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Shepherd of Hermas, Chapter 4

        
Shepherd of Hermas, Chapter 4

        
Codex Sinaiticus (4th c.) — biblical authors, 

        
Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891) · Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription

        
      


      
      
      

      

        
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  1. Manuscript scan: The actual folio(s) of Codex Sinaiticus containing this chapter, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Each section links to the specific folio holding its verses.
  2. Original text: The Codex Sinaiticus Project's verbatim transcription of the folio shown (uncial letters, lunate sigma, nomina sacra preserved).
  3. English translation: J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891), public domain, retrieved verbatim from Lightfoot 1891 via earlychristianwritings.com transcription.
Numbering: Chapter 4 in the continuous (Whittaker) numbering used by the Codex Sinaiticus Project is Vision 1, chapter 4 in Lightfoot's traditional division, which the English column follows.
Why this is here: Codex Sinaiticus binds this text after Revelation, alongside the canonical books. Reading it on the same parchment as the Gospels is primary evidence for how a 4th-century Christian community treated it.

      


      

        

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Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (4th c.) — biblical authors — page scan from Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891).

            
Original text: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription (public domain).

            
English translation: J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891) (public domain).

            
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            §4.1-3 · Shepherd of Hermas 4:1-3
            

              
              
              
            

          


          
          

            
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Greek · Codex Sinaiticus transcription

                    
1ετελεϲεν αναγινωϲκουϲα και ηγερθη απο τηϲ καθεδραϲ ηλθαν τεϲϲαρεϲ νεϲ νεανιαι και απηλθον προϲ την ανατολην 2προϲκαλιτε δε μαι και ηψατο του ϲτηθουϲ μ(ου) και λεγι μοι ηρεϲε ϲοι η αναγνωϲιϲ μου και λεγω αυτη κυρια ταυτα μοι τα εϲχατα χαλεπα και ϲκληρα η δε εφη μοι λεγουϲα ταυτα τα εϲχατα τοιϲ δικ(αι)οιϲ τα δε πρωτα τοιϲ εθνεϲιν και τοιϲ αποϲταταιϲ · 3λαλουϲηϲ αυτηϲ μετ εμου δυο τινεϲ ανδραιϲ εφανηϲαν και ηραν αυτην των αγκωνων και απηλθα οπου η καθεδρα προϲ την ανατολην ϊλαρα δε απηλθεν και ϋπαγουϲα λεγει ανδριζου ερμα ·

            
          


          

            
English · J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891)

                    
1When then she finished reading and arose from her chair, there came four young men, and they took away the chair, and departed towards the East. 2Then she calleth me unto her, and she touched my breast, and saith to me, "Did my reading please thee?" And I say unto her, "Lady, these last words please me, but the former were difficult and hard." Then she spake to me, saying, "These last words are for the righteous, but the former are for the heathen and the rebellious." 3While she yet spake with me, two men appeared, and took her by the arms, and they departed, whither the chair also had gone, towards the East. And she smiled as she departed and, as she was going, she saith to me, "Play the man, Hermas."

          

        

        
      


    

    

    

      

      

        
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  • Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891) — view original
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  • Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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