{"slug":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-sermo-cum-iret-in-exsilium","id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-john-chrysostom-sermo-cum-iret-in-exsilium","title":"Sermo cum iret in exsilium","title_source":"Sermo cum iret in exsilium","author":"John Chrysostom","genre":"homily","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. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T06:33:51Z","cost_usd":0.002898},"source":{"registry_id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-john-chrysostom-sermo-cum-iret-in-exsilium","work_id":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-sermo-cum-iret-in-exsilium","edition":"khazarzar","language":"","license":"Migne PG text (public domain); khazarzar host and the digitising project state no licence for this layer","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/John%20Chrysostom_PG%2047-64/Sermo%20cum%20iret%20in%20exsilium.pdf"},"stats":{"passages":5,"english_words":1082,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":4266,"commentary_units":29,"commentary_kinds":6,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":8,"work_notes":5,"external_links":0,"timeline":4},"summary":{"work":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-sermo-cum-iret-in-exsilium","abstract":"This homily, attributed to John Chrysostom, was delivered in 404 CE as he prepared for his second and final exile from Constantinople. The text survives in Greek manuscripts from the 10th–11th centuries and is preserved in Migne's Patrologia Graeca. It is a model of pastoral courage, read in Byzantine monastic circles and included in some menologia for June 20. The khazarzar edition lacks critical apparatus and English translation, requiring consultation of the PG edition for textual and historical context.","historical_context":"The homily was delivered in 404 CE, during Holy Week, amid Chrysostom's conflict with Empress Eudoxia and the imperial court, which led to his exile. The community was the Christian congregation of Constantinople, where Chrysostom served as bishop. The language is Greek, and the genre is a homily, characterized by rhetorical paradox and scriptural allusion. The text was transmitted through Byzantine monastic circles, with earliest manuscript witnesses from the 10th–11th centuries. It was included in some menologia for the commemoration of Chrysostom's exile (June 20), though not in the standard liturgical cycle. The khazarzar edition is based on the critical text of Migne's Patrologia Graeca, vol. 52, cols. 427–432, but lacks a critical apparatus.","significance":"This homily exemplifies Chrysostom's rhetorical defiance and spiritual confidence in the face of persecution, influencing later hagiographical accounts of his exile. It reflects the political and ecclesiastical tensions of early 5th-century Constantinople and was valued in Byzantine monasticism as a model of pastoral courage. Its inclusion in menologia underscores its liturgical and commemorative importance.","timeline":[{"date":"404 CE","event":"Delivery of the homily during Holy Week, before Chrysostom's second exile from Constantinople."},{"date":"10th–11th centuries","event":"Earliest surviving Greek manuscripts of the homily."},{"date":"19th century","event":"Publication of the critical text in Migne's Patrologia Graeca, vol. 52."},{"date":"June 20 (liturgical)","event":"Commemoration of Chrysostom's exile in some menologia."}],"relations":[{"work":"Patrologia Graeca, vol. 52","relation":"Source of the critical text used by khazarzar","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Homilies of John Chrysostom","relation":"Part of Chrysostom's corpus of homilies","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Menologia","relation":"Included in some menologia for June 20","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The date of 404 CE is based on internal references but is not independently verified by external sources.","The earliest manuscript witnesses date from the 10th–11th centuries, leaving a gap of several centuries in transmission.","The khazarzar edition lacks a critical apparatus and English translation, limiting its use for non-specialists.","The homily's inclusion in menologia is not universal, and its liturgical use may vary."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000367,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:33:51Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Patrologia Graeca text (khazarzar mirror)","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/John%20Chrysostom_PG%2047-64/Sermo%20cum%20iret%20in%20exsilium.pdf"}],"checks":{"work":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-sermo-cum-iret-in-exsilium","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":5,"translated":5,"commentary_passages":5,"commentary_units":29,"english_words":1082,"source_letters":4264,"commentary_kinds":6},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The homily was delivered in 404 CE, just before Chrysostom's second and final exile from Constantinople. 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The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: homily in ancient Greek; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 5 narrative."},{"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":5},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"ΟΤΕ ΑΠΗΕΙ ΕΝ ΤΗ ΕΞΟΡΙΑ.\n\nαʹ. Φαιδρὸς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος, ἀδελφοί μου, καὶ λαμπρὰ πανήγυρις, καὶ θάλαττα εὐρύχωρος ἐμπεπλησμένη, ἀλλ' οὐ ταραττομένη τῇ ζάλῃ τῶν ἀνέμων. Ἦλθε γὰρ ἡ μήτηρ τῆς εἰρήνης, ἡ κατασβεννύουσα τὴν ζάλην τῶν ἀνέμων· Μήτηρ Σιὼν ἐρεῖ, ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐγεννήθη ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτήν. Τεκνία μου, μελλουσί με καθελεῖν; καὶ τί δέδοικα τὸν θάνατον; Ἐμοὶ τὸ ζῇν ὁ Χριστὸς, καὶ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος. Ἀλλ' ἐξορίᾳ παραπέμψουσι; Τοῦ Κυρίου ἡ γῆ, καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς. Ἀλλὰ χρημάτων δήμευσις ἔσται μοι; Οὐδὲν εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσηνέγκαμεν, δῆλον ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐξενεγκεῖν τι δυνάμεθα. Ἀλλ' οἴδατε, ἀδελφοὶ, δι' ἣν αἰτίαν μέλλουσί με καθελεῖν. Ἐπειδὴ τάπητας οὐχ ἥπλωσα, καὶ σηρικὰ ἱμάτια οὐκ ἐνεδυσάμην, ὅτι τὴν γαστριμαργίαν αὐτῶν οὐ παρεμυθησάμην, χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον οὐ προσήνεγκα. Λέγουσι δέ μοι, ὅτι Ἔφαγες καὶ ἔπιες, καὶ ἐβάπτισας. Εἰ ἐποίησα τοῦτο, ἀνάθεμά μοι ἔστω· μὴ ἀριθμηθείην μετὰ τῶν ἐπισκόπων, μὴ γίνωμαι μετὰ ἀγγέλων, μὴ ἀρέσω τῷ Θεῷ.","english":"When I Was Going into Exile.\n\n1. Our discourse is cheerful, my brothers, and the assembly is bright, and the broad sea is filled, but not disturbed by the storm of winds. For the mother of peace has come, who quenches the storm of winds. \"Mother Zion,\" she will say, \"a man and a man was born in her, and he himself founded her.\" My children, are they about to depose me? And why do I fear death? For me, living is Christ, and dying is gain. But will they send me into exile? The Lord's is the earth, and its fullness. But will there be a confiscation of my property? We brought nothing into the world; clearly, we can take nothing out. But you know, brothers, the reason why they are about to depose me. Because I did not spread carpets, and I did not wear silk garments, because I did not indulge their gluttony, and I did not offer gold and silver. And they say to me, \"You ate and drank, and you baptized.\" If I did this, let it be anathema to me; may I not be counted among the bishops, may I not be among the angels, may I not be pleasing to God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Φαιδρὸς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος","severity":"info","text":"The opening claim that the discourse is 'cheerful' (Φαιδρὸς) despite the context of exile is a deliberate rhetorical paradox, setting a tone of defiance and spiritual confidence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Τοῦ Κυρίου ἡ γῆ, καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Psalm 24:1 (LXX: 'Τοῦ Κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς'), asserting God's ownership of all land to counter the threat of exile.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"οὐδὲν εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσηνέγκαμεν, δῆλον ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐξενεγκεῖν τι δυνάμεθα","severity":"info","text":"This reflects a common ascetic trope based on Job 1:21 and 1 Timothy 6:7, emphasizing detachment from material wealth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Μήτηρ Σιὼν ἐρεῖ, ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐγεννήθη ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτήν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Mother Zion' personifies the Church in Jerusalem, and the reference to 'a man and a man' likely alludes to Christ and a bishop (possibly Chrysostom himself) as founders.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"αʹ.","severity":"info","text":"The numeral 'αʹ.' marks the first section of the homily, indicating a structured division typical of Chrysostom's rhetorical style.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀνάθεμά μοι ἔστω","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's self-imposed anathema if he had committed simony reflects his posthumous reputation as a defender of clerical integrity, influencing later hagiographical accounts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Mother Zion' and the phrase 'a man and a man' is ambiguous; it may refer to Christ and a bishop, or to two biblical figures."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἐβάπτισα, οὐδὲν τῶν λεγομένων ἄκαιρον ἐποίησα. Καθελέτωσαν καὶ Παῦλον τὸν ἀπόστολον, ὅτι μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον τῷ δεσμοφύλακι τὰ βάπτισμα ἐχαρίσατο· καὶ καθελέτωσαν αὐτὸν τὸν Κύριον, ὅτι μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον τὴν κοινωνίαν τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐχαρίσατο. Πολλὰ ὁρῶ κύματα καὶ χαλεπὸν τὸ κλυδώνιον, καὶ δόρατα παρεσκευασμένα· κἀγὼ ὡς κυβερνήτης ἐν μεγάλῳ κλύδωνι, καθέζομαι ἐπὶ τὰς δύο πρύμνας τοῦ πλοίου, ἤγουν ἐπὶ τὴν Παλαιὰν καὶ Νέαν Διαθήκην, καὶ ταῖς κώπαις ἀπωθοῦμαι τὴν ζάλην· οὐ ταῖς κώπαις ταῖς ξυλίναις, ἀλλὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τῷ τιμίῳ τοῦ Δεσπότου τὴν ζάλην εἰς εἰρήνην μεταστρέφω. Δεσπότης κελεύει, καὶ δοῦλος στεφανοῦται· διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸν (οὐ) παραδίδωσιν αὐτὸς διαβόλῳ. Ἒν (λ. ἂν) δὲ οὐκ οἴδασιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι ὅτι διὰ τοῦ ἀκαθάρτου τὸ καθαρώτατον σκεῦος φανεροῦται; Ἀδελφοὶ, τρεῖς ὑμῖν ὑποθέσεις τίθημι, πίστιν, πειρασμὸν, σωφροσύνην. Εἰ λέγετε πίστιν ὑπομένειν, μιμήσασθε τὸν μακάριον Ἀβραὰμ, τὸν παρηκμακότα τῇ ἡλικίᾳ καὶ καρποὺς ὡρίμους δεξάμενον. Εἰ δὲ λέγετε πειρασμὸν ὑπομένειν, μιμεῖσθε τὸν μακάριον Ἰώβ. Τὸν αὐτοῦ τρόπον οἴδατε, καὶ τὴν ὑπομονὴν ἠκούσατε, καὶ τὸ τέλος αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔλαθεν ὑμῖν. Εἰ δὲ θέλετε σωφροσύνην ὑπομένειν, μιμήσασθε τὸν μακάριον Ἰωσὴφ, τὸν πραθέντα εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ λιμῷ τηκομένην Αἴγυπτον ἐλευθερώσαντα.","english":"But even if I ate and baptized, I did nothing untimely among the things spoken. Let them also depose Paul the Apostle, because after supper he granted baptism to the jailer; and let them depose the Lord Himself, because after supper he granted communion to the disciples. I see many waves and a grievous surge, and spears prepared; and I, like a helmsman in a great storm, sit upon the two sterns of the ship, that is, upon the Old and New Testament, and with the oars I push back the squall—not with wooden oars, but with the precious cross of the Master I turn the squall into peace. The Master commands, and the slave is crowned; for this reason he does not hand him over to the devil. Do men not know that through the unclean vessel the most pure vessel is revealed? Brethren, I set before you three themes: faith, trial, chastity. If you say to endure faith, imitate the blessed Abraham, who was advanced in age and received ripe fruits. If you say to endure trial, imitate the blessed Job. You know his manner, and you have heard of his endurance, and his end has not escaped you. If you wish to endure chastity, imitate the blessed Joseph, who was sold into Egypt and freed Egypt, which was wasting away from famine.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Παῦλον τὸν ἀπόστολον","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom refers to Paul baptizing the jailer after supper (Acts 16:25-34). This defends his own actions by apostolic precedent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν Κύριον","severity":"info","text":"The Lord giving communion after supper alludes to the Last Supper (Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24). Chrysostom parallels Christ's institution of the Eucharist.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"κυβερνήτης","severity":"info","text":"The helmsman metaphor, common in ancient rhetoric, here uses the ship's two sterns (Old and New Testaments) as a symbol of scriptural authority against persecution.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"τῷ σταυρῷ τῷ τιμίῳ","severity":"info","text":"The 'precious cross' is a standard epithet in Greek patristic literature, emphasizing the cross as a transformative instrument of peace, not merely a wooden oar.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"τρεῖς ὑμῖν ὑποθέσεις τίθημι","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom introduces three themes—faith, trial, chastity—each exemplified by a biblical figure (Abraham, Job, Joseph). This tripartite structure organizes the exhortation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰωσὴφ","severity":"info","text":"Joseph sold into Egypt and freeing Egypt from famine (Genesis 37-50) is cited as a model of chastity. The phrase 'wasting away from famine' echoes Genesis 41:54-57.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text has 'Ἒν (λ. ἂν) δὲ οὐκ οἴδασιν'—a textual crux: 'Ἒν' may be a scribal error for 'ἂν' (if), and the parenthetical 'λ.' likely indicates a variant reading. The translation follows the emended sense.","The phrase 'τὸν αὐτοῦ τρόπον οἴδατε' could refer to Job's manner or to the audience's knowledge; the English draft takes it as the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Προσετίθη γὰρ αὐτῷ πειρασμὸς ἐκ πόρνης Αἰγυπτίας τῷ ἔρωτι δεδουλωμένης, ἥτις αὐτῷ παρεκάθητο, Κοιμήθητι, λέγουσα, μετ' ἐμοῦ. Ἐβούλετο γὰρ τῆς σωφροσύνης αὐτὸν ἀπογυμνῶσαι ἐν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἡ Αἰγυπτία· ἐνταῦθα δὲ ὁ Αἰγύπτιος. Ἀλλ' οὔτε ἐκείνη τὸν ἅγιον ἐσκέλισεν, οὔτε οὗτος τοῦτον· ἀλλ' ἐφάνη ὁμοῦ τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἡ σωφροσύνη, καὶ τῶν τέκνων ἡ εὐγένεια, καὶ τῆς βαρβάρου ἡ ἀκολασία. βʹ. Ἀδελφοὶ, ὁ κλέπτης οὐκ ἔρχεται ὅπου καλάμη, καὶ χόρτος, καὶ ξύλον· ἀλλ' ὅπου κεῖται χρυσὸς, ἢ ἄργυρος, ἢ μαργαρίτης· οὕτως ὁ διάβολος οὐκ εἰσέρχεται ὅπου πόρνος, ἢ βέβηλος, ἢ ἅρπαξ, ἢ πλεονέκτης· ἀλλ' ὅπου οἱ τὸν ἔρημον βίον διάγοντες. Ἀδελφοὶ, βουλόμεθα ἐφαπλῶσαι τὴν γλῶτταν πρὸς τὴν βασιλίδα; Ἀλλὰ τί εἴπω; Ἰεζάβελ θορυβεῖται, καὶ Ἠλίας φεύγει· Ἡρωδιὰς εὐφραίνεται, καὶ Ἰωάννης δεσμεύεται· ἡ Αἰγυπτία ψεύδεται, καὶ Ἰωσὴφ φυλακίζεται. Ἐὰν οὖν ἐξορίσωσί με, τὸν Ἠλίαν μιμοῦμαι· ἐὰν εἰς βόρβορον βάλωσι, τὸν Ἱερεμίαν· ἐὰν εἰς θάλατταν, τὸν προφήτην Ἰωνᾶν· ἐὰν καὶ εἰς λάκκον, τὸν Δανιήλ· ἐὰν λιθάσωσί με, Στέφανον· ἐὰν","english":"He had added to him a trial from an Egyptian harlot enslaved by lust, who sat beside him, saying, \"Lie with me.\" For the Egyptian woman wished to strip him of his chastity in Egypt; and here, the Egyptian man. But neither did that woman trip up the holy one, nor did this man trip up this one; but the chastity of freedom, the nobility of the children, and the licentiousness of the barbarian were all revealed together. 2. Brethren, the thief does not go where there is straw, and grass, and wood; but where gold, or silver, or pearl lies; so the devil does not enter where there is a fornicator, or a profane person, or a robber, or a covetous man; but where those who lead a solitary life are. Brethren, do we wish to stretch out our tongue against the empress? But what shall I say? Jezebel is in turmoil, and Elijah flees; Herodias rejoices, and John is bound; the Egyptian woman lies, and Joseph is imprisoned. If then they exile me, I imitate Elijah; if they cast me into the mire, Jeremiah; if into the sea, the prophet Jonah; if even into a pit, Daniel; if they stone me, Stephen; if","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Αἰγυπτίας","severity":"info","text":"The Egyptian harlot is Potiphar’s wife, who attempted to seduce Joseph in Genesis 39. Chrysostom contrasts her with an Egyptian man, likely a reference to the current trial.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰωσὴφ","severity":"info","text":"Joseph’s imprisonment after Potiphar’s wife’s false accusation (Gen 39:20) is cited as a type of unjust suffering, paralleling Chrysostom’s own exile.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἠλίας","severity":"info","text":"Elijah’s flight from Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:3) is invoked as a model for exile. Chrysostom aligns himself with prophetic figures facing persecution.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰωάννης","severity":"info","text":"John the Baptist’s imprisonment by Herodias (Mk 6:17) is cited. Chrysostom compares his own situation to John’s, emphasizing unjust suffering.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Στέφανον","severity":"info","text":"Stephen’s stoning (Acts 7:58-60) is the final example. Chrysostom lists a chain of biblical martyrs to frame his own potential death as honorable.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"βʹ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek numeral βʹ marks a new section. Chrysostom shifts from narrative to a series of biblical exempla, reinforcing his resolve through typology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the Egyptian man' (ὁ Αἰγύπτιος) is unclear; it may refer to a specific contemporary opponent or be a generic foil to the Egyptian woman.","The phrase 'stretch out our tongue against the empress' (βουλόμεθα ἐφαπλῶσαι τὴν γλῶτταν πρὸς τὴν βασιλίδα) is ambiguous: it could mean speaking against the empress Eudoxia, but the Coptic context suggests a rhetorical question about whether to respond to her hostility."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"ἀποκεφαλίσωσι, Ἰωάννην τὸν πρόδρομον· ἐὰν ῥαβδίσωσι, Παῦλον· ἐὰν πρίσωσι, τὸν Ἡσαΐαν. Εἴθε ξυλίνῳ πρίονι, ἵνα τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ πόθου ἀπολαύσω. Ἡ σεσωματωμένη πολεμεῖ τὸν ἀσώματον· ἡ λουτροῖς καὶ μυρίσμασι καὶ μετ' ἀνδρὸς περιπλεκομένη, πολεμεῖ τὴν καθαρὰν καὶ ἄσπιλον Ἐκκλησίαν. Ἀλλά γε καὶ αὐτὴ καθίσει χήρα, ἔτι ζῶντος τοῦ ἀνδρός· ὅτι γυνὴ εἶ, καὶ χηρεῦσαι θέλεις τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν. Ἑσπέρας ἐκάλει με τρισκαιδέκατον ἀπόστολον, καὶ σήμερον Ἰούδα προσεῖπε. Χθὲς μετ' ἐλευθερίας συνεκάθητό μοι, καὶ σήμερον ὡς θηρίον μοι ἐπεπήδησε.\n\nἜδει τὸν ἥλιον παρ' ἡμῖν σβεσθῆναι, καὶ τὴν σελήνην μὴ φανῆναι, καὶ μόνον τοῦ ῥήματος Ἰὼβ μὴ ἐπιλαθέσθαι. Καὶ γὰρ Ἰὼβ, ὁ τηλικαύτην ὑπομείνας πληγὴν, ἄλλο οὐδὲν ἐβόα ἢ ὅτι, Εἴη τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου εὐλογημένον εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ὅτε γὰρ ἡ τούτου γυνὴ ἐβόα λέγουσα· Εἰπόν τι ῥῆμα πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ τελεύτα, ἐπετίμησεν αὐτῇ λέγων· Ἵνα τί ὡς μία τῶν ἀφρόνων γυναικῶν ἐλάλησας; Ὢ ἀχαροῦς γυναικός! ὢ μάλαγμα ὀδυνῶν! Ἆρα, γύναι, σοῦ ποτε ἀῤῥωστούσης τοιαῦτά σοι ἐφθέγξατο Ἰώβ; καὶ οὐχὶ εὐχαῖς καὶ εὐποιίαις ἀπεσμήξατό σου τὴν νόσον; Ὅτε ἐν βασιλικαῖς αὐλαῖς διῆγεν, ὅτε τὰ χρήματα εἶχεν, ὅτε τὴν θεραπείαν τὴν βασιλικὴν, οὐδὲν τοσοῦτον ἔλεγες, καὶ νῦν ὁρῶσα ἐπὶ κοπρίας καθήμενον, καὶ ὑπὸ σκωλήκων συνειλισσόμενον, τοῦτο λέγεις, Εἰπόν τι ῥῆμα πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ τελεύτα. Οὐκ ἤρκει αὐτῷ ἡ πρόσκαιρος παιδεία, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ῥήματος αἰωνίαν αὐτῷ τὴν κόλασιν προξενεῖς; Ἀλλὰ τί ὁ μακάριος Ἰώβ; Ἵνα τί ὥσπερ μία τῶν ἀφρόνων γυναικῶν ἐλάλησας;","english":"they behead, John the Forerunner; if they beat with rods, Paul; if they saw, Isaiah. Would that it were with a wooden saw, so that I might enjoy the cross of desire. The embodied woman wars against the bodiless one; she who is entwined in baths and perfumes and with a man wars against the pure and spotless Church. But she herself will sit as a widow while her husband still lives; for you are a woman, and you wish to widow the Church. In the evening she called me the thirteenth apostle, and today she addressed me as Judas. Yesterday she sat with me in freedom, and today she leaped upon me like a wild beast.\n\nThe sun ought to have been extinguished for us, and the moon not to have appeared, and only the word of Job not to be forgotten. For Job, who endured such a great blow, cried out nothing else but, \"May the name of the Lord be blessed for eternity.\" For when his wife cried out saying, \"Say a word to the Lord, and die,\" he rebuked her, saying, \"Why have you spoken like one of the foolish women?\" O ungrateful woman! O salve of pains! Well then, woman, when you were ever ill, did Job say such things to you? And did he not wipe away your sickness with prayers and good deeds? When he lived in royal courts, when he had wealth, when he had royal retinue, you said nothing of the sort, and now seeing him sitting on a dung heap and writhing with worms, you say this, \"Say a word to the Lord, and die.\" Was the temporary trial not enough for him, but do you also procure eternal punishment for him through your words? But what does the blessed Job say? \"Why have you spoken like one of the foolish women?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰωάννην τὸν πρόδρομον","severity":"info","text":"John the Forerunner (the Baptist) was beheaded by Herod Antipas; Chrysostom invokes him as a model of martyrdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Παῦλον","severity":"info","text":"Paul was beaten with rods at Philippi (Acts 16:22-23); Chrysostom cites this as a precedent for his own suffering.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἡσαΐαν","severity":"info","text":"Isaiah was sawn in two, according to tradition (Lives of the Prophets); Chrysostom wishes for a wooden saw to emulate his martyrdom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰώβ","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom paraphrases Job 1:21 (LXX) and Job 2:9-10, where Job blesses God despite calamity and rebukes his wife for urging blasphemy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἡ σεσωματωμένη","severity":"info","text":"The 'embodied woman' is likely the empress Eudoxia, whom Chrysostom accuses of persecuting the Church; the contrast with the 'bodiless' Church is a rhetorical trope.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a series of hypothetical martyrdoms to a direct invective against a female opponent, then to a scriptural exemplum from Job, creating a tripartite rhetorical arc.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'embodied woman' is not explicitly named; it may refer to Eudoxia or a generic figure. The phrase 'ξυλίνῳ πρίονι' (wooden saw) may be ironic or literal."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Εἰ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἐδεξάμεθα ἐκ χειρὸς Κυρίου, τὰ κακὰ οὐχ ὑποίσωμεν; Τί δὲ καὶ ἡ παράνομος καὶ στυγερὰ, αὕτη ἡ νέα, φημὶ, Ἰεζάβελ οὐ βοᾷ καὶ λέγει ἐκ... καὶ διαπερα ἀποδρ... ἀλλὰ ἀποστέλλει μοι ὑπάτους καὶ τριβούνους, καὶ μόνον ἀπειλεῖ. Καὶ τί μοι ἀνῆκεν; Ἀράχναι ὑπὸ ἀράχνης ἀποστελλόμεναι. Ἀδελφοὶ πάντες, ὅτι καὶ ἐν πόνοις ἀπόκειται νίκη, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσιν ἀπόκειται στέφανος, ὡς ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος ἀρτίως ἔλεγε, Τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα, καὶ λοιπὸν ἀπόκειται ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης στέφανος, ὃν ἀποδώσει μοι Κύριος ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ δίκαιος κριτής· ὅτι αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.","english":"If we have received the good things from the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure the bad? And does not this lawless and abominable woman—this new Jezebel, I mean—cry out and say from... and through... to flee? But she sends me consuls and tribunes, and only threatens. And what is that to me? Spiders sent by a spider. Brethren, all of you, know that victory lies in toils, and a crown lies in contests, as the divine Paul just said: I have fought the good fight, I have completed the course, I have kept the faith, and henceforth the crown of righteousness awaits, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day; for to him is the glory and the power unto the ages of ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰεζάβελ","severity":"info","text":"Jezebel, the Old Testament queen of Israel (1 Kings 16–21), is used here as a typological figure for a hostile female opponent, likely the empress Eudoxia, whom Chrysostom elsewhere compares to Jezebel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα","severity":"info","text":"This echoes 2 Timothy 4:7, where Paul speaks of completing the race and keeping the faith, though the exact phrasing is not a direct quotation but a paraphrase by Chrysostom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ὑπάτους καὶ τριβούνους","severity":"info","text":"Consuls and tribunes were high-ranking Roman officials. Chrysostom refers to the imperial authorities sent to threaten him during his exile, reflecting his conflict with the imperial court.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀδελφοὶ πάντες","severity":"info","text":"This address marks a rhetorical shift from polemic against the empress to direct exhortation of the congregation, a common homiletic device to engage the audience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀράχναι ὑπὸ ἀράχνης ἀποστελλόμεναι","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of spiders sending spiders is a vivid image of insignificance and fragility, likely a Chrysostomian invention; it appears in other late antique texts as a trope for futile threats.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text has lacunae: 'ἐκ... καὶ διαπερα ἀποδρ...' — the intended verbs and objects are uncertain; the English draft supplies 'cry out and say from... and through... to flee' as a plausible reconstruction.","The phrase 'ἡ νέα, φημὶ, Ἰεζάβελ' could be read as 'this new Jezebel' or 'this young Jezebel'; the context supports the typological reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}