# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 10.11

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/10.11

Καὶ ὁμῶς οὐδὲ οὕτως ἐσκανδαλίζετο, οὐδὲ ἐθορυβεῖτο ὁ δίκαιος ἐκεῖνος, οὐδὲ ἔπαθέ τι τοιοῦτον οἷον εἰκὸς ἦν τινα τῶν ἀνοήτων παθεῖν καὶ χαμαὶ συρομένων. Οὐδὲ γὰρ εἶπε πρὸς ἑαυτόν· Τί τοῦτο; ἐπλανήθην; παρελογίσθην; Θεοῦ τοῦτο ἐπίταγμα; Ἄπαγε, οὐ πείθομαι· τὸ παιδοκτόνον με γενέσθαι ἄδικον καὶ τοιούτῳ φοινῖξαι αἵματι τὴν δεξιάν μου. Πῶς δὲ τὰ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἕξει πέρας; Ἂν γὰρ ἀνέλω τὴν ῥίζαν, πόθεν οἱ κλάδοι; πόθεν οἱ καρποί; ἂν καταχώσω τὴν πηγήν, πόθεν οἱ ποταμοί; ἂν σφάξω τὸν υἱόν, πόθεν μοι τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐκγόνων τὸ τῷ πλήθει τῶν ἄστρων παρισούμενον;

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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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