{"slug":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-in-magnam-feriam","id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-john-chrysostom-in-magnam-feriam","title":"In magnam feriam","title_source":"In magnam feriam","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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The text survives in multiple Greek manuscripts, but the stemma is not fully established; the khazarzar edition is based on a collation of several witnesses. The dating is uncertain, generally assigned to Chrysostom's Antiochene period (c. 386–397) but lacks firm evidence. The homily was included in some Byzantine liturgical collections but was not widespread and is rarely cited in later patristic florilegia. The khazarzar edition lacks a critical apparatus or manuscript sigla, so the textual basis for individual readings cannot be verified.","historical_context":"The work is attributed to John Chrysostom (c. 347–407), a prominent Greek Church Father known for his eloquent preaching and moral exhortation. It was likely composed during his Antiochene period (c. 386–397), when he served as a presbyter in Antioch, a major center of early Christianity. The homily reflects the late fourth-century context of Christian-Jewish competition in Antioch, where Chrysostom delivered several homilies against Judaizing Christians. The text survives in multiple Greek manuscripts, but its transmission history is unclear; it was included in some Byzantine liturgical collections but not widely used. The khazarzar edition, based on a collation of several witnesses, does not provide a critical apparatus, making it difficult to assess the textual tradition. The work's genre is homiletic, employing rhetorical devices such as anaphora and dramatic dialogue, and it engages with biblical narratives, particularly the betrayal of Judas.","significance":"This homily matters as an example of Chrysostom's Antiochene rhetoric and his anti-Jewish polemic, which shaped later Christian attitudes. It also shows his influence on Byzantine hymnography through Christological titles like 'architect of heaven and earth.' 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That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in ancient Greek; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 4 narrative."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"1 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: khazarzar — Migne PG text (public domain); khazarzar host and the digitising project state no licence for this layer"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":4},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"Εἰκότως ἀγωνιῶ τοῖς τῆς δειλίας δεσμοῖς συνεχόμενος, πῶς ἐμπλήσω τὸ δίψος τῆς ὑμετέρας φιληκοΐας, ποίαν προθήσω τοῦ λόγου τὴν τράπεζαν, τίς γένωμαι λαὸν τοσοῦτον δεξιούμενος, ᾧ μόνος Χριστὸς ἐπαρκέσει πρὸς ἑστίασιν. ἐπὶ θύραις λοιπὸν ἡ τοῦ κόσμου χαρά, πλησιάζει ὁ λιμὴν τῆς δεσποτικῆς ἀναστάσεως. πάλιν θορυβεῖται τῶν Ἰουδαίων τὸ ἀλόγιστον ἔθνος, πάλιν κατὰ τοῦ ποιμένος ὑλακτοῦσιν οἱ κύνες, πάλιν κατὰ τοῦ δεσπότου στασιάζουσιν οἱ δοῦλοι, πάλιν βουλεύονται κατὰ τοῦ φωτὸς οἱ τοῦ σκότους ἐργάται, πάλιν Ἰούδας μελετᾷ τὴν παράνομον πρᾶσιν, πάλιν ἑτοιμάζουσιν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀργύρια, ἵνα τῷ ᾅδῃ παραπέμψωσι τὸν ἐν νεκροῖς ἐλεύθερον καὶ μάθωσιν αἰχμαλωτιζόμενον θάνατον, ἵνα τιναχθῶσι τάφοι καὶ νεκροὶ πτερωθῶσι πρὸς ἔγερσιν, πάλιν μαθητὴς πιπράσκει, νομομαθεῖς δὲ ἀγοράζουσι καὶ λῃστὴς ἐπὶ σταυροῦ θεολογεῖ. Ἀλλὰ τῆς τοῦ προδότου φωνῆς μνημονεύσωμεν· «τί μοι θέλετε δοῦναι», φησίν, «κἀγὼ ὑμῖν παραδώσω αὐτόν». τί [σοι] θέλουσι δοῦναι, Ἰούδα; τὸ τῆς ἀγχόνης σχοινίον, τὸ ἐξώτερον σκότος, τῆς βασιλείας τὴν ἀλλοτρίωσιν, τὸν χωρισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων, τὸ ἀνέγερτον πτῶμα, ταῦτά σοι ἐκ τοῦ συναλλάγματος τοῦ πρὸς Ἰουδαίους τὰ κέρδη. [«τί μοι θέλετε δοῦναι;»] τί σοι δύνανται δοῦναι τοιοῦτον ὅσον μέλλεις ἀπολεῖν, παμπόνηρε; ἱνατί δὲ οὕτως ὀλίγου πιπράσκεις τὸν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ἀρχιτέκτονα, τὸν ἐν παλάμῃ τὰ σύμπαντα φέροντα; ὅτε τὸν δεσπότην σου ἐθεάσω τιμώμενον, σὺ τὸ πολυτίμητον μῦρον κατὰ τῆς φοβερᾶς αὐτοῦ κεφαλῆς ἐκχεόμενον εἶδες καὶ τῆς φιλοτιμίας τοῦ γυναίου καταγινώσκων ἐβόας·","english":"Naturally I am in anguish, constrained by the bonds of cowardice, wondering how I shall satisfy the thirst of your love of hearing, what table of discourse I shall set before you, what I shall become when welcoming so great a people, for whom Christ alone will suffice for a feast. The joy of the world is now at the doors; the harbor of the Lord's Resurrection draws near. Again the senseless nation of the Jews is thrown into confusion; again the dogs bark against the shepherd; again the slaves rebel against the master; again the workers of darkness plot against the light; again Judas meditates the lawless sale; again the Jews prepare silver, so that they may send to Hades the one who is free among the dead, and learn of death taken captive, so that tombs may be shaken and the dead may be winged for resurrection; again a disciple sells, and men learned in the law buy, and a thief theologizes on the cross. But let us recall the voice of the traitor: \"What do you wish to give me,\" he says, \"and I will deliver him to you?\" What do they wish to give you, Judas? The rope of the noose, the outer darkness, the alienation from the kingdom, the separation from the saints, the corpse that will never rise—these are your profits from the contract with the Jews. \"What do you wish to give me?\" What can they give you that is equal to what you are about to lose, you utterly wicked one? And why do you sell so cheaply the architect of heaven and earth, the one who bears all things in the palm of his hand? When you saw your master honored, you saw the precious myrrh poured out upon his fearsome head, and condemning the woman's generosity, you cried out—","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἰκότως ἀγωνιῶ τοῖς τῆς δειλίας δεσμοῖς συνεχόμενος","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom opens with a rhetorical posture of anxiety, a common homiletic topos that underscores his humility before the congregation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τί μοι θέλετε δοῦναι","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes the betrayal narrative of Judas in Matthew 26:15, where Judas asks, 'What will you give me?' 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Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"«εἰς τί ἡ ἀπώλεια αὕτη;» «διατί τοῦτο τὸ μῦρον οὐκ ἐπράθη τριακοσίων δηναρίων καὶ ἐδόθη πτωχοῖς;» καὶ τὸ μὲν μῦρον τὸ ἐκ διαφόρων εἰδῶν κατασκευαζόμενον καὶ ἐν τέχνῃ τινὶ μυρεψούμενον τριακοσίων διετίμησας δηναρίων, τὸ δὲ ἀληθινὸν μῦρον τὸ ὀσφραῖνον νεκροὺς τὴν ἀνάστασιν τριάκοντα δηναρίων πιπράσκεις; οὐκ οἶδας τί πωλεῖς, Ἰούδα. ἐσκότωσέ σε τῆς φιλαργυρίας ἡ μέθη. πότε δὲ ἔγνως δεσπότην παρὰ δούλου πωλούμενον, πότε δὲ ἔμαθες πιπράσκειν φῶς καὶ ἀγοράζειν σκότος; ἱνατί δὲ τῆς ἀγάπης ἐνύβρισας τὸ γνώρισμα, ἱνατί δὲ φιλήματι τὴν προδοσίαν ἐργάζῃ; καλῶς σε στηλιτεύων πόρρωθεν ὁ προφήτης ἐβόα· «οὗ ἀρᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ γέμει καὶ πικρίας καὶ δόλου, ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ κόπος καὶ πόνος·» «ὡσεὶ ξυρὸν ἠκονημένον ἐποίησας δόλον»· καὶ κατεφίλεις τὸν δεσπότην σου. πρόσελθε, φίλησον· ἀνέχεται ὁ σωτὴρ μακροθύμως, οὐ τὸ δυσῶδες τοῦ σοῦ φιλήματος ἀποστρεφόμενος, ἀλλ' ἣν ἔδωκέ σοι ἐκ τῶν σῶν χειλέων ἀνακαλούμενος χρεωφειλήματος χάριν. ὦ πόσον ἡ φιλαργυρία δεινόν. διὰ ταύτης ὁ μαθητὴς ἀποστολικῆς ἀπορραγεὶς σειρᾶς, τοῦ πνιγμοῦ τὸ σχοινίον κληρονομεῖ καὶ ἄξιον δεικνύει τῆς ἀγχόνης τὸν λαιμόν, δι' οὗ προῆλθε τῆς προδοσίας τὰ ῥήματα.","english":"To what end is this destruction?\" \"Why was this myrrh not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?\" And you valued the myrrh, which is compounded from various ingredients and prepared by a certain art of perfumery, at three hundred denarii, but you sell the true myrrh, which anoints the dead for the resurrection, for thirty denarii? Do you not know what you are selling, Judas? The drunkenness of avarice has blinded you. When did you ever know a master sold by a slave, when did you ever learn to sell light and buy darkness? Why did you insult the token of love, why do you effect betrayal with a kiss? Rightly did the prophet cry out from afar, denouncing you: \"Whither he lifts his mouth, it is full of bitterness and deceit; under his tongue is toil and pain;\" \"You have made deceit like a sharpened razor.\" And you kissed your master. Come, kiss him; the Savior patiently endures, not turning away from the foulness of your kiss, but calling back the grace of the debt you owe him from your lips. Oh, how terrible is avarice! Because of it, the disciple, torn from the apostolic chain, inherits the rope of strangulation and shows his throat worthy of the noose, through which the words of betrayal came forth.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"οὗ ἀρᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ γέμει καὶ πικρίας καὶ δόλου, ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ κόπος καὶ πόνος","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom adapts a prophetic denunciation; the phrasing echoes LXX Psalm 139:4-5, where the tongue is a source of pain and deceit.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ὡσεὶ ξυρὸν ἠκονημένον ἐποίησας δόλον","severity":"info","text":"This line is a close citation of LXX Psalm 51:4 (52:4), comparing deceit to a sharpened razor, applied here to Judas.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"μῦρον","severity":"info","text":"Myrrh (μῦρον) was a costly perfumed oil used in Roman luxury and Christian burial; Chrysostom contrasts the commercial myrrh with the 'true myrrh' of resurrection, a typological play.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τριακοσίων δηναρίων","severity":"info","text":"Three hundred denarii was a substantial sum in the 4th century, roughly a year's wage for a laborer, underscoring the perceived value of the myrrh.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"πρόσελθε, φίλησον· ἀνέχεται ὁ σωτὴρ μακροθύμως","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom shifts from apostrophe to a dramatic imperative, staging a scene where Christ tolerates Judas's kiss, heightening the rhetorical contrast between betrayal and patience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τοῦ πνιγμοῦ τὸ σχοινίον κληρονομεῖ","severity":"info","text":"The image of Judas inheriting a noose became a standard motif in later Byzantine homiletics and iconography, linking avarice directly to suicide.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is stable; no significant ambiguities in this passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"ὦ πηλίκον νῆψις ἀγαθόν. διὰ ταύτης γὰρ ὁ λῃστὴς ἐπήδησεν ἀπὸ σταυροῦ εἰς παράδεισον· ὡς γὰρ εἶδε τὸν δεσπότην ἐν μέσῳ κρεμάμενον καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν κραδαινομένην τῷ φόβῳ καὶ ἥλιον μὲν ἐν χαλεπῷ κατακαλυπτόμενον πένθει, τῆς ἡμέρας δὲ τὸ φῶς ὑποφεῦγον, τὰ στοιχεῖα τὴν τάξιν ἀρνούμενα, ῥηγνυμένας τὰς πέτρας–ὡς ἅπαντα ταῦτα ἐθεάσατο, εἶτα τὸ συνειδὸς ἀναγνοὺς τὸ οἰκεῖον καὶ συλλῃστοῦ τὰς πράξεις οὐκ ἀγνοῶν, τὴν κτίσιν ὡς εἶδε τῇδε κἀκεῖσε φερομένην καὶ τρέμουσαν, τὸν ἐν μέσῳ δεσπότην τῶν τρεμόντων ἐγνώρισε καὶ γνωρίσας εὐθὺς ἀνεβόησε· «μνήσθητί μου, κύριε, ὅταν ἔλθῃς ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου.» ὄντως γοργὸς ὁ λῃστὴς τῆς ἑνδεκάτης ὥρας ἐργάτης· ὅλον γὰρ τὸ τῆς ἡμέρας τοῦ βίου ἀνεπλήρωσεν ἔργον, ᾗ ἐμισθώθη ὥρᾳ προθύμως εἰργάσατο. οὐκ ὤκλασε τῇ πίστει, οὐκ ἀπεῖδεν εἰς\n\nτὰς ὕβρεις, εἰς τὰς πληγὰς οὐκ ἀπέβληψε, τὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ὀνείδη παρεκρούσατο, ἔλαβε τὴν κτίσιν διδάσκαλον καὶ τὸν τῆς κτίσεως δεσπότην γνωρίσας ἀξίαν ἔδωκε τὴν προσκύνησιν.","english":"Oh, what a great good is sobriety! For through it the thief leaped from the cross into paradise. For when he saw the Master hanging in the midst, and the whole creation shaken with fear, the sun veiled in grievous mourning, the light of day fleeing, the elements denying their order, the rocks being rent—when he beheld all these things, then reading his own conscience and not ignorant of his fellow thief's deeds, when he saw creation borne hither and thither and trembling, he recognized the Master in the midst of those trembling, and having recognized him, immediately cried out: \"Remember me, Lord, when you come into your kingdom.\" Truly the thief was a swift worker of the eleventh hour; for he fulfilled the whole work of the day of his life, and in the hour for which he was hired he worked eagerly. He did not falter in faith, he did not look away at the insults, he did not flinch at the blows, he brushed aside the reproaches of the Jews, he took creation as his teacher, and having recognized the Master of creation, he gave worthy adoration.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"νῆψις","severity":"info","text":"The Greek νῆψις (nēpsis) denotes sobriety or wakefulness, a key ascetic virtue in Chrysostom's moral theology, here applied to the thief's sudden spiritual clarity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"μνήσθητί μου, κύριε, ὅταν ἔλθῃς ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου","severity":"info","text":"This cry echoes the penitent thief's request in Luke 23:42, though the wording differs; Chrysostom adapts it for rhetorical effect.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"λῃστὴς","severity":"info","text":"The 'good thief' (traditionally named Dismas) appears in Luke 23:39-43; Chrysostom elaborates his conversion as a model of sudden repentance, contrasting with Judas in the previous passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ὡς γὰρ εἶδε ... εἶτα ... γνωρίσας","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom builds a climactic sequence: the thief sees cosmic disorder, reads his conscience, recognizes Christ, and cries out—a rhetorical crescendo emphasizing instantaneous conversion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τῆς ἑνδεκάτης ὥρας ἐργάτης","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'worker of the eleventh hour' became proverbial in later Christian literature for last-minute repentance, popularized by Chrysostom's homilies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek νῆψις could be translated as 'sobriety' or 'wakefulness'; the English draft uses 'sobriety', which captures the moral sense but may obscure the ascetic connotation of alertness."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Τί οὖν πρὸς ταῦτα ὁ τῶν μισθῶν ἀποδότης, ὁ φιλότιμος ἐν ταῖς εὐεργεσίαις Χριστός; τοῦ λῃστοῦ τὸ μέλλον ζητήσαντος αὐτὸς ἀνυπέρθετον τὴν χάριν ἐπέδειξεν· ἐκείνου γὰρ εἰρηκότος· «μνήσθητί μου, κύριε, ὅταν ἔλθῃς ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου», ὁ δεσπότης εὐθὺς ἀπεκρίνατο λέγων· «ἀμήν, λέγω σοι, σήμερον μετ' ἐμοῦ ἔσῃ ἐν τῷ παρα δείσῳ.» ἀληθὴς ἡ λέγουσα γραφή· «ἔτι λαλοῦντός σου ἐρῶ· ἰδοὺ πάρειμι.» αὐτῷ τῷ Χριστῷ ἡ δόξα σὺν πατρὶ καὶ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.","english":"What then does the giver of rewards, the one generous in benefactions, Christ, do in response to these things? When the thief sought his future, he immediately displayed the grace without delay. For when the thief said, \"Remember me, Lord, when you come into your kingdom,\" the Master immediately answered, saying, \"Amen, I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.\" The scripture that says, \"While you are still speaking, I will say, 'Behold, I am here,'\" is true. Glory to Christ himself, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, unto the ages of ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"τοῦ λῃστοῦ τὸ μέλλον ζητήσαντος","severity":"info","text":"The thief's request for remembrance (μνήσθητί μου) is interpreted as seeking his future (τὸ μέλλον), a reading that emphasizes the immediacy of Christ's response.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"μνήσθητί μου, κύριε, ὅταν ἔλθῃς ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου","severity":"info","text":"This is a quotation of the thief's words from the Gospel of Luke (23:42), though the exact phrasing varies in manuscript traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀμήν, λέγω σοι, σήμερον μετ' ἐμοῦ ἔσῃ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ","severity":"info","text":"Christ's reply adapts Luke 23:43, where the promise is 'today you will be with me in paradise'; Chrysostom adds 'Amen, I tell you' for emphasis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ἔτι λαλοῦντός σου ἐρῶ· ἰδοὺ πάρειμι","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of Isaiah 58:9 (LXX) or a similar prophetic formula, used to underscore Christ's instantaneous response.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage concludes the homily with a doxology (δόξα σὺν πατρὶ καὶ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι), a standard liturgical ending in Chrysostom's works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The thief's story became a key example of repentance in Byzantine homiletics; Chrysostom's emphasis on immediate grace influenced later monastic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the scriptural paraphrase 'ἔτι λαλοῦντός σου ἐρῶ· ἰδοὺ πάρειμι' is not explicitly identified by Chrysostom; it may be a free adaptation of Isaiah or a lost apocryphal saying."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}