# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 10.10

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/10.10

Οὐ μικρὸν δὲ εἰς φιλοστοργίαν ἦν καὶ τὸ παρ' ἐλπίδα δοθῆναι πᾶσαν. Ἴστε γὰρ πῶς ἐπέραστα τὰ τοιαῦτα παιδία, τὰ παρ' ἐλπίδα καὶ προσδοκίαν καὶ οὐ νόμῳ φύσεως κεχαρισμένα, οἷος ἐκεῖνος ἦν. Καὶ μετὰ τούτων δὴ πάντων τὸ μάλιστα ἱκανὸν παρασχεῖν σκάνδαλον ἡ ἐπαγγελία καὶ ἡ ὑπόσχεσις ἦν· ἐναντίον γὰρ ἦν αὐτῇ τὸ ἐπιταχθέν. Τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἐπαγγελθὲν ἦν· «Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡς τὰ ἄστρα οὐρανοῦ», τὸ δὲ ἐπιτεταγμένον, τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἀφ' οὗ πᾶσαν ἔμελλεν ἐμπλήσειν τὴν οἰκουμένην, τοῦτον ἐκ μέσου γίνεσθαι καὶ θανάτῳ παραδίδοσθαι καὶ σφαγῇ χαλεπωτάτῃ.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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