Epictetus and the New Testament - College of Stoic Philosophers
Epictetus and the New Testament - College of Stoic Philosophers
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PHRASES SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL.<br />
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KOL tIs (Toi ravTTjv Trjv i^ovcriav<br />
;—Bk. Se'Sco/cei/ I., ch.<br />
xxix., § II.<br />
N.T.<br />
Koi TIS (TOI eSoiKep rfjp e^ov<br />
(Tiav TavTTjv ;—Matt. xxi. 23.<br />
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And who {^ave^^^"^"!^^^^ ^^^^ authority r<br />
:gave<br />
6. E.<br />
(dovXov) ... 6 Kvpios avTov<br />
dno^rjuel.—Bk. IV., ch. i.,<br />
§58.<br />
The slave's master goes<br />
on a journey.<br />
N.T.<br />
avOptoTTOs aTTohrifiwv CKdXea-eu<br />
Tovs I8I0VS dovXovs . . . Koi<br />
dnedrjixTjaev . . . /acto Se iroKvv<br />
Xpdvov epx^rai 6 Kvptos rav<br />
8ov\a>u (Kfivcov.—Matt. XXV.<br />
14, 15, 19.<br />
N.T.<br />
(orau yovv irddrj tls otl €v-<br />
(Ko)yov), dneXOcov dnqy^aro.—<br />
Bk. I., ch. ii., § 3.<br />
(' Whenever <strong>the</strong>n anyone<br />
has discovered that it is<br />
reasonable) he goes away<br />
<strong>and</strong> hangs himself.'<br />
(koi pl\lras to. dpyvpia els top<br />
vaov dvex^Plf^^^i '^"O dneXOwv<br />
dnqy^uTo.— Matt, xxvii. 5.<br />
'(And casting <strong>the</strong> silver<br />
coins into <strong>the</strong> temple, he departed<br />
<strong>and</strong>) went away <strong>and</strong><br />
hanged himself.'<br />
We notice that in E. dirriy^aTo is gnomic aorist,<br />
while in N.T. it is simple narrative. In spite <strong>of</strong><br />
that we are tempted to ask : 'is it mere coincidence<br />
that E. <strong>and</strong> Matt, use <strong>the</strong> same phrase, or can it be<br />
that E. used <strong>the</strong> story <strong>of</strong> Judas to illustrate his<br />
fibint that a man does sometimes think it<br />
reasonable<br />
to commit suicide in this way ?<br />
8. E.<br />
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€Kciv(ov xpeiav flx^v n deus.—<br />
N.T.<br />
o Kvpios avTiov xp^^av i'x^i-—<br />
Bk. I., ch. vi., § 13. i Matt. xxi. 3.<br />
'<br />
God had need <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m<br />
'<br />
The Lord hath need <strong>of</strong><br />
(animals). ^<br />
'<br />
(<strong>the</strong> ass <strong>and</strong> colt).<br />
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