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Prophetic Extracts 13.1

Clement of Alexandria · Prophetic Extracts · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: The two or three witnesses are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who witness and help us keep the commandments.

Greek text · Stählin 3:140

»Πᾶν ῥῆμα ἵσταται ἐπὶ δύο καὶ τριῶν μαρτύρων«, ἐπὶ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος, ἐφʼ ὧν μαρτύρων καὶ βοηθῶν αἱ ἐντολαὶ λεγόμεναι φυλάσσεσθαι ὀφείλουσιν.

English · Claude translation

“Every word is established on two or three witnesses”: on the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; the commandments spoken must be kept with these as witnesses and helpers.

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Source
Stählin 3:140 · Otto Stählin, ed., Clemens Alexandrinus, vol. 3, Stromata Buch VII und VIII, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae propheticae, Quis dives salvetur, Fragmente, GCS 17 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909) · Greek text: Otto Stählin, Clemens Alexandrinus 3 (GCS 17, 1909), 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), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Stählin (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • The quotation is Deut 19:15 (Matt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1).

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 13.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/13/1/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Ecl. 13.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-eclogae/13/1/).

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