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Martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (complete)

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Greek text: Gebhardt 1902 (OCR made for this site).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Martyrdom of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (title)

0Gebhardt, 171

Μαρτύριον τῶν ἁγίων τεσσαράκοντα τῶν ἐν Σεβαστείᾳ μαρτυρησάντων.

Martyrion tōn hagiōn tessarakonta tōn en Sebasteią martyrēsantōn.

Martyrdom of the holy Forty who bore witness at Sebasteia.

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Summary: Title of the account.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slips): Maptóptov τῶν ἁγίων τεσσαράχοντα → Μαρτύριον τῶν ἁγίων τεσσαράκοντα.

Cite (SBL): Act. pref. (Gebhardt, 171; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/0). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the original (Gebhardt, Acta martyrum selecta, 1902, or Knopf, Ausgewählte Märtyrerakten, 1913; new OCR, slips corrected as logged); compared afterwards with ANF where it has the text, otherwise re-read against the original.

Chapter 1

1Gebhardt, 171

Κατὰ τοὺς καιροὺς Λικινίου τοῦ βασιλέως ἦν διωγμὸς μέγας τῶν Χριστιανῶν, καὶ πάντες οἱ εὐσεβῶς ζῶντες ἐν Χριστῷ ἠναγκάζοντο ϑύειν τοῖς ϑεοῖς, Ἀγρικολάου ἡγεμονεύοντος, λοιμοῦ καὶ ὠμοτάτου ὄντος καὶ ἐντρεχοῦς πρὸς τὴν τοῦ διαβόλου ὑπουργίαν. οἱ οὖν Χριστιανοὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ στρατιᾷ ὄντες πάντες ἠναγκάζοντο ϑύειν. ἦσαν οὖν στρατιῶται ἐκ τῆς Καππαδοκῶν χώρας ἐν νουμέρῳ ἑνὶ ζῶντες εὐσεβῶς κατὰ ϑεόν, τὸν ἀριϑμὸν τεσσαράκοντα, ἀήττητοι καὶ ἀκαταγώνιστοι ἐν πολέμοις, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματά εἶσιν ταῦτα: Δομετιανὸς Ἡσύχιος Σμάραγδος Μελίτων Ἡράκλειος Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐτύχιος Λυσίμαχος Ἀϑανάσιος Κύριλλος Εὐνοϊχὸς Σευηριανὸς Ἐχδίκιος Ἀκάκιος Ἰωάννης Σακέρδων Γοργόνιος Οὐαλέριος Ἡλιανὸς Σισίνιος Ἀγγίας Φιλοχτήμων Οὐάλης Κλαύδιος Πρίσκος Φλάβιος Ἀέτιος Χουδίων Θεόδουλος Ἡλίας Ξανϑιος Γάϊος Κυρίων Βιβιανὸς Δόμνος Εὔτυχος Λεόντιος Νίκαλλος Κάνδιδος Θεόφιλος. οὗτοι χρατηϑέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ἠναγκάζοντο ϑύειν τοῖς δαίμοσιν. ἤρξατο οὖν ὃ ἡγεμὼν λέγειν αὐτοῖς. Τὸ σύμφωνον ὑμῶν ἐν πολέμοις ἐπιδείξαντες καὶ διὰ τῆς ὁμονοίας τὴν νίκην ἀεὶ ἀμφοτέρῳ τῷ στρατοπέδῳ παρασχόντες, δείξατε καὶ νῦν τὴν συμφωνίαν ὑμῶν καὶ πείσϑητε ὁμοθυμαδὸν τοῖς τοῦ βασιλέως νόμοις καὶ ϑύσατε τοῖς ϑεοῖς πρὸ τῶν κολάσεων. ἀποχρίνονται oí ἅγιοι καὶ λέγουσιν τῷ τυράννῳ" Ei ὑπὲρ ϑνητοῦ βασιλέως πολεμοῦντες ἐνικῶμεν, ὡς σὺ μαρτυρεῖς, πόσῳ γε μᾶλλον ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀϑανάτου ἀγωνιζόμενοι νικήσομέν σου τὴν κακότεχνον γνώμην. Ἀγρικόλαος ὁ ἡγεμὼν λέγει. Ἓν ἐκ τῶν δύο πρόχειται ὑμῖν" ἢ ϑύσαντας τοῖς ϑεοῖς προκοπῆς καὶ τιμῆς ἀξιοῦσϑαι, ἢ μὴ πεισϑέντας ἀφαιρεϑῆναι τῆς ζώνης καὶ τῆς στρατείας. σκέψασθε οὖν καὶ ἐχλέξασϑε τὸ συμφέρον ὑμῖν. οἱ ἅγιοι λέγουσιν" Τὸ συμφέρον ἡμῖν κύριος μεριμνήσει. ὁ ἡγεμὼν λέγει· Μὴ πολυλογεῖτε, ἀλλὰ αὔριον προσελϑόντες ϑύσατε τοῖς ϑεοῖς. καὶ ἐχέλευσεν αὐτοὺς βληϑῆναι ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ. εἰσελϑόντες δὲ ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ ἔχαμψαν τὰ γόνατα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐδεήϑησαν τῷ κυρίῳ λέγοντες Ἐξελοῦ ἡμᾶς, κύριε, ἀπὸ πειρατηρίων καὶ ἀπὸ σκανδάλων τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν.

Kata tous kairous Likiniou tou basileōs ēn diōgmos megas tōn Christianōn, kai pantes hoi eusebōs zōntes en Christǭ ēnankazonto ϑyein tois ϑeois, Agrikolaou hēgemoneuontos, loimou kai ōmotatou ontos kai entrechous pros tēn tou diabolou hypourgian. hoi oun Christianoi hoi en tę̄ stratią ontes pantes ēnankazonto ϑyein. ēsan oun stratiōtai ek tēs Kappadokōn chōras en noumerǭ heni zōntes eusebōs kata ϑeon, ton ariϑmon tessarakonta, aēttētoi kai akatagōnistoi en polemois, hōn ta onomata eisin tauta: Dometianos Hēsychios Smaragdos Melitōn Hērakleios Alexandros Eutychios Lysimachos Aϑanasios Kyrillos Eunoïchos Seuērianos Echdikios Akakios Iōannēs Sakerdōn Gorgonios Oualerios Hēlianos Sisinios Angias Philochtēmōn Oualēs Klaudios Priskos Phlabios Aetios Choudiōn Theodoulos Hēlias Xanϑios Gaïos Kyriōn Bibianos Domnos Eutychos Leontios Nikallos Kandidos Theophilos. houtoi chratēϑentes hypo tou hēgemonos ēnankazonto ϑyein tois daimosin. ērxato oun ho hēgemōn legein autois. To symphōnon hymōn en polemois epideixantes kai dia tēs homonoias tēn nikēn aei amphoterǭ tǭ stratopedǭ paraschontes, deixate kai nyn tēn symphōnian hymōn kai peisϑēte homothymadon tois tou basileōs nomois kai ϑysate tois ϑeois pro tōn kolaseōn. apochrinontai oi hagioi kai legousin tǭ tyrannǭ" Ei hyper ϑnētou basileōs polemountes enikōmen, hōs sy martyreis, posǭ ge mallon hyper tou aϑanatou agōnizomenoi nikēsomen sou tēn kakotechnon gnōmēn. Agrikolaos ho hēgemōn legei. Hen ek tōn dyo procheitai hymin" ē ϑysantas tois ϑeois prokopēs kai timēs axiousϑai, ē mē peisϑentas aphaireϑēnai tēs zōnēs kai tēs strateias. skepsasthe oun kai echlexasϑe to sympheron hymin. hoi hagioi legousin" To sympheron hēmin kyrios merimnēsei. ho hēgemōn legei; Mē polylogeite, alla aurion proselϑontes ϑysate tois ϑeois. kai echeleusen autous blēϑēnai en tę̄ phylakę̄. eiselϑontes de en tę̄ phylakę̄ echampsan ta gonata autōn kai edeēϑēsan tǭ kyriǭ legontes Exelou hēmas, kyrie, apo peiratēriōn kai apo skandalōn tōn ergazomenōn tēn anomian.

In the times of the emperor Licinius there was a great persecution of the Christians, and all who lived godly lives in Christ were being compelled to sacrifice to the gods, while Agricolaus was governor, a pestilent and most cruel man, adept in the service of the devil. So the Christians in the army were all being compelled to sacrifice. Now there were soldiers from the land of the Cappadocians in one unit, living godly lives according to God, forty in number, unbeaten and unconquerable in war, whose names are these: Domitian, Hesychius, Smaragdus, Meliton, Heraclius, Alexander, Eutychius, Lysimachus, Athanasius, Cyril, Eunoicus, Severian, Ecdicius, Acacius, John, Sacerdon, Gorgonius, Valerius, Helianus, Sisinius, Angias, Philoctemon, Valens, Claudius, Priscus, Flavius, Aetius, Chudion, Theodulus, Elias, Xanthius, Gaius, Cyrion, Vivianus, Domnus, Eutyches, Leontius, Nicallus, Candidus, Theophilus. These were seized by the governor and were being compelled to sacrifice to the demons. The governor began to say to them, “You have shown your concord in war, and through your unity you have always given victory to the whole army; show your concord now too: obey the emperor's laws with one accord and sacrifice to the gods before the punishments begin.” The saints answered and said to the tyrant, “If, fighting for a mortal king, we conquered, as you testify, how much more, contending for the immortal King, shall we conquer your evil-crafted purpose.” Agricolaus the governor said, “One of two things lies before you: either to sacrifice to the gods and be thought worthy of promotion and honor, or, if you do not obey, to be stripped of your belt and your military service. So consider and choose what is to your advantage.” The saints said, “The Lord will take thought for what is to our advantage.” The governor said, “Do not talk so much; come tomorrow and sacrifice to the gods.” And he ordered them to be thrown into prison. Entering the prison, they bent their knees and prayed to the Lord, saying, “Deliver us, Lord, from trials and from the stumbling blocks of those who work lawlessness.”

2 Tim 3:12 (echo, medium confidence) · Ps 141:9 (140:9 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Forty Cappadocian soldiers refuse to sacrifice under Licinius and are imprisoned.

  • “All who lived godly lives in Christ”: cf. 2 Tim 3:12. The closing prayer echoes Ps 141:9 (LXX 140:9). The list of names differs slightly from that in the Testament of the Forty.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip; OCR slips; stray letters): “Δικινίου → Λικινίου; ἣν διωγμὸς → ἦν διωγμὸς; " dyoiχολάου → Ἀγρικολάου; ἠναγκάζοντο ϑέειν → ἠναγκάζοντο ϑύειν; νουμέρῳ évi → νουμέρῳ ἑνὶ; “ομετιανὸς → Δομετιανὸς; ᾿λέξανδρος → Ἀλέξανδρος; “υσίμαχος ᾿ϑανάσιος → Λυσίμαχος Ἀϑανάσιος; ᾿ἀχκάχιος → Ἀκάκιος; ᾿Ηλιωνὸς → Ἡλιανὸς; ' Ayyíac → Ἀγγίας; QA&vioc ᾿“έτιος → Φλάβιος Ἀέτιος; 4ópvoc → Δόμνος; “εόντιος ΝίxaAAog → Λεόντιος Νίκαλλος; τοῦ οι ἡγεμόνος → τοῦ ἡγεμόνος; ἀγωνιζόμενον νικήσομόν cov τὴν κοχότεχνον → ἀγωνιζόμενοι νικήσομέν σου τὴν κακότεχνον; " ygixoAoog → Ἀγρικόλαος; "Ev ἐκ τῶν → Ἓν ἐκ τῶν; 104 μὴ → ἢ μὴ; Aéys → λέγει·; dvoμέαν. → ἀνομίαν..

Topics: Persecution, Martyrdom, Prayer, War and military service, Idolatry

Cite (SBL): Act. 1 (Gebhardt, 171; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the original (Gebhardt, Acta martyrum selecta, 1902, or Knopf, Ausgewählte Märtyrerakten, 1913; new OCR, slips corrected as logged); compared afterwards with ANF where it has the text, otherwise re-read against the original.

Chapter 2

2Gebhardt, 171

Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης ἤρξαντο ψάλλειν τὸν ψαλμὸν τοῦτον" Ὃ κατοικῶν ἐν βοηϑείᾳ τοῦ ὑψίστου, ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ ϑεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ αὐλισϑήσεται" ἐρεῖ τῷ κυρίῳ ἀντιλήπτωρ μου εἶ xai καταφυγή μου, ὁ ϑεός μου, ἐλπιῶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ" ὅτι αὐτὸς ῥύσεταί με ἐκ παγίδος ϑηρευτῶν καὶ ἀπὸ λόγου ταραχώδους. καὶ διελθόντες τὸν ψαλμὸν προσηύξαντο, καὶ ἀναστάντες πάλιν ἔψαλλον μέχρι μεσονυκτίου. προηγεῖτο δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς ψαλμοῖς ὁ ἅγιος Κυρίων, ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν οἱ ἅγιοι Κάνδιδος καὶ Δόμνος. καὶ ἐπιφανεὶς αὐτοῖς ὃ σωτὴρ εἶπεν. 'H πρόϑεσις ὑμῶν καλή, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωϑήσεται. πάντες δὲ ἤκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης, καὶ γενόμενοι ἔμφοβοι ἄυπνοι διετέλουν ἕως ὄρϑρου.

Opsias de genomenēs ērxanto psallein ton psalmon touton" Ho katoikōn en boēϑeią tou hypsistou, en skepę̄ tou ϑeou tou ouranou aulisϑēsetai" erei tǭ kyriǭ antilēptōr mou ei xai kataphygē mou, ho ϑeos mou, elpiō epʼ autǭ" hoti autos rhysetai me ek pagidos ϑēreutōn kai apo logou tarachōdous. kai dielthontes ton psalmon prosēuxanto, kai anastantes palin epsallon mechri mesonyktiou. proēgeito de autōn en tois psalmois ho hagios Kyriōn, en de tais apokrisesin hoi hagioi Kandidos kai Domnos. kai epiphaneis autois ho sōtēr eipen. 'H proϑesis hymōn kalē, all᾿ ho hypomeinas eis telos, houtos sōϑēsetai. pantes de ēkousan tēs phōnēs tautēs, kai genomenoi emphoboi aupnoi dieteloun heōs orϑrou.

When evening came they began to sing this psalm: “He who dwells in the help of the Most High will lodge in the shelter of the God of heaven. He will say to the Lord, ‘You are my helper and my refuge, my God; I will hope in him.’ For he will rescue me from the snare of the hunters and from a troubling word.” And when they had gone through the psalm they prayed, and rising they sang psalms again until midnight. Saint Cyrion led them in the psalms, and Saints Candidus and Domnus in the responses. And the Savior appeared to them and said, “Your purpose is good; but he who endures to the end will be saved.” All heard this voice and, filled with fear, stayed awake until dawn.

Ps 91:1 (90:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:22 (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: In prison the Forty sing Psalm 91 and Christ appears to them.

  • Ps 91:1–3 (LXX 90:1–3); Matt 10:22.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; chapter numeral II misread; split word): ᾿ 11. Ὀψίας → Ὀψίας; ὑψέστου, ἂν σκέπη → ὑψίστου, ἐν σκέπῃ; ὃ ϑεός μου → ὁ ϑεός μου; δύσεταίΐ → ῥύσεταί; μέχρε μεσονυχτίου → μέχρι μεσονυκτίου; ἀποχρίσεσιν οἱ ἅγιον → ἀποκρίσεσιν οἱ ἅγιοι; Ζόμνος → Δόμνος; σωϑή- σεται → σωϑήσεται; ysνόμενοι ἔμφοβοιν → γενόμενοι ἔμφοβοι.

Topics: Prayer, Hymns and singing

Cite (SBL): Act. 2 (Gebhardt, 171; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/2

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the original (Gebhardt, Acta martyrum selecta, 1902, or Knopf, Ausgewählte Märtyrerakten, 1913; new OCR, slips corrected as logged); compared afterwards with ANF where it has the text, otherwise re-read against the original.

Chapter 3

3Gebhardt, 173

Μετακαλεσάμενος δὲ ὃ ἡγεμὼν πάντας τοὺς φίλους αὐτοῦ ἐχέλευσεν ἀχϑῆναι τοὺς ἁγίους. καὶ ἐλϑόντες οἱ τεσσαράκοντα ἔστησαν ἔμπροσϑεν τοῦ ἡγεμόνος, καὶ ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἡγεμών. Ὃ ἔχω εἰπεῖν οὐ πρὸς χάριν λέγω, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἔστιν. ὅσοι στρατιῶταί εἶσιν ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτοχράτορα, οὐκ εἰσὶν καϑʼ ὑμᾶς οὐδὲ οὕτως σοφοί, οὐδὲ οὕτως ὡραῖοι, οὐδὲ οὕτως ἀγαπώμενοι ἡμῖν" μὴ οὖν τὴν ἀγάπην εἰς μῖσος μετενέγκητε. τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔστιν τὸ μισῆσαι καὶ τὸ ἀγαπῆσαι. Κάνδιδος λέγει: Καλῶς ἐπεχλήϑη τὸ ὄνομά σου ᾿Αγρικόλαος " ἄγριος γὰρ ei κολακευτής. ὁ ἡγεμὼν λέγει: Οὐκ εἶπον ὅτι ἐν ὑμῖν ἐστιν τὸ μισῆσαι καὶ τὸ ἀγαπῆσαι; Κάνδιδος εἶπεν" ᾿Επειδὴ ἐν ἡμῖν ἔστιν τὸ μισῆσαι καὶ τὸ ἀγαπῆσαι, σὲ μισοῦμεν καὶ τὸν ϑεὸν ἡμῶν ἀγαπῶμεν. σὺ οὖν, ἄγριε, μισούμενε ὑπὸ τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἡμῶν, μὴ αἱροῦ ἀγαπᾶν ἡμᾶς, ἀνόσιε καὶ βάσκανε καὶ κεκαλυμμένε ὑπὸ τοῦ σκότους, ἀγριώνυμε. ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ ἡγεμὼν καὶ βρύξας ὡς λέων ἐκέλευσεν δεϑῆναι αὐτοὺς καὶ συρέντας ἀχϑῆναι ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ. ὁ ἅγιος Κυρίων λέγει" Οὐχ ἔλαβες ἐξουσίαν κολάζειν ἡμᾶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπερωτᾶν. τότε φοβηϑεὶς ὁ ἡγεμὼν ἐκέλευσεν ἀνέτως αὐτοὺς ἀπαχϑῆναι ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, παραγγείλας ᾿Αγλαΐῳ τῷ καπικλαρίῳ ἀσφαλῶς τηρεῖν αὐτούς" ἐξεδέχετο γὰρ τὴν τοῦ δουκὸς παρουσίαν. Δι᾽ ὅλης δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ δι᾽ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς ἐδιδάσχοντο ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Κυρίωνος. ἔλεγεν γὰρ αὐτοῖς" Κατ᾽ οἰκονομίαν ϑεοῦ ἑταῖροι ἐγενόμεϑα ἐν τῇ προσκαίρῳ ταύτῃ στρατείᾳ" μὴ οὖν ἀποχωρισϑῶμεν ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων, ἀλλ ὡς ἐζήσαμεν ὁμοψύχως καὶ ὁμοφρόνως, οὕτως καὶ μαρτυρήσωμεν, καὶ ὡς ἐνταῦϑα δόχιμοι ἐγενόμεϑα τῷ προσκαίρῳ βασιλεῖ, οὕτως σπουδάσωμεν δόκιμοι εὑρεϑῆναι τῷ ϑεῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ βασιλεῖ.

Metakalesamenos de ho hēgemōn pantas tous philous autou echeleusen achϑēnai tous hagious. kai elϑontes hoi tessarakonta estēsan emprosϑen tou hēgemonos, kai ērxato legein autois ho hēgemōn. Ho echō eipein ou pros charin legō, all᾽ hōs estin. hosoi stratiōtai eisin hypo ton autochratora, ouk eisin kaϑʼ hymas oude houtōs sophoi, oude houtōs hōraioi, oude houtōs agapōmenoi hēmin" mē oun tēn agapēn eis misos metenenkēte. touto gar en hymin estin to misēsai kai to agapēsai. Kandidos legei: Kalōs epechlēϑē to onoma sou ᾿Agrikolaos " agrios gar ei kolakeutēs. ho hēgemōn legei: Ouk eipon hoti en hymin estin to misēsai kai to agapēsai? Kandidos eipen" ᾿Epeidē en hēmin estin to misēsai kai to agapēsai, se misoumen kai ton ϑeon hēmōn agapōmen. sy oun, agrie, misoumene hypo tou ϑeou hēmōn, mē hairou agapan hēmas, anosie kai baskane kai kekalymmene hypo tou skotous, agriōnyme. akousas de ho hēgemōn kai bryxas hōs leōn ekeleusen deϑēnai autous kai syrentas achϑēnai en tę̄ phylakę̄. ho hagios Kyriōn legei" Ouch elabes exousian kolazein hēmas, all᾽ eperōtan. tote phobēϑeis ho hēgemōn ekeleusen anetōs autous apachϑēnai en tę̄ phylakę̄, parangeilas ᾿Aglaïǭ tǭ kapiklariǭ asphalōs tērein autous" exedecheto gar tēn tou doukos parousian. Di᾽ holēs de tēs hēmeras kai di᾽ holēs tēs nyktos edidaschonto hypo tou hagiou Kyriōnos. elegen gar autois" Kat᾽ oikonomian ϑeou hetairoi egenomeϑa en tę̄ proskairǭ tautę̄ strateią" mē oun apochōrisϑōmen apʼ allēlōn, all hōs ezēsamen homopsychōs kai homophronōs, houtōs kai martyrēsōmen, kai hōs entauϑa dochimoi egenomeϑa tǭ proskairǭ basilei, houtōs spoudasōmen dokimoi heureϑēnai tǭ ϑeǭ tǭ megalǭ basilei.

The governor called together all his friends and ordered the saints to be brought. The forty came and stood before the governor, and the governor began to speak to them: “What I have to say I do not say to please you, but as it is: of all the soldiers under the emperor, none are like you—none so wise, none so handsome, none so loved by us. Do not, then, turn love into hatred; for it rests with you whether we hate or love.” Candidus said, “Your name was well given, Agricolaus; for you are a wild flatterer.” The governor said, “Did I not say that it rests with you to hate and to love?” Candidus said, “Since it rests with us to hate and to love, we hate you and love our God. So you, wild one, hated by our God, do not choose to love us, you impious, envious man, wrapped in darkness, you of savage name.” Hearing this, the governor gnashed his teeth like a lion and ordered them to be bound and dragged off to prison. Saint Cyrion said, “You have not received authority to punish us, but to question us.” Then the governor, afraid, ordered them to be taken back to prison without bonds, charging Aglaius the jailer to guard them securely; for he was awaiting the arrival of the dux. Through the whole day and the whole night they were taught by Saint Cyrion. For he said to them, “By God's dispensation we became comrades in this temporal service; let us not be separated from one another, but as we have lived with one soul and one mind, so let us also bear witness; and as here we proved ourselves to the temporal king, so let us be eager to be found approved by God, the great King.”

Notes and citation

Summary: The governor flatters the Forty; Candidus mocks his name; Cyrion encourages them.

  • The pun: Agricolaus (Ἀγρικόλαος) is heard as ἄγριος (“wild”) plus κόλαξ (“flatterer”). The dux was the military commander of the region.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip; OCR slip; stray letter; OCR slips; line number inside a hyphenated word; stray marks): εἶτον ὅτε → εἶπον ὅτι; ἀγαπῇσαι; → ἀγαπῆσαι;; μισῇσαι καὶ τὸ s ἀγαπῆσαι → μισῆσαι καὶ τὸ ἀγαπῆσαι; ἀχούσας → ἀκούσας; δεϑῆναν → δεϑῆναι; dy τῇ φυλακῇ → ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ; ἀἂσφαλῶς → ἀσφαλῶς; τὴν vov δουκὸς → τὴν τοῦ δουκὸς; Ow ὅλης δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ Óv ὅλης τῆς γυκτὸς → Δι᾽ ὅλης δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ δι᾽ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς; ἐζήσαμεν᾽ ὁμοψύχως. καὶ ὅμο- 89φρόνως, οὕτως xai μαρτυρήσωμεν;, → ἐζήσαμεν ὁμοψύχως καὶ ὁμοφρόνως, οὕτως καὶ μαρτυρήσωμεν,; προσχαίρῳ βασιλεῖ → προσκαίρῳ βασιλεῖ.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Act. 3 (Gebhardt, 173; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 4

4Gebhardt, 173

Διελθουσῶν δὲ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ καὶ ὄντων τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, παρεγένετο καὶ ὁ δοὺξ ἀπὸ Καισαρείας. καὶ ἐλθὼν εἰς τὴν Σεβαστείαν, καὶ καϑίσας ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος μετὰ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐχέλευσεν ἀχϑῆναι τοὺς ἁγίους. ἀγομένων δὲ αὐτῶν παρῄνει αὐτοῖς ὁ ἅγιος Κυρίων λέγων" ᾿Αδελφοί, μὴ φοβηϑῶμεν. οὐχὶ ὅταν ἐν πολέμοις εὑρέϑημεν ἐπεκαλούμεϑα τὸν ϑεὸν καὶ ἐβοήϑει ἡμῖν καὶ ἐνικῶμεν; μνημονεύετε ὅτε συνήψαμεν ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ πολέμῳ, καὶ πάντες ἔφυγον καὶ ἡμεῖς μόνοι οἱ τεσσαράκοντα μέσον αὐτῶν εὑρέϑημεν, καὶ μετὰ δαχρύων ἐπεκαλεσάμεϑα τὸν ϑεόν, καὶ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ ϑεὸς δύναμιν, καὶ τοὺς μὲν αὐτῶν ἀπεκτείναμεν, τοὺς δὲ ἐδιώξαμεν, καὶ εἷς ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐπλήγη ἐκ τοῦ τοσούτου πλήϑους. νῦν οὖν τρεῖς εἶσιν οἱ πολεμοῦντες ἡμᾶς" ὁ σατανᾶς καὶ ὁ δοὺξ καὶ ὁ ἡγεμών. ὅλως δὲ εἷς ἐστιν καὶ οὗτος ἀόρατος· ὁ οὖν εἷς, ἵνα τοὺς τεσσαράκοντα νικήση; μὴ γένοιτο, μή. παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, ἐπικαλεσώμεϑα ὡς πάντοτε καὶ νῦν τὸν ϑεόν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἡμῶν ἅψηται κολαστήρια οὔτε βάσανοι οὔτε δεσμά. οὐχὶ πάντοτε ὅταν ἠρξάμεϑα πολεμεῖν, ἐλέγομεν τὸν ψαλμὸν τοῦτον" Ὁ ϑεός, ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου σῶσόν με, καὶ ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου κρινεῖς με. ὁ ϑεός, εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου, ἐνώτισαι τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου; καὶ τὰ νῦν τοῦτον εἴπωμεν τὸν ψαλμόν͵ καὶ ἀκούει ἡμῶν ὁ ϑεὸς καὶ βοηϑεῖ ἡμῖν. καὶ ἀγόμενοι πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους τοῦτον ἔλεγον τὸν ψαλμόν.

Dielthousōn de hēmerōn hepta kai ontōn tōn hagiōn en tę̄ phylakę̄, paregeneto kai ho doux apo Kaisareias. kai elthōn eis tēn Sebasteian, kai kaϑisas epi tou bēmatos meta tou hēgemonos tę̄ ogdoę̄ hēmerą echeleusen achϑēnai tous hagious. agomenōn de autōn parę̄nei autois ho hagios Kyriōn legōn" ᾿Adelphoi, mē phobēϑōmen. ouchi hotan en polemois heureϑēmen epekaloumeϑa ton ϑeon kai eboēϑei hēmin kai enikōmen? mnēmoneuete hote synēpsamen en tǭ megalǭ polemǭ, kai pantes ephygon kai hēmeis monoi hoi tessarakonta meson autōn heureϑēmen, kai meta dachryōn epekalesameϑa ton ϑeon, kai edōken hēmin ho ϑeos dynamin, kai tous men autōn apekteinamen, tous de ediōxamen, kai heis hēmōn ouk eplēgē ek tou tosoutou plēϑous. nyn oun treis eisin hoi polemountes hēmas" ho satanas kai ho doux kai ho hēgemōn. holōs de heis estin kai houtos aoratos; ho oun heis, hina tous tessarakonta nikēsē? mē genoito, mē. parakalō oun hymas, epikalesōmeϑa hōs pantote kai nyn ton ϑeon, kai ou mē hēmōn hapsētai kolastēria oute basanoi oute desma. ouchi pantote hotan ērxameϑa polemein, elegomen ton psalmon touton" Ho ϑeos, en tǭ onomati sou sōson me, kai en tę̄ dynamei sou krineis me. ho ϑeos, eisakouson tēs proseuchēs mou, enōtisai ta rhēmata tou stomatos mou? kai ta nyn touton eipōmen ton psalmon͵ kai akouei hēmōn ho ϑeos kai boēϑei hēmin. kai agomenoi pros tous tyrannous touton elegon ton psalmon.

When seven days had passed, with the saints in prison, the dux arrived from Caesarea. Coming to Sebasteia and taking his seat on the tribunal with the governor on the eighth day, he ordered the saints to be brought. As they were being led, Saint Cyrion exhorted them, saying, “Brothers, let us not be afraid. Did we not, when we were in battle, call on God, and he helped us and we conquered? Remember when we joined battle in the great war, and all fled, and we forty alone were left in the midst of them; with tears we called on God, and God gave us strength, and some of them we killed and others we pursued, and not one of us was struck by so great a multitude. Now three are those who fight against us: Satan, the dux, and the governor. Yet in truth there is only one, and he is invisible: shall the one, then, conquer the forty? May it never be—never! So I urge you: let us call on God now as always, and no punishments or tortures or bonds will touch us. Did we not always, when we began to fight, say this psalm: ‘O God, save me by your name, and in your power you will judge me. O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth’? Let us say this psalm now too, and God hears us and helps us.” And as they were led to the tyrants they said this psalm.

Ps 54:1 (53:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Cyrion recalls God's help in battle and leads them in Psalm 54.

  • Ps 54:1–2 (LXX 53:3–4).

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR slips; line number; line number in the text; OCR slip; punctuation lost): xoi ὁ δοὺξ → καὶ ὁ δοὺξ; αὐτῶν δ παρήνεε → αὐτῶν παρῄνει; ἐπεχαλούμεϑα → ἐπεκαλούμεϑα; ἔδωχεν ἡμῖν → ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν; ἀπεχτείναμεν → ἀπεκτείναμεν; ὃ σατανᾶς ιδχαὶ → ὁ σατανᾶς καὶ; ὅλως δὲ sic ἔστιν → ὅλως δὲ εἷς ἐστιν; ἀόρατος ὁ οὖν εἷς → ἀόρατος· ὁ οὖν εἷς; cov χρινεῖς → σου κρινεῖς; μοῦ; καὶ τὰ vOv τοῦτον o5 εἴπωμεν → μου; καὶ τὰ νῦν τοῦτον εἴπωμεν.

Topics: Prayer, Martyrdom, Hymns and singing

Cite (SBL): Act. 4 (Gebhardt, 173; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the original (Gebhardt, Acta martyrum selecta, 1902, or Knopf, Ausgewählte Märtyrerakten, 1913; new OCR, slips corrected as logged); compared afterwards with ANF where it has the text, otherwise re-read against the original.

Chapter 5

5Gebhardt, 173

Καὶ πάντες συνῆλϑον ϑεωρῆσαι. σταϑέντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἔμπροσϑεν τοῦ δουχὸς καὶ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος, ἀτενίσας εἰς αὐτοὺς ὁ δοὺξ εἶπενʼ Οὗτοι ἀναγκασϑῆναι ϑέλουσιν, ἵνα περισσοτέρας τιμῆς ἀξιωϑῶσιν. εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς Ἕξετε παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ τιμὰς μεγίστας καὶ δωρεὰς πλείους τῶν ἄλλων· λοιπὸν ἕν ἐκ τῶν δύο πρόκειται ὑμῖνʼ ἢ ϑύσαντας τοῖς ϑεοῖς μεγίστων δωρεῶν καὶ τιμῆς ἀξιωϑῆναι, ἢ μὴ πεισϑέντας ἀφαιρεϑῆναι τῆς ζώνης καὶ τῆς στρατείας καὶ ἐντεῦϑεν ἤδη παραδοϑῆναι ταῖς τιμωρίαις. Κάνδιδος λέγειʼ Δέχου καὶ τὰς ζώνας ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ σώματαʼ οὐδὲν γὰρ ἡμῖν Χριστοῦ προτιμότερον. τότε ὁ δοὺξ ἐχέλευσεν λίϑοις τὰς ὄψεις αὐτῶν δέρεσϑαι. Κάνδιδος λέγει. Ὁδηγὲ τοῦ σκότους καὶ πάσης ἀνομίας διδάσκαλε, ἐπιχείρησον τοῦτο ποιεῖν καὶ ὄψει τὴν τιμωρίαν σου. βρύξας δὲ ὁ ἡγεμὼν κατὰ τῶν ὑπουργούντων στρατιωτῶν εἶπενʼ Ὦ κάκιστοι ὑπηρέται, διὰ τί τὸ τάχος οὐ ποιεῖτε τὰ κελευόμενα ὑμῖν; ἐπάραντες δὲ οἱ ὑπηρέται τοὺς λίϑους ἀλλήλους ἔτυπτον. οἱ δὲ ἅγιοι ἰδόντες τὸ γεγονὸς ἐθαρσοποιήϑησαν. ὑπερζέσας δὲ τῇ χολῇ ὁ δοὺξ ἄρας λίϑον ἵνα κρούση ἕνα τῶν ἁγίων, κατὰ τῆς ὄψεως τοῦ ἡγεμόνος ἤνεγκεν τὸν λίϑον καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτοῦ τὴν ὄψιν. ὁ ἅγιος Κυρίων λέγει᾽ Οἱ πολεμοῦντες ἡμᾶς καὶ οἱ ἐχϑροὶ ἡμῶν αὐτοὶ ἠσϑένησαν καὶ ἔπεσαν᾽ ὄντως ἡ ῥομφαία αὐτῶν εἰσέλϑοι εἰς καρδίαν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν συντριβείη. ὁ ἡγεμὼν λέγει· Μὰ τοὺς ϑεούς, ἐνταῦϑα γοητεία τις προεχώρησεν. ὁ ἅγιος Δόμνος λέγει· Μὰ τὸν ϑεόν, ὁ ἡμέτερος ϑεὸς προεχώρησεν, τὰ γὰρ ἀναίσχυντα πρόσωπα ὑμῶν τὰ λαλοῦντα κατὰ τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἀδικίαν ἀτιμίας ἐπλήρωσεν᾽ οὐκ αἰσϑάνη, βύϑιε καὶ σκοτεινὲ διάβολε καὶ ἀλλότριε τῆς ἀληϑείας; ὁ χορηγὸς τῶν σχανδάλων, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ διαβόλου σὺ εἶ, ᾿Αγρικόλαε, καὶ ἡ οὐρὰ Λυσίας ὁ δοὺξ ὁ σὺν σοί. ὑμεῖς οἱ δύο ὑπηρέται ἐστὲ τοῦ σατανᾶ. ἐπεὶ οὐ πείϑει ὑμᾶς ἡ πρώτη ἀρχὴ τῶν βασάνων, ἐπιχειρήσατε καὶ πρὸς δευτέραν. οἱ ὑπηρέται λέγουσι τοῖς ἁγίοις· Ἀπονενοημένοι καὶ πάσης τῆς τῶν ϑεῶν εὐμενείας ἐχϑροὶ καὶ ἀλλότριοι, διὰ τί οὐ ϑύετε τοῖς ϑεοῖς; ὁ ἅγιος Κυρίων λέγει": Ἡμεῖς ἑνὶ προσοικειούμεϑα ϑεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, σπουδάζοντες πληρῶσαι τὴν προϑυμίαν τοῦ δρόμου τῆς ἀϑλήσεως ἡμῶν καὶ τοὺς στεφάνους δέξασθαι τῆς ἀφϑαρσίας, νικήσαντες ὑμῶν τὴν κακότεχνον ἐπίνοιαν.

Kai pantes synēlϑon ϑeōrēsai. staϑentōn de autōn emprosϑen tou douchos kai tou hēgemonos, atenisas eis autous ho doux eipenʼ Houtoi anankasϑēnai ϑelousin, hina perissoteras timēs axiōϑōsin. eipen de pros autous Hexete par᾽ emou timas megistas kai dōreas pleious tōn allōn; loipon hen ek tōn dyo prokeitai hyminʼ ē ϑysantas tois ϑeois megistōn dōreōn kai timēs axiōϑēnai, ē mē peisϑentas aphaireϑēnai tēs zōnēs kai tēs strateias kai enteuϑen ēdē paradoϑēnai tais timōriais. Kandidos legeiʼ Dechou kai tas zōnas hēmōn kai ta sōmataʼ ouden gar hēmin Christou protimoteron. tote ho doux echeleusen liϑois tas opseis autōn deresϑai. Kandidos legei. Hodēge tou skotous kai pasēs anomias didaskale, epicheirēson touto poiein kai opsei tēn timōrian sou. bryxas de ho hēgemōn kata tōn hypourgountōn stratiōtōn eipenʼ Ō kakistoi hypēretai, dia ti to tachos ou poieite ta keleuomena hymin? eparantes de hoi hypēretai tous liϑous allēlous etypton. hoi de hagioi idontes to gegonos etharsopoiēϑēsan. hyperzesas de tę̄ cholę̄ ho doux aras liϑon hina krousē hena tōn hagiōn, kata tēs opseōs tou hēgemonos ēnenken ton liϑon kai synetripsen autou tēn opsin. ho hagios Kyriōn legei᾽ Hoi polemountes hēmas kai hoi echϑroi hēmōn autoi ēsϑenēsan kai epesan᾽ ontōs hē rhomphaia autōn eiselϑoi eis kardian autōn kai ta toxa autōn syntribeiē. ho hēgemōn legei; Ma tous ϑeous, entauϑa goēteia tis proechōrēsen. ho hagios Domnos legei; Ma ton ϑeon, ho hēmeteros ϑeos proechōrēsen, ta gar anaischynta prosōpa hymōn ta lalounta kata tou ϑeou adikian atimias eplērōsen᾽ ouk aisϑanē, byϑie kai skoteine diabole kai allotrie tēs alēϑeias? ho chorēgos tōn schandalōn, hē kephalē tou diabolou sy ei, ᾿Agrikolae, kai hē oura Lysias ho doux ho syn soi. hymeis hoi dyo hypēretai este tou satana. epei ou peiϑei hymas hē prōtē archē tōn basanōn, epicheirēsate kai pros deuteran. hoi hypēretai legousi tois hagiois; Aponenoēmenoi kai pasēs tēs tōn ϑeōn eumeneias echϑroi kai allotrioi, dia ti ou ϑyete tois ϑeois? ho hagios Kyriōn legei": Hēmeis heni prosoikeioumeϑa ϑeǭ dia Iēsou Christou en pneumati hagiǭ, spoudazontes plērōsai tēn proϑymian tou dromou tēs aϑlēseōs hēmōn kai tous stephanous dexasthai tēs aphϑarsias, nikēsantes hymōn tēn kakotechnon epinoian.

And everyone gathered to watch. When they stood before the dux and the governor, the dux gazed at them and said, “These men want to be compelled, so that they may be thought worthy of greater honor.” And he said to them, “You will have from me the greatest honors and gifts beyond the rest. Now then, one of two things lies before you: either to sacrifice to the gods and be thought worthy of the greatest gifts and honor, or, if you do not obey, to be stripped of your belt and your military service and from now on be handed over to punishments.” Candidus said, “Take both our belts and our bodies; for nothing is more precious to us than Christ.” Then the dux ordered their faces to be beaten with stones. Candidus said, “Guide of darkness and teacher of all lawlessness, try to do this, and you will see your own punishment.” The governor, gnashing his teeth at the soldiers serving him, said, “You worthless servants, why do you not quickly do what you are ordered?” The servants raised the stones—and struck one another. The saints, seeing what had happened, took courage. The dux, boiling over with rage, picked up a stone to strike one of the saints, but brought the stone down on the governor's face and smashed his face. Saint Cyrion said, “Those who fight against us, our enemies, have themselves grown weak and fallen; truly may their sword enter their own heart, and may their bows be broken.” The governor said, “By the gods, some sorcery has been at work here.” Saint Domnus said, “By God, it is our God who has been at work; for he has filled with dishonor your shameless faces that speak injustice against God. Do you not perceive it, you devil of the deep and dark, stranger to the truth? The leader of stumbling blocks, the head of the devil, are you, Agricolaus, and the tail is Lysias the dux who is with you. You two are servants of Satan. Since the first onset of the tortures did not persuade you, try the second as well.” The servants said to the saints, “Desperate men, enemies and strangers to all the favor of the gods, why do you not sacrifice to the gods?” Saint Cyrion said, “We are bound as kin to one God through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit, eager to complete with zeal the course of our contest and to receive the crowns of incorruption, having conquered your evil-crafted design.”

Ps 27:2 (26:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 37:15 (36:15 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The torturers strike one another and the dux strikes the governor; the Forty stand firm.

  • Ps 27:2 (LXX 26:2); Ps 37:15 (LXX 36:15). Some witnesses name the dux Lysimachus instead of Lysias.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR garble with a line number; OCR slip; OCR slips; chapter numeral V; line number and OCR slips; stray mark; stray marks; the editor's apparatus leaked into the text at the page break; the editor's margin and apparatus leaked into the text at the page break): V.' Kai πάντες → Καὶ πάντες; vot ἡγεμόνος → τοῦ ἡγεμόνος; εἶπεν add. ᾿Εξελοῦ ἡμᾶς, κίριε, ἀπὸ πειρατηρίου al. δὲ πρὸς → εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς; ἀλλωνʼ → ἄλλων·; πρόκειταν → πρόκειται; 4έχου → Δέχου; λέϑοις → λίϑοις; Ὁ δηγὲ τοῦ σχότους → Ὁδηγὲ τοῦ σκότους; ὃ Ὦ χάχιστον → Ὦ κάκιστοι; ἅγιον ἰδόντες τὸ ysyovóg i5 ἐθαρσοποιήϑησαν → ἅγιοι ἰδόντες τὸ γεγονὸς ἐθαρσοποιήϑησαν; συνέτριψψεν → συνέτριψεν; λέγει". Μὰ → λέγει· Μὰ; προεχώρῆσεν → προεχώρησεν; 4“όμνος λέγεεʼ → Δόμνος λέγει·; πρόσὠπα → πρόσωπα; ϑεοῦ. ἀδικίαν → ϑεοῦ ἀδικίαν; Αυσίας → Λυσίας; πείϑεε → πείϑει; πρὸς - Ps. 26, 2. s. Ps. 36, 16. «1υσίμαχος al. δευτέραν → πρὸς δευτέραν; λέγουσι» τοῖς ἁγίοις" drovevonμένοε xoi πάσης τῆς τῶν Deor → λέγουσι τοῖς ἁγίοις· Ἀπονενοημένοι καὶ πάσης τῆς τῶν ϑεῶν; πνεύματε → πνεύματι; πληρῶσαν → πληρῶσαι; δρύμου → δρόμου; χαχότεχνον → κακότεχνον.

Topics: Martyrdom, Trinity

Cite (SBL): Act. 5 (Gebhardt, 173; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 6

6Gebhardt, 176

Τότε ὁ δοὺξ ἐκέλευσεν αὐτοὺς ἀπαχϑῆναι ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ, ὅπως σχέψηται τὰ περὶ αὐτῶν. εἰσελϑόντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ φυλαχῇ ἤρξατο ὁ ἅγιος Κυρίων ψάλλειν σὺν πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς. Πρὸς σὲ ἦρα τοὺς ὀφϑαλμούς μου, τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ" ἰδοὺ ὡς ὀφϑαλμοὶ δούλων εἰς χεῖρας τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν, ὡς ὀφϑαλμοὶ παιδίσκης εἰς χεῖρας τῆς κυρίας αὐτῆς, οὕτως οἱ ὀφϑαλμοὶ ἡμῶν πρὸς κύριον τὸν ϑεὸν ἡμῶν, ἕως οὗ οἰκτειρῆσαι ἡμᾶς. ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς τοῦ ψαλμοῦ ἐστιχολόγουν. καὶ μετὰ τὴν προσευχὴν περὶ ὥραν ἕκτην τῆς νυκτὸς φῶς ἐγένετο περὶ αὐτούς, ἐμφανισϑέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ σωτῆρος καὶ λέγοντος᾽ Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ κἂν ἀποϑάνῃ ζήσεται. ϑαρσεῖτε, μὴ φοβεῖσϑε αὐτῶν τὰς βασάνους, πρόσκαιροι γάρ εἰσιν· ὑπομείνατε μικρόν, νομίμως ἀϑλήσατε, ἵνα στεφανωϑῆτε. διῆγον δὲ καὶ τὴν νύχτα ἐκείνην ἀγαλλιώμενοι ἐπὶ τῇ προτροπῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

Tote ho doux ekeleusen autous apachϑēnai en tę̄ phylakę̄, hopōs schepsētai ta peri autōn. eiselϑontōn de autōn en tę̄ phylachę̄ ērxato ho hagios Kyriōn psallein syn pasin autois. Pros se ēra tous ophϑalmous mou, ton katoikounta en tǭ ouranǭ" idou hōs ophϑalmoi doulōn eis cheiras tōn kyriōn autōn, hōs ophϑalmoi paidiskēs eis cheiras tēs kyrias autēs, houtōs hoi ophϑalmoi hēmōn pros kyrion ton ϑeon hēmōn, heōs hou oikteirēsai hēmas. eleēson hēmas, kyrie, eleēson hēmas. kai ta hexēs tou psalmou estichologoun. kai meta tēn proseuchēn peri hōran hektēn tēs nyktos phōs egeneto peri autous, emphanisϑentos autois tou sōtēros kai legontos᾽ Ho pisteuōn eis eme kan apoϑanę̄ zēsetai. ϑarseite, mē phobeisϑe autōn tas basanous, proskairoi gar eisin; hypomeinate mikron, nomimōs aϑlēsate, hina stephanōϑēte. diēgon de kai tēn nychta ekeinēn agalliōmenoi epi tę̄ protropę̄ tou Christou.

Then the dux ordered them to be taken off to prison, so that he might consider their case. When they had entered the prison, Saint Cyrion began to sing psalms with all of them: “To you I lifted up my eyes, you who dwell in heaven. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hands of their masters, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hands of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until he has pity on us. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us.” And they recited the rest of the psalm verse by verse. After the prayer, about the sixth hour of the night, a light shone around them, as the Savior appeared to them and said, “He who believes in me, though he die, shall live. Take courage; do not fear their tortures, for they last only for a time. Endure a little while; contend according to the rules, that you may be crowned.” And they spent that night too rejoicing at Christ's encouragement.

Ps 123:1 (122:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · John 11:25 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 2:5 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: In prison the Forty sing Psalm 123 and Christ encourages them.

  • Ps 123:1–3 (LXX 122:1–3); John 11:25; 2 Tim 2:5.

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  • Digital text corrected (OCR garble (the edition prints μικρόν); OCR garble of a hyphenated word; OCR slip; OCR slips; split word): αὐτοὶς ἀπαχϑῆναι → αὐτοὺς ἀπαχϑῆναι; ψαλλειν → ψάλλειν; ὁφϑαλμούς → ὀφϑαλμούς; χατοιχοῦντα → κατοικοῦντα; ἐδοὺ → ἰδοὺ; xv- Ἰδρέων → κυρίων; παιδίσχης → παιδίσκης; ὀφϑαλμοὲ → ὀφϑαλμοὶ; οἰχτειρήσαε → οἰκτειρῆσαι; προσ- ευχὴν → προσευχὴν; ἕχτην τῆς νυχτὸς → ἕκτην τῆς νυκτὸς; περὲ αὐτοίς → περὶ αὐτούς; πιστείων εἰς ἐμὲ x&v → πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ κἂν; eicw' ὑπομείνατε paxgóv → εἰσιν· ὑπομείνατε μικρόν; στερανωϑῆτε → στεφανωϑῆτε; ἐχείνην ἀγαλλιὦμενον → ἐκείνην ἀγαλλιώμενοι; Χριστοῖ → Χριστοῦ.

Topics: Prayer, Martyrdom, Hymns and singing

Cite (SBL): Act. 6 (Gebhardt, 176; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 7

7Gebhardt, 176

πρωΐας δὲ γενομένης, τῇ ἐνάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, ἐκέλευσαν ἐκβληϑῆναι αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς καὶ ἀχϑῆναι. καὶ σταϑέντες ἔμπροσϑεν τῶν τυράννων εἶπον" Ὃ ϑέλετε ποιεῖν ποιεῖτε. ἐφάνη δὲ καὶ ὁ διάβολος τῇ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ κατέχων μάχαιραν, τῇ δὲ ἀριστερᾷ δράκοντα" ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς τὸ οὖς ᾿Αγρικολάου· Ἐμὸς εἶ, ἀγωνίζου. ἐκέλευσεν δὲ ὁ ἡγεμὼν δεϑέντας αὐτοὺς καὶ σχοινισϑέντας εἰς τοὺς τραχήλους ἄγεσθαι πάντας ὁμοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν λίμνην. ἔστιν δὲ ἐν τῇ Σεβαστείᾳ λίμνη ἔχουσα ὕδωρ πολύ" κατὰ δὲ τὸν καιρὸν ἐκεῖνον, ὅτε οἱ ἅγιοι ἐμαρτύρησαν, εἶχεν κρύος μέγα. ἀγαγόντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔστησαν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς λίμνης γυμνούς. ἦν γὰρ καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ χειμέριος καὶ ἡ ὥρα δριμυτάτη, πρὸς ἑσπέραν γὰρ ἦν ἤδη ἡ ἡμέρα. παρεκατέστησαν δὲ αὐτοῖς φύλακας στρατιώτας καὶ τὸν καπικλάριον. ἐγγὺς δὲ τῆς λίμνης ἦν βαλανεῖον, ὃ καὶ ἐξεπύρωσαν, ὅπως ἐάν τις ϑέλῃ ἐξ αὐτῶν παραβῆναι, προσφύγῃ τῷ βαλανείῳ.

prōïas de genomenēs, tę̄ enatę̄ hēmerą, ekeleusan ekblēϑēnai autous ek tēs phylakēs kai achϑēnai. kai staϑentes emprosϑen tōn tyrannōn eipon" Ho ϑelete poiein poieite. ephanē de kai ho diabolos tę̄ dexią cheiri katechōn machairan, tę̄ de aristerą drakonta" elegen de pros to ous ᾿Agrikolaou; Emos ei, agōnizou. ekeleusen de ho hēgemōn deϑentas autous kai schoinisϑentas eis tous trachēlous agesthai pantas homou epi tēn limnēn. estin de en tę̄ Sebasteią limnē echousa hydōr poly" kata de ton kairon ekeinon, hote hoi hagioi emartyrēsan, eichen kryos mega. agagontes de autous estēsan en mesǭ tēs limnēs gymnous. ēn gar kai ho aēr cheimerios kai hē hōra drimytatē, pros hesperan gar ēn ēdē hē hēmera. parekatestēsan de autois phylakas stratiōtas kai ton kapiklarion. engys de tēs limnēs ēn balaneion, ho kai exepyrōsan, hopōs ean tis ϑelę̄ ex autōn parabēnai, prosphygę̄ tǭ balaneiǭ.

When morning came, on the ninth day, they ordered them to be brought out of the prison and led in. Standing before the tyrants they said, “Do what you want to do.” And the devil appeared too, holding a sword in his right hand and a serpent in his left; and he said into Agricolaus's ear, “You are mine; fight on.” The governor ordered them to be bound, roped together by their necks, and all led together to the lake. There is a lake at Sebasteia with much water, and at the time when the saints bore witness it was in hard frost. They led them there and stood them naked in the middle of the lake. For the air was wintry and the hour most bitter, since the day was already turning toward evening. They set soldiers as guards over them, and the jailer. Near the lake there was a bath, which they also heated, so that if any of them wished to transgress, he might take refuge in the bath.

Notes and citation

Summary: The Forty are set naked on the frozen lake, with a heated bath nearby for any who yield.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; stray mark): ἐχβληϑῆναι → ἐκβληϑῆναι; πρὸς vo οὖς ᾿Αγριχολάου: Ἐμὸς ei, → πρὸς τὸ οὖς ᾿Αγρικολάου· Ἐμὸς εἶ,; ἣν γὰρ καὶ ὃ ἀὴρ → ἦν γὰρ καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ; ἣν ἤδη → ἦν ἤδη; χαπικλάριον → καπικλάριον; βαλανείῳ.. → βαλανείῳ..

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Act. 7 (Gebhardt, 176; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 8

8Gebhardt, 176

Ὥρᾳ δὲ πρώτῃ τῆς νυχτὸς ἐσφίγγοντο ὑπὸ τοῦ κρύους οἱ ἅγιοι καὶ περιταϑέντα τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν διερρήγνυντο. εἷς δέ τις ἐκ τοῦ ἀριϑμοῦ τῶν τεσσαράκοντα λιποτακτήσας προσέφυγεν τῷ βαλανείῳ, καὶ ἁψάμενος τῆς ϑέρμης εὐθέως διελίϑη, καὶ οὕτως ἀπέδωκεν τὴν ψυχήν. οἱ δὲ ἅγιοι ἰδόντες ἐκεῖνον λιποτακτήσαντα εἶπαν ὡς ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος μιᾷ φωνῇ Μὴ ἐν ποταμοῖς ὠργίσϑης, κύριε; ἢ ἐν ποταμοῖς ὁ ϑυμός σου; ἢ ἐν ϑαλάσσῃ τὸ ὅρμημά σου; ὁ γὰρ ἀποχωρισϑεὶς ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ὡς ὕδωρ ἐξεχύϑη καὶ διεσκορπίσϑη πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ. ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐ μὴ ἀποστῶμεν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἕως οὗ ζωώσεις ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπικαλεσόμεϑα· ὃν ὑμνεῖ πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις, δράκοντες καὶ πᾶσαι ἄβυσσοι, πῦρ, χάλαζα, χιών, χρύσταλλος, πνεῦμα καταιγίδος, τὰ ποιοῦντα τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ" ὃ περιπατῶν ἐπὶ ϑαλάσσης ὡς ἐπὶ ἐδάφους καὶ ἀγριαινομένην αὐτὴν τῷ νεύματι τῆς χειρός σου καταπραΰνων. καὶ νῦν ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, κύριε, ὁ ἐπακούσας ᾿Ιακὼβ προσευχομένου φεύγοντος τὴν ἀπειλὴν Ἠσαῦ" ὁ τῷ Ἰωσήφ συμπραϑεὶς καὶ σώσας αὐτόν· ὁ ἐπακούσας Μωῦσέως διδόντος σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐν Φαραὼ καὶ ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ, ῥηγνύντος τὴν ϑάλασσαν καὶ ἐν ἐρήμῳ ὁδηγοῦντος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ· ὁ ἐπακούσας τῶν ἁγίων σου ἀποστόλων, καὶ ἡμῶν ἐπάκουσον, κύριε, καὶ μὴ καταποντισάτω ἡμᾶς καταιγὶς ὕδατος μηδὲ καταπιέτω ἡμᾶς βυϑός, ὅτι ἐπτωχεύσαμεν σφόδρα. βοήϑησον ἡμῖν, ὁ ϑεὸς ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν, ὅτε ἔστημεν ἐν βυϑῷ ϑαλάσσης καὶ ἐβάφησαν οἱ πόδες ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι ἡμῶν᾽ ἐλάφρυνον τὸ βάρος ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν πικρίαν τοῦ ἀέρος, κύριε ὁ ϑεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ γνώτωσαν πάντες ὅτε πρὸς σὲ ἐκεκράξαμεν καὶ ἐσώϑημεν, ἐπὶ σοὶ ἠλπίσαμεν καὶ οὐ κατησχύνϑημεν.

Hōrą de prōtę̄ tēs nychtos esphingonto hypo tou kryous hoi hagioi kai peritaϑenta ta sōmata autōn dierrēgnynto. heis de tis ek tou ariϑmou tōn tessarakonta lipotaktēsas prosephygen tǭ balaneiǭ, kai hapsamenos tēs ϑermēs eutheōs dieliϑē, kai houtōs apedōken tēn psychēn. hoi de hagioi idontes ekeinon lipotaktēsanta eipan hōs ex henos stomatos mią phōnę̄ Mē en potamois ōrgisϑēs, kyrie? ē en potamois ho ϑymos sou? ē en ϑalassę̄ to hormēma sou? ho gar apochōrisϑeis aphʼ hēmōn hōs hydōr exechyϑē kai dieskorpisϑē panta ta osta autou. hēmeis de ou mē apostōmen apo sou heōs hou zōōseis hēmas, kai to onoma sou epikalesomeϑa; hon hymnei pasa hē ktisis, drakontes kai pasai abyssoi, pyr, chalaza, chiōn, chrystallos, pneuma kataigidos, ta poiounta ton logon autou" ho peripatōn epi ϑalassēs hōs epi edaphous kai agriainomenēn autēn tǭ neumati tēs cheiros sou katapraÿnōn. kai nyn ho autos ei, kyrie, ho epakousas ᾿Iakōb proseuchomenou pheugontos tēn apeilēn Ēsau" ho tǭ Iōsēph sympraϑeis kai sōsas auton; ho epakousas Mōyseōs didontos sēmeia kai terata en Aigyptǭ, en Pharaō kai en tǭ laǭ autou, rhēgnyntos tēn ϑalassan kai en erēmǭ hodēgountos ton laon autou; ho epakousas tōn hagiōn sou apostolōn, kai hēmōn epakouson, kyrie, kai mē katapontisatō hēmas kataigis hydatos mēde katapietō hēmas byϑos, hoti eptōcheusamen sphodra. boēϑēson hēmin, ho ϑeos ho sōtēr hēmōn, hote estēmen en byϑǭ ϑalassēs kai ebaphēsan hoi podes hēmōn en tǭ haimati hēmōn᾽ elaphrynon to baros hēmōn kai tēn pikrian tou aeros, kyrie ho ϑeos hēmōn, kai gnōtōsan pantes hote pros se ekekraxamen kai esōϑēmen, epi soi ēlpisamen kai ou katēschynϑēmen.

At the first hour of the night the saints were gripped by the frost, and their bodies, frozen stiff, began to crack open. One of the number of the forty deserted his post and fled to the bath; and as soon as he touched the heat he dissolved, and so gave up his soul. The saints, seeing him desert, said as from one mouth, with one voice: “Were you angry with the rivers, Lord? Or is your wrath against the rivers, or your onrush against the sea? For he who separated himself from us was poured out like water, and all his bones were scattered. But we will not depart from you until you give us life, and we will call on your name—you whom all creation hymns, dragons and all deeps, fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind, which do your word; you who walk on the sea as on dry ground and calm it with a nod of your hand when it rages. And now you are the same, Lord, who heard Jacob praying as he fled from the threat of Esau; who was sold together with Joseph and saved him; who heard Moses as he worked signs and wonders in Egypt, against Pharaoh and his people, as he split the sea and led his people in the wilderness; who heard your holy apostles: hear us too, Lord, and let not the storm of water drown us, nor the deep swallow us, for we have become very poor. Help us, O God our Savior, for we have stood in the depth of the sea, and our feet have been dipped in our own blood. Lighten our burden and the bitterness of the air, Lord our God, and let all know that we cried to you and were saved; we hoped in you and were not put to shame.”

Hab 3:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 22:14 (21:15 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 80:18 (79:19 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 148:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 32:11 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 37:28 (echo, low confidence) · Exod 14:21 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 69:15 (68:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 79:8 (78:8 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 22:5 (21:6 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: One soldier deserts to the bath and dies; the rest pray from the frozen lake.

  • The prayer weaves together Hab 3:8; Ps 22:14 (LXX 21:15); Ps 80:18 (LXX 79:19); Ps 148:7–8; Gen 32:9–12; Ps 69:15 (LXX 68:16); Ps 79:8–9 (LXX 78:8–9); Ps 22:5 (LXX 21:6). “Frozen stiff” renders a doubtful word (περιταθέντα, probably for περιπαγέντα).

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Topics: Prayer, Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Act. 8 (Gebhardt, 176; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 9

9Gebhardt, 178

Καὶ ὡς περὶ ὥραν τρίτην τῆς νυχτὸς ἥλιος ἔλαμψεν περὶ αὐτοὺς ϑερμὸς ὡς ἐν ϑέρει καὶ ἐλύϑη τὸ κρύος καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ ὕδωρ ϑερμόν. πάντες δὲ οἱ φυλάσσοντες αὐτοὺς ὕπνῳ κατείχοντο, μόνος δὲ ὁ καπικλάριος ἦν γρηγορῶν καὶ ἀκροώμενος προσευχομένων αὐτῶν καὶ ἐννοῶν πῶς ὁ προσφυγὼν τῷ βαλανείῳ εὐϑέως ἀπὸ τῆς ϑέρμης ἐτελεύτησεν, καὶ οὗτοι μέχρι τοῦ νῦν ζῶσιν, καὶ ὁρῶν τὸ φῶς περὶ αὐτούς, ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἰδεῖν πόϑεν τὸ φῶς, εἶδεν στεφάνους κατερχομένους τὸν ἀριϑμὸν τριάκοντα ἐννέα, καὶ διελογίζετο ἐν ἑαυτῷ λέγων: Τεσσαράκοντά εἰσιν, πῶς ὁ εἷς στέφανος λείπει; καὶ ἔγνω ὅτι ὁ προσφυγὼν τῷ βαλανείῳ οὐ συγκατηριϑμήϑη μετὰ τῶν τεσσαράκοντα. καὶ ἐξυπνίσας τοὺς φύλακας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ καὶ ῥίψας τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς ὄψεις αὐτῶν εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς τὴν λίμνην κράζων καὶ λέγων. Κἀγὼ Χριστιανός εἰμι. καὶ εἶπεν· Κύριε ὁ ϑεός, πιστεύω εἰς σέ, εἰς ὃν xoi οὗτοι ἐπίστευσαν, κἀμὲ σὺν αὐτοῖς καταρίϑμησον καὶ καταξίωσόν με βασάνων καὶ πειρατηρίων, ἵνα κἀγὼ δόκιμος εὑρεϑῶ.

Kai hōs peri hōran tritēn tēs nychtos hēlios elampsen peri autous ϑermos hōs en ϑerei kai elyϑē to kryos kai egeneto to hydōr ϑermon. pantes de hoi phylassontes autous hypnǭ kateichonto, monos de ho kapiklarios ēn grēgorōn kai akroōmenos proseuchomenōn autōn kai ennoōn pōs ho prosphygōn tǭ balaneiǭ euϑeōs apo tēs ϑermēs eteleutēsen, kai houtoi mechri tou nyn zōsin, kai horōn to phōs peri autous, atenisas eis ton ouranon idein poϑen to phōs, eiden stephanous katerchomenous ton ariϑmon triakonta ennea, kai dielogizeto en heautǭ legōn: Tessarakonta eisin, pōs ho heis stephanos leipei? kai egnō hoti ho prosphygōn tǭ balaneiǭ ou synkatēriϑmēϑē meta tōn tessarakonta. kai exypnisas tous phylakas tous syn autǭ kai rhipsas ta himatia autou eis tas opseis autōn eisepēdēsen eis tēn limnēn krazōn kai legōn. Kagō Christianos eimi. kai eipen; Kyrie ho ϑeos, pisteuō eis se, eis hon xoi houtoi episteusan, kame syn autois katariϑmēson kai kataxiōson me basanōn kai peiratēriōn, hina kagō dokimos heureϑō.

About the third hour of the night a sun shone around them, warm as in summer; the ice melted and the water became warm. All those guarding them were held fast by sleep; only the jailer was awake, listening to them praying and considering how the one who had fled to the bath died at once from the heat, while these were alive until now. And seeing the light around them, he looked up to heaven to see where the light came from, and he saw crowns coming down, thirty-nine in number. He reasoned within himself, saying, “There are forty; how is one crown missing?” And he realized that the one who had fled to the bath had not been counted with the forty. He woke the guards who were with him, threw his clothes in their faces, and leapt into the lake, crying out and saying, “I too am a Christian.” And he said, “Lord God, I believe in you, in whom these men too believed; count me with them, and count me worthy of tortures and trials, that I too may be found approved.”

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Summary: The jailer sees thirty-nine crowns descend and joins the martyrs.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip; OCR slips; split word; stray mark): Kai ὡς → Καὶ ὡς; xgvoc → κρύος; ἣν γρηγογῶν → ἦν γρηγορῶν; προσευχομένων ? αὐτῶν → προσευχομένων αὐτῶν; τοῦ vv ζῶσιν → τοῦ νῦν ζῶσιν; ἀτᾷνίσας → ἀτενίσας; κατἐρχομένους → κατερχομένους; διελο- γέζετο → διελογίζετο; Τεσσαράχοντα εἶσιν, πῶς ὃ εἷς → Τεσσαράκοντά εἰσιν, πῶς ὁ εἷς; συγχατηριϑμήϑη → συγκατηριϑμήϑη; ῥέψας → ῥίψας; εἰσεττήδησεν → εἰσεπήδησεν; λίμνην χράζων → λίμνην κράζων; tip. καὶ simev' → εἰμι. καὶ εἶπεν·; sig σέ, sic ὃν → εἰς σέ, εἰς ὃν; xat χκαταξίωσόν μὲ → καὶ καταξίωσόν με; χάγω δέχιμος → κἀγὼ δόκιμος.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Act. 9 (Gebhardt, 178; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 10

10Gebhardt, 179

Ὁ δὲ σατανᾶς ἡττηϑεὶς καὶ μεταβαλὼν ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἄνδρα, δήσας ἑαυτοῦ τὰ γόνατα ταῖς χερσὶν ἔλεγεν ἔμπροσθεν πάντων᾽ Οὐαί μοι, νενίκημαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων ἀνδρῶν καὶ γέγονα πᾶσιν κατάγελως" οὐκ ἔσχον ὁμοψύχους ὑπουργούς, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν ἡττήϑην. καὶ νῦν διαστρέψω τὴν καρδίαν τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ καύσω τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν καὶ εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν ῥίψω. καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσω ἵνα λείψανον αὐτῶν μὴ εὑρεϑῆ. ὁ δὲ ἅγιος Κυρίων εἶπεν: Τίς ϑεὸς μέγας ὡς ὁ ϑεὸς ἡμῶν, ἢ εἰς ϑεὸς πλὴν τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἡμῶν; σὺ εἶ ὁ ϑεὸς ὁ ποιῶν ϑαυμάσια μόνος" τοὺς γὰρ καϑ' ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐποίησας καὶ τὸν χωρισμὸν τῆς τετάρτης δεκάδος ἀνεπλήρωσας καὶ τὸν σατανᾶν κατήσχυνας. καὶ ἤρξαντο ψάλλειν. Σῶσόν με, κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος.

Ho de satanas hēttēϑeis kai metabalōn heauton eis andra, dēsas heautou ta gonata tais chersin elegen emprosthen pantōn᾽ Ouai moi, nenikēmai hypo tōn hagiōn andrōn kai gegona pasin katagelōs" ouk eschon homopsychous hypourgous, epei ouk an hēttēϑēn. kai nyn diastrepsō tēn kardian tōn archontōn kai kausō ta sōmata autōn kai eis ton potamon rhipsō. kai touto poiēsō hina leipsanon autōn mē heureϑē. ho de hagios Kyriōn eipen: Tis ϑeos megas hōs ho ϑeos hēmōn, ē eis ϑeos plēn tou ϑeou hēmōn? sy ei ho ϑeos ho poiōn ϑaumasia monos" tous gar kaϑ' hēmōn hyper hēmōn epoiēsas kai ton chōrismon tēs tetartēs dekados aneplērōsas kai ton satanan katēschynas. kai ērxanto psallein. Sōson me, kyrie, hoti ekleloipen hosios.

Satan, defeated, changed himself into a man, and clasping his knees with his hands he said before all, “Woe is me, I have been conquered by the holy men and have become a laughingstock to all. I did not have like-minded servants; otherwise I would not have been defeated. And now I will twist the hearts of the rulers, and I will burn their bodies and throw them into the river; and I will do this so that no relic of them may be found.” Saint Cyrion said, “Who is a great God like our God, or who is God except our God? You are the God who alone does wonders; for you have turned those against us into those for us, filled the gap in the fourth ten, and put Satan to shame.” And they began to sing, “Save me, Lord, for the godly man has come to an end.”

Ps 77:13 (76:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 18:31 (17:32 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 72:18 (71:18 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 12:1 (11:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: Satan laments his defeat; Cyrion praises God for completing the forty.

  • Ps 77:13–14 (LXX 76:14–15); Ps 18:31 (LXX 17:32); Ps 72:18 (LXX 71:18); Ps 12:1 (LXX 11:2).

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  • Digital text corrected (OCR slip; repeated word; stray letter): ὃ εἰς ἄνδρα → εἰς ἄνδρα; τὸ γόνατα → τὰ γόνατα; νδνίκημαν → νενίκημαι; καύσω τὰ τὰ σώματα → καύσω τὰ σώματα; ὃ ϑεὸς ὁ ποιῶν → ὁ ϑεὸς ὁ ποιῶν; x«J' ἡμῶν → καϑ' ἡμῶν; δεχάδος → δεκάδος.

Cite (SBL): Act. 10 (Gebhardt, 179; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 11

11Gebhardt, 179

Πρωΐας δὲ γεναμένης ἤλθον οἱ ἀσεβέστατοι τύραννοι καὶ εἶδον τὸν καπικλάριον σὺν αὐτοῖς ὄντα καὶ ἐμάνθανον παρὰ τῶν στρατιωτῶν τί ἰδὼν ἐποίησεν τοῦτο. λέγουσιν αὐτοῖς οἱ στρατιῶταιʼ Ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου ἀπενεχρώϑημεν, ἐκεῖνος δὲ διʼ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς ἐγρηγόρει, καὶ ἄφνω ἐξύπνισεν ἡμᾶς καὶ εἴδομεν φῶς μέγα περὶ αὐτούς" ἐκεῖνος δὲ εὐϑέως ῥίψας τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς αὐτοὺς κράζων καὶ λέγων" Κἀγὼ Χριστιανός εἰμι. πλησϑέντες δὲ ϑυμοῦ οἱ τύραννοι ἐκέλευσαν συρέντας αὐτοὺς ἀχϑῆναι ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν xai βάκλοις τὰ σκέλη αὐτῶν κατεαγῆναι. ἑνὸς δὲ ἡ μήτηρ προσεκαρτέρεν αὐτοῖς" ἦν γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτῆς νεώτερος ὑπὲρ πάντας, καὶ ἐφοβεῖτο μήπως δειλανδρίση, καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν πάντοτε ἠτένιζεν, ἐχτείνουσα εἰς αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας καὶ λέγουσα Τέκνον γλυκύτατον, ἔτι μικρὸν ὑπόμεινον, ἵνα τέλειος γένη" μὴ φοβοῦ, ἰδοὺ γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς παρέστηκεν βοηϑῶν σοι. κατακλώμενοι δὲ οἱ ἅγιοι καὶ ἀποδιδόντες τὰς ψυχὰς ἔλεγον. 'H ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ὡς στρουϑίον ἐρρύσϑη ἐκ τῆς παγίδος τῶν ϑηρευόντων᾽ ἡ παγὶς συνετρίβη καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐρρύσθημεν" ἡ βοήϑεια ἡμῶν ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. καὶ πάντες ὁμοῦ εἰπόντες τὸ ἀμὴν ἀπέδωκαν τὰς ψυχάς.

Prōïas de genamenēs ēlthon hoi asebestatoi tyrannoi kai eidon ton kapiklarion syn autois onta kai emanthanon para tōn stratiōtōn ti idōn epoiēsen touto. legousin autois hoi stratiōtaiʼ Hēmeis apo tou hypnou apenechrōϑēmen, ekeinos de diʼ holēs tēs nyktos egrēgorei, kai aphnō exypnisen hēmas kai eidomen phōs mega peri autous" ekeinos de euϑeōs rhipsas ta himatia autou eisepēdēsen eis autous krazōn kai legōn" Kagō Christianos eimi. plēsϑentes de ϑymou hoi tyrannoi ekeleusan syrentas autous achϑēnai epi ton aigialon xai baklois ta skelē autōn kateagēnai. henos de hē mētēr prosekarteren autois" ēn gar ho huios autēs neōteros hyper pantas, kai ephobeito mēpōs deilandrisē, kai eis auton pantote ētenizen, echteinousa eis auton tas cheiras kai legousa Teknon glykytaton, eti mikron hypomeinon, hina teleios genē" mē phobou, idou gar ho Christos parestēken boēϑōn soi. kataklōmenoi de hoi hagioi kai apodidontes tas psychas elegon. 'H psychē hēmōn hōs strouϑion errysϑē ek tēs pagidos tōn ϑēreuontōn᾽ hē pagis synetribē kai hēmeis errysthēmen" hē boēϑeia hēmōn en onomati kyriou tou poiēsantos ton ouranon kai tēn gēn. kai pantes homou eipontes to amēn apedōkan tas psychas.

When morning came the most impious tyrants came and saw the jailer with them, and they learned from the soldiers what he had seen to make him do this. The soldiers said to them, “We were dead with sleep, but he was awake through the whole night; and suddenly he woke us and we saw a great light around them; and at once he threw off his clothes and leapt in among them, crying out and saying, ‘I too am a Christian.’” Filled with rage, the tyrants ordered them to be dragged off to the shore and their legs broken with clubs. The mother of one of them stayed close by them; for her son was the youngest of all, and she feared he might lose heart. She kept her eyes always on him, stretching out her hands to him and saying, “Sweetest child, endure a little longer, that you may be made perfect; do not be afraid, for see, Christ stands by to help you.” As their legs were being broken and they were giving up their souls, the saints said, “Our soul has been rescued like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters; the snare is broken and we are rescued. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” And all together, saying the Amen, they gave up their souls.

Ps 124:7 (123:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)

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Summary: The martyrs' legs are broken; they die singing Psalm 124.

  • Ps 124:7–8 (LXX 123:7–8).

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  • Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip; OCR slips; stray mark): “ρωΐας → Πρωΐας; τῆς γυχτὸς → τῆς νυκτὸς; αὐτοὺς χράζων → αὐτοὺς κράζων; πλησθϑέντες → πλησϑέντες; τύραννον ἐχέλευσαν → τύραννοι ἐκέλευσαν; τὰς χείρας → τὰς χεῖρας; Τέχνον γλυχύτατον, ἔτι μιχρὸν → Τέκνον γλυκύτατον, ἔτι μικρὸν; «Χριστὸς → Χριστὸς; καταχλώμενοι → κατακλώμενοι; παγέδος → παγίδος; κυρίου 10706 ποιήσαντος → κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος; xoi πάντες → καὶ πάντες.

Topics: Martyrdom, Hymns and singing

Cite (SBL): Act. 11 (Gebhardt, 179; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 12

12Gebhardt, 179

Ὁ δὲ υἱὸς ὁ παραινούμενος ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς ὀνόματι Μελίτων ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἦν. καὶ ἐχέλευσαν οἱ τύραννοι ἀχϑῆναι ἁμάξας καὶ ἐπιτεϑῆναι τὰ σώματα τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ ἤνεγκαν παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀφέντες τὸν νεώτερον, προσδοκῶντες ζῆν αὐτόν. ἡ δὲ μήτηρ ϑεασαμένη μόνον αὐτὸν καταλειφϑέντα, ἀποριψαμένη τὴν γυναικείαν ἀσϑένειαν καὶ ἀναλαβοῦσα ἀνδρεῖον φρόνημα καὶ ἰσχύν, ἀραμένη τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων γενναίως ταῖς ἀμάξαις ἐπηκολούϑει. βασταζόμενος δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς ὁ νεανίσκος ἀπέδωκεν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ χαίρων. ἐνέγκασα δὲ αὐτὸν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἔρριψεν ἐπάνω αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐξάψαντες πυρὰν κατέκαυσαν τὰ σώματα τῶν ἁγίων.

Ho de huios ho parainoumenos hypo tēs mētros onomati Melitōn eti empneōn ēn. kai echeleusan hoi tyrannoi achϑēnai hamaxas kai epiteϑēnai ta sōmata tōn hagiōn, kai ēnenkan para to cheilos tou potamou aphentes ton neōteron, prosdokōntes zēn auton. hē de mētēr ϑeasamenē monon auton kataleiphϑenta, aporipsamenē tēn gynaikeian asϑeneian kai analabousa andreion phronēma kai ischyn, aramenē ton huion autēs epi tōn ōmōn gennaiōs tais amaxais epēkolouϑei. bastazomenos de hypo tēs mētros ho neaniskos apedōken tēn psychēn autou chairōn. enenkasa de auton hē mētēr autou erripsen epanō autōn, kai exapsantes pyran katekausan ta sōmata tōn hagiōn.

The son whom his mother was exhorting, named Meliton, was still breathing. The tyrants ordered wagons to be brought and the bodies of the saints to be placed on them, and they carried them to the bank of the river, leaving the youngest behind, expecting him to live. But his mother, seeing him left alone, cast off a woman's weakness and took up a manly spirit and strength; she lifted her son onto her shoulders and nobly followed the wagons. As he was being carried by his mother, the young man gave up his soul rejoicing. His mother brought him and threw him on top of them; and they lit a pyre and burned the bodies of the saints.

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Summary: Meliton's mother carries him after the wagons; he dies, and the bodies are burned.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip; OCR slips; chapter numeral XII misread; split word): ΧΙ. Ὁ δὲ υἱὸς → Ὁ δὲ υἱὸς; ἀχϑῆναν ἁμάξας καὶ ἐπιτεϑῆναν → ἀχϑῆναι ἁμάξας καὶ ἐπιτεϑῆναι; γεώτερον → νεώτερον; προσδοχῶντες → προσδοκῶντες; 2014» ὦμων → τῶν ὤμων; βαστα-" ζόμενος → βασταζόμενος; νεανίσχος → νεανίσκος; χατέχαυσαν → κατέκαυσαν.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Act. 12 (Gebhardt, 179; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Chapter 13

13Gebhardt, 180

Καὶ σκεψάμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ τύραννοι εἶπον. Ταῦτα τὰ λείψανα ἐὰν οὕτως ἀφῶμεν, ἀροῦσιν αὐτὰ οἱ Χριστιανοὶ καὶ πληρώσουσιν ὅλον τὸν κόσμον. δεῦτε οὖν ῥίψωμεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν ποταμόν. καὶ ξύσαντες καὶ κοσμήσαντες τὸν τόπον τὰ λείψανα τῶν ἁγίων ἔρριψαν εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν σύνεγγυς. συνήχϑησαν δὲ τὰ λείψανα τῶν ἁγίων πρὸς τὸν κρημνόν, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῶν ἐμείωσεν ὃ ποταμός. μετὰ δὲ ἡμέρας τρεῖς ἀπεκαλύφϑη τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ τῆς πόλεως Πέτρῳ ὅτι" Εἰσὶν πεφυλαγμένα τὰ λείψανα ἡμῶν ἐν τῷδε τῷ ποταμῷ, ἐλϑὲ οὖν διὰ νυκτὸς καὶ ἔκβαλε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ" καὶ παραλαβὼν ὁ ἐπίσκοπος κληρικοὺς ἄνδρας εὐλαβεῖς, ἐλϑὼν ἔστη παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔλαμπον τὰ λείψανα τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ὡς φωστῆρες, καὶ εἴ που ὑπελείφϑη λείψανον, διὰ τοῦ φέγγους κατεμηνύετο. καὶ οὕτως ἀνελόμενοι τὰ λείψανα τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων ἀπέϑεντο ἐν γλωσσοκόμοις. οὕτως ἀϑλήσαντες καὶ τελειωϑέντες λάμπουσιν ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ· ϑεῷ πιστεύσαντες, Χριστὸν ὁμολογήσαντες, τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα μὴ ἀρνησάμενοι συνεδοξάσθησαν τῷ Χριστῷ μνήμην τῷ βίῳ καταλιπόντες ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων εἰς πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμαʼ ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν.

Kai skepsamenoi pros allēlous hoi tyrannoi eipon. Tauta ta leipsana ean houtōs aphōmen, arousin auta hoi Christianoi kai plērōsousin holon ton kosmon. deute oun rhipsōmen auta eis ton potamon. kai xysantes kai kosmēsantes ton topon ta leipsana tōn hagiōn erripsan eis ton potamon ton synengys. synēchϑēsan de ta leipsana tōn hagiōn pros ton krēmnon, kai ouden autōn emeiōsen ho potamos. meta de hēmeras treis apekalyphϑē tǭ episkopǭ tēs poleōs Petrǭ hoti" Eisin pephylagmena ta leipsana hēmōn en tǭde tǭ potamǭ, elϑe oun dia nyktos kai ekbale hēmas apo tou potamou" kai paralabōn ho episkopos klērikous andras eulabeis, elϑōn estē para to cheilos tou potamou, kai idou elampon ta leipsana tōn hagiōn en tǭ hydati hōs phōstēres, kai ei pou hypeleiphϑē leipsanon, dia tou phengous katemēnyeto. kai houtōs anelomenoi ta leipsana tōn hagiōn martyrōn apeϑento en glōssokomois. houtōs aϑlēsantes kai teleiōϑentes lampousin hōs phōstēres en kosmǭ; ϑeǭ pisteusantes, Christon homologēsantes, to hagion pneuma mē arnēsamenoi synedoxasthēsan tǭ Christǭ mnēmēn tǭ biǭ katalipontes epi sōtērią pantōn tōn pisteuontōn eis patera kai huion kai hagion pneumaʼ hǭ hē doxa kai to kratos eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn, amēn.

The tyrants consulted with one another and said, “If we leave these remains like this, the Christians will take them up and fill the whole world with them. Come, let us throw them into the river.” And having scraped and swept the place, they threw the remains of the saints into the river close by. But the remains of the saints gathered together at the bank, and the river carried none of them away. After three days it was revealed to the bishop of the city, Peter: “Our remains are kept safe in this river; come by night and take us out of the river.” The bishop took with him devout men of the clergy, came and stood at the edge of the river, and behold, the remains of the saints shone in the water like lights, and wherever any relic had been left behind it was revealed by the glow. And so they took up the remains of the holy martyrs and placed them in caskets. Having thus contended and been perfected, they shine as lights in the world: believing in God, confessing Christ, not denying the Holy Spirit, they were glorified together with Christ, leaving a memorial to the living for the salvation of all who believe in Father and Son and Holy Spirit; to whom be the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen.

Phil 2:15 (echo, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The remains, thrown into the river, are recovered by Bishop Peter.

  • “Lights in the world”: cf. Phil 2:15.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip; OCR slips; stray mark): Koi σκεψάμενον → Καὶ σκεψάμενοι; δίψωμεν αὐτὰ sig → ῥίψωμεν αὐτὰ εἰς; ἔρρεψαν → ἔρριψαν; κχρημνόν → κρημνόν; ποταμές → ποταμός; τῷδε ιῷ ποταμῷ → τῷδε τῷ ποταμῷ; διὰ νυχτὸς → διὰ νυκτὸς; ἄνδρας. εὐλαβεῖς, ὀλϑὼν → ἄνδρας εὐλαβεῖς, ἐλϑὼν; moταμοῦ → ποταμοῦ; χατεμηνύετο → κατεμηνύετο; xócuo: → κόσμῳ·; Gvvεδοξάσθησαν → συνεδοξάσθησαν; τὸ χράτος → τὸ κράτος; ἀμήν.: → ἀμήν..

Topics: Martyrdom, Trinity, Martyrs' shrines and relics

Cite (SBL): Act. 13 (Gebhardt, 180; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/martyrium-quadraginta-martyrum/13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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