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Chapter 2
2Routh 1:46
Τοὺς κατὰ Θεὸν ἀκακίαν ἀσκοῦντας παῖδας ἐκάλουν , ὡς καὶ Παπίας δηλοῖ βιβλίῳ πρώτῳ τῶν Κυριακῶν ᾿Εξηγήσεων, καὶ Κλήμης ὁ ᾿Αλεξανδρεὺς ἐν τῷ Παιδαγωγῷ.
Tous kata Theon akakian askountas paidas ekaloun , hōs kai Papias dēloi bibliǭ prōtǭ tōn Kyriakōn ᾿Exēgēseōn, kai Klēmēs ho ᾿Alexandreus en tǭ Paidagōgǭ.
They used to call those who practiced innocence in God's way "children," as Papias also shows in the first book of the Expositions of the Lord's Sayings, and Clement of Alexandria in the Instructor.
Chapter 3
3Routh 1:47
Μέγα ἀσεβείας ὑπόδειγμα ἐν τούτῳ τῷ κόσμῳ περιεπάτησεν ᾿Ιούδας. πρησθεὶς γὰρ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον τὴν σάρκα, ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι διελθεῖν, ἁμάξης ῥᾳδίως διερχομένης, ὑπὸ τῆς ἁμάξης ἐπιέσθη. ὥστε τὰ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ ἐκκενωθῆναι.
Mega asebeias hypodeigma en toutǭ tǭ kosmǭ periepatēsen ᾿Ioudas. prēstheis gar epi tosouton tēn sarka, hōste mē dynasthai dielthein, hamaxēs rhądiōs dierchomenēs, hypo tēs hamaxēs epiesthē. hōste ta enkata autou ekkenōthēnai.
Judas walked about in this world as a great example of ungodliness. For his flesh swelled so much that he could not pass where a wagon passes easily; he was crushed by the wagon, so that his bowels were emptied out.
Chapter 7
7Routh 1:52
᾿Ενίοις δὲ αὐτῶν, δηλαδὴ τῶν πάλαι θείων ἀγγέλων, καὶ τῆς περὶ τὴν γῆν διακοσμήσεως ἔδωκεν ἄρχειν, καὶ καλῶς ἄρχειν παρηγγύησε. Καὶ ἑξῆς φησίν: εἰς οὐδὲν δὲ συνέβη τελευτῆσαι τὴν τάξιν αὐτῶν.
᾿Eniois de autōn, dēladē tōn palai theiōn angelōn, kai tēs peri tēn gēn diakosmēseōs edōken archein, kai kalōs archein parēngyēse. Kai hexēs phēsin: eis ouden de synebē teleutēsai tēn taxin autōn.
To some of them (that is, of the angels who were divine of old) he gave rule also over the ordering of the earth, and charged them to rule well. And next he says: But it came about that their order came to nothing.