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Homily XX.

[1] [Chaps. 1–10 are also peculiar to the Homilies, though there are incidental resemblances to passages in the Recognitions, particularly in the presentation of free-will.—R.]

[2] “Not” is supplied by conjecture.

[3] A doubtful emendation of Wieseler’s for the senseless τριτογενές. Possibly it may be for πρωτογενές, original, and is underived.

[4] An obvious correction of the ms. is adopted.

[5] We have changed αὐτός into ἀγαθός.

[6] [With these views compare the doctrine of pairs, as repeatedly set forth; Homily II. 33, 34; Recognitions, iii. 59, 60, etc.—R.]

[7] “One” is supplied by Dressel’s conjecture.

[8] The words in italics are supplied by Dressel’s conjecture.

[9] Deut. xxxii. 39.

[10] We have adopted an obvious emendation of Wieseler’s.

[11] We have changed οὔσης into οὐ τῆς.

[12] We have given a meaning to μετασυγκριθείς not found in dictionaries, but warranted by etymology, and demanded by the sense.

[13] Part of this is supplied by Dressel’s conjecture.

[14] There is a lacuna, which has been filled up in various ways. We have supposed ἡμ to be for ἢ μ., possibly μητέρων ἤ. Wieseler supposes “immature boys.”

[15] Dressel translates, “drawing judgment on himself.”

[16] An emendation of Wieseler’s.

[17] ἐμφύτου.

[18] We have changed τοιοῦτον into τοιαύτην.

[19] Ex. iv. 3, 4.

[20] Ex. vii. 19, 20.

[21] Gen. ii. 7.

[22] Eccles. iii. 20.

[23] Ex. xxxiv. 29.

[24] One word of this is supplied conjecturally by Dressel.

[25] Gen. vi. 2. [Comp. Ps. civ. 4.]

[26] Part of this is conjectural.

[27] Gen. xviii. 4.

[28] Gen. xxxii. 24.

[29] We have adopted Wieseler’s emendation of μή into μέν.

[30] This passage is corrupt. We have changed ὅτι into ὅ, τι, and supplied τρέπει.

[31] Dressel remarks that this cannot be the true reading. Some other name mentioned in Hom. II. c. 1 must be substituted here or in c. 4.

[32] This passage is corrupt. We have adopted Wieseler’s emendations for the most part.

[33] We have read τῆς with Wieseler for τις.

[34] Wieseler translates “accidentally.”

[35] We have changed οὐχ ὡς ἔχον into οὕτως ἔχειν.

[36] Matt. xxv. 41.

[37] We have adopted an emendation of Wieseler’s.

[38] Wieseler’s emendation.

[39] We have changed ἀγαθός into ἀγαθοῖς.

[40] An emendation of Weiseler’s.

[41] Ex. vii. 9.

[42] [Chaps. 11–22 are almost identical with Recognitions, x. 52–64. But the conclusion of that narrative is fuller, giving prominence to the re-united family; comp. also chap. 23 here.—R.]

[43] There are some blanks here, supplied from the Epitome.

[44] Supplied from Epitome. The passage in Epitome Second renders it likely that the sentence ran: “But Simon, while doing many miracles publicly in Antioch, did nothing else by his discourses than excite hatred amongst them against you, and by calling you,” etc.

[45] This passage is amended principally according to Wieseler and the Recognitions.

[46] An emendation of Wieseler’s.

[47] Inserted by conjecture.

[48] Part of this is supplied from the Recognitions.

[49] Inserted from the Recognitions.

[50] These words are taken from the Recognitions.

[51] An emendation of Dressel’s.

[52] Supplied by Dressel from the Recognitions.

[53] An emendation of Wieseler’s.

[54] ms. reads “empty.” Wieseler proposed “new” or “assumed.”

[55] An emendation of Wieseler’s. The parts in italics are supplied by conjecture.

[56] We should have expected “standing near” or something similar, as Weiseler remarks; but the Latin of the Recognitions agrees with the Greek in having the simple “standing.”

[57] Amended according to Epitome.

[58] Partly filled up from Epitome and Recognitions.

[59] ms. reads, “I preach.”

[60] We have changed εἶδε into εἶκε, and added καὶ εἶπε, according to the Recognitions.

[61] One word, τύχης, is superfluous.

[62] Supplied from the Recognitions.

[63] We read ἐπιτηδειότατα, in harmony with the Recognitions.

[64] Part in italics supplied from Recognitions.

[65] The Greek is probably corrupt here; but there can scarcely be a doubt about the meaning.

[66] This is supplied purely by conjecture.

[67] Supplied from the Recognitions.

[68] This part is restored by means of the Recognitions.

[69] [The narrative in the Recognitions (x. 65) is the same up to this point. But, instead of this somewhat abrupt conclusion of this chapter, we find there several chapters (from the close of chap. 65 to the end, chap. 72), which round out the story: the confession of the father in his metamorphosis, his restoration, the Apostle’s entry into Antioch, his miracles there, with the happy re-union of the entire family of Clement as believers. It should be added, as indicating the close relation of the two narratives, that the closing sentence of the Homilies is found, with slight variations, in Recognitions, x. 18.—R.]

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