōsen hymin tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou kai hetera dēlōsei, ean ex holēs kardias eirēneuete en heautois.
because he had compassion on you, your spirits were renewed and you laid aside your weaknesses, and strength came to you and you were strengthened in faith; and the Lord, seeing your strengthening, rejoiced. For this reason he showed you the building of the tower, and he will show you other things, if you are at peace among yourselves with your whole heart.
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Summary: God rejoiced at their renewed strength and will show more if they keep peace.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.12.3 (Lake, LCL 25:56–58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-12-3).
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Vision 3, chapter 13
3.13.1Lake, LCL 25:58
Τῇ δὲ τρίτῃ ὁράσει εἶδες αὐτὴν νεωτέραν καὶ καλὴν καὶ ἱλαρὰν καὶ καλὴν τὴν μορφὴν αὐτῆς·
Tę̄ de tritę̄ horasei eides autēn neōteran kai kalēn kai hilaran kai kalēn tēn morphēn autēs;
In the third vision you saw her younger and beautiful and cheerful, and her form beautiful.
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Summary: The meaning of the third vision.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.13.1 (Lake, LCL 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-13-1).
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3.13.2Lake, LCL 25:58
ὡς ἐὰν γάρ τινι λυπουμένῳ ἔλθῃ ἀγγελία ἀγαθή τις, εὐθὺς ἐπελάθετο τῶν προτέρων λυπῶν καὶ οὐδὲν ἄλλο προσδέχεται εἰ μὴ τὴν ἀγγελίαν, ἣν ἤκουσεν, καὶ ἰσχυροποιεῖται λοιπὸν εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἀνανεοῦται αὐτοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα διὰ τὴν χαράν, ἣν ἔλαβεν· οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀνανέωσιν εἰλήφατε τῶν πνευμάτων ὑμῶν ἰδόντες ταῦτα τὰ ἀγαθά.
hōs ean gar tini lypoumenǭ elthę̄ angelia agathē tis, euthys epelatheto tōn proterōn lypōn kai ouden allo prosdechetai ei mē tēn angelian, hēn ēkousen, kai ischyropoieitai loipon eis to agathon kai ananeoutai autou to pneuma dia tēn charan, hēn elaben; houtōs kai hymeis ananeōsin eilēphate tōn pneumatōn hymōn idontes tauta ta agatha.
For just as when good news comes to someone who is grieving, he immediately forgets his former griefs and expects nothing but the news he has heard, and from then on is strengthened for good, and his spirit is renewed because of the joy he has received: so also you have received a renewal of your spirits by seeing these good things.
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Summary: Good news renews a grieving person; so the visions renewed them.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.13.2 (Lake, LCL 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-13-2).
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3.13.3Lake, LCL 25:58
καὶ ὅτι ἐπὶ συμψελίου εἶδες καθημένην, ἰσχυρὰ ἡ θέσις, ὅτι τέσσαρας πόδας ἔχει τὸ συμψέλιον καὶ ἰσχυρῶς ἕστηκεν· καὶ γὰρ ὁ κόσμος διὰ τεσσάρων στοιχείων κρατεῖται.
kai hoti epi sympseliou eides kathēmenēn, ischyra hē thesis, hoti tessaras podas echei to sympselion kai ischyrōs hestēken; kai gar ho kosmos dia tessarōn stoicheiōn krateitai.
And as for your seeing her seated on a couch, the position is firm, because the couch has four feet and stands firmly; for the world too is held together by four elements.
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Summary: The four-legged couch stands firm, like the world of four elements.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.13.3 (Lake, LCL 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-13-3).
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3.13.4Lake, LCL 25:58
οἱ οὖν μετανοήσαντες ὁλοτελῶς νέοι ἔσονται καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι, οἱ ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας μετανοήσαντες. ἀπέχεις ὁλοτελῆ τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν· μηκέτι μηδὲν αἰτήσῃς περὶ ἀποκαλύψεως, ἐάν τι δὲ δέῃ, ἀποκαλυφθήσεταί σοι.
hoi oun metanoēsantes holotelōs neoi esontai kai tethemeliōmenoi, hoi ex holēs kardias metanoēsantes. apecheis holotelē tēn apokalypsin; mēketi mēden aitēsę̄s peri apokalypseōs, ean ti de deę̄, apokalyphthēsetai soi.
Those, then, who have repented completely will be young and well founded, those who have repented with their whole heart. You have the complete revelation. Ask nothing more about revelation; but if anything is needed, it will be revealed to you.”
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Summary: Those who fully repent will be young again; the revelation is complete.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 3.13.4 (Lake, LCL 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/3-13-4).
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Vision 4, chapter 1
4.1.1Lake, LCL 25:60
Ἣν εἶδον, ἀδελφοί, μετὰ ἡμέρας εἴκοσι τῆς προτέρας ὁράσεως τῆς γενομένης, εἰς τύπον τῆς θλίψεως τῆς ἐπερχομένης.
Hēn eidon, adelphoi, meta hēmeras eikosi tēs proteras horaseōs tēs genomenēs, eis typon tēs thlipseōs tēs eperchomenēs.
What I saw, brothers, twenty days after the previous vision, as a type of the coming tribulation:
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Summary: The fourth vision: a type of the coming tribulation.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.1 (Lake, LCL 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-1).
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4.1.2Lake, LCL 25:60
ὑπῆγον εἰς ἀγρὸν τῇ ὁδῷ τῇ καμπανῇ. ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς δημοσίας ἐστὶν ὡσεὶ στάδια δέκα· ῥᾳδίως δὲ ὁδεύεται ὁ τόπος.
hypēgon eis agron tę̄ hodǭ tę̄ kampanę̄. apo tēs hodou tēs dēmosias estin hōsei stadia deka; rhądiōs de hodeuetai ho topos.
I was going into the country by the Campanian Way. It is about ten stades from the public road, and the place is easily reached.
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Summary: Hermas walks along the Via Campana.
- The Via Campana ran from Rome toward the southwest; ten stades is a little over a mile.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.2 (Lake, LCL 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-2).
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4.1.3Lake, LCL 25:60
μόνος οὖν περιπατῶν ἀξιῶ τὸν κύριον, ἵνα τὰς ἀποκαλύψεις καὶ τὰ ὁράματα, ἅ μοι ἔδειξεν διὰ τῆς ἁγίας Ἐκκλησίας αὐτοῦ, τελειώσῃ, ἵνα με ἰσχυροποιήσῃ καὶ δῷ τὴν μετάνοιαν τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἐσκανδαλισμένοις, ἵνα δοξασθῇ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ τὸ μέγα καὶ ἔνδοξον, ὅτι με ἄξιον ἡγήσατο τοῦ δεῖξαί μοι τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ.
monos oun peripatōn axiō ton kyrion, hina tas apokalypseis kai ta horamata, ha moi edeixen dia tēs hagias Ekklēsias autou, teleiōsę̄, hina me ischyropoiēsę̄ kai dǭ tēn metanoian tois doulois autou tois eskandalismenois, hina doxasthę̄ to onoma autou to mega kai endoxon, hoti me axion hēgēsato tou deixai moi ta thaumasia autou.
So, walking alone, I asked the Lord to complete the revelations and visions that he had shown me through his holy church, so that he might strengthen me and give repentance to his servants who had stumbled, so that his great and glorious name might be glorified, because he counted me worthy to show me his wonders.
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Summary: Hermas prays for the completion of the revelations.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.3 (Lake, LCL 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-3).
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4.1.4Lake, LCL 25:60
καὶ δοξάζοντός μου καὶ εὐχαριστοῦντος αὐτῷ, ὡς ἦχος φωνῆς μοι ἀπεκρίθη· Μὴ διψυχήσεις, Ἑρμᾶ. ἐν ἐμαυτῷ ἠρξάμην διαλογίζεσθαι καὶ λέγειν· Ἐγὼ τί ἔχω διψυχῆσαι, οὕτω τεθεμελιωμένος ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἰδὼν ἔνδοξα πράγματα;
kai doxazontos mou kai eucharistountos autǭ, hōs ēchos phōnēs moi apekrithē; Mē dipsychēseis, Herma. en emautǭ ērxamēn dialogizesthai kai legein; Egō ti echō dipsychēsai, houtō tethemeliōmenos hypo tou kyriou kai idōn endoxa pragmata?
And as I was glorifying and thanking him, something like the sound of a voice answered me: “Do not be double-minded, Hermas.” I began to reason within myself and to say, “Why should I be double-minded, so firmly founded by the Lord and having seen glorious things?”
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Summary: A voice tells him not to doubt.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.4 (Lake, LCL 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-4).
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4.1.5Lake, LCL 25:60
καὶ προσέβην μικρόν, ἀδελφοί, καὶ ἰδού, βλέπω κονιορτὸν ὡς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἠρξάμην λέγειν ἐν ἐμαυτῷ· Μήποτε κτήνη ἔρχονται καὶ κονιορτὸν ἐγείρουσιν; οὕτω δὲ ἦν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ὡς ἀπὸ σταδίου.
kai prosebēn mikron, adelphoi, kai idou, blepō koniorton hōs eis ton ouranon kai ērxamēn legein en emautǭ; Mēpote ktēnē erchontai kai koniorton egeirousin? houtō de ēn apʼ emou hōs apo stadiou.
And I went on a little, brothers, and behold, I saw a cloud of dust reaching as it were to heaven, and I began to say to myself, “Are cattle coming and raising dust?” It was about a stade from me.
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Summary: Hermas sees a huge cloud of dust.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.5 (Lake, LCL 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-5).
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4.1.6Lake, LCL 25:60–62
γινομένου μείζονος καὶ μείζονος κονιορτοῦ ὑπενόησα εἶναί τι θεῖον· μικρὸν ἐξέλαμψεν ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἰδού, βλέπω θηρίον μέγιστον ὡσεὶ κῆτός τι, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἀκρίδες πύριναι ἐξεπορεύοντο· ἦν δὲ τὸ θηρίον τῷ μήκει ὡσεὶ ποδῶν ρ, τὴν δὲ κεφαλὴν εἶχεν ὡσεὶ κεράμου.
ginomenou meizonos kai meizonos koniortou hypenoēsa einai ti theion; mikron exelampsen ho hēlios kai idou, blepō thērion megiston hōsei kētos ti, kai ek tou stomatos autou akrides pyrinai exeporeuonto; ēn de to thērion tǭ mēkei hōsei podōn r, tēn de kephalēn eichen hōsei keramou.
As the cloud of dust grew greater and greater, I suspected that it was something divine. The sun shone out a little, and behold, I saw a huge beast like a sea monster, and fiery locusts were coming out of its mouth. The beast was about a hundred feet long, and its head was like a clay jar.
Rev 9:3 (echo, low confidence)
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Summary: A monstrous beast appears, with fiery locusts from its mouth.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.6 (Lake, LCL 25:60–62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-6).
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4.1.7Lake, LCL 25:62
καὶ ἠρξάμην κλαίειν καὶ ἐρωτᾶν τὸν κύριον, ἵνα με λυτρώσηται ἐξ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπανεμνήσθην τοῦ ῥήματος οὗ ἀκηκόειν· Μὴ διψυχήσεις, Ἑρμᾶ.
kai ērxamēn klaiein kai erōtan ton kyrion, hina me lytrōsētai ex autou; kai epanemnēsthēn tou rhēmatos hou akēkoein; Mē dipsychēseis, Herma.
And I began to weep and to ask the Lord to rescue me from it; and I remembered the word I had heard: “Do not be double-minded, Hermas.”
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Summary: Hermas prays and remembers: do not doubt.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.7 (Lake, LCL 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-7).
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4.1.8Lake, LCL 25:62
ἐνδυσάμενος οὖν, ἀδελφοί, τὴν πίστιν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ μνησθεὶς ὧν ἐδίδαξέν με μεγαλείων, θαρσήσας εἰς τὸ θηρίον ἐμαυτὸν ἔδωκα. οὕτω δὲ ἤρχετο τὸ θηρίον ῥοίζῳ, ὥστε δύνασθαι αὐτὸ πόλιν λυμᾶναι.
endysamenos oun, adelphoi, tēn pistin tou kyriou kai mnēstheis hōn edidaxen me megaleiōn, tharsēsas eis to thērion emauton edōka. houtō de ērcheto to thērion rhoizǭ, hōste dynasthai auto polin lymanai.
So, brothers, putting on the faith of the Lord and remembering the great things he had taught me, I took courage and gave myself up to the beast. And the beast was coming on with such a rushing noise that it could have destroyed a city.
Notes and citation
Summary: In faith, Hermas faces the beast.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.8 (Lake, LCL 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-8).
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4.1.9Lake, LCL 25:62
ἔρχομαι ἐγγὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ τηλικοῦτο κῆτος ἐκτείνει ἑαυτὸ χαμαὶ καὶ οὐδὲν εἰ μὴ τὴν γλῶσσαν προέβαλλεν καὶ ὅλως οὐκ ἐκινήθη, μέχρις ὅτε παρῆλθον αὐτό·
erchomai engys autou, kai to tēlikouto kētos ekteinei heauto chamai kai ouden ei mē tēn glōssan proeballen kai holōs ouk ekinēthē, mechris hote parēlthon auto;
I came near it, and the huge sea monster stretched itself out on the ground and put out nothing but its tongue, and did not move at all until I had passed by it.
Notes and citation
Summary: The beast lies still and lets him pass.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.9 (Lake, LCL 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-9).
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4.1.10Lake, LCL 25:62
εἶχεν δὲ τὸ θηρίον ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς χρώματα τέσσαρα· μέλαν, εἶτα πυροειδὲς καὶ αἱματῶδες, εἶτα χρυσοῦν, εἶτα λευκόν.
eichen de to thērion epi tēs kephalēs chrōmata tessara; melan, eita pyroeides kai haimatōdes, eita chrysoun, eita leukon.
And the beast had four colors on its head: black, then fiery and blood-red, then gold, then white.
Notes and citation
Summary: The beast's head has four colors.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.1.10 (Lake, LCL 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-1-10).
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Vision 4, chapter 2
4.2.1Lake, LCL 25:62
Μετὰ δὲ τὸ παρελθεῖν με τὸ θηρίον καὶ προελθεῖν ὡσεὶ πόδας λ, ἰδού, ὑπαντᾷ μοι παρθένος κεκοσμημένη ὡς ἐκ νυμφῶνος ἐκπορευομένη, ὅλη ἐν λευκοῖς καὶ ὑποδήμασιν λευκοῖς, κατακεκαλυμμένη ἕως τοῦ μετώπου, ἐν μίτρᾳ δὲ ἦν ἡ κατακάλυψις αὐτῆς· εἶχεν δὲ τὰς τρίχας αὐτῆς λευκάς.
Meta de to parelthein me to thērion kai proelthein hōsei podas l, idou, hypantą moi parthenos kekosmēmenē hōs ek nymphōnos ekporeuomenē, holē en leukois kai hypodēmasin leukois, katakekalymmenē heōs tou metōpou, en mitrą de ēn hē katakalypsis autēs; eichen de tas trichas autēs leukas.
After I had passed the beast and gone on about thirty feet, behold, a virgin met me, adorned as if coming out of the bridal chamber, all in white and with white sandals, veiled down to her forehead, and her veil was a headband; and her hair was white.
Rev 21:2 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A virgin dressed as a bride meets him.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.2.1 (Lake, LCL 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-2-1).
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4.2.2Lake, LCL 25:62
ἔγνων ἐγὼ ἐκ τῶν προτέρων ὁραμάτων, ὅτι ἡ Ἐκκλησία ἐστίν, καὶ ἱλαρώτερος ἐγενόμην. ἀσπάζεταί με λέγουσα· Χαῖρε σύ, ἄνθρωπε. καὶ ἐγὼ αὐτὴν ἀντησπασάμην· Κυρία, χαῖρε.
egnōn egō ek tōn proterōn horamatōn, hoti hē Ekklēsia estin, kai hilarōteros egenomēn. aspazetai me legousa; Chaire sy, anthrōpe. kai egō autēn antēspasamēn; Kyria, chaire.
I knew from the previous visions that she was the church, and I became more cheerful. She greeted me, saying, “Greetings, O man.” And I greeted her in return: “Lady, greetings.”
Notes and citation
Summary: He recognizes the church.
Topics: The church
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.2.2 (Lake, LCL 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-2-2).
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4.2.3Lake, LCL 25:62–64
ἀποκριθεῖσά μοι λέγει· Οὐδέν σοι ἀπήντησεν; λέγω αὐτῇ· Κυρία, τηλικοῦτο θηρίον, δυνάμενον λαοὺς διαφθεῖραι· ἀλλὰ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τῇ πολυσπλαγχνίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐξέφυγον αὐτό.
apokritheisa moi legei; Ouden soi apēntēsen? legō autę̄; Kyria, tēlikouto thērion, dynamenon laous diaphtheirai; alla tę̄ dynamei tou kyriou kai tę̄ polysplanchnią autou exephygon auto.
She answered me, “Did nothing meet you?” I said to her, “Lady, such a beast, able to destroy peoples; but by the power of the Lord and his great mercy I escaped it.”
Notes and citation
Summary: He tells her he escaped the beast by God's power.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.2.3 (Lake, LCL 25:62–64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-2-3).
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4.2.4Lake, LCL 25:64
Καλῶς ἐξέφυγες, φησίν, ὅτι τὴν μέριμνάν σου ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν ἐπέριψας καὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου ἤνοιξας πρὸς τὸν κύριον, πιστεύσας, ὅτι διʼ οὐδενὸς δύνῃ σωθῆναι εἰ μὴ διὰ τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ ἐνδόξου ὀνόματος. διὰ τοῦτο ὁ κύριος ἀπέστειλεν τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ τὸν ἐπὶ τῶν θηρίων ὄντα, οὗ τὸ ὄνομά ἐστιν Θεγρί, καὶ ἐνέφραξεν τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μή σε λυμάνῃ. μεγάλην θλῖψιν ἐκπέφευγας διὰ τὴν πίστιν σου καὶ ὅτι τηλικοῦτο θηρίον ἰδὼν οὐκ ἐδιψύχησας·
Kalōs exephyges, phēsin, hoti tēn merimnan sou epi ton theon eperipsas kai tēn kardian sou ēnoixas pros ton kyrion, pisteusas, hoti diʼ oudenos dynę̄ sōthēnai ei mē dia tou megalou kai endoxou onomatos. dia touto ho kyrios apesteilen ton angelon autou ton epi tōn thēriōn onta, hou to onoma estin Thegri, kai enephraxen to stoma autou, hina mē se lymanę̄. megalēn thlipsin ekpepheugas dia tēn pistin sou kai hoti tēlikouto thērion idōn ouk edipsychēsas;
“You escaped it well,” she said, “because you cast your care upon God and opened your heart to the Lord, believing that you can be saved through nothing except the great and glorious name. For this reason the Lord sent his angel who is over the beasts, whose name is Thegri, and shut its mouth so that it would not harm you. You have escaped a great tribulation because of your faith, and because you did not doubt when you saw such a beast.
Dan 6:22 (allusion, medium confidence) · Heb 11:33 (echo, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 5:7 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Faith saved him; an angel named Thegri shut the beast's mouth.
- “Thegri”: the name is otherwise unknown; its meaning is uncertain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.2.4 (Lake, LCL 25:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-2-4).
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4.2.5Lake, LCL 25:64
ὕπαγε οὖν καὶ ἐξήγησαι τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς τοῦ κυρίου τὰ μεγαλεῖα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς, ὅτι τὸ θηρίον τοῦτο τύπος ἐστὶν θλίψεως τῆς μελλούσης τῆς μεγάλης· ἐὰν οὖν προετοιμάσησθε καὶ μετανοήσητε ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν κύριον, δυνήσεσθε ἐκφυγεῖν αὐτήν, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν γένηται καθαρὰ καὶ ἄμωμος καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς τῆς ζωῆς ἡμέρας ὑμῶν δουλεύσητε τῷ κυρίῳ ἀμέμπτως. ἐπιρίψατε τὰς μερίμνας ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον, καὶ αὐτὸς κατορθώσει αὐτάς.
hypage oun kai exēgēsai tois eklektois tou kyriou ta megaleia autou kai eipe autois, hoti to thērion touto typos estin thlipseōs tēs mellousēs tēs megalēs; ean oun proetoimasēsthe kai metanoēsēte ex holēs kardias hymōn pros ton kyrion, dynēsesthe ekphygein autēn, ean hē kardia hymōn genētai kathara kai amōmos kai tas loipas tēs zōēs hēmeras hymōn douleusēte tǭ kyriǭ amemptōs. epiripsate tas merimnas hymōn epi ton kyrion, kai autos katorthōsei autas.
Go, then, and tell the Lord's elect his great deeds, and tell them that this beast is a type of the great tribulation that is coming. If, then, you prepare yourselves beforehand and repent to the Lord with all your heart, you will be able to escape it, if your heart becomes pure and blameless, and you serve the Lord blamelessly for the rest of the days of your life. Cast your cares upon the Lord, and he will set them right.
Ps 55:22 (54:23 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 5:7 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The beast is a type of the coming great tribulation; repentance and trust will bring escape.
Topics: Eschatology, Persecution
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.2.5 (Lake, LCL 25:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-2-5).
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4.2.6Lake, LCL 25:64–66
πιστεύσατε τῷ κυρίῳ, οἱ δίψυχοι, ὅτι πάντα δύναται καὶ ἀποστρέφει τὴν ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ ἀφʼ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐξαποστέλλει μάστιγας ὑμῖν τοῖς διψύχοις. οὐαὶ τοῖς ἀκούσασιν τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα καὶ παρακούσασιν· αἱρετώτερον ἦν αὐτοῖς τὸ μὴ γεννηθῆναι.
pisteusate tǭ kyriǭ, hoi dipsychoi, hoti panta dynatai kai apostrephei tēn orgēn autou aphʼ hymōn kai exapostellei mastigas hymin tois dipsychois. ouai tois akousasin ta rhēmata tauta kai parakousasin; hairetōteron ēn autois to mē gennēthēnai.
Believe in the Lord, you double-minded, that he can do all things, and turns his anger away from you, and sends out scourges on you who are double-minded. Woe to those who have heard these words and disobeyed; it would have been better for them not to have been born.”
Matt 26:24 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Doubters must believe; woe to those who disobey.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.2.6 (Lake, LCL 25:64–66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-2-6).
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Vision 4, chapter 3
4.3.1Lake, LCL 25:66
Ἠρώτησα αὐτὴν περὶ τῶν τεσσάρων χρωμάτων ὧν εἶχεν τὸ θηρίον εἰς τὴν κεφαλήν. ἡ δὲ ἀποκριθεῖσά μοι λέγει· Πάλιν περίεργος εἶ περὶ τοιούτων πραγμάτων. Ναί, φημί, κυρία· γνώρισόν μοι, τί ἐστιν ταῦτα.
Ērōtēsa autēn peri tōn tessarōn chrōmatōn hōn eichen to thērion eis tēn kephalēn. hē de apokritheisa moi legei; Palin periergos ei peri toioutōn pragmatōn. Nai, phēmi, kyria; gnōrison moi, ti estin tauta.
I asked her about the four colors that the beast had on its head. And she answered me, “Again you are curious about such things.” “Yes, lady,” I said; “make known to me what these things are.”
Notes and citation
Summary: He asks about the four colors.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.3.1 (Lake, LCL 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-3-1).
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4.3.2Lake, LCL 25:66
Ἄκουε, φησίν· τὸ μὲν μέλαν οὗτος ὁ κόσμος ἐστίν, ἐν ᾧ κατοικεῖτε·
Akoue, phēsin; to men melan houtos ho kosmos estin, en hǭ katoikeite;
“Hear,” she said. “The black is this world in which you live.
Notes and citation
Summary: Black is this world.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.3.2 (Lake, LCL 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-3-2).
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4.3.3Lake, LCL 25:66
τὸ δὲ πυροειδὲς καὶ αἱματῶδες, ὅτι δεῖ τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον διʼ αἵματος καὶ πυρὸς ἀπόλλυσθαι·
to de pyroeides kai haimatōdes, hoti dei ton kosmon touton diʼ haimatos kai pyros apollysthai;
The fiery and blood-red means that this world must perish through blood and fire.
Notes and citation
Summary: Red means the world will perish by blood and fire.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.3.3 (Lake, LCL 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-3-3).
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4.3.4Lake, LCL 25:66
τὸ δὲ χρυσοῦν μέρος ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ ἐκφυγόντες τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον. ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ χρυσίον δοκιμάζεται διὰ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ εὔχρηστον γίνεται, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς δοκιμάζεσθε οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτοῖς. οἱ οὖν μείναντες καὶ πυρωθέντες ὑπʼ αὐτῶν καθαρισθήσεσθε. ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον ἀποβάλλει τὴν σκωρίαν αὐτοῦ, οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀποβαλεῖτε πᾶσαν λύπην καὶ στενοχωρίαν, καὶ καθαρισθήσεσθε καὶ χρήσιμοι ἔσεσθε εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου.
to de chrysoun meros hymeis este hoi ekphygontes ton kosmon touton. hōsper gar to chrysion dokimazetai dia tou pyros kai euchrēston ginetai, houtōs kai hymeis dokimazesthe hoi katoikountes en autois. hoi oun meinantes kai pyrōthentes hypʼ autōn katharisthēsesthe. hōsper to chrysion apoballei tēn skōrian autou, houtō kai hymeis apobaleite pasan lypēn kai stenochōrian, kai katharisthēsesthe kai chrēsimoi esesthe eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou.
The golden part is you who have escaped this world. For just as gold is tested by fire and becomes useful, so also you who dwell in it are being tested. Those, then, who remain and are refined by them will be cleansed. Just as gold casts off its dross, so also you will cast off all grief and distress, and you will be cleansed and will be useful for the building of the tower.
1 Pet 1:7 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Gold stands for believers refined by trials.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.3.4 (Lake, LCL 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-3-4).
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4.3.5Lake, LCL 25:66
τὸ δὲ λευκὸν μέρος ὁ αἰὼν ὁ ἐπερχόμενός ἐστιν, ἐν ᾧ κατοικήσουσιν οἱ ἐκλεκτοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ· ὅτι ἄσπιλοι καὶ καθαροὶ ἔσονται οἱ ἐκλελεγμένοι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
to de leukon meros ho aiōn ho eperchomenos estin, en hǭ katoikēsousin hoi eklektoi tou theou; hoti aspiloi kai katharoi esontai hoi eklelegmenoi hypo tou theou eis zōēn aiōnion.
The white part is the age to come, in which God's elect will dwell; for those chosen by God for eternal life will be spotless and pure.
Notes and citation
Summary: White is the age to come, home of God's elect.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.3.5 (Lake, LCL 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-3-5).
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4.3.6Lake, LCL 25:66
σὺ οὖν μὴ διαλίπῃς λαλῶν εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῶν ἁγίων. ἔχετε καὶ τὸν τύπον τῆς θλίψεως τῆς ἐρχομένης μεγάλης. ἐὰν δὲ ὑμεῖς θελήσητε, οὐδὲν ἔσται. μνημονεύετε τὰ προγεγραμμένα.
sy oun mē dialipę̄s lalōn eis ta ōta tōn hagiōn. echete kai ton typon tēs thlipseōs tēs erchomenēs megalēs. ean de hymeis thelēsēte, ouden estai. mnēmoneuete ta progegrammena.
So do not stop speaking into the ears of the saints. You have also the type of the great tribulation that is coming. But if you are willing, it will be nothing. Remember what was written before.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Tell the saints; the tribulation can be nothing if they are willing.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.3.6 (Lake, LCL 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-3-6).
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4.3.7Lake, LCL 25:66
ταῦτα εἴπασα ἀπῆλθεν, καὶ οὐκ εἶδον, ποίῳ τόπῳ ἀπῆλθεν· νέφος γὰρ ἐγένετο· κἀγὼ ἐπεστράφην εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω φοβηθείς, δοκῶν ὅτι τὸ θηρίον ἔρχεται.
tauta eipasa apēlthen, kai ouk eidon, poiǭ topǭ apēlthen; nephos gar egeneto; kagō epestraphēn eis ta opisō phobētheis, dokōn hoti to thērion erchetai.
Having said these things she went away, and I did not see where she went; for a cloud appeared; and I turned back in fear, thinking that the beast was coming.
Notes and citation
Summary: She vanishes in a cloud.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 4.3.7 (Lake, LCL 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/4-3-7).
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Vision 5
5.1Lake, LCL 25:68
Προσευξαμένου μου ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ καθίσαντος εἰς τὴν κλίνην εἰσῆλθεν ἀνήρ τις ἔνδοξος τῇ ὄψει, σχήματι ποιμενικῷ, περικείμενος δέρμα αἴγειον λευκὸν καὶ πήραν ἔχων ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων καὶ ῥάβδον εἰς τὴν χεῖρα. καὶ ἠσπάσατό με, κἀγὼ ἀντησπασάμην αὐτόν.
Proseuxamenou mou en tǭ oikǭ kai kathisantos eis tēn klinēn eisēlthen anēr tis endoxos tę̄ opsei, schēmati poimenikǭ, perikeimenos derma aigeion leukon kai pēran echōn epi tōn ōmōn kai rhabdon eis tēn cheira. kai ēspasato me, kagō antēspasamēn auton.
While I was praying at home and sitting on my bed, a man of glorious appearance came in, dressed like a shepherd, wrapped in a white goatskin, with a bag on his shoulders and a staff in his hand. And he greeted me, and I greeted him in return.
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Notes and citation
Summary: A glorious man dressed as a shepherd visits Hermas.
- The fifth “vision” (called a “revelation” in the manuscripts) introduces the Shepherd, the angel of repentance, who gives Hermas the Mandates and Similitudes.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 5.1 (Lake, LCL 25:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/5-1).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.
5.2Lake, LCL 25:68
καὶ εὐθὺς παρεκάθισέν μοι καὶ λέγει μοι· Ἀπεστάλην ὑπὸ τοῦ σεμνοτάτου ἀγγέλου, ἵνα μετὰ σοῦ οἰκήσω τὰς λοιπὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου.
kai euthys parekathisen moi kai legei moi; Apestalēn hypo tou semnotatou angelou, hina meta sou oikēsō tas loipas hēmeras tēs zōēs sou.
And immediately he sat down beside me and said to me, “I have been sent by the most reverend angel to live with you for the rest of the days of your life.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The Shepherd has been sent to live with Hermas.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 5.2 (Lake, LCL 25:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/5-2).
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5.3Lake, LCL 25:68
ἔδοξα ἐγώ, ὅτι πάρεστιν ἐκπειράζων με, καὶ λέγω αὐτῷ· Σὺ γὰρ τίς εἶ; ἐγὼ γάρ, φημί, γινώσκω, ᾧ παρεδόθην. λέγει μοι· Οὐκ ἐπιγινώσκεις με; Οὔ, φημί. Ἐγώ, φησίν, εἰμὶ ὁ ποιμήν, ᾧ παρεδόθης.
edoxa egō, hoti parestin ekpeirazōn me, kai legō autǭ; Sy gar tis ei? egō gar, phēmi, ginōskō, hǭ paredothēn. legei moi; Ouk epiginōskeis me? Ou, phēmi. Egō, phēsin, eimi ho poimēn, hǭ paredothēs.
I thought that he had come to tempt me, and I said to him, “Who are you? For I know,” I said, “to whom I have been handed over.” He said to me, “Do you not recognize me?” “No,” I said. “I am,” he said, “the shepherd to whom you have been handed over.”
Notes and citation
Summary: He reveals he is the shepherd to whom Hermas was entrusted.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 5.3 (Lake, LCL 25:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/5-3).
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5.4Lake, LCL 25:68
ἔτι λαλοῦντος αὐτοῦ ἠλλοιώθη ἡ ἰδέα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέγνων αὐτόν, ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ἦν, ᾧ παρεδόθην, καὶ εὐθὺς συνεχύθην καὶ φόβος με ἔλαβεν καὶ ὅλος συνεκόπην ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης, ὅτι οὕτως αὐτῷ ἀπεκρίθην πονηρῶς καὶ ἀφρόνως.
eti lalountos autou ēlloiōthē hē idea autou, kai epegnōn auton, hoti ekeinos ēn, hǭ paredothēn, kai euthys synechythēn kai phobos me elaben kai holos synekopēn apo tēs lypēs, hoti houtōs autǭ apekrithēn ponērōs kai aphronōs.
While he was still speaking his appearance changed, and I recognized him, that it was he to whom I had been handed over; and immediately I was confused, and fear seized me, and I was completely overcome with grief that I had answered him so wickedly and foolishly.
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas recognizes him and is ashamed.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 5.4 (Lake, LCL 25:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/5-4).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.
5.5Lake, LCL 25:68–70
ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθείς μοι λέγει· Μὴ συγχύννου, ἀλλὰ ἰσχυροποιοῦ ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς μου αἷς σοι μέλλω ἐντέλλεσθαι. ἀπεστάλην γάρ, φησίν, ἵνα ἃ εἶδες πρότερον πάντα σοι πάλιν δείξω, αὐτὰ τὰ κεφάλαια τὰ ὄντα ὑμῖν σύμφορα. πρῶτον πάντων τὰς ἐντολάς μου γράψον καὶ τὰς παραβολάς· τὰ δὲ ἕτερα, καθώς σοι δείξω, οὕτως γράψεις· διὰ τοῦτο, φησίν, ἐντέλλομαί σοι πρῶτον γράψαι τὰς ἐντολὰς καὶ παραβολάς, ἵνα ὑπὸ χεῖρα ἀναγινώσκῃς αὐτὰς καὶ δυνηθῇς φυλάξαι αὐτάς.
ho de apokritheis moi legei; Mē synchynnou, alla ischyropoiou en tais entolais mou hais soi mellō entellesthai. apestalēn gar, phēsin, hina ha eides proteron panta soi palin deixō, auta ta kephalaia ta onta hymin symphora. prōton pantōn tas entolas mou grapson kai tas parabolas; ta de hetera, kathōs soi deixō, houtōs grapseis; dia touto, phēsin, entellomai soi prōton grapsai tas entolas kai parabolas, hina hypo cheira anaginōskę̄s autas kai dynēthę̄s phylaxai autas.
But he answered me, “Do not be confused, but be strong in my commandments that I am about to command you. For I have been sent,” he said, “to show you again all the things you saw before, the very main points that are useful to you. First of all, write down my commandments and parables; and the rest you shall write as I show you. For this reason,” he said, “I command you to write first the commandments and parables, so that you may read them over constantly and be able to keep them.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The Shepherd tells Hermas to write down his commandments and parables.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 5.5 (Lake, LCL 25:68–70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/5-5).
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5.6Lake, LCL 25:70
ἔγραψα οὖν τὰς ἐντολὰς καὶ παραβολάς, καθὼς ἐνετείλατό μοι.
egrapsa oun tas entolas kai parabolas, kathōs eneteilato moi.
So I wrote down the commandments and parables, as he commanded me.
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas writes them down.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 5.6 (Lake, LCL 25:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/5-6).
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5.7Lake, LCL 25:70
ἐὰν οὖν ἀκούσαντες αὐτὰς φυλάξητε καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς πορευθῆτε καὶ ἐργάσησθε αὐτὰς ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ, ἀπολήμψεσθε ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, ὅσα ἐπηγγείλατο ὑμῖν· ἐὰν δὲ ἀκούσαντες μὴ μετανοήσητε, ἀλλʼ ἔτι προσθῆτε ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν, ἀπολήμψεσθε παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου τὰ ἐναντία. ταῦτά μοι πάντα οὕτως γράψαι ὁ ποιμὴν ἐνετείλατο, ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς μετανοίας.
ean oun akousantes autas phylaxēte kai en autais poreuthēte kai ergasēsthe autas en katharą kardią, apolēmpsesthe apo tou kyriou, hosa epēngeilato hymin; ean de akousantes mē metanoēsēte, allʼ eti prosthēte tais hamartiais hymōn, apolēmpsesthe para tou kyriou ta enantia. tauta moi panta houtōs grapsai ho poimēn eneteilato, ho angelos tēs metanoias.
If, then, when you have heard them, you keep them and walk in them and do them with a pure heart, you will receive from the Lord all that he has promised you; but if, having heard them, you do not repent, but still add to your sins, you will receive the opposite from the Lord. All these things the shepherd, the angel of repentance, commanded me to write thus.
Notes and citation
Summary: Keeping the commandments brings God's promises; the Shepherd is the angel of repentance.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Vis. 5.7 (Lake, LCL 25:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-vis/5-7).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.