Epictetus and the New Testament - College of Stoic Philosophers

52 EPICTETUS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT.
E.
'But if thou hearest that
it is not right to wear
scarlet . .
.
Also Bk. III., ch.xxii.,§ lo.
N.T.
'And the woman was
clothed in purple and
scarlet'
Also Matt, xxvii. 28, &c.
8. Koa/iiio^.
There is a remarkable parallelism in thought
and language between two passages—one in E.,
the other in N.T.—in which this word occurs. The
term is used in the sense of decent/ modest ' * :
'
E.
(In reference to women)
fV ovdei/l aXXw Ti[xoiVTai rj
tS Kocr/Jiiai (f)aivea6aL koX aldrjfioves.—Ench.
xl.
'
For nothing else are they
honoured but for the appearance
of a decent and modest
behaviour.'
N.T.
( Understand /3ovXo/xai from
preceding verse)
axravTcos yvvatKas ev KaraarroXfj
Koafiito fxera aldovs kol
(Ta)(ppo(Tvvr]s Kocfie^v iavrds.—
I Tim. ii. 9.
In like manner (I desire)
'
that women adorn themselves
in decent apparel
with modesty and sobriety.'
Also I Tim. iii. 2.
9. fiaKapio^;.
This common N.T. term for
'
happy '—the
classical synonym evBalficov does not occur in
N.T.—is found at least twice in E., e.g. :
E.
Kuv TTOu ixvpalov enirvx^Ds,
}iaKapios €Lvai fioKely.
—• Bk.
IV., ch. ix., § 7.
'And if thou dost meet
with perfume anywhere, thou
thinkest thyself happy.'
N.T.
fiandpioL ol nTa))(o\ tgJ
TTvevp.ari.—Matt. V. 3.
'
Happy the poor in spirit.'
Also Matt. V. 4, &c.