# De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles 16

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles, Sect 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-babyla-contra-julianum-et-gentiles/16

Τὸ δὲ αἴτιον οὐκ ἦν τῶν ἁλιέων ἐκείνων οὔτε τὰ ῥήματα οὔτε τὰ θαύματα ἀλλὰ τῆς εἰς αὐτοὺς ἐνεργούσης δυνάμεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Τῶν γὰρ ταῦτα ἐργασαμένων ὁ μὲν ἦν σκηνοποιὸς (ὁ Παῦλος) ὁ Πέτρος δὲ ἁλιεὺς καὶ οὐκ ἂν οὕτως εὐτελέσι καὶ ταπεινοῖς πλάσαι τι τοιοῦτον ἐπῆλθέ ποτε πλὴν εἰ μαίνεσθαί τις αὐτοὺς φαίη καὶ παραπαίειν. Ὅτι δὲ οὐκ ἐμαίνοντο δῆλον ἐξ ὧν εἰπόντες κατώρθωσαν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἔτι καὶ νῦν πειθομένων αὐτοῖς. Οὐκ ἂν οὖν ποτε τοιαῦτα ἐψεύσαντο οὐδὲ ἐκόμπασαν ἁπλῶς. Καὶ γὰρ ὅπερ ἀρχόμενος ἔφην· ὁ μέλλων ἐξαπατᾶν ψεύδεται μὲν ψεύδεται δὲ οὐχ οὕτως ὡς πᾶσι γενέσθαι καταφανής.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles. 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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