A man judged and examined in all the earth
First let us look from the prophetic word, then also according to the ascent of sense, if it is a prophet’s proclamation. 'Woe is me, mother, as what man did you bear me—a man judged and examined in all the earth?' O mother, as what did you bring me forth—a man judged against all who are on the earth, and examined against all who are on the earth?
For the prophetic task lay before this prophet, and before Isaiah, and before the rest: to teach, to rebuke, and to turn people back. So it lay before this prophet too to examine, to rebuke, to judge—being able both to judge and to be judged with sinners—and to rebuke the sins of the people. And what need is there even to say what those from the people did to them? They stoned one, they sawed another, they killed another 'between the temple and the altar,' and this one, when they were rebuked, they threw into a pit of mire.
And in all of this our Savior has done the same, and better than these, being Lord of prophets. For if he himself was scourged and crucified and handed over by the Jews, or by the teachers of the Jews and the leader of the people, he said: 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.' And he adds upon each: 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.' And he adds upon each 'Woe' and 'therefore' this and that.
And we too, if we are eager for the blessings of the prophets, let us do the same things, so that, because we speak and are judged before many people, we may also say: 'Woe is me, mother, as what man did you bear me—a man judged and examined in all the earth?'
Greek
πρῶτον γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ προφητικοῦ λόγου ἴδωμεν, εἶτα καὶ κατὰ ἀναγωγήν, ἐὰν πρόρησίαν προφήτου. «οἴμοι ἐγώ, μῆτερ, ὡς τίνα με ἔτεκες ἄνδρα δικαζόμενον καὶ διακρινόμενον ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ;« ὦ μῆτερ, ὡς τί με γεγέννηκας ἄνδρα δικαζόμενον πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ διακρίνεσθαι πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; προέκειτο γὰρ τῷ προφήτῃ καὶ τούτῳ καὶ τῷ Ἡσαΐᾳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς τὸ προφητικόν, διδάσκειν, ἐλέγχειν καὶ ἐπιστρέφειν. προέκειτο τοιγαροῦν καὶ τούτῳ τῷ προφήτῃ διακρίνειν, ἐλέγχειν, δικάζειν δυναμένῳ καὶ δικάζεσθαι μετὰ τῶν ἁμαρ- τωλῶν, ἐλέγχειν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα τοῦ λαοῦ. καὶ ὅσα αὐτοῖς πεποιήκασιν οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ, τί δεῖ καὶ λέγειν; ἄλλον ἐλιθοβόλησαν, ἄλλον ἔπρισαν, ἄλλον ἀπέκτειναν «μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου«, τοῦτον εἰς λάκκον βορβόρου ἔβαλον ἐλεγχόμενοι. καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν τοῦτο πεποίηκε καὶ κρειττόνως γε ἢ οὗτοι, ἅτε κύριος προφητῶν ὤν. καὶ γάρ, εἴπερ αὐτὸς ἐμαστιγώθη καὶ ἐσταυρώθη καὶ παρεδόθη ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἢ ὑπὸ τῶν διδασκάλων τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ τοῦ ἡγουμένου τοῦ λαοῦ, εἶπεν· «οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί«· καὶ ἐπιλέγει καθ᾿ ἕκαστον «οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί«· καὶ ἐπιλέγει καθ᾿ ἕκαστον «οὐαί« καὶ «διὰ τοῦτο« τόδε καὶ τόδε. καὶ ἡμεῖς οὖν, εἰ σπουδάζομεν ἐπὶ τοὺς μακαρισμοὺς τῶν προφητῶν, ταὐτὰ ποιήσωμεν, ὥστε, διὰ τὸ λέγειν καὶ διὰ τὸ κριθῦναι πρὸς πολλοὺς ἀνθρώπους, καὶ εἰπεῖν· «οἴμοι ἐγώ, μῆτερ, ὡς τίνα με ἔτεκες ἄνδρα δικαζόμενον καὶ διακρινόμενον ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ;«
About this text
Origen on Jeremiah. Twenty Greek homilies survive. This page publishes the Pass B English for Homilies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Homily 8 remains a machine draft and is not shipped yet. The rest of the volume is still being translated.
English follows Erich Klostermann, Origenes Werke III (GCS, 1901). A second transcription of that same edition (First1KGreek TEI) was checked; where the TEI drops or garbles a line, the page image wins. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition of the Greek. Homilies that survive only in Jerome’s Latin are not on this page yet. When they are, they will be marked at those homilies.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Klostermann, Origenes Werke III (GCS, 1901) (Greek · Homilies 1–20 Greek (this page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20))
- Checked print Archive.org page image and DjVu of GCS III (Greek · Same print as the copy-text)
- Checked print First1KGreek TEI of GCS III (Greek · Same print; encoding errors deferred to the page image)
Where the prints differ
- Homily 1.1 — The TEI omits Ἑβραῖον. English follows the GCS page image: Jonah is “a Hebrew prophet.”
- Homily 1.5 — The TEI dropped Ἰσαάκ. English follows the GCS page image: Isaac born of promise.
- Homily 1.11 — The TEI/OCR of this line is garbled. English follows the GCS page image and the quoted verse: “I have sanctified you.”
- Homily 3.2 — The TEI gaps Matthew 5:45 (sun on the evil and [gap]; rain on [gap] and the unjust). English follows the Gospel wording.
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.