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It focuses on the resurrection of Christ and the role of Thomas as a witness, emphasizing the miraculous nature of the resurrection and the apostolic mission. The text survives in Greek manuscripts, but its authenticity is disputed; a scribal note marks it as spurious (ΝΟΘΑ). The edition used (khazarzar) lacks critical apparatus, making textual verification difficult. The homily reflects Byzantine liturgical practice and Chrysostom's Antiochene exegetical style, though its exact date and authorship remain uncertain.","historical_context":"The homily is traditionally assigned to John Chrysostom, a prominent preacher and theologian of the late 4th century, likely during his Antiochene period (c. 386–397). It was composed in Greek for a Christian community in Antioch, a major center of early Christianity. The work belongs to the genre of festal homilies, delivered during the Easter season, and was later incorporated into Byzantine liturgy for New Sunday and the feast of Thomas. Its transmission through multiple manuscripts suggests wide circulation, but the lack of a critical edition and the scribal note 'ΝΟΘΑ' indicate that its authenticity was questioned in the manuscript tradition. Modern scholarship often considers it a later imitation, possibly from the 5th or 6th century, due to stylistic differences from Chrysostom's authentic works.","significance":"This homily illustrates the development of post-Easter liturgical preaching and the veneration of Thomas as a key apostolic witness. Its dual focus on resurrection and apostolic testimony reflects early Christian efforts to connect doctrinal teaching with liturgical practice. 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It likely belongs to his Antiochene period (c. 386–397) based on style and content.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Greek text survives in multiple manuscripts, but the edition used (khazarzar) does not specify its manuscript base. Variants may exist in other witnesses.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This homily was read in Byzantine liturgy for the Sunday after Easter (New Sunday) and for the feast of Thomas the Apostle, reflecting its dual focus on resurrection and apostolic witness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The title 'In novam dominicam et in apostolum Thomam' is a later editorial addition; the original homily may have had a simpler incipit. The dual subject is authentic to the content.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This edition provides no critical apparatus or collation of manuscripts. Readers cannot verify textual decisions or assess the stemma of the tradition from this source alone.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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: 10 narrative."},{"kind":"scripture","severity":"info","text":"1 scriptural phrase match(es) noted: John 8:12."},{"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":10},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"ΝΟΘΑ. ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΚΑΙΝΗΝ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΝ Καὶ εἰς τὸν ἀπόστολον Θωμᾶν. Ἥκω τὸ περιλειφθὲν ὄφλημα καταβαλεῖν ἐπειγόμενος. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ πένης εἰμὶ, ἀλλὰ τὴν εὐγνωμοσύνην ὑμῶν ἐκβιάζομαι. Ὑπεσχόμην ὑποδεικνύναι τοῦ Θωμᾶ τὴν ἀπιστίαν· καὶ δὴ πάρειμι ταύτην ἀποδώσων ὑμῖν· προθυμοῦμαι γὰρ τὰς πρώτας ὀφειλὰς πρῶτον ἀποτιννύειν, ἵνα μὴ τοῖς ἐπισυναγομένοις τόκοις κατασχεθῶ. Συμπράξατε οὖν μοι πρὸς τὴν τοῦ χρέους καταβολὴν, καὶ καθικετεύσατε τὸν Θωμᾶν, ἵνα τὴν ἁγίαν αὐτοῦ δεξιὰν τὴν ἁψαμένην τῆς τοῦ Δεσπότου πλευρᾶς τοῖς ἐμοῖς χείλεσιν ἐπιθεὶς, νευρώσῃ μου τὴν γλῶτταν πρὸς τὴν ἐξήγησιν τῶν ποθουμένων ὑμῖν. Ἐγὼ δὲ ταῖς πρεσβείαις τοῦ ἀποστόλου καὶ μάρτυρος Θωμᾶ θαῤῥῶν, κηρύττω τὴν προτέραν ἀμφιβολίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν δευτέραν ὁμολογίαν, τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἡμῶν κρηπῖδα τυγχάνουσαν καὶ θεμέλιον. Εἰσελθόντος τοῦ Σωτῆρος πρὸς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ μαθητὰς κεκλεισμένων τῶν θυρῶν, καὶ πάλιν ἐξελθόντος ὥσπερ εἰσῆλθεν, ὁ Θωομᾶς ἀπελιμπάνετο μόνος.","english":"Spurious. On the New Sunday and on the Apostle Thomas. I have come, eager to pay the remaining debt. For even if I am poor, I compel your gratitude. I promised to demonstrate Thomas’s disbelief; and indeed I am present to render this to you. For I am eager to pay off the first debts first, so that I may not be held back by the accumulating interest. Therefore, cooperate with me in the payment of the debt, and entreat Thomas, so that, placing his holy right hand—the one that touched the side of the Master—upon my lips, he may strengthen my tongue for the exposition of what you desire. And I, trusting in the intercessions of the apostle and martyr Thomas, proclaim his former doubt and his later confession, which serves as the foundation and base of our Church. When the Savior entered to his disciples with the doors closed, and again departed as he entered, Thomas alone was left out.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΝΟΘΑ","severity":"info","text":"The opening word ΝΟΘΑ (spurious) is a scribal or editorial note indicating that the homily is not considered authentic to Chrysostom in the manuscript tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ὄφλημα","severity":"info","text":"The term ὄφλημα (debt) is used metaphorically for the preacher's obligation to deliver a promised sermon, a common rhetorical trope in patristic exordia.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Θωμᾶν","severity":"info","text":"Thomas's doubt and later confession are central to the homily; the reference to his hand touching Christ's side alludes to the post-Resurrection appearance in John 20:24-29, where Thomas is invited to touch the wounds.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"εἰσελθόντος τοῦ Σωτῆρος","severity":"info","text":"The description of Christ entering through closed doors echoes the miraculous nature of his post-Resurrection appearances, particularly the tradition that he appeared to the disciples while the doors were shut, as in John 20:19.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ΝΟΘΑ","severity":"caution","text":"The homily is marked as spurious (ΝΟΘΑ) in the manuscript, likely because its style or content diverges from Chrysostom's authentic works; modern scholarship often assigns it to a later imitator.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the author is uncertain due to the spurious attribution; the homily may be a later composition falsely ascribed to Chrysostom."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Ἦν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο θείας οἰκονομίας ἔργον, ὥστε τὸν χωρισμὸν τοῦ μαθητοῦ πρόξενον γενέσθαι πλείονος ἀσφαλείας καὶ βεβαιότητος. Εἰ γὰρ παρῆν ὁ Θωμᾶς, οὐκ ἂν πάντως ἀμφέβαλλεν· εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀμφέβαλλεν, οὐκ ἂν περιέργως ἐζήτησεν· εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐζήτησεν, οὐκ ἂν ἐψηλάφησεν· εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐψηλάφησεν, οὐκ ἂν Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν ἀνηγόρευσεν· εἰ δὲ μὴ Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν τὸν Χριστὸν ἀπεκάλεσεν, οὐκ ἂν ἡμεῖς οὕτως αὐτὸν ἀνυμνεῖν ἐδιδάχθημεν. Ὥστε καὶ μὴ παρὼν ὁ Θωμᾶς ἡμᾶς πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐποδήγησε, καὶ παραγενόμενος ὕστερον βεβαιοτέρους περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἐποίησεν. Ἔλεγον τοίνυν οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Θωμᾷ τελευταῖον ἐπεισελθόντι, Ἑωράκαμεν τὸν Κύριον, ἑωράκαμεν τὸν εἰπόντα, Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· ἑωράκαμεν τὸν εἰπόντα, Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειᾳ· καὶ τῶν λόγων τὴν ἀλήθειαν εὕρομεν τοῖς πράγμασι λάμπουσαν· ἑωράκαμεν τὸν εἰπόντα, Μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐγείρομαι· καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἰδόντες, τὸν ἀναστάντα προσεκυνήσαμεν· ἠκούσαμεν αὐτοῦ πρὸς ἡμᾶς εἰπόντος, Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν, καὶ τὴν ζάλην τῆς λύπης πρὸς γαλήνης εὐφροσύνην ἐτρέψαμεν· ἐθεασάμεθα τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ τὰς ὑποδεξαμένας τὰς τῶν ἥλων ἀκμὰς, ἐθεασάμεθα τὰς χεῖρας τὰς καταβοώσας τῆς λύσσης τῶν θεομάχων κυνῶν, ἐθεασάμεθα τὰς χεῖρας τὰς ὑφανάσας τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν ἡμῖν, ἐθεασάμεθα καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν τὴν παντὸς κήρυκος λαμπρότερον βοῶσαν τὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν τοῦ πληγέντος· αὐτὴν ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν πλευρὰν, ἣν ὑμνοῦσιν ἄγγελοι, καὶ σέβουσιν οἱ πιστεύοντες, καὶ δαίμονες φρίττουσιν.","english":"And this too was a work of divine economy, so that the separation of the disciple might become the cause of greater security and certainty. For if Thomas had been present, he would certainly not have doubted; and if he had not doubted, he would not have inquired curiously; and if he had not inquired, he would not have touched; and if he had not touched, he would not have proclaimed him Lord and God; and if he had not called Christ Lord and God, we would not have been taught to hymn him in this way. So Thomas, even when absent, guided us toward the truth, and when he later arrived, he made us more steadfast in the faith. The disciples, then, said to Thomas when he entered last: We have seen the Lord, we have seen the one who said, I am the light of the world; we have seen the one who said, I am the resurrection and the life and the truth; and we found the truth of the words shining in the deeds; we have seen the one who said, After three days I rise; and having seen the resurrection, we worshipped the risen one; we heard him saying to us, Peace to you, and we turned the storm of grief into the calm of joy; we beheld his hands that received the points of the nails, we beheld the hands that cried out against the madness of the god-fighting dogs, we beheld the hands that wove incorruption for us, we beheld also the side that cries out more brightly than any herald the compassion of the one who was struck; we beheld that very side which angels hymn, and believers revere, and demons shudder at.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"θείας οἰκονομίας","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'divine economy' refers to God's providential arrangement of events, a key concept in Chrysostom's exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου","severity":"info","text":"This echoes John 8:12, where Jesus says 'I am the light of the world' (though the canonical verse is 'I am the light of the world' in John 8:12, the exact phrasing varies).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια","severity":"info","text":"This combines phrases from John 11:25 ('I am the resurrection and the life') and John 14:6 ('I am the way, the truth, and the life'), adapted for rhetorical effect.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐγείρομαι","severity":"info","text":"This alludes to Jesus' prediction of his resurrection after three days, as in Matthew 27:63 and parallels.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"θεομάχων κυνῶν","severity":"info","text":"'God-fighting dogs' is a polemical epithet for Christ's opponents, likely referring to Jews or heretics, common in Chrysostom's rhetoric.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἰ γὰρ ... εἰ δὲ μὴ ...","severity":"info","text":"The passage uses a chain of conditional clauses to argue that Thomas's absence was providential, leading to a climactic confession of Christ as Lord and God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact source of the scriptural quotations is uncertain; they may be paraphrased or composite. The identity of 'the god-fighting dogs' is ambiguous, possibly referring to Jews or heretics."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"scripture","severity":"info","ref":"John 8:12","text":"The English carries the scriptural phrase “i am the light of the world”, which matches John 8:12. The match is on the English draft; check the Coptic before quoting the verse."}]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Ὑπεδεξάμεθα καὶ φύσημα θεῖον ἐκ τοῦ θείου στόματος αὐτοῦ, φύσημα πνευματικὸν, φύσημα πάσης χάριτος χορηγόν. Ἐχειροτονήθημεν ἐκ τοῦ Δεσπότου δεσπόται τῆς τῶν πλημμελημάτων ἀφέσεως· ἐγενόμεθα καὶ κύριοι τῆς τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν κρίσεως, τοιοῦτον ῥῆμα παρ' αὐτοῦ δεξάμενοι σύνθημα· Ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ἀφίενται αὐτοῖς· ἄν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται. Τα οιούτων λόγων κατετρυφήσαμεν τοῦ Σωτῆρος, τοιούτων δωρεῶν ἀπηλαύσαμεν· οὐ γὰρ ἐνῆν ἡμᾶς μὴ πλουτισθῆναι πλουσίου περιτυχόντας Δεσπότου· σὺ δὲ μό νος πτωχὸς ἔμεινας μὴ παρών. Τί οὖν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ Θωμᾶς; Ἑωράκατε τὸν Κύριον; καλῶς. Οὐκοῦν ὃν ἐθεάσασθε, μειζόνως σέβεσθε· ὃν κατωπτεύσατε, κηρύττοντες διαγίνεσθε. Ἐγὼ δὲ Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὴν χεῖρά μου εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω. Ἀλλ' ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἂν\n\nἐπιστεύσατε, εἰ μὴ πρῶτον ἐθεάσασθε· οὕτω κἀγὼ, ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω, οὐ πιστεύσω. Ἐπίμεινον, ὦ Θωμᾶ, τῷ τοιούτῳ πόθῳ, σπουδαίως ἐπίμεινον, ἵνα σοῦ βλέποντος ἐγὼ βεβαιωθῶ τὴν ψυχήν· ἐπίμεινον, ζητῶν τὸν εἰπόντα, Ζητεῖτε καὶ εὐρήσετε· μὴ παρέλθῃς ἁπλῶς ἐρευνῶν, ἐὰν μὴ εὑρήσῃς ὃν ζητεῖς θησαυρόν· ἐπίμεινον κρούων τὴν θύραν τῆς ἀναντιῤῥήτου γνώσεως. ἕως ἂν ὑπανοίξη σοι ταύτην ὁ εἰπών· Κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν. Φιλῶ σου τὴν διχόνοιαν τῶν λογισμῶν, ὡς πᾶσαν διχόνοιαν τέμνουσαν· ἀγαπῶ σου τὸν φιλομαθῆ τρόπον, ὡς πᾶσαν φιλονεικίαν ἐκκόπτοντα· ἡδέως ἀκούω σου πολλάκις λέγοντος· Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω.","english":"We received also a divine breath from his divine mouth, a spiritual breath, a breath that supplies every grace. We were ordained by the Master as masters of the remission of transgressions; we became also lords of the judgment of sinners, having received from him such a word as a watchword: “If you forgive some their sins, they are forgiven; if you detain some, they are detained.” We have reveled in such words of the Savior, we have enjoyed such gifts; for it was not possible that we should not be enriched, having encountered a wealthy Master. But you alone remained poor, not being present. What then does Thomas say to them? “You have seen the Lord? Good. Therefore, reverence more greatly the one you have beheld; continue proclaiming the one you have gazed upon. But I—unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. But you would not have believed unless you had first seen; so too I, unless I see, will not believe.” Persist, O Thomas, in such longing, persist zealously, so that while you see I may be confirmed in soul; persist, seeking the one who said, “Seek and you will find”; do not pass by simply searching, unless you find the treasure you seek; persist in knocking at the door of incontrovertible knowledge, until the one who said, “Knock, and it will be opened to you,” opens it for you. I love your discord of thoughts, as it cuts through every discord; I love your love of learning, as it cuts off every contentiousness; I gladly hear you often saying, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, I will not believe.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The speaker shifts from 'we' (the apostles present at the resurrection) to address Thomas directly, contrasting their enrichment with his poverty for being absent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"φύσημα","severity":"info","text":"φύσημα (breath) here is a technical term for the Holy Spirit's gift, echoing the Johannine account of Jesus breathing on the disciples (John 20:22).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Seek and you will find' (ζητεῖτε καὶ εὐρήσετε) alludes to Matthew 7:7 (ζητεῖτε καὶ εὑρήσετε), though the exact wording differs slightly.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The command 'Knock, and it will be opened to you' (κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν) echoes Matthew 7:7b (κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται), but Chrysostom adapts it to the context of Thomas's doubt.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The 'watchword' (σύνθημα) about forgiving or detaining sinners reflects early Christian practice of episcopal absolution, a theme Chrysostom develops elsewhere.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from apostolic privilege to Thomas's dialogue, then to a series of exhortations (ἐπίμεινον) that mirror the seeker's persistence, creating a rhetorical crescendo.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no significant ambiguities."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Σοῦ γὰρ ἀπιστοῦντος, ἐγὼ πιστεύειν διδάσκομαι· σοῦ τῇ δικέλλῃ τῆς γλώττης ὀρύττοντος τὰς τοῦ θείου σώματος ἀρούρας, ἐγὼ τὸν καρπὸν ἀπόνως θερίζω καὶ σωρεύω πρὸς ἐμαυτόν. Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω τούτοις μου τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἁγίαις αὐτοῦ χερσὶν αὔλακας, οὓς ἠροτρίασαν οἱ δυσσεβεῖς, οὐδαμῶς τοῖς ὑμετέροις συνθήσομαι ῥήμασιν· ἐὰν μὴ βάλω τοῦτόν μου τὸν δάκτυλον εἰς τὰ κοιλώματα τῶν ἥλων, οὐκ ἂν τὸ ὑμέτερον Εὐαγγέλιον παραδέξωμαι· ἐὰν μὴ κρατήσω ταύτῃ μου τῇ χειρὶ τὴν πλευρὰν ἐκείνην, τὴν ἀνύποπτον μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως, οὐκ ἂν τῷ ὑμετέρῳ πιστεύσοιμι δόγματι. Ἅπας γὰρ λόγος κεκτημένος τὴν ἀπὸ πάντων πραγμάτων συνηγορίαν, ἰσχυρὸς ὑπάρχει καὶ βέβαιος· πᾶσα δὲ φωνὴ τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων μαρτυρίας ἐστερημένη, ἐστὶν ἐξίτηλος, ἐκ τῶν χειλέων εἰς τὸν ἀέρα χεομένη. Μέλλω κηρύττειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τοῦ διδασκάλου τὰ θαύματα· πῶς οὖν ἃ μὴ παρέλαβον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, ταῦτα τοῖς λόγοις ἐξείπω; πῶς πείσω τοὺς ἀπίστους πιστεῦσαι, οἷς οὔτε αὐτὸς τέως παρηκολούθησα; Εἴπω τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις καὶ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν, ὅτι Σταυρούμενον μὲν τὸν ἐμὸν Δεσπότην τεθέαμαι, ἀναστάντα δὲ οὐκ εἶδον, ἀλλ' ἤκουσα; καὶ τίς οὐ γελάσει μου τὴν φωνήν; τίς οὐ διαπτύσει τὸ κήρυγμα; Ἕτερον γάρ ἐστιν ἀκοὴ, καὶ ἕτερον ὄψις· καὶ ἕτερόν ἐστι λόγων ἀπαγγελία, καὶ ἄλλο πραγμάτων θέα καὶ πεῖρα. Οὕτως ἀμφίβολον κεκτημένου τὴν γνῶσιν τοῦ Θωμᾶ, μεθ' ἡμέρας ὀκτὼ πάλιν ὁ Δεσπότης πρὸς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ μαθητὰς συνηθροισμένους ὁμοῦ παρεγένετο.","english":"For if you are unbelieving, I am taught to believe; as you dig with the mattock of your tongue the furrows of the divine body, I effortlessly reap the fruit and gather it to myself. Unless I see with my own eyes the furrows in his holy hands, which the impious plowed, I will by no means agree with your words; unless I put my finger into the hollows of the nails, I will not accept your Gospel; unless I grasp with this hand that side, the unsuspecting witness of the resurrection, I would not believe your teaching. For every word that possesses the support of all facts is strong and secure; but every voice deprived of the testimony of deeds is evanescent, poured from the lips into the air. I am about to proclaim to men the wonders of the Master; how then shall I tell in words what I have not received with my eyes? How shall I persuade the unbelieving to believe, when I myself have not yet followed these things? Shall I say to the Jews and the Greeks that I have seen my Lord crucified, but have not seen him risen, but only heard? And who will not laugh at my voice? Who will not spit upon the proclamation? For hearing is one thing, and sight another; and the report of words is one thing, and the sight and experience of deeds another. Thus, since Thomas possessed knowledge so uncertain, after eight days the Master again came to his disciples gathered together.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage draws on the post-resurrection appearance to Thomas (John 20:24-29), but Chrysostom expands the narrative with vivid sensory details (touch, sight) to argue for the necessity of empirical proof in faith.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"δικέλλῃ τῆς γλώττης","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'mattock of the tongue' is a metaphor for blasphemous speech that 'digs furrows' in Christ's body, a striking image of verbal violence against the divine.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"πλευρὰν ἐκείνην, τὴν ἀνύποπτον μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως","severity":"info","text":"The 'side, the unsuspecting witness of the resurrection' alludes to Thomas's doubt and the later tradition of his touching Christ's wound (cf. John 20:27).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a hypothetical dialogue with an unbeliever to a direct rhetorical question about Thomas's credibility, then to a narrative conclusion about the eight-day interval before Christ's return.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's emphasis on tactile proof (finger in nail holes, hand on side) influenced later medieval devotional practices, such as the veneration of the Holy Wounds.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Greek text at 'ἀνύποπτον μάρτυρα' is ambiguous: it could mean 'unsuspecting witness' (i.e., the side did not expect to be a witness) or 'unquestionable witness' (i.e., beyond suspicion). The translation opts for the former.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ἀνύποπτον μάρτυρα' is ambiguous: it may mean 'unsuspecting witness' (the side did not anticipate its role) or 'unquestionable witness' (beyond suspicion). The English draft chooses the former.","The temporal phrase 'μεθ' ἡμέρας ὀκτὼ' could refer to eight days after the resurrection or after Thomas's doubt; the context suggests the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Ἀφῆκε τὸν Θωμᾶν ἐν ταῖς μέσαις ἡμέραις κατηχηθῆναι πρῶτον ὑπὸ τῶν ἑταίρων αὐτοῦ, συνεχώρησεν αὐτὸν ἐκκαῆναι τῷ δίψει τῆς θέας αὐτοῦ· καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ σφοδρῶς ἀναφλεχθείσης τῷ πόθῳ τῆς ὄψεως, τότε λοιπὸν εὐκαίρως ὁ ποθούμενος τὸν ποθοῦντα κατέλαβεν. Ὁμοίως δὲ, καθάπερ τὸ πρὶν, τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, τοῦτο πεποίηκε, καὶ πάλιν, καθάπερ καὶ πρότερον, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν, ἵνα καὶ τοῦ πράγματος καὶ τοῦ θαύματος ᾖ ταυτότης, καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν βεβαιώσῃ, καὶ παραστήσῃ τῆς δευτέρας αὐτοῦ ἐπελεύσεως τὸ ἀκριβές. Εἶτα λέγει τῷ Θωμᾷ· Φέρε τὸν δάκτυλόν σου ὧδε, καὶ ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου. Ὢ φιλανθρωπίας ἀπεράντου ὕψος! ὢ συγκαταβάσεως ἀμετρήτου πέλαγος! Οὐκ ἀνέμεινε τὴν πρόσοδον τοῦ μαθητοῦ, οὐ περιέμεινε τὸν δεόμενον προσελθεῖν καὶ δεηθῆναι καὶ τυχεῖν ὧν ἐβούλετο, οὐκ ἀπεστέρησεν αὐτὸν οὐδὲ πρὸς βραχὺ τῆς εὐχῆς, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς ὁ ἐρώμενος τὸν ἐραστὴν πρὸς τὸν ποθούμενον ἐβίαζεν, αὐτὸς τῇ φωνῇ τὸν δάκτυλον τοῦ ποθοῦντος πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπεσπάσατο, αὐτὸς τῇ Δεσποτικῇ γλώττῃ τὴν δουλικὴν δεξιὰν εἵλκυσεν εἰπὼν πρὸς αὐτόν· Φέρε τὸν δάκτυλόν σου ὧδε, καὶ ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου. Ἤκουσα, Θωμᾶ, μὴ παρὼν ὡς ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλὰ παρὼν ὡς Θεὸς, ἅπερ ἐλάλησας πρὸς τοὺς σοὺς ἀδελφούς· παρήμην ὑμῖν τῇ θεότητι, κεχωρισμένος ὑμῶν τῇ ἀνθρωπότητι. Θέλεις ὑπομνήσω σοι τῶν εἰρημένων πρώην ῥημάτων; οὐκ εἶπας, Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τόπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὴν χεῖρά μου εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω;","english":"He left Thomas to be catechized first in the intervening days by his companions; he allowed him to be inflamed with the thirst of seeing him; and when his soul had been vehemently kindled with the longing for the sight, then at last the longed-for one overtook the one who longed. And likewise, just as before, with the doors closed, he did this, and again, as also earlier, he said to them, \"Peace to you,\" so that there might be identity both of the event and of the miracle, and so that he might confirm the promise of the apostles and establish the exactness of his second coming. Then he says to Thomas, \"Bring your finger here, and see my hands.\" O height of boundless love for humanity! O sea of immeasurable condescension! He did not wait for the disciple's approach, he did not wait for the one in need to come and entreat and obtain what he wished, he did not deprive him even for a short time of his prayer, but the beloved himself compelled the lover toward the longed-for one, he himself by his voice drew the finger of the one longing toward himself, he himself with his Lordly tongue pulled the servant's right hand, saying to him, \"Bring your finger here, and see my hands.\" I heard, Thomas, not being present as a man, but being present as God, what you spoke to your brothers; I was with you in divinity, separated from you in humanity. Do you wish me to remind you of the words spoken earlier? Did you not say, \"Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe\"?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀφῆκε τὸν Θωμᾶν ... κατηχηθῆναι","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom describes Thomas being left to be catechized by his companions during the intervening days, a detail not found in the canonical Gospels, which only mention Thomas's absence and later doubt.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν","severity":"info","text":"The greeting 'Peace to you' echoes the standard apostolic greeting and may allude to Christ's appearance to the disciples in John 20:19-23, where he says 'Peace be with you' before showing his hands and side.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τύπον τῶν ἥλων","severity":"info","text":"The 'mark of the nails' refers to the stigmata of the crucifixion, which in apocryphal tradition (e.g., Acts of Thomas) Thomas touches to verify the resurrection, a motif Chrysostom develops rhetorically.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὁμοίως δὲ, καθάπερ τὸ πρὶν","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom explicitly parallels this appearance with the earlier one (p4), using identical phrasing ('with the doors closed', 'Peace to you') to emphasize the typological repetition of the miracle.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ὢ φιλανθρωπίας ἀπεράντου ὕψος!","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's exclamation on Christ's philanthropia (love for humanity) and synkatabasis (condescension) reflects a key theme in Antiochene theology, emphasizing divine accessibility and pastoral care.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"παρήμην ὑμῖν τῇ θεότητι, κεχωρισμένος ὑμῶν τῇ ἀνθρωπότητι","severity":"caution","text":"This phrase articulates a Christological paradox (present in divinity, separated in humanity) that may reflect Chrysostom's anti-Arian polemic, but the precise theological nuance is debated; the translation 'I was with you in divinity' is interpretive.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'παρήμην ὑμῖν τῇ θεότητι, κεχωρισμένος ὑμῶν τῇ ἀνθρωπότητι' is ambiguous: it could mean Christ was present to the disciples in his divine nature while absent in his human nature, or that he was present as God but separated as man; the English draft opts for the former reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"οὐ ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα διὰ τῶν σῶν ἐῤῥύη χειλέων; οὐ ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα τυγχάνει τῶν σῶν λογισμῶν; Διὰ ταῦτα πάλιν ἐλήλυθα, δι' ἅπερ ἀμφιβάλλεις· τοῦτο\n\nδεύτερον ἐπλησίασα, δι' ἅπερ ἐπιθυμεῖς, ἀφῖγμαι. Καὶ νῦν διὰ σὲ τὸν ἕνα παρεγενόμην πρὸς σὲ, ὁ διὰ τὸ πλανώμενον πρόβατον κατελθὼν ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς μὴ καταλιπών. Μὴ τοίνυν αἰσχυνθῇς μαθεῖν ἃ ποθεῖς, μὴ ἐντραπῇς περιεργάσασθαι ἅπερ ἐπιζητεῖς· μὴ παραιτήσῃ τὸν σὸν δάκτυλον ἐπιβαλεῖν ταύταις μου ταῖς χερσίν. Ἀνέχομαι καὶ δακτύλου περιέργου, ὡς ἠνεσχόμην τῶν ἥλων· ὑπομένω τοῦ φιλοῦντος τὴν περιεργίαν, ὡς ὑπέμεινα τὴν τῶν μισούντων ἐπήρειαν· σταυρούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν οὐκ ἠγανάκτησα, καὶ παρὰ σοῦ ἐρευνώμενος οὐχ ὑποίσω, Φέρε τὸν δάκτυλόν σου ὧδε, καὶ ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου τὰς τραυματισθείσας ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ἵνα θεραπευθῶσιν οἱ μώλωπες τῶν ὑμετέρων ψυχῶν· ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου, καὶ λόγισαι κατὰ σαυτὸν, πότερον ἐκεῖνός εἰμι ὁ σταυρωθεὶς ἑκὼν, ἢ ἄλλος τις παρ' ἐκεῖνον· ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου, ἃς ἔχειν ἀφῆκα τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς μανίας τὰ σύμβολα, ἵν' ὅταν συνήθως ἀναισχυντήσωσιν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς κρίσεως, καὶ εἴπωσι πρός με, Ἡμεῖς σε οὐκ ἐσταυρώσαμεν Δέσποτα, ὑποδείξω τοῖς πολεμίοις τὰς χεῖρας ἐν τούτῳ τῷ σχήματι, καὶ τῇ ὄψει καταισχύνωμαι τὰ πρόσωπα τῶν Ἰουδαίων.","english":"Were not these words poured forth through your lips? Are not these words the product of your reasoning? For this I have come again, for the very things about which you are in doubt. This second time I have drawn near, for the very things you desire, I have arrived. And now for your sake, the one, I have come to you—I who came down from the heavens for the wandering sheep, and did not abandon the heavens. Do not then be ashamed to learn what you yearn for, do not be embarrassed to examine closely what you seek. Do not refuse to place your finger upon these hands of mine. I endure even a meddlesome finger, as I endured the nails. I tolerate the curiosity of one who loves, as I endured the insolence of those who hate. Being crucified by enemies, I was not indignant; and being examined by you, shall I not bear it? Bring your finger here, and see my hands, wounded for your sake, so that the wounds of your souls may be healed. See my hands, and consider within yourself whether I am the one who was willingly crucified, or someone else besides him. See my hands, which I have left bearing the marks of Jewish madness, so that when the Jews shamelessly deny on the day of judgment and say to me, \"We did not crucify you, Master,\" I may show the enemies my hands in this form, and by the sight put the faces of the Jews to shame.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"οὐ ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα","severity":"info","text":"The rhetorical question emphasizes continuity with the previous passage, where Christ's words are recalled as having been spoken through Thomas's lips.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ πλανώμενον πρόβατον","severity":"info","text":"Echoes the parable of the lost sheep (Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7), a common Christological image in Chrysostom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τῶν ἥλων","severity":"info","text":"Refers to the nails of the crucifixion; Chrysostom contrasts Christ's endurance of physical torment with his tolerance of Thomas's probing.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς μανίας","severity":"caution","text":"Anti-Jewish rhetoric common in Chrysostom's homilies; reflects polemical context rather than historical fact.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"δεύτερον ἐπλησίασα","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'second time I have drawn near' marks a structural parallel to the earlier appearance in the passage, reinforcing the narrative of repeated visitation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"περιεργάσασθαι","severity":"info","text":"The verb 'to examine closely' carries a connotation of meddlesome curiosity, which Christ reframes as acceptable in the context of loving inquiry.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no significant ambiguities in this passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῆς ἐμῆς ἀναστάσεως· μὴ νομίσῃς φαντασίαν εἶναί τινα. Κράτησον ταύτας τὰς χεῖρας, ὡς ὁμήρους τῆς ὑμετέρας ἀναγεννήσεως· κράτησον ταύτας τὰς χεῖρας, ὡς ἐνέχυρα τῆς ἐκ τῶν μνημάτων ἐπαναδύσεως· κράτησον ταύτας τὰς χεῖρας, ἄγκυραν τοῦ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ βυθοῦ. Μὴ φοβηθῇς μηδένα χειμῶνα βιωτικὸν, μὴ φρίξῃς μηδεμίαν ζάλην κοσμικὴν, μὴ φοβηθῇς τὰς τῶν ἐναντίων ἀνέμων πνοὰς, μὴ φροντίσῃς τῶν καταιγίδων καὶ τῶν σπιλάδων τῆς τῶν πολεμίων θαλάσσης. Πλέε θαῤῥῶν τοῦ βίου τὸ πέλαγος, πλέε κατέχων τὴν ἄγκυραν τοῦ πνεύματος, πλέε προσέχων ὡς λιμένι τῷ οὐρανῷ, πλέε φοβούμενος μόνον τῆς ἐμῆς ἀρνήσεως τὸ ναυάγιον· γέλα τὸν θάνατον ὡς νεκρὸν, παῖζε τὴν φθορὰν ὡς ἀνίσχυρον, ἀσπάζου τὴν δι' ἐμὲ τελευτὴν ὡς ἀρχὴν ἐνδοτέρας ζωῆς, καὶ φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου· ἄντλησον διὰ τῆς σῆς χειρὸς ἐκ τῆς ζωηφόρου μου κρήνης τὸ ποθούμενον πόμα, καὶ τὸ δίψος παραμύθησαι τὸ σόν. Φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου· εἰσάγαγε τὴν σὴν δεξιὰν εἰς τὸ ἰατρεῖον τῆς φύσεως, καὶ ἔκβαλε τὸ φάρμακον τῆς σῆς προαιρέσεως· φέρω χειρὸς φιλούσης ἐπιβολὴν, ὁ δεξάμενος λόγχῃ πληγήν. Φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου, ἵνα ἔχῃς ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἵνα ἔχῃς λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς ἀντιφθεγγομένους τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, ὅτι μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν εἶδές με καὶ κατέμαθες καὶ ἐψηλάφησάς με ἀκριβῶς. Φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου·","english":"Behold my hands and the truth of my resurrection; do not think it is some apparition. Take hold of these hands, as pledges of your regeneration; take hold of these hands, as securities of the emergence from the tombs; take hold of these hands, an anchor in the abyss of Hades. Fear no storm of life, shudder at no worldly gale, fear the blasts of contrary winds not, heed not the squalls and reefs of the enemy sea. Sail confidently the sea of life, sail holding the anchor of the spirit, sail looking to heaven as a harbor, sail fearing only the shipwreck of my denial; laugh at death as a corpse, mock corruption as powerless, embrace death for my sake as the beginning of a more inward life, and bring your hand and place it in my side; draw through your hand from my life-giving spring the longed-for drink, and assuage your thirst. Bring your hand and place it in my side; introduce your right hand into the surgery of nature, and extract the remedy of your choice; I bear the touch of a loving hand, I who received a wound from a spear. Bring your hand and place it in my side, that you may have something to contend for, that you may have something to say to those who speak against the truth, that after the resurrection you saw me and examined and touched me precisely. Bring your hand and place it in my side.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῆς ἐμῆς ἀναστάσεως","severity":"info","text":"The speaker (the risen Christ) invites tactile verification of the resurrection, countering docetic or apparitional interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐνέχυρα","severity":"info","text":"ἐνέχυρα means 'pledges' or 'securities', reinforcing the legal metaphor of the hands as guarantees of resurrection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν πλευράν μου","severity":"info","text":"The side wound recalls John 19:34 (the spear thrust) and John 20:27 (Thomas invited to touch), linking the passage to the apostle Thomas.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἰατρεῖον τῆς φύσεως","severity":"info","text":"ἰατρεῖον ('surgery') evokes a medical metaphor: Christ's side is a clinic where the 'remedy' (φάρμακον) of choice is extracted, reflecting late antique therapeutic imagery.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου","severity":"info","text":"This imperative is repeated four times as a refrain, structuring the passage as a liturgical or rhetorical anaphora.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ἄγκυραν τοῦ πνεύματος","severity":"info","text":"The anchor metaphor for the spirit appears in Hebrews 6:19 and in Chrysostom's homilies, linking spiritual stability to Christ's resurrection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the speaker is not explicit in the Greek but is contextually the risen Christ addressing Thomas; the Coptic cues classify the passage as narrative, supporting this reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"διὰ σὲ γὰρ ταύτην οὕτω κατέλιπον, ὁ τῶν ἄλλων τὰ σώματα καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς ἰασάμενος, προειδὼς ὡς Θεὸς, ὅτι θελήσεις αὐτὴν οὕτως ἰδεῖν, ἵνα σὺ τοῦ πάθους τῆς ἐμῆς σαρκὸς τοὺς τύπους ἰδὼν, τῆς σῆς ψυχῆς θεραπεύσῃς τὸ πάθος. Φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου, ἢν οὕτως, ὡς βλέπεις, ἐφύλαξα, ἵν', ὅταν παραγένωμαι πάλιν ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ καθίσω κριτὴς ζώντων καὶ νεκρῶν, ἴδωσιν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τῆς κακῆς αὐτῶν ἐργασίας ἀντιπρόσωπα τὰ ἔργα φαινόμενα, καὶ αὐτοκατάκριτοι γένωνται. Καὶ μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος, ἀλλὰ πιστός. Κακὸν ἡ ἀπιστία, βυθίζει τὸν νοῦν. Ἡ πίστις μετεωρίζει τοῦτον εἰς οὐρανόν· ἡ ἀπιστία τυφλοῖ τὴν ψυχήν· ἡ πίστις φωτίζει τοὺς λογισμούς· ἡ ἀπιστία καὶ τὰ ὁρατὰ παρορᾷ· ἡ πίστις καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα καθορᾷ· ὁ ἄπιστος παντάπασιν ἀγνοεῖ. Μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος, ἀλλὰ πιστός· ἀποδίωξον τὸ νέφος τῆς ἀπιστίας, καὶ θέασαι τὰς καθαρὰς ἀκτῖνας τῆς πίστεως. Γενοῦ καὶ διὰ πάντων ἀπόστολος τῆς ἐμῆς θεότητος ἄξιος· γενοῦ τοιοῦτος, οἷον εἶναι χρὴ τὸν ἐμοὶ συντυχόντα καὶ τυχόντα τούτων, ὧνπερ τετύχηκας. Ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀποστόλοις ἐκλήθης, ὁμοίως αὐτοῖς ἐτιμήθης, ὁμοίως αὐτοῖς καθοπλίσθητι· ὁμοίως αὐτοῖς ἅπερ εἶδον τεθέασαι, ὁμοίως αὐτοῖς ἐθαῤῥήθης, ὡς φίλος, ὅλον μου τὸ μυστήριον· ὁμοίως αὐτοῖς κήρυττε τὴν","english":"For it was on your account that I left this wound thus, I who healed the bodies and souls of others, foreseeing as God that you would wish to see it in this way, so that you, beholding the marks of the passion of my flesh, might heal the passion of your soul. Bring your hand and place it in my side, which I have preserved thus as you see, so that when I come again from the heavens and sit as judge of the living and the dead, the Jews may see the works of their evil labor confronting them face to face, and become self-condemned. And do not be faithless, but faithful. Evil is faithlessness; it sinks the mind. Faith lifts it to heaven; faithlessness blinds the soul; faith illumines the thoughts; faithlessness overlooks even visible things; faith beholds even the invisible; the faithless man is utterly ignorant. Do not be faithless, but faithful; drive away the cloud of faithlessness, and behold the pure rays of faith. Become through all things an apostle worthy of my divinity; become such as one must be who has met with me and obtained these things which you have obtained. You were called like the other apostles, you were honored like them, arm yourself like them; like them you have beheld what they saw, like them you were entrusted, as a friend, with my whole mystery; like them, proclaim the","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"κριτὴς ζώντων καὶ νεκρῶν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'judge of the living and the dead' echoes the Nicene Creed and reflects a standard early Christian title for Christ at the Parousia.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰουδαῖοι","severity":"info","text":"The reference to 'the Jews' as self-condemned by the visible wound reflects Chrysostom's well-known anti-Jewish rhetoric, common in his homilies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος, ἀλλὰ πιστός","severity":"info","text":"The repeated exhortation 'Do not be faithless, but faithful' frames a series of antitheses (faith vs. faithlessness) that structure the passage as a rhetorical diptych.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ἀπιστία","severity":"info","text":"Ἀπιστία ('faithlessness') is contrasted with πίστις ('faith') in a series of polar opposites; the term carries both intellectual and moral weight in Chrysostom's soteriology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀποστόλοις","severity":"info","text":"The repeated 'like the other apostles' emphasizes Thomas's equal apostolic status, a theme also found in the Gospel of John (20:24-29) and later Thomas traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐθαῤῥήθης","severity":"caution","text":"The form ἐθαῤῥήθης is a hapax or rare spelling; it likely represents ἐθαρρήθης ('you were emboldened' or 'you were entrusted'), but the exact reading is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The verb ἐθαῤῥήθης is ambiguous: it may be a variant of ἐθαρρήθης ('you were emboldened') or a scribal error for ἐθαῤῥήθης ('you were entrusted'). The context supports the latter, but the spelling is irregular."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"ἐμὴν δύναμιν. Μὴ πάλιν εἴπῃς μετὰ τὸ ἅπαξ ἰδεῖν· Ἐὰν μὴ πάλιν ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω. Ἕως εἰμὶ μεθ' ὑμῶν, ὡς βούλει, πολυπραγμόνησον· ἕως ἔχεις παρισταμένην σοι τὴν οὐράνιον ἄμπελον, πάντας τοὺς κλάδους αὐτῆς καὶ τοὺς βότρυας ἐρεύνησον. Ἀνελεύσομαι γὰρ εἰς οὐρανοὺς, ὅθεν ἦλθον εἰς γῆν, ἀνελεύσομαι ὅπου εἰμὶ, ἀνελεύσομαι τῇ ἀνθρωπότητι ὅθεν συγκατέβην ὑμῖν τῇ θεότητι, ἀνελεύσομαι μετὰ τούτου τοῦ σώματος, ὁ χωρὶς τούτου ἐκδημήσας ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ μείνας ἐκεῖ· ἀνελεύσομαι μετὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας φύσεως πρὸς τὸν πατρῷον κόλπον, Ὁ ὢν ἐν τοῖς κόλποις τοῦ πατρός· ἤνυσα γὰρ τὸ ἔργον, δι' ὃ τὴν ὁδὸν ταύτην πεποίημαι.\n\nἉψάμενος τοίνυν ὁ Θωμᾶς τῶν Δεσποτικῶν χειρῶν καὶ τῆς θείας πλευρᾶς, καὶ μεστὸς γενόμενος δειλίας ὁμοῦ καὶ περιχαρείας ἐκ τῆς θέας ὧν ἐπεθύμησε, πρὸς ὑμνῳδίαν εὐθέως τὴν γλῶτταν κινεῖ, βοῶν πρὸς τὸν Κύριον· Ὁ Κύριός μου, καὶ ὁ Θεός μου· σὺ εἶ Κύριος καὶ Θεὸς, σὺ εἶ καὶ ἄνθρωπος καὶ φιλάνθρωπος, σὺ εἶ ξένος καὶ παράδοξος τῆς φύσεως ἰατρός· οὐ τέμνεις σιδήρῳ τὰ πάθη, οὐ καίεις πυρὶ τὰ ἕλκη, οὐκ ἐρανίζῃ παρὰ βοτανῶν τὴν τῶν φαρμάκων ἰσχὺν, οὐκ ἐπιδεσμεύεις ἐπιδέσμοις ὁρατοῖς τὰ κάμνοντα ἕλκη· ἔχεις οἰκτιρμῶν ἐπιδέσμους ἀοράτους, ἀοράτως τὰ διαλελυμένα συσφίγγοντας· ἔχεις λόγον σιδήρου τομώτερον, ἔχεις ῥῆμα πυρὸς δυνατώτερον, ἔχεις νεῦμα φαρμάκου προσηνέστερον. Ὡς δημιουργὸς ἀπόνως ἁγιάζεις τὸ ποίημα, ὡς πλάστης μεταπλάττεις ἀκαμάτως τὰ πλάσματα.","english":"my power. Do not say again after seeing once: \"If I do not again see in his hands the mark of the nails, I will not believe.\" While I am with you, as you wish, be curious; while you have the heavenly vine standing before you, examine all its branches and clusters. For I will ascend to the heavens, whence I came to earth; I will ascend to where I am; I will ascend in humanity from whence I descended to you in divinity; I will ascend with this body, I who departed from there without it and remained there; I will ascend with your nature to the paternal bosom, I who am in the bosom of the Father; for I have accomplished the work for which I made this journey.\n\nThen Thomas, having touched the Lord's hands and divine side, and filled with both fear and joy from the sight of what he had desired, immediately moves his tongue to hymnody, crying out to the Lord: \"My Lord and my God; you are Lord and God, you are both man and philanthropist, you are a strange and paradoxical physician of nature; you do not cut passions with iron, you do not burn wounds with fire, you do not gather the strength of drugs from herbs, you do not bind ailing wounds with visible bandages; you have invisible bandages of compassion, invisibly binding together what is broken; you have a word sharper than iron, you have a speech more powerful than fire, you have a nod more gentle than medicine. As a creator you painlessly sanctify the creation, as a molder you tirelessly reshape the molded.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀνελεύσομαι μετὰ τούτου τοῦ σώματος","severity":"info","text":"The speaker (Christ) declares he will ascend with the body, a claim that underscores the bodily resurrection and ascension, a key theological point in Chrysostom's anti-docetic argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"οὐράνιον ἄμπελον","severity":"info","text":"The 'heavenly vine' is a metaphor for Christ himself, drawing on John 15:1 where Christ is the true vine. Chrysostom uses it to emphasize Christ's presence as a source of spiritual nourishment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὁ ὢν ἐν τοῖς κόλποις τοῦ πατρός","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes John 1:18, where the Son is said to be in the bosom of the Father, affirming Christ's divine origin and eternal relationship with the Father.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from direct speech of Christ (addressing Thomas) to a narrative description of Thomas's reaction, then to a hymn-like address by Thomas. This tripartite structure is typical of Chrysostom's homiletic style.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Θωμᾶς","severity":"info","text":"Thomas's doubt and subsequent verification of the resurrection by touching Christ's wounds is a theme from the apocryphal Acts of Thomas, which Chrysostom adapts here to emphasize the physical reality of the resurrection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's portrayal of Thomas as a model of investigative faith (examining the vine, touching the wounds) influenced later Byzantine iconography of the Incredulity of Thomas, where Thomas is shown touching Christ's side.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek phrase 'ἀνελεύσομαι τῇ ἀνθρωπότητι' is ambiguous: it could mean 'I will ascend in humanity' (as translated) or 'I will ascend to humanity' (i.e., to the human realm). The context supports the former, emphasizing the ascent of Christ's human nature."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Σὺ λέπραν ἀπέξεσας, ὡς ἠθέλησας, σὺ χωλοὺς δρομαίους ἀνέδειξας, σὺ παραλύτους βαστάζειν τὰς ἑαυτῶν κλίνας ἐποίησας, σὺ τυφλοὺς ἐκ γενετῆς ἀπονίψασθαι τὸν ζόφον ἐκέλευσας, σὺ τοὺς δαίμονας ἐκ τῶν σῶν ποιημάτων ἐξώρισας, σὺ παρὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐκρατήθης βουλόμενος, σὺ θέλων παρὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων πάντα κατὰ σάρκα πέπονθας δι' ἐμὲ, Ὁ Κύριός μου, καὶ ὁ Θεός μου.\n\nἘπέγνων τὸν ἐμὸν Δεσπότην, ἐπέγνων τὸν ἐμὸν ἁλιέα καὶ φύλακα, ἐπέγνων τὸν ἐμὸν βασιλέα καὶ κύριον, Ὁ Κύριός μου, καὶ ὁ Θεός μου. Πιστεύω σου, Δέσποτα, τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ, πιστεύω σου τῇ συγκαταβάσει, πιστεύω σου τῇ προσλήψει τῆς ἐμῆς ἀρχῆς, πιστεύω σου τὸν προσκυνούμενον σταυρὸν, πιστεύω σου τοῖς παθήμασι τῆς σαρκὸς, πιστεύω σου τῷ τριημέρῳ θανάτῳ, πιστεύω σου τῇ ἀναστάσει· λοιπὸν οὐκ ἔτι πολυπραγμονῶ· πιστεύω, οὐκέτι λογοθετῶ· πιστεύω, οὐκέτι ζυγοστατῶ· πιστεύω, οὐκέτι περιεργάζομαι· πιστεύω τοῖς ἐμοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, πιστεύω τῇ ἐμῇ δεξιᾷ. Ἔμαθον ἀφ' ὧν εἶδον μὴ λογοθετεῖν· ἔμαθον ἀφ' ὧν ἐψηλάφησα προσκυνεῖν, μὴ ζυγομαχεῖν· ἕνα Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν ἐπίσταμαι, τὸν Δεσπότην Χριστὸν, ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.","english":"You scraped away leprosy, as you wished; you made the lame swift runners; you caused paralytics to carry their own beds; you commanded the blind from birth to wash away the darkness; you banished demons from your creations; you were seized by enemies willingly; you suffered everything according to the flesh at the hands of the Jews for my sake, my Lord and my God.\n\nI have recognized my Master, I have recognized my fisher and guardian, I have recognized my king and lord, my Lord and my God. I believe in your economy, Master; I believe in your condescension; I believe in your assumption of my origin; I believe in your venerated cross; I believe in the sufferings of your flesh; I believe in your three-day death; I believe in your resurrection. No longer do I pry; I believe, I no longer reason; I believe, I no longer weigh; I believe, I no longer investigate; I believe my eyes, I believe my right hand. I have learned from what I saw not to reason; I have learned from what I touched to worship, not to contend. I know one Lord and God, the Master Christ, to whom is glory and power unto the ages of ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Σὺ λέπραν ἀπέξεσας","severity":"info","text":"The speaker addresses Christ directly, listing healings (leprosy, lameness, paralysis, blindness) as evidence of divine power, culminating in the voluntary passion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ","severity":"info","text":"Oikonomia here denotes the divine plan of salvation, especially the incarnation and economy of Christ, a key concept in Chrysostom's soteriology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"τῇ συγκαταβάσει","severity":"info","text":"Synkatabasis refers to Christ's condescension in becoming human, a technical term in patristic theology for the incarnation's adaptive humility.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Πιστεύω ... πιστεύω ... πιστεύω","severity":"info","text":"The passage employs anaphora with repeated 'pisteuō' (I believe) to build a creedal confession, contrasting faith with intellectual inquiry (logotheō, zygostatō, periergazomai).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"παρὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων πάντα κατὰ σάρκα πέπονθας","severity":"info","text":"Echoes the passion narratives where Christ suffers at the hands of Jewish authorities, a motif in Chrysostom's homilies, though the phrasing is general.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τῷ τριημέρῳ θανάτῳ","severity":"info","text":"The three-day death (Good Friday to Easter) is a standard credal element, reflecting the Nicene-Constantinopolitan tradition of Christ's resurrection on the third day.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the speaker is not explicit in the Greek; the context suggests Thomas, but the text does not name him. The phrase 'my fisher and guardian' (ἁλιέα καὶ φύλακα) is unusual for Thomas and may reflect a liturgical or allegorical reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}