# De cruce et latrone [Sp.] (fort. auctore Severiano) 15

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De cruce et latrone [Sp.] (fort. auctore Severiano), Sect 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-cruce-et-latrone-sp-fort-auctore-severiano/15

Ὅτι δὲ οὐ λῃστὰς ἐμίσουν, λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Πιλάτος· „Τίνα ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω, τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἢ Βαραββὰν τὸν λῃστήν, ὃς διὰ φόνον, φησίν, ἦν βεβλημένος ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ“. Οἳ δέ φασιν· „Ἀπόλυσον ἡμῖν τὸν Βαραββάν“. Οἱ λῃσταὶ τὸν λῃστὴν ἐζητήσαντο καὶ τὸν Κύριον τῷ σταυρῷ παρέδωκαν, οὐ βίᾳ νικήσαντες ἀλλὰ τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ παραδόσαντες. Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Πιλάτος· „Τὸν βασιλέα ὑμῶν σταυρώσω;“ Οἳ δέ φασιν· „Οὐκ ἔχομεν βασιλέα εἰ μὴ Καίσαρα“. Ἠρνήσαντο τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ βασιλείαν καὶ παρεδώθησαν τῇ Ῥωμαίων βασιλείᾳ· ἐπειδὴ ὃ εἶχον ἐγνώησαν ὃ ᾐτήσαντο ἔλαβον.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De cruce et latrone [Sp.] (fort. auctore Severiano). 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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