Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 5.4 (25.4)

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

Summary: Hermas recognizes him and is ashamed.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:68

ἔτι λαλοῦντος αὐτοῦ ἠλλοιώθη ἡ ἰδέα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέγνων αὐτόν, ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ἦν, ᾧ παρεδόθην, καὶ εὐθὺς συνεχύθην καὶ φόβος με ἔλαβεν καὶ ὅλος συνεκόπην ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης, ὅτι οὕτως αὐτῷ ἀπεκρίθην πονηρῶς καὶ ἀφρόνως.

English · Claude translation

While he was still speaking his appearance changed, and I recognized him, that it was he to whom I had been handed over; and immediately I was confused, and fear seized me, and I was completely overcome with grief that I had answered him so wickedly and foolishly.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:68 · 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. 5.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/5/4/).

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Herm. Vis. 5.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/herm-vis/5/4/).

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