1 Clement 55.5

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: God gave Holofernes into Judith's hand.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:102

παραδοῦσα οὖν ἑαυτὴν τῷ κινδύνῳ ἐξῆλθεν διʼ ἀγάπην τῆς πατρίδος καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ ὄντος ἐν συγκλεισμῷ, καὶ παρέδωκεν κύριος Ὀλοφέρνην ἐν χειρὶ θηλείας.

English · Claude translation

So, exposing herself to danger, she went out for love of her country and of her people under siege, and the Lord delivered Holofernes into the hand of a woman.

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Source

Lake, LCL 24:102 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Extrabiblical texts

Jdt 13:15 (Judith) · allusion, high confidence

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1 Clem. 55.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/5/).

Plain text

1 Clem. 55.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/55/5/).

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