Divine Punishments and Their Numbers
I consider that for us also such things may be, and some punishments may occur, so that these may not have a second punishment but be satisfied with the first, others may come even to the second, not indeed to the third, others may come even to the fourth. For the 'I will add seven plagues' signifies a mystery of one by one being inflicted, and the second, and the third, up to the seven mentioned for some. Not all are struck with seven plagues; rather, some I suppose will be struck with seven, others with five, others with four, others with three or two, and the most helpless among all in punishments I consider to be struck with one. Therefore, God knows the things regarding the plagues. Hence it is written here at the beginning of the reading: 'And it will be in those days... I will not make an end for you. Not an end in those days; for there are some days when He will make those He wills for an end.'
Greek
Σκοπῶ δὲ μήποτε καὶ περὶ ἡμᾶς τοιαῦτά ἐστιν, καὶ κολάσεις τινὲς γίνονται, ὥστε τούσδε μὲν μὴ πεῖραν ἔχειν δευτέρων κολάσεων ἀλλὰ ἀρκεσθῆναι ταῖς προτέραις, ἄλλους δὲ ἥκειν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς δευτέρας, οὐ μὴν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς τρίτας, ἄλλους δὲ ἐλεύσεσθαι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς τετάρτας. τὸ γὰρ «προσθήσω πληγὰς ἑπτά« ὁτίποτε μυστήριον δηλοῖ μιᾶς μιᾶς γινομένης καὶ δευτέρας καὶ τρίτης μέχρι τῶν εἰρημένων ἑπτὰ ἐπί τινας. οὐ πάντες δὲ ἑπτὰ πληγὰς πλήσσονται· ἀλλ᾿ οϊμαί τινας πληγήσεσθαι πληγήσεσθαι πληγὰς ἔξ, ἄλλους πέντε, πέντε, ἄλλους τέσσαρας, ἄλλλους τρεῖς ἢ δύο, τοὺς δὲ πάντων ὑποδεεστέρους ἐν κολάσεσιν πληγὴν νομίζω πληγήσεσθαι μίαν. οἶδεν οὖν ὁ θεὸς καὶ τὰ περὶ τῶν πληγῶν. διὸ γέγραπται ἐνθάδε κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ ἁναγνώσματος. «καὶ ἔσται έν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις«, ταῖς περὶ τῶν εἰρημένων, «οὑ μὴ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς συντέλειαν. συντέλειαν. άλλ᾿ οὐκ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις συντέλεια· εἰσὶν γάρ τινες ἠμέραι, ὅτε ποιήσει οὓς ποιήσει εἰς συντέλειαν.
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.