Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 3.8.2 (16.2)

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

Summary: Seven women support the tower.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:46

ἐμβλέψασά μοι ὑπεμειδίασεν καὶ λέγει μοι· Βλέπεις ἑπτὰ γυναῖκας κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου; Βλέπω, φημί, κυρία. Ὁ πύργος οὗτος ὑπὸ τούτων βαστάζεται κατʼ ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ κυρίου.

English · Claude translation

Looking at me, she smiled and said to me, “Do you see seven women around the tower?” “I see them, lady,” I said. “This tower is supported by them at the command of the Lord.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:46 · 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.

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Herm. Vis. 3.8.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/3/8/2/).

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Herm. Vis. 3.8.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/3/8/2/).

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