Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

NPNF (V1-14)St. Chrysostom•Perhaps this may be the true reading, St Chrys. in these words turning his address to those whoare suffering worldly wrong: and saying that if they patiently endure, they are not the sufferers,but inflict suffering on their oppressors, though the expression•See Hom. xxvii. [6], pp. 489 sqq.•See St. Chrys. Homily on the words, John xvii. 19•See many instances of its use in this sense in Mr. Field’s note on St. Chrys. on 1 Cor. Hom. xxviii.(p. 255, A). [See p. 390, O.T.]•St. C. makes this the order of the narrative, but most commentators refer the words to an earlierperiod.•St. Chrys. alludes to these words in what follows: but without citing them.•St. Chrys. however is speaking of a bishop who repeats baptism.•St. Chrys. substitutes•The Bened. translator has•The Greek has simply the adjective and noun which would naturally be connected by the simplecopula.—F.G.]•The introduction of the•The literal sense is either•The readings here vary, without variety of meaning.•There are many other instances of a similar negligence of style in the genuine text, as also inother works of St. Chrys.•This he applies to the Christian keeping guard over himself (his words are•This looks like the gloss of a transcriber, surprised at the suspension of the sense.•Whether•[•[It is the same word as above and is rendered in the R.V.•[The passage is,•[There seems to be no need of this slight correction; the present participle of the Greek is evenmore closely represented by the A.V. than by the above translation. But in view of this note, itmust be allowed to stand.—F.G.]•[Yet it would be impossible to substitute the word•after••• N.T.• ἐσχάτων τ. ἡ• ἣν μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ• εἰς παιδείαν ὑπομένετε• καὶ ἤκ• τοῦτο μ• (pro def. trium capp. lib. xi. c. 5, p. 488, ed Sirm.) [ Gall. Bibl. Patr• And do not marvel.814