# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 19.3

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/19.3

Καὶ γὰρ καὶ γυναῖκες πρὸς τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀπεδύσαντο τοῦτον καὶ ἀνδρῶν πολλαχοῦ μᾶλλον ἠνδρίσαντο. Οὐ γυναῖκες δὲ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ νέοι καὶ μειράκια κομιδῆ. Ταῦτ' οὖν, εἰπέ μοι, μικρά, τοσοῦτον δῆμον μαρτύρων κερδᾶναι τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν; Μάρτυρες γὰρ ἅπαντες οὗτοι. Οὐ γὰρ δὴ μόνον ἐκεῖνοι οἱ εἰς δικαστήριον ἑλκυσθέντες καὶ θῦσαι κελευσθέντες καὶ μὴ πεισθέντες, παθόντες ἅπερ ἔπαθον, μάρτυρες ἂν εἶεν· ἀλλὰ κἀκεῖνοι οἱ ὑπὲρ ὁτουοῦν τῶν τῷ Θεῷ δοκούντων παθεῖν τι καταδεξάμενοι· καὶ εἴ τις μετὰ ἀκριβείας ἐξετάσειεν οὗτοι μᾶλλον ἢ ἐκεῖνοι.

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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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