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Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 2.3.4 (7.4)

Hermas · Shepherd of Hermas: Visions · ca. 100–150 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: A warning to Maximus, and a citation of the Book of Eldad and Modat.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:22–24

ἐρεῖς δὲ Μαξίμῳ· Ἰδού, θλῖψις ἔρχεται· ἐάν σοι φανῇ, πάλιν ἄρνησαι. Ἐγγὺς κύριος τοῖς ἐπιστρεφομένοις, ὡς γέγραπται ἐν τῷ Ἐλδὰδ καὶ Μωδάτ, τοῖς προφητεύσασιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῷ λαῷ.

English · Claude translation

And you shall say to Maximus: Behold, tribulation is coming; if it seems good to you, deny again. The Lord is near to those who turn to him, as it is written in Eldad and Modat, who prophesied to the people in the wilderness.”

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Source
Lake, LCL 25:22–24 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 6–71 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published 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 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.
Scripture
Extrabiblical texts
  • Eld. Mod. (Eldad and Modad) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

  • “Maximus”: evidently a believer who had denied the faith in an earlier persecution; the words are ironic.
  • Eldad and Modat (Medad) prophesied in the camp (Num 11:26–29). The book cited here, attributed to them, is lost; this is its only surviving quotation.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): Ἰδοῦ, θλῖψις → Ἰδού, θλῖψις.

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Herm. Vis. 2.3.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/2/3/4/).

Plain text
Herm. Vis. 2.3.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/2/3/4/).

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