{"slug":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-in-illud-exeuntes-pharisaei","id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-john-chrysostom-in-illud-exeuntes-pharisaei","title":"In illud Exeuntes pharisaei","title_source":"In illud Exeuntes pharisaei","author":"John Chrysostom","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"greek","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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It interprets a Gospel phrase paraphrasing Matthew 12:14 or Mark 3:6, where Pharisees plot against Jesus after a Sabbath healing. Chrysostom employs typological exegesis, linking Christ's healing to the reversal of the Fall, and uses Elijah as a model of ascetic hospitality. The homily includes Eucharistic symbolism and anti-Jewish rhetoric characteristic of Chrysostom's polemical works. Its transmission relies on manuscript ascription and stylistic consistency, with no fixed date or inclusion in Byzantine liturgical cycles.","historical_context":"The homily was composed in Antioch during Chrysostom's presbyterate (c. 386–397), a period of intense exegetical and pastoral activity. Antioch was a major center of Antiochene exegesis, emphasizing literal and historical interpretation, though Chrysostom often employed typology. The work reflects the community's engagement with Gospel narratives and anti-Jewish polemic, common in Chrysostom's homilies against Jews. The text survives through manuscript tradition, later collected in Patrologia Graeca (Migne), but lacks a critical edition. Its limited liturgical reception suggests it was not widely used in Byzantine worship. The khazarzar edition reproduces the PG text without manuscript collation, obscuring textual variants.","significance":"This homily exemplifies Chrysostom's exegetical method, blending Antiochene literalism with typological symbolism. Its Eucharistic imagery and anti-Jewish rhetoric illuminate late 4th-century Christian identity formation and polemics. The work also demonstrates how Chrysostom used biblical figures like Elijah to model ascetic virtue, connecting Gospel exegesis to pastoral exhortation.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 386–397","event":"Composition in Antioch during Chrysostom's presbyterate"},{"date":"4th–5th c.","event":"Manuscript transmission of the homily"},{"date":"1857–1866","event":"Publication in Patrologia Graeca (Migne)"},{"date":"21st c.","event":"Digital transcription by khazarzar"}],"relations":[{"work":"Homilies Against the Jews","relation":"Shares anti-Jewish rhetoric and polemical strategies","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Gospel of Matthew 12:14","relation":"Paraphrased as the lemmatic citation","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Gospel of Mark 3:6","relation":"Alternative source for the cited phrase","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"1 Kings 17:8–16","relation":"Elijah and the widow of Zarephath as model of hospitality","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:John Chrysostom","label":"John Chrysostom","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom","reason":"Biographical context for the author"},{"key":"wikipedia:Antiochene School","label":"Antiochene School","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Antioch","reason":"Exegetical tradition of the homily"},{"key":"wikipedia:Patrologia Graeca","label":"Patrologia Graeca","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrologia_Graeca","reason":"Source edition for the text"}],"cautions":["Date is uncertain; only a range (c. 386–397) based on stylistic and manuscript evidence.","Attribution to Chrysostom relies on manuscript ascription and stylistic consistency, not external proof.","The khazarzar edition lacks critical apparatus; textual reliability cannot be assessed.","Anti-Jewish rhetoric reflects historical polemical strategies, not historical fact."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000392,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:54:08Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Patrologia Graeca text (khazarzar mirror)","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/John%20Chrysostom_PG%2047-64/In%20illud%20Exeuntes%20pharisaei.pdf"}],"checks":{"work":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-in-illud-exeuntes-pharisaei","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":10,"translated":10,"commentary_passages":10,"commentary_units":60,"english_words":2517,"source_letters":10775,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The edition by khazarzar is a digital transcription of Migne's Patrologia Graeca, not a critical edition. 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Τοιαύτη γὰρ καὶ παρ' ἡμῖν λόγων μετρία ἡτοίμασται τράπεζα, ἕνα ἄρτον ἔχουσα ἐπ' αὐτῆς· οὐχ ὃν ὁ μύλος ἐλέπτυνε, καὶ χεῖρες ἐμάλαξαν καὶ πῦρ ἐτελείωσεν, ἀλλ' ὃν παρθένος ἄρουρα ἄνευ ἀρότρου καὶ σπέρματος ἤνθησε, καὶ σταυρὸς ὡρίμασε, καὶ Πατὴρ ἐτελείωσε, καὶ δώδεκα κόφινοι τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐτρύγησαν. Τοῦτον τὸν ἄρτον Μαρία μὲν ἐγέννησεν, ἡ Ἐκκλησία δὲ ὑπεδέξατο, καὶ καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ὑφ' ἡμῶν ἐσθίεται, καὶ ἀδαπάνητος μένει. Τοῦτον ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐπὶ τῆς μετρίας μου τραπέζης ἐπιθεὶς, ἠβουλόμην τῇ σιωπῇ τὸ τῆς γλώττης μου ὄργανον περισφίγξαι· ἀλλ' ἡ τῶν θεομάχων Ἰουδαίων κατὰ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ῥαπτομένη ἐπίβουλος ἐνέδρα καὶ τοὺς λίθους λαλεῖν ἀναγκάζει.\n\nΤί γὰρ ἠκούομεν ἀρτίως ἀναγινωσκόμενον; Καὶ ἐξελθόντες, φησὶν, οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, συμβούλιον ἔλαβον κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσι. Καὶ τίς ἡ αἰτία, δι' ἣν βουλεύονται ἀπολέσαι τὸν Κύριον; Ὅτι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σαββάτων ἄνθρωπον ἐθεράπευσε, καὶ τὴν ἀργὴν καὶ ξηρὰν χεῖρα ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀργίας πρὸς ἔργον ἐξέτεινεν. Ὢ ἀναισθησία Ἰουδαίων τῶν μὴ νοούντων, ὅτι ἔδει τὴν ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ δεξιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Ἀδὰμ, ἁψαμένην τοῦ ξύλου καὶ ξηρανθεῖσαν τῇ παραβάσει, ταύτην πάλιν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου κεραμέως ἀναπλασθῆναι! ἢ ὅτι ἔδει τὴν ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου διὰ τὴν τῶν ἀθέων εἰδώλων αἱμοχυσίαν δεξιὰν σπιλωθεῖσαν, διὰ τοῦ ἰδίου δημιουργοῦ πάλιν λαμπρὰν πρὸς οὐρανὸν ἐκταθῆναι!","english":"On the phrase, \"The Pharisees went out and took counsel.\" All of you who are disciples of Elijah, who did not despise the poor table of the widow, lodge with us. For such a modest table of words has been prepared among us, having one loaf upon it—not one that the mill ground, and hands kneaded, and fire perfected, but one that a virgin field caused to bloom without plow and seed, and the cross ripened, and the Father perfected, and twelve baskets of the apostles harvested. This loaf Mary bore, and the Church received it, and it is eaten by us every day, and remains undiminished. Having placed this loaf upon my modest table for you, I wished to bind my tongue's instrument with silence, but the treacherous ambush of the God-fighting Jews, woven against our Savior, compels even stones to speak.\n\nFor what did we hear read just now? \"And the Pharisees went out,\" it says, \"and took counsel against Jesus, how they might destroy him.\" And what is the reason for which they plot to destroy the Lord? That on the Sabbath day he healed a man, and stretched out the idle and withered hand on a day of idleness to work. O the insensibility of the Jews, who do not understand that the right hand of Adam in paradise, which touched the tree and was withered by the transgression, had to be remolded again by its own potter! Or that the right hand stained by the devil through the bloodshed of the godless idols had to be stretched out again bright toward heaven by its own creator!","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἰς τὸ, \"Ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον.\"","severity":"info","text":"The opening formula 'Εἰς τὸ' introduces a lemmatic citation of the Gospel phrase, a common homiletic device in Chrysostom's exegetical works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον","severity":"info","text":"This phrase is not a direct Gospel verse but a paraphrase of Matthew 12:14 or Mark 3:6, where Pharisees plot against Jesus after a healing on the Sabbath.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἠλία","severity":"info","text":"Elijah is invoked as a model of ascetic hospitality, referencing 1 Kings 17:8–16 where the widow of Zarephath provides for him; Chrysostom uses this to align his audience with virtuous poverty.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἄρτον","severity":"info","text":"The 'loaf' is a Eucharistic symbol: 'virgin field' (Mary), 'cross ripened' (Crucifixion), 'Father perfected' (God), 'twelve baskets' (Apostles). It remains undiminished, echoing the miracle of the loaves.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"θεομάχων Ἰουδαίων","severity":"caution","text":"Chrysostom's polemic against Jews as 'God-fighters' reflects his broader anti-Jewish rhetoric (e.g., Homilies Against the Jews), which modern readers must contextualize as a historical rhetorical strategy, not historical fact.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"χεῖρα τοῦ Ἀδὰμ","severity":"info","text":"The withered hand of Adam from touching the tree parallels the healed hand on the Sabbath, linking Christ's healing to a reversal of the Fall; this typology is common in patristic exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σαββάτων' may refer to the Sabbath day or a week; the healing story is not identified in the canonical Gospels, leaving the specific narrative source ambiguous."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Ἀλλὰ λυποῦνται ἐπὶ εὐεργεσίᾳ ἀνθρώπου καὶ σωτηρίᾳ ψυχῆς, καὶ τὴν μὲν ἀργίαν τοῦ σαββάτου ἐκδιδάσκουσι, τὴν δὲ θαυματουργίαν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἀγνοοῦσι. Διὰ τί γὰρ, ὦ Φαρισαῖοι, οὐκ ἐλυπήθητε, ἢ τοιαῦτα οὐκ ἐμελετήσατε κατὰ τοῦ Μανασσῆ, ὅτε τὸν Ἡσαΐαν συνέπριζεν, ὅτε τοὺς υἱοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ἐθυσίαζε τοῖς δαιμονίοις, καὶ τοὺς οἴκους τοῦ Θεοῦ τεμένη τῶν εἰδώλων καθίδρυσε; διὰ τί τοιαύτην βουλὴν οὐκ ἠγάγετε κατὰ τοῦ Ἡρώδου, ὅτε τοὺς νηπίους ἀδίκως ἀπέσφαξε, καὶ μητέρας ἠτέκνωσεν; ὅτε ἦν ἰδεῖν δίκην ἀσταχύων ἀώρων τοὺς νηπίους κατακειμένους ἐν μιᾷ τομῇ σιδήρου, μήπω τὸν κόκκον τῆς καρδίας στερεὸν ἔχοντας, μήτε μὴν τοὺς ἀνθέρικας τῶν τριχῶν ἡβήσαντας, ἀλλ' ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἁπαλωτάτῃ τοῦ γάλακτος τροφῇ τυγχάνοντας, βιαίῳ θυμῷ χαλάζης ὑπὸ Ἡρώδου φονευομένους; ὅτε οἰμωγαὶ καὶ κοπετοὶ ἀνδρογύνων ἐν ταῖς τῆς πόλεως πλατείαις καὶ ῥύμαις ἠκούοντο, ἐκεῖ πατέρων λυσιφρένων, καὶ μητέρων λυσικόμων δεινῶς ὀλοφυρομένων ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν ἀώρων τέκνων ἀδίκῳ σφαγῇ; ὅτε τοῖς τῶν νηπίων αἵμασιν ἡ Βηθλεὲμ ἐφοινίσσετο, καὶ ἀώρων βοτρύων γλεῦκος ἄωρον τοῖς τῶν γονέων θερμοῖς δάκρυσι συνεκιρνᾶτο; ὅτε ὄψις πατέρων ὀλολυγμῷ διεστρέφετο, καὶ μητέρων σπλάγχνα τοῖς πόνοις εἱλίσσετο, καὶ γαλακτοφόροι πηγαὶ μαστῶν παρὰ καιρὸν ἐξηραίνοντο; ὅτε ἐν τοῖς τῶν μητέρων στέρνοις τὸ πνεῦμα στενοχώρως εἱλούμενον, περὶ τοὺς μυκτῆρας ἀτάκτως ἐφέρετο; ὅτε πατέρων καὶ μητέρων ὀφθαλμοὶ πηγὰς ὑδάτων ἐμιμοῦντο, καὶ ἀργυροχρόους σταγόνας δακρύων καχλαζόντων ἀπὸ παρειῶν ἐπὶ ἔδαφος ἔῤῥιπτον;","english":"But they are distressed at a man’s benefaction and the salvation of a soul, and they teach the idleness of the Sabbath, yet they are ignorant of the miracle-working of Jesus. For why, O Pharisees, were you not distressed, or did you not devise such things against Manasseh, when he sawed Isaiah in two, when he sacrificed your sons and daughters to demons, and established the houses of God as precincts of idols? Why did you not bring such a counsel against Herod, when he unjustly slaughtered the infants and bereaved mothers; when one could see the infants like unripe ears of grain lying in a single cut of iron, not yet having the kernel of the heart firm, nor yet having the awns of hair grown, but being at the very softest stage of milk nourishment, slain by the violent hail-like rage of Herod; when wailings and lamentations of men and women were heard in the squares and streets of the city, there of fathers with distracted minds and mothers with disheveled hair bitterly mourning over the unjust slaughter of their untimely children; when Bethlehem was reddened with the blood of the infants, and the unripe must of unripe grapes was mingled with the warm tears of their parents; when the faces of fathers were distorted with wailing, and the entrails of mothers were twisted with pangs, and the milk-bearing fountains of breasts were prematurely dried up; when in the breasts of mothers the breath, confined with difficulty, moved irregularly about the nostrils; when the eyes of fathers and mothers imitated springs of water, and cast down silver-colored drops of gushing tears from cheeks to the ground?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Μανασσῆ","severity":"info","text":"Manasseh, king of Judah, is said to have executed the prophet Isaiah by sawing him in two. This tradition is not in the biblical text but appears in later Jewish and Christian sources (e.g., Lives of the Prophets).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἡρώδου","severity":"info","text":"Herod the Great is blamed for the Massacre of the Innocents, a story from Matthew 2:16-18. 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This is a standard homiletic device.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τοὺς υἱοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ἐθυσίαζε τοῖς δαιμονίοις","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom accuses Manasseh of child sacrifice to demons, a charge not in 2 Kings or 2 Chronicles but found in later Jewish and Christian expansions (e.g., Targum, Apostolic Constitutions).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀνδρογύνων","severity":"caution","text":"The term 'ἀνδρογύνων' (men and women) is a compound; some manuscripts may read 'ἀνδρῶν' (men) alone. The sense is clear: both sexes lament.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ἀνδρογύνων' could be interpreted as 'hermaphrodites' in later usage, but here it clearly means 'men and women' (hendiadys).","The identity of 'the widow' in the previous passage is not specified; it may refer to the widow of Zarephath in 1 Kings 17, a type of hospitality."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"ὅτε τρίχωμα γυναικῶν τοῖς αὐτῶν ὄνυξιν ὑπὸ πολλῆς ἀνοίας τῷ σπαραγμῷ κατεξαίνετο, καὶ οὓς ἔδει κρύπτειν πλοκάμους, τούτους τῇ μέθῃ τῆς λύπης ἐπόμπευον; Ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον φρονοῦντες, τοὐναντίον καὶ ποιεῖτε· καὶ τοὺς μὲν φονεῖς καὶ ὑπευθύνους θανάτου ἀφίετε, τοὺς δὲ ἀθώους καὶ δικαίους κολάζετε, τοῦ νόμου\n\nλέγοντος· Ἀθῶον καὶ δίκαιον οὐκ ἀποκτενεῖς. Ὢ τάξις ἄτακτος, καὶ νόμος ἄνομος, παρὰ διαβόλου πεμπόμενος, παρὰ δαιμόνων γραφόμενος, ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων μέχρι τοῦ νῦν φυλαττόμενος! Ποῖος οὗτος νόμος, τὸ τοὺς μὲν φονεῖς περισώζεσθαι, τοῦτον δὲ τὸν τοῖς φονευθεῖσι τὴν ζωὴν χαριζόμενον ἀπόλλυσθαι; Τὸν γὰρ Βαραββὰν ἐπὶ στάσει καὶ φόνῳ εὑρεθέντα ἠξίωσαν Πιλᾶτον ἀπολυθῆναι, τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν τὸν τοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου φονευθέντας ζωοποιήσαντα ἠξίωσαν σταυρωθῆναι. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες, φησὶ, οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσιν. Ὢ γνώμης ἀγνώμονος, καὶ βουλῆς ἀβουλίας μεμεστωμένης! Ἡ πηγὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ποταμηδὸν αὐτοῖς τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἔβλυζεν, οἱ δὲ καὶ ἀντλοῦντες τὴν χάριν, φονοκτόνους βουλὰς ἐν καρδίαις ἐρεύγοντο.","english":"when the hair of women was torn by their own nails in great folly with rending, and what locks ought to have been hidden, they paraded in the intoxication of grief? But thinking the opposite, you also do the opposite: and you release murderers and those liable to death, while you punish the innocent and just, though the law says: You shall not kill an innocent and just person. O disorderly order, and lawless law, sent from the devil, written by demons, preserved by the Jews until now! What kind of law is this, that murderers are spared, while this man who grants life to the slain is destroyed? For they deemed it fit that Pilate release Barabbas, who was found guilty of insurrection and murder, but they deemed it fit that Jesus, who brought to life those slain by the devil, be crucified. And the Pharisees went out, it says, and took counsel how to destroy him. O ungrateful mind, and counsel full of folly! The fountain of good things gushed forth benefits to them like a river, but they, even while drawing the grace, belched forth murderous plans in their hearts.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"τρίχωμα γυναικῶν τοῖς αὐτῶν ὄνυξιν ὑπὸ πολλῆς ἀνοίας τῷ σπαραγμῷ κατεξαίνετο","severity":"info","text":"The image of women tearing their own hair in grief is a rhetorical trope for excessive, disorderly mourning, which Chrysostom contrasts with the Pharisees' alleged indifference to murder.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀθῶον καὶ δίκαιον οὐκ ἀποκτενεῖς","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Exodus 23:7 (LXX) or a similar legal maxim, though not a direct quotation; Chrysostom uses it to accuse the Pharisees of violating their own law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν γὰρ Βαραββὰν ἐπὶ στάσει καὶ φόνῳ εὑρεθέντα ἠξίωσαν Πιλᾶτον ἀπολυθῆναι","severity":"info","text":"The release of Barabbas at Passover is attested in Matthew 27:15-26 and other Gospels; Chrysostom contrasts the crowd's demand for Barabbas's freedom with their demand for Jesus's crucifixion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὢ τάξις ἄτακτος, καὶ νόμος ἄνομος","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom uses a series of oxymorons (orderly disorder, lawful lawlessness) to highlight the perceived hypocrisy of the Pharisees, a common rhetorical device in his homilies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"παρὰ διαβόλου πεμπόμενος, παρὰ δαιμόνων γραφόμενος, ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων μέχρι τοῦ νῦν φυλαττόμενος","severity":"caution","text":"This anti-Jewish rhetoric reflects Chrysostom's polemical context and has been cited in later reception as contributing to Christian antisemitism; modern readers should note the historical context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"φονεῖς","severity":"info","text":"The Greek term φονεῖς (murderers) is used generically but specifically refers to Barabbas and others; Chrysostom contrasts them with Jesus, whom he calls the giver of life.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'women' in the opening image is unspecified; they may be generic mourners or a specific group from a biblical narrative.","The phrase 'τοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου φονευθέντας' (those slain by the devil) is metaphorical, referring to spiritual death or sin, not literal resurrection."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Οἱ τὰ τραύματα αὐτῶν ἔχοντες, ἰώμενοι τῶν ὀδυνῶν ἀπηλλάττοντο· ἐκεῖνοι δὲ ἐν μὲν τῷ σώματι μὴ ἔχοντες τραύματα, ὑπὸ τοῦ φθόνου κεντούμενοι ὠδυνῶντο. Οἱ πεινῶντες αὐτῶν ἐπ' ἐρημίαις, εἰς κόρον ἐτρέφοντο· κἀκεῖνοι ἐν εὐθηνίᾳ πίστεως ὑπὸ ἀπιστίας ἐφθείροντο. Τὸ ὕδωρ εἰς οἶνον μετεβάλλετο· κἀκεῖνοι τοῦ οἴνου μὴ γευσάμενοι, τῷ φθόνῳ μεθύοντες περι εφέροντο. Εἶδον τῆς αἱμοῤῥοούσης σταλείσας τὰς τοῦ αἵματος ῥύσεις· κἀκεῖνοι τῇ βασκανίᾳ τηκόμενοι κατέσταζον. Οἱ δαιμονιῶντες αὐτῶν, τῶν δαιμόνων ἐλευθερούμενοι ἐσωφρόνουν, κἀκεῖνοι ὑπὸ τοῦ φθόνου κινούμενοι χειρόνως τῶν δαιμονώντων ἐμαίνοντο· οἱ τυφλοὶ αὐτῶν ὀφθαλμοὺς μὴ ἔχοντες ἐφωτίζοντο, κἀκεῖνοι ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες ἐσκοτίζοντο. Τῶν κωφῶν, ὡς ἀρτίως ἠκούομεν, ὁ εἷλιξ τῆς ἀκοῆς ἠνοίγετο· κἀκείνων ἡ καρδία ἰλιγγοειδὴς βουλὰς φόνου περιέστρεφεν. Ἡ θάλασσα τὰ ἑαυτῆς κύματα καταστείλασα, πρὸς ἐπίβασιν ἑαυτὴν τοῦ Δεσπότου ἡτοίμασε· κἀκείνων ἡ καρδία κύματα λογισμῶν θανατηφόρα διὰ στόματος ἤφριζε. Βαρύτατοι ἄνεμοι τὴν βιαίαν τοῦ πνεύματος θύελλαν εἰς πραεῖαν αὔραν ἐγαληνίαζον· κἀκεῖνοι τῇ ζάλῃ τοῦ φθόνου κλονούμενοι, σταυροῦ χειμῶνα ἐσύριζον. Ὦ φθόνε ῥίζα θανάτου, ἡ πολύπλοκος νόσος καρδίας, ὀξύτατε ἧλε! ποῖος γὰρ ἧλος ὀξύτατος οὕτω κεντᾷ, ὡς ὁ φθόνος τὴν ἔχουσαν αὐτὸν καρδίαν τιτρώσκει; ποία δὲ νόσος οὕτω τὸ τῆς ὄψεως κάλλος ἀφανίζει, ὡς ὁ φθόνος τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς καλλίπνοον ἄνθος, τὴν ἀγάπην, μαραίνει; Τὸ πῦρ ὕδωρ σβέννυσι, τὸν δὲ φθόνον μυρίαι πηγαὶ διδασκάλων οὐ παύουσι·","english":"Those who had their wounds were healed and freed from their pains; but those who had no wounds in their body, yet were stung by envy, were in agony. Their hungry in the deserts were fed to fullness; but those in the abundance of faith were being destroyed by faithlessness. The water was changed into wine; but those who had not tasted the wine, intoxicated by envy, were carried about. They saw the flows of blood of the woman with a hemorrhage stopped; but those wasting away with envy were dripping. Their demoniacs, freed from demons, were restored to sanity; but those driven by envy raged worse than the demoniacs. Their blind, having no eyes, were given light; but those having eyes were darkened. Of the deaf, as we have just heard, the helix of hearing was opened; but their heart, giddy, revolved plans of murder. The sea, calming its own waves, prepared itself for the Master's passage; but their heart foamed through the mouth with death-dealing waves of thoughts. The heaviest winds calmed the violent storm of the breath into a gentle breeze; but those shaken by the squall of envy whistled a storm of the cross. O envy, root of death, the complex disease of the heart, sharpest nail! For what nail is so sharp that it pierces the heart that holds it as envy does? And what disease so disfigures the beauty of the face as envy withers the sweet-blooming flower of the soul, love? Fire quenches water, but countless springs of teachers do not stop envy.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Οἱ ... ἐκεῖνοι ...","severity":"info","text":"The passage is built on a series of antithetical parallel clauses contrasting the healed (οἱ) with the envious (ἐκεῖνοι), a rhetorical device common in Chrysostom's homilies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τῆς αἱμοῤῥοούσης","severity":"info","text":"The woman with a hemorrhage (αἱμοῤῥοούσης) alludes to the Gospel story of the woman healed by Jesus (Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"φθόνος","severity":"info","text":"Φθόνος (envy) is the central theme, personified as a root of death and a complex disease; Chrysostom frequently condemns envy as a destructive passion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"σταυροῦ χειμῶνα","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'storm of the cross' (σταυροῦ χειμῶνα) likely refers to the turmoil caused by the enemies of Christianity, possibly in the context of the Cross as a symbol of persecution or conflict.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"Τὸ πῦρ ὕδωρ σβέννυσι","severity":"info","text":"The paradox that fire quenches water (instead of water quenching fire) underscores the unnatural persistence of envy, a rhetorical inversion typical of Chrysostom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὦ φθόνε","severity":"info","text":"The apostrophe to envy (Ὦ φθόνε) echoes classical rhetorical lament and was influential in later Byzantine moralizing literature on the passions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'σταυροῦ χειμῶνα' could be interpreted as a reference to the historical persecution under the sign of the cross or as a metaphorical storm of envy; the exact referent is ambiguous."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"μία ἀκόνη τὸν ἰὸν τοῦ σιδήρου ἀποσμήχει, οἱ δὲ πέντε λίθοι τοῦ Δαυῒδ τὸν φθόνον ἐν τῷ Σαοὺλ πλεῖον ἐξήγειραν.\n\nΛέγεται εἶναι ἡ σαῦρα χλωρά· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔστι τῶν φθονερῶν χλωροτέρα. Ὥσπερ γὰρ σκώληξ τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ δένδρου κατὰ μέρος ἐκτρώγων ξηραίνει, ὡσαύτως ὁ φθόνος τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ ἔχοντος αὐτὸν κατὰ μέρος ἐκβιβρώσκων μαραίνει. Καὶ ὅσα ἂν εἴπωμεν, ἀγαπητὲ, περὶ τοῦ φθόνου, οὔπω ἠρξάμεθα λέγειν αὐτοῦ τὴν κακίαν· κἂν γλῶσσαι ῥητόρων, κἂν λόγοι φιλοσόφων, κἂν ῥήσεις διδασκάλων, ἐξειπεῖν οὐκ ἰσχύσουσι. Πλήρωμα οὖν νόμου ἐστὶν ἀγάπη τοῦ λόγου, καὶ πλήρωμα φόνου ἐστὶν ἡ κακία τοῦ φθόνου. Ὦ φθόνε, πλοῖον πισσοειδὲς, ταρτάρινον, ναυαγιοφόρον! σὸς ναύκληρός ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος, κυβερνήτης ὁ ὄφις, καὶ Κάϊν πρωρεύς. Τὴν γὰρ ἐνθήκην σοι τῶν κακῶν ὁ διάβολος ἔδωκε· ὁ δὲ ὄφις κυβερνήσας τὸν Ἀδὰμ εἰς ναυάγιον θανάτου κατήνεγκε· Κάϊν δὲ πρωρεὺς, ἐπειδὴ διὰ σὲ, φθόνε, πρῶτος αὐτὸς τὸν φόνον εἰργάσατο. Σοὶ ἱστός ἐστιν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς ἐν παραδείσῳ ἡ τοῦ ξύλου παρακοὴ, σὰ σχοινία εἰσὶν αἱ σειραὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, σοὶ ἐπιβάται εἰσὶν οἱ φθονεροὶ, ναῦται οἱ δαίμονες, κῶπαι οἱ δόλοι, αὐχὴν ἡ ὑπόκρισις, παρασχαρῖται οἱ φθονεροί. Ὢ πλοῖον μυριοφόρον κακῶν! Ἐὰν ζητήσῃς ὑπόκρισιν, ἐκεῖ εὑρίσκεται· ἐὰν δόλον, ἐκεῖ γεννᾶται. Φθόνος ἐκεῖ πολιτεύεται, ἔχθραι, μάχαι, ἀπάτη, φιλονεικία, λοιδορία, κακολογία, βλασφημία, καὶ ὅσα ἂν εἴπωμεν, καὶ ὅσα ἂν παραλείπωμεν, ταῦτα πάντα τὸ ταρτάρινον πλοῖον τοῦ φθόνου βαστάζει. Τοῦτο τὸ πλοῖον τοῦ φθόνου κατακλυσμὸς","english":"One whetstone cleans away the rust of iron, but the five stones of David roused envy in Saul all the more.\n\nIt is said that the lizard is green, but there is nothing greener than the envious. For just as a worm, gradually eating away the heart of a tree, dries it up, so envy, gradually devouring the heart of the one who harbors it, withers him. And whatever we may say, beloved, about envy, we have not yet begun to describe its wickedness; neither the tongues of orators, nor the words of philosophers, nor the utterances of teachers can express it. So the fulfillment of the law is love of the Word, and the fulfillment of murder is the wickedness of envy. O envy, a pitch-black, Tartarean, shipwreck-bearing vessel! Your shipmaster is the devil, your helmsman the serpent, and Cain your lookout. For the devil gave you the cargo of evils; the serpent, steering Adam, brought him to the shipwreck of death; and Cain is your lookout because, through you, envy, he himself first committed murder. Your mast from the beginning in paradise is the disobedience of the tree; your ropes are the chains of sins; your passengers are the envious; your sailors are the demons; your oars are deceits; your prow is hypocrisy; your deckhands are the envious. O ship that bears countless evils! If you seek hypocrisy, it is found there; if deceit, it is born there. Envy dwells there, along with hatreds, fights, treachery, contentiousness, slander, evil-speaking, blasphemy, and all that we may mention and all that we may omit—all these the Tartarean ship of envy carries. This ship of envy is a flood","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"μία ἀκόνη ... πέντε λίθοι τοῦ Δαυῒδ","severity":"info","text":"The 'five stones of David' allude to 1 Samuel 17:40, where David selects five smooth stones from a brook before facing Goliath. Chrysostom contrasts the single whetstone that cleans rust with the five stones that inflamed Saul's envy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Κάϊν","severity":"info","text":"Cain is cited as the first murderer, whose act was motivated by envy (Genesis 4:8). Chrysostom makes him the lookout (πρωρεύς) on the ship of envy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"πλήρωμα νόμου ... ἀγάπη τοῦ λόγου","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'fulfillment of the law is love of the Word' likely refers to Christ as the Logos, aligning with Chrysostom's exegetical emphasis on love as the law's completion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"πλοῖον πισσοειδὲς, ταρτάρινον, ναυαγιοφόρον","severity":"info","text":"The extended ship allegory (ship of envy) is a rhetorical set-piece, listing its crew (devil, serpent, Cain) and equipment (mast, ropes, oars), typical of Chrysostom's homiletic style.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"σαῦρα χλωρά","severity":"info","text":"The green lizard (σαῦρα χλωρά) was a proverbial symbol of envy in late antique literature, possibly drawing on the lizard's color and its association with spite.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"παρασχαρῖται","severity":"caution","text":"The term παρασχαρῖται (deckhands) is rare and may be a hapax legomenon in Chrysostom; its exact meaning is inferred from context as 'rowers' or 'deckhands' on the ship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'πλήρωμα νόμου ἐστὶν ἀγάπη τοῦ λόγου' could be read as 'love of the Word' (Logos) or 'love of speech'; the translation opts for the Christological sense.","The term 'παρασχαρῖται' is uncertain; it may be a scribal error or a technical nautical term."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"μὲν βυθίσαι οὐκ ἴσχυσεν, Ἰησοῦς δὲ αὐτὸ ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ Πνεύματος, ἐν τῇ πηγῇ τοῦ βαπτίσματος κατεπόντισεν. Εἶχε τοῦτο τὸ πλοῖον καὶ ἀγκύρας σιδηρᾶς, ἀλλ' εἰς τοὺς ἥλους τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐχωνεύθησαν· εἶχε τοῦτο τὸ πλοῖον καὶ ἱστίον, ἀλλ' ὁ διάβολος λαβὼν αὐτὸ σταυρὸν ἐπελέκισεν· εἶχε τοῦτο τὸ πλοῖον καὶ σχοινία, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λαβὼν Ἰούδας ἀπήγξατο. Εἰς τοῦτο τὸ πλοῖον ἐμβάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, τῇ πέτρᾳ προσκρούσαντες περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἐναυάγησαν. Διὰ τοῦτο μέχρι τοῦ νῦν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐν τῷ βυθῷ τῆς ἀγνωσίας ἐννήχονται. Πλὴν ὅσοι αὐτῶν ἂν ἰσχύσωσι τῆς Χριστοφόρου ὁλκάδος κρατῆσαι, διασώζονται· οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι ἁλμυρῷ θανάτῳ ἀπιστίας ἀπόλλυνται. Καὶ εἴθε κἂν ἐν τῷ βυθῷ ὑπάρχοντες πρὸς Ἰωνᾶν εἰς τὸ κῆτος ἐξέτρεχον· ἴσως γὰρ ἂν παρ' αὐτοῦ μαθόντες τὴν ἐν Χριστῷ εὐσέβειαν, ζῶντες μετὰ τούτου, ὑπὸ τοῦ κήτους ἐν Νινευῒ ἐξεῤῥίπτοντο.\n\nΝῦν δὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας καμμύσαντες, οὔτε τὸν λαμπροφόρον τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐν μέσῃ τῇ γῇ ἑστῶτα, καὶ τὴν πίστιν ἀστράπτοντα ὁρῶντες, πρὸς αὐτὸν καταφεύγουσιν· οὔτε πρὸς τὸν τῆς μετανοίας κήρυκα Ἰωάννην καταφεύγοντες ζῶσι. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες, φησὶν, οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσι. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες, φησὶν, οἱ Φαρισαῖοι. Πόθεν; Οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ φθόνου, ἀλλ' ἐκ τοῦ νόμου. Εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, οὐκ ἂν τὸν τοῦ νόμου Νομοθέτην ἐνύβριζον. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι. Πόθεν; Ἐκ τοῦ νόμου τοῦ λέγοντος· Ἀθῶον καὶ δίκαιον οὐκ ἀποκτενεῖς. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι. Πόθεν; Ἐκ τῆς ἐντολῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ τῆς φωτιζούσης τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας.","english":"could not sink it, but Jesus sank it by the power of the Spirit, in the font of baptism. This ship had iron anchors, but they were melted into the nails of Christ; this ship had a sail, but the devil, taking it, hewed it into a cross; this ship had ropes, but Judas took them and hanged himself. The Jews, embarking on this ship, struck the rock concerning faith and were shipwrecked. For this reason, even now the Jews swim in the depth of ignorance. However, as many of them as are able to grasp the Christ-bearing merchant ship are saved; the others perish by the salty death of unbelief. And would that, even while in the deep, they had run to Jonah in the whale; for perhaps, learning from him piety in Christ, they would, living with him, be cast up by the whale at Nineveh.\n\nBut now, having closed the eyes of their heart, they neither see the light-bearer of piety standing in the middle of the land, flashing faith, and flee to him; nor do they live by fleeing to John, the herald of repentance. \"And the Pharisees, going out,\" it says, \"took counsel how to destroy him.\" \"And the Pharisees, going out,\" it says. From where? Not from envy, but from the law. For if they had not gone out from the law, they would not have insulted the Lawgiver of the law. \"And the Pharisees, going out.\" From where? From the law that says, \"You shall not kill an innocent and just person.\" \"And the Pharisees, going out.\" From where? From the commandment of God that enlightens the eyes of the heart.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰωνᾶν","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Jonah and the whale (κῆτος) alludes to the book of Jonah, where Jonah is swallowed by a great fish and later cast out at Nineveh.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀθῶον καὶ δίκαιον οὐκ ἀποκτενεῖς","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'You shall not kill an innocent and just person' is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes Exodus 20:13 and similar legal traditions in the Septuagint.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Χριστοφόρου ὁλκάδος","severity":"info","text":"The term 'Christ-bearing merchant ship' (Χριστοφόρου ὁλκάδος) is a metaphor for the Church or Christian community, common in patristic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰουδαῖοι","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's polemical depiction of Jews as shipwrecked in ignorance reflects his broader anti-Jewish rhetoric, typical of late fourth-century Antioch.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Καὶ ἐξελθόντες, φησὶν, οἱ Φαρισαῖοι","severity":"info","text":"The repeated phrase 'And the Pharisees, going out' with the rhetorical question 'From where?' structures the passage as a series of exegetical refutations, each answering with a different source.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐν τῇ πηγῇ τοῦ βαπτίσματος","severity":"info","text":"The image of Jesus sinking the ship in the 'font of baptism' is a typological reading of baptism as a means of overcoming evil, later influential in Byzantine liturgical commentary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ἐκ τοῦ νόμου' is ambiguous: it could mean 'from the law' (i.e., departing from its precepts) or 'from the Law' (i.e., the Torah as a source of authority). The reading taken is the former, as Chrysostom contrasts the Pharisees' actions with the law's commands."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Ἡ γὰρ ἐντολὴ Κυρίου τηλαυγὴς, φωτίζουσα ὀφθαλ μούς. –Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσι. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι. Πόθεν; Ἐκ τῆς ἐντολῆς, ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, ἐκ τῆς ζωῆς. Οἱ γὰρ ἄλλῳ θάνατον μελετῶντες, αὐτοὶ πρῶτοι τὸ τῆς ζωῆς ἀπολείπουσι φέγγος. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον. Καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν ὁ γράψας παρὰ τίνος, τὸν ἡμέτερον νοῦν ἀνακινῶν πρὸς τὴν ζήτησιν. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον. Παρὰ τίνος; Ἦ δῆλον ὅτι παρὰ τοῦ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἀνθρωποκτόνου διαβόλου. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσι. Τὸ, Ὅπως, ποίῳ τρόπῳ; ἆρα πέτρᾳ; ἆρα μαχαίρᾳ; ἆρα πυρὶ, ἢ ὕδατι; Ὁ δὲ σύμβουλος αὐτῶν διάβολος, ἀναπολήσας τὸ ξύλον τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, δι' οὗ τὸν Ἀδὰμ ἐθανάτωσεν, εἰς αὐτὸ πάλιν καταφεύγει, καὶ συμβουλεύει ξύλῳ σταυρῶσαι τὸν Ἰησοῦν. Ἠγνόει δὲ ὅτι ἔμελλεν ἐκεῖνο τὸ ξύλον καὶ τὴν ἀρχαίαν τοῦ ξύλου παράβασιν παραλύειν, καὶ τὴν ζωὴν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀνατεῖλαι. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσιν. Ὢ συμβουλία κακίστη διὰ φθόνου σπειρομένη, καὶ διὰ φθόνου ἐλεγχομένη! ὢ ματαία βουλή! Ἀγνοοῦσι γὰρ, ὅτι Θεὸς οὐκ ἀπόλλυται. Τὸν μὲν γὰρ ὀστράκινον λύχνον τοῦ σώματος διαλύσουσι, τὴν ἄσβεστον αὐτοῦ λαμπάδα τῆς θεότητος σβέσαι οὐ δύνανται. Ἐξελθόντες δὲ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσιν. Ὢ θαυμαστοῦ πράγματος, καὶ μυστηρίου καινοῦ! Ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀναζητῆσαι καὶ σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλὸς, καὶ οὗτοι τὸν τῶν ἀπολωλότων εὑρέτην ἀπολέσαι ζητοῦσι.","english":"The commandment of the Lord is clear, illuminating eyes. —And the Pharisees went out and took counsel, how they might destroy him. And the Pharisees went out. From where? From the commandment, from the law, from life. For those who plot death for another are themselves the first to abandon the light of life. And the Pharisees went out and took counsel. And the writer did not say from whom, stirring our mind to inquiry. And the Pharisees went out and took counsel. From whom? It is clear: from the devil, the murderer from the beginning. And the Pharisees went out and took counsel, how they might destroy him. The \"how\"—in what manner? By stone? By sword? By fire or water? And their counselor, the devil, recalling the wood from the beginning, through which he killed Adam, flees to it again, and counsels to crucify Jesus on a tree. But he did not know that that tree would both undo the ancient transgression of the tree and raise up life for men. And the Pharisees went out and took counsel, how they might destroy him. O most evil counsel, sown through envy and exposed through envy! O vain counsel! For they do not know that God is not destroyed. For they will dissolve the earthen lamp of the body, but they cannot extinguish the inextinguishable torch of his divinity. And the Pharisees went out and took counsel, how they might destroy him. O wondrous thing and new mystery! Jesus came to seek out and save the lost, and these seek to destroy the finder of the lost.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἡ γὰρ ἐντολὴ Κυρίου τηλαυγὴς, φωτίζουσα ὀφθαλμούς","severity":"info","text":"The opening phrase echoes Psalm 18:9 LXX (ἐντολὴ Κυρίου τηλαυγής), a common Chrysostomic allusion to divine law as illuminating.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ξύλον","severity":"info","text":"Greek ξύλον means both 'wood' and 'tree'; Chrysostom exploits the double sense to link the tree of Eden with the cross, a standard patristic typology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"συμβούλιον ἔλαβον","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'took counsel' (συμβούλιον ἔλαβον) is a Septuagintal and New Testament idiom for conspiratorial deliberation, e.g., Matthew 27:1.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom repeats this clause four times as an anaphoric refrain, each time unpacking a different element: source, agent, means, and irony.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν μὲν γὰρ ὀστράκινον λύχνον τοῦ σώματος διαλύσουσι","severity":"info","text":"The image of the body as an earthen lamp and divinity as an inextinguishable torch is a Chrysostomic commonplace, found also in his homilies on the Gospel of John.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἡ γὰρ ἐντολὴ Κυρίου τηλαυγὴς, φωτίζουσα ὀφθαλμούς","severity":"caution","text":"The opening sentence may be a marginal gloss or a lectionary incipit; its abrupt introduction and lack of syntactic integration with the following clause suggest it is not part of Chrysostom's original continuous exposition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the opening quotation is not explicitly identified; it may be a scriptural citation or a liturgical formula.","The repeated phrase 'And the Pharisees went out and took counsel' is ambiguous in its referent: it could be a direct quotation from a lost source or Chrysostom's own rhetorical construction."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"Διὰ ποίαν αἰτίαν, εἴπατε ἡμῖν, Ἰουδαῖοι, κατ' αὐτοῦ τοιαῦτα βουλεύεσθε; Ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνοι μὲν αἰσχύνονται λέγειν· ἡμεῖς τὴν αὐτῶν αἰσχύνην πανταχῆ στηλιτεύσωμεν. Διὰ τί γὰρ, φησὶ, νεκροὺς ἐγείρει; καὶ διὰ τί ἀσθενοῦντας ἰᾶται; διὰ τί καλὰ λαλεῖ; διὰ τί καλὰ πράττει; διὰ τί καλὰ διδάσκει; Διὰ ταῦτα πάντα τὰ ἐγκλήματα βουλεύονται αὐτὸν ἀπολέσαι. Ὅταν ἐξέρχωνται νήπιοι παῖδες βαΐα λαμβάνοντες, διὰ τῶν βαΐων τὴν νίκην αὐτοῦ προαναφωνοῦντες, καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐφημίᾳ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες, Ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις, ἐκεῖνοι ἀπὸ τῶν ζιβήνων σφαττόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ φθόνου κεντοῦνται· οἱ γὰρ ἔπαινοι τῶν φθονουμένων, βέλη εἰσὶ τῶν φθονούντων. Καὶ προσέρχονται τῷ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· Οὐκ ἀκούεις, τί οὗτοι\n\nλέγουσι; Καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον, ὅτι προφητικῶς ἐπληροῦτο τὸ γεγραμμένον, τὸ, Ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον. Ὅτε Ἰεζάβελ κατὰ τοῦ Ναβουθὲ τὰ πλαστὰ ἐποίει γράμματα, ἡδέως ἀνέχεσθε· ὅτε Πιλᾶτος γράφει ἐπὶ τοῦ τίτλου τὰ χρηστὰ γράμματα, ἀγανακτεῖτε, καὶ κωλύετε γράφεσθαι. Τί γὰρ λέγουσι; Μὴ γράφε, ὅτι Ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Μὴ γράφε, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Τὴν ἀλήθειαν, τοῦ, Μηδεὶς ὠφελείσθω, μηδεὶς ἄρτιος ἔστω πρὸς εὐσέβειαν. Πάντως οὐχ οὕτως ἠγανάκτουν κατὰ τῶν τὰ δράματα τῶν ὀρχηστῶν γραφόντων, οὐδ' ἂν ἔτι καὶ νῦν οἱ πολλοὶ τὰ τῶν δαιμόνων ἀκούωσι ᾄσματα. Καὶ περὶ μὲν ἐκείνων οὐκ ἀλγοῦσι, περὶ δὲ τῶν θεϊκῶν διδαγμάτων ὅτι γράφονται πονοῦσι. Καὶ ἄρα οὐκ ἔστι παντὸς κακοῦ ὑπέρτερον, τὸ τὰς μὲν μωρολογίας Φιλιστίωνος γράφεσθαι, τὰς δὲ δοξολογίας Ἰησοῦ μὴ γράφεσθαι δι' ὧν εἰς οὐρανὸν ὁδηγούμεθα;","english":"For what reason, tell us, O Jews, do you plot such things against him? But they are ashamed to speak; let us expose their shame everywhere. For why, it is said, does he raise the dead? And why does he heal the sick? Why does he speak well? Why does he act well? Why does he teach well? For all these charges they plot to destroy him. When young children go out taking branches, proclaiming his victory beforehand through the branches, and saying in his praise, \"Hosanna in the highest,\" they are stabbed by the swords of envy, for the praises of the envied are arrows to the envious. And they come to Jesus and say to him, \"Do you not hear what these are saying?\" And they did not know that what was written was being fulfilled prophetically: \"From the mouth of infants and sucklings you have fashioned praise.\" When Jezebel forged false letters against Naboth, you gladly tolerated it; when Pilate writes the good letters on the title, you are indignant and forbid them to be written. For what do they say? \"Do not write that 'The King of the Jews.' Do not write,\" instead of \"The truth,\" \"Let no one be benefited, let no one be whole for piety.\" Surely they would not have been so indignant against those who wrote the dramas of the dancers, nor even now would the many listen to the songs of the demons. And concerning those they do not grieve, but concerning the divine teachings, that they are written, they are distressed. And is it not then worse than every evil that the foolish talk of Philistion should be written, but the doxologies of Jesus, through which we are led to heaven, should not be written?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom adapts Psalm 8:2 LXX (ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατήρτισω αἶνον) to argue that children’s praise of Jesus fulfills prophecy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Φιλιστίωνος","severity":"info","text":"Philistion was a mime-writer and actor of the Hellenistic period, whose works were considered frivolous. Chrysostom contrasts the writing of such entertainments with the suppression of Christian doxologies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰεζάβελ … Ναβουθὲ","severity":"info","text":"The reference is to 1 Kings 21, where Jezebel forges letters to seize Naboth’s vineyard. Chrysostom accuses the Jews of tolerating such forgery while objecting to Pilate’s truthful inscription.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Πιλᾶτος γράφει ἐπὶ τοῦ τίτλου τὰ χρηστὰ γράμματα","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom alludes to the titulus crucis, the inscription placed on the cross, which according to John 19:19 read ‘Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.’ He contrasts Jewish opposition to this title with their earlier tolerance of Jezebel’s forgeries.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from a rhetorical address to the Jews, through a series of ironic questions, to scriptural and historical exempla (children with branches, Jezebel, Pilate), ending with a contrast between Philistion’s mimes and Christian doxologies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ‘Hosanna in the highest’ echoes the acclamation of Palm Sunday (cf. Matthew 21:9). Chrysostom uses it to show that the children’s praise prefigures Christ’s victory, intensifying the envy of his opponents.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text at the end of the passage is slightly corrupt: the phrase 'Πάντως οὐχ οὕτως ἠγανάκτουν' may be read as a rhetorical question or a statement; the translation adopts the latter. The identity of 'Philistion' is secure but the exact works referred to are not specified."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἦν τις ἄρα διδασκάλων ἰδιώτης τῷ λόγῳ, ὅμως δὲ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ λέγων, οὐ μὴν ἄρα βέλτιον τὰ τούτου γράφεσθαι ὑπὲρ τὰς τῶν Ἑλλήνων δαιμονιώδεις μυθολογίας; Συμφέρει γὰρ τοῖς νεωτέροις ἐν ταῖς ῥήσεσι τῶν θεολόγων διδασκάλων, κἂν ἰδιωτικαὶ τυγχάνωσιν, ἐμμελῳδοῦντας παιδεύεσθαι, ἄμεμπτον ἔχοντας φρόνημα, καὶ μὴ ἐν ταῖς τῶν δαιμόνων διδασκαλίαις ἐνασχολουμένους εἰς ἀκολασίαν ἐκμαίνεσθαι. Μὴ γράφε. Διὰ τί, Μὴ γράφε; τί γὰρ ὑμᾶς βλάπτει; ποίων δὲ ὑμᾶς χρημάτων ἀποστερεῖ ἡ τῆς ἀληθείας γραφή; Ἄλλος τῇ προθυμίᾳ τῶν γραφομένων οὐκ ἤλγει τὴν χεῖρα, κἀκεῖνοι τὰ στήθη ἔτυπτον. Ἀλλ' εἰ καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ταῦτα ἔλεγον πρὸς Πιλᾶτον, καὶ ἐκώλυον αὐτὸν γράφειν τὰ τῆς ἀληθείας γράμματα· ὁ δὲ εἰ καὶ ἐθνικὸς ὑπάρχων ἔλεγε πρὸς αὐτούς· Ὃ γέγραφα, γέγραφα. Ἁρμόζει καὶ ἡμῖν αὕτη ἡ διδασκαλία, ἵνα ὅταν οἱ αἱρετικοὶ ἡμῖν συμβουλεύσωσι μεθίστασθαι ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης, λέγωμεν πρὸς αὐτούς· Ὃ γεγράφαμεν, γεγράφαμεν. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσι. Γνοὺς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν ἐκεῖθεν. Γνοὺς, οὐκ ἀπὸ ἄλλου μαθὼν, ἀλλ' ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ ἐγνωκώς· καρδιογνώστης γὰρ ἦν, καὶ ἔστι, καθὼς καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς λέγει· Οὐ γὰρ χρείαν εἶχε, φησὶν, ἵνα τις εἴπῃ αὐτῷ περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. Γνοὺς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν ἐκεῖθεν, οὐ τὸν θάνατον φοβούμενος, ἀλλὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ σταυροῦ ἐκδεχόμενος.","english":"But even if there was some teacher who was unskilled in speech, yet speaking the things of God, would it not be better for his writings to be recorded than the demonic mythologies of the Greeks? For it is beneficial for the young to be educated by chanting the utterances of theological teachers, even if they happen to be unpolished, having a blameless mind, and not to be driven mad into licentiousness by being occupied with the teachings of demons. Do not write. Why, do not write? For what harm does it do you? Of what money does the writing of the truth deprive you? Another did not pain his hand with the eagerness of writing, and they beat their breasts. But even if the Pharisees said these things to Pilate, and prevented him from writing the letters of the truth, he, though being a pagan, said to them: What I have written, I have written. This teaching is also fitting for us, so that when the heretics advise us to depart from the faith, we may say to them: What we have written, we have written. And the Pharisees, having gone out, held a council on how to destroy him. But Jesus, having learned of this, withdrew from there. Having learned, not by learning from another, but having known by himself; for he was, and is, a knower of hearts, as John the Evangelist says: For he had no need, he says, for anyone to tell him about the man. But Jesus, having learned of this, withdrew from there, not fearing death, but awaiting the time of the cross.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἰδιώτης τῷ λόγῳ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'unskilled in speech' reflects a common early Christian apologetic topos: the contrast between pagan rhetorical polish and the simple, divinely inspired truth of Christian teachers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"δαιμονιώδεις μυθολογίας","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom dismisses Greek mythology as 'demonic mythologies', a standard polemical move in patristic literature that aligns pagan religion with demonic influence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"καρδιογνώστης","severity":"info","text":"The term 'knower of hearts' (καρδιογνώστης) is not a direct biblical citation but reflects a Christological attribute; Chrysostom appeals to John the Evangelist, likely alluding to John 2:24 or similar passages on Jesus' divine knowledge.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Γνοὺς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν","severity":"info","text":"The repetition of 'having learned, Jesus withdrew' frames a narrative pause: Chrysostom glosses the verb to stress Jesus' divine foreknowledge, not human report.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὃ γεγράφαμεν, γεγράφαμεν","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom adapts Pilate's reported saying 'What I have written, I have written' as a slogan for orthodox resistance to heretical pressure, showing the homily's later use in anti-heretical contexts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Μὴ γράφε. Διὰ τί, Μὴ γράφε;","severity":"caution","text":"The abrupt shift to a dialogic objection ('Do not write. Why, do not write?') may reflect a rhetorical interlocutor or a textual corruption; the Coptic Vorlage might clarify the speaker.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the speaker in the repeated 'Do not write' is unclear; it may be a rhetorical opponent or a narrative aside.","The phrase 'Another did not pain his hand' is obscure; possibly a reference to a scribe or a miracle."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Ἔδει γὰρ αὐτὸν πρῶτον νεκροὺς ἀνεγεῖραι, ἀσθενοῦντας ἰάσασθαι, πεινῶντας πολλοὺς ἐμπλῆσαι, πολλοὺς εἰς τὴν πίστιν στηρίξαι, καὶ τότε ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀοίδιμον θάνατον, μᾶλλον δὲ θάλαμον. Ἔδει πρῶτον αὐτὸν στῆσαι τὸ ξύλον τὸ τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ σταυροῦ, καὶ τότε θερμῷ τῷ πνεύματι ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ κατακειμένους καταδραμεῖν. Γνοὺς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν ἐκεῖθεν. Ὅπου δόλος οὐ φαίνεται, φεύγει· ὅπου φόνος τεκταίνεται, ἀναχωρεῖ· ὅπου ἀγάπη πλέκεται, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα αὐλίζεται. Πλέξωμεν τοίνυν, ἀγαπητοὶ, τὴν τριπλεκῆ ἀγάπην, μὴ γλώσσαις ἀπατηλαῖς, ἀλλὰ παλάμαις ἐργαστικαῖς· ἵνα ᾖ μεθ' ἡμῶν ὁ Ἐμμανουὴλ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.","english":"For he ought first to have raised the dead, healed the sick, filled many who were hungry, strengthened many in the faith, and then come to his renowned death—or rather, bridal chamber. He ought first to have set up the wood of the mystery of the cross, and then, with fervent spirit, to have rushed down upon those lying in Hades. But Jesus, perceiving this, withdrew from there. Where no deceit appears, he flees; where murder is contrived, he departs; where love is woven, there the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit dwell. Let us therefore weave, beloved, the threefold love—not with deceitful tongues, but with industrious hands—so that Emmanuel may be with us, to whom belong glory and power unto the ages of ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"θάλαμον","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom corrects 'death' (θάνατον) to 'bridal chamber' (θάλαμον), a common patristic metaphor for Christ's death as a marriage to the soul or the Church, emphasizing its salvific and joyful character.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἔδει γὰρ αὐτὸν πρῶτον νεκροὺς ἀνεγεῖραι","severity":"info","text":"The sequence of raising the dead, healing the sick, and feeding the hungry echoes Gospel accounts of Christ's miracles (e.g., Mark 5–6; John 6) but is not a direct quotation; it is a rhetorical summary of expected messianic acts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ ξύλον τὸ τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ σταυροῦ","severity":"info","text":"The 'wood of the mystery of the cross' refers to the cross as both a physical object and a sacramental symbol; Chrysostom elsewhere (e.g., Hom. in Matt. 54) develops the cross as the instrument of resurrection and victory over Hades.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὅπου δόλος οὐ φαίνεται, φεύγει· ὅπου φόνος τεκταίνεται, ἀναχωρεῖ· ὅπου ἀγάπη πλέκεται","severity":"info","text":"A triadic rhetorical structure contrasts deceit, murder, and love, with Christ's flight from the first two and dwelling in the third; this mirrors the homily's earlier exhortation to weave threefold love, forming an inclusio.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"τριπλεκῆ ἀγάπην","severity":"info","text":"'Threefold love' (τριπλεκῆ ἀγάπην) is a rare compound; Chrysostom likely means love that mirrors the Trinity, woven by hands (παλάμαις ἐργαστικαῖς) rather than deceitful tongues, urging practical charity over empty speech.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐμμανουὴλ","severity":"info","text":"The closing invocation of 'Emmanuel' (Ἐμμανουὴλ, 'God with us') is a Christological title from Isaiah 7:14, frequent in liturgical and homiletic conclusions; it reinforces the homily's theme of Christ's presence among the faithful.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Ἔδει γὰρ αὐτὸν πρῶτον' could be read as a counterfactual ('he ought to have first...') or a narrative expectation; the context suggests Chrysostom is describing what Christ should have done before his passion, but the logic is rhetorical rather than historical.","The shift from third-person ('he') to first-person plural ('let us weave') is abrupt; the homily may be transitioning from a narrative of Christ's actions to a direct exhortation to the congregation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}