Traditions of Elders

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Papias Traditions of Elders

110-155 AD

Excerpts from Irenaeus (200 AD) and Eusebius (330 AD) in

Laurentianus XI plus Latin

Bishop of Hierapolis/Saint

TrE 1:1 Quia autem triginta annorum aetas prima indolis est iuvenis, et extenditur usque ad quadragesimum annum, omnis quilibet confitebitur; a quadragesimo autem et quinquagesimo anno declinat iam in aetatem seniorem, quam habens dominus noster docebat, sicut evangelium

καὶ πάντες οἱ πρεσβύτεροι μαρτυροῦσιν, οἱ κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἰωάννῃ τῷ τοῦ κυρίου μαθητῇ συμβεβληκότες, [τὸ αὐτὸ] παραδεδωκέναι [αὐτοῖς] τὸν Ἰωάννην. παρέμεινεν γὰρ αὐτοῖς μέχρι τῶν Τραϊανοῦ χρόνων.

and all the-ones more-eldered they-witnesseth-unto, the-ones down to-the-one to-an-Asia unto-an-Iôannês unto-the-one of-the-one of-Authority-belonged unto-a-learner having-had-come-to-cast-together, [to-the-one to-it] to-have-had-come-to-give-beside [unto-them] to-the-one to-an-Iôannês. It-stayed-beside too-thus unto-them unto-lest-whilst of-the-ones of-a-Traianos of-whiles.

Quidam autem eorum non solum Ioannem, sed et alios apostolos viderunt, et haec eadem ab ipsis audierunt, et testantur de huiusmodi relatione.

TrE 2:1 Ποῦ οὖν ἐτέθη ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος; ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ δηλονότι, καθὼς γέγραπται· [καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ὁ θεὸς παράδεισον ἐν Ἐδὲμ κατὰ ἀνατολὰς καὶ ἔθετο ἐκεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὃν ἔπλασεν] καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξεβλήθη εἰς τόνδε τὸν κόσμον παρακούσας. διὸ καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι, τῶν ἀποστόλων μαθηταί, τοὺς μετατεθέντας ἐκεῖσε μετατεθῆναι· (δικαίοις γὰρ ἀνθρώποις καὶ πνευματοφόροις ἡτοιμάσθη ὁ παράδεισος, ἐν ᾧ καὶ Παῦλος ὁ ἀπόστολος εἰσκομισθεὶς ἤκουσεν ἄρρητα ῥήματα, ὡς πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ παρόντι), κἀκεῖ μένειν τοὺς μετατεθέντας ἕως συντελείας, προοιμιαζομένους τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν.

Of-whither accordingly it-was-placed the-one most-before a-mankind? In unto-the-one unto-a-sending-through-beside to-distincted-to-which-a-one, down-as it-had-come-to-be-scribed; [And it-planted-of, the-one a-Deity, to-a-sending-through-beside in unto-an-Edem down to-finishings-up and it-had-placed thither to-the-one to-a-mankind to-which it-fashioned] and thither-from it-was-casted-out into to-the-one-then-also to-the-one to-an-orderation having-heard-beside. Through-to-which and they-forth, the-ones more-eldered of-the-ones of-setees-off learners, to-the-ones to-having-been-placed-with thither-to to-have-been-placed-with; unto-course-belonged too-thus unto-mankinds and unto-currenting-to-beareed it-was-readied-to the-one a-sending-through-beside, in unto-which and a-Paulos the-one a-seteee-off having-been-tended-into-to it-heard to-un-utterable to-utterings-to, as toward to-us in unto-the-one unto-being-beside), and-thither to-stay to-the-ones to-having-been-placed-with unto-if-which of-a-finishing-together-of, to-which-belonging-before-to to-the-one to-an-un-degrading-unto.

Note: unto-a-sending-through-beside : used to refer to choice gardens as requiring special permission to enter, by implication a paradise or an exotic park.

TrE 3:1 Τούτων δὲ οὕτως ἐχόντων, καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς σπουδαίοις καὶ ἀρχαίοις ἀντιγράφοις τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τούτου κειμένου, καὶ μαρτυρούντων αὐτῶν ἐκείνων τῶν κατ᾿ ὄψιν τὸν Ἰωάννην ἑωρακότων, καὶ τοῦ λόγου διδάσκοντος ἡμᾶς, ὅτι ὁ ἀριθμὸς τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ θηρίου κατὰ τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ψῆφον διὰ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ γραμμάτων [ἑξακοσίους ἕξει καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἕξ] ... οὐκ οἶδα πῶς ἐσφάλησάν τινες ἐπακολουθήσαντες ἰδιωτισμῷ καὶ τὸν μέσον ἠθέτησαν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ ὀνόματος, ν' ψήφισμα ὑφελόντες καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν ἓξ δεκάδων μίαν δεκάδα βουλόμενοι εἶναι.

Of-the-ones-these then-also unto-the-one-this of-holding, and in unto-all unto-the-ones unto-hastenee-belonged and unto-first-belonged unto-ever-a-one-scribed of-the-one of-a-number of-the-one-this of-situating, and of-witnessing-unto of-them of-the-ones-thither of-the-ones down to-a-beholding to-the-one to-an-Iôannês of-having-had-come-to-seeee-unto, and of-the-one of-a-forthee of-veer-veerating to-us, to-which-a-one the-one a-number of-the-one of-a-naming-to of-the-one of-a-beastlet down to-the-one of-the-ones of-Hellên' to-a-pebble through of-the-ones in unto-it of-letterings-to [to-six-hundred it-shall-hold and to-sixty and to-six] ... not I-had-come-to-seeee-unto unto-whither they-had-been-befailed ones having-pathed-along-upon-unto unto-a-private-belongering-to-of and to-the-one to-middle they-un-placed-unto to-a-number of-the-one of-a-naming-to, to-fifty to-a-pebbling-to having-had-sectioned-under and ever-a-one of-the-ones of-six of-tens to-one to-a-ten purposing to-be.

TrE 4:1 Quemadmodum presbyteri meminerunt qui Ioannem discipulum domini viderunt, audisse se ab eo, quemadmodum de temporibus illis docebat dominus et dicebat.

TrE 5:1 Καὶ ὡς οἱ πρεσβύτεροι λέγουσι, τότε καὶ οἱ μὲν καταξιωθέντες τῆς ἐν οὐρανῷ διατριβῆς, ἐκεῖσε χωρήσουσιν, οἱ δὲ τῆς τοῦ παραδείσου τρυφῆς ἀπολαύσουσιν, οἱ δὲ τὴν λαμπρότητα τῆς πόλεως καθέξουσιν· πανταχοῦ δὲ σωτὴρ ὁραθήσεται, καθὼς [καὶ] ἄξιοι ἔσονται οἱ ὁρῶντες αὐτόν.

And as the-ones more-eldered they-forth, to-the-one-which-also and the-ones indeed having-been-en-deem-belonged of-the-one in unto-a-sky of-a-rubbing-through, thither-to they-shall-space-unto, the-ones then-also of-the-one of-the-one of-a-sending-through-beside of-a-luxury they-might-have-reveled-off, the-ones then-also to-the-one to-an-en-lampness of-the-one of-a-city they-shall-hold-down; of-all-spaced then-also a-Savior it-shall-be-seeeed-unto, down-as [and] deem-belonged they-shall-be the-ones seeeeing-unto to-it.

Note: of-a-sending-through-beside : used to refer to choice gardens as requiring special permission to enter, by implication a paradise or an exotic park.

TrE 5:2 εἶναι δὲ τὴν διαστολὴν ταύτην τῆς οἰκήσεως τῶν τὰ ἑκατὸν καρποφορούντων καὶ τῶν τὰ ἑξήκοντα καὶ τῶν τὰ τριάκοντα· ὧν οἱ μὲν εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἀναληφθήσονται, οἱ δὲ ἐν τῲ παραδείσῳ διατρίψουσιν, οἱ δὲ τὴν πόλιν κατοικήσουσιν· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἰρηκέναι τὸν κύριον, ἐν τοῖς τοῦ πατρός μου μονὰς εἶναι πολλάς. τὰ πάντα γὰρ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς τοῖς πᾶσι τὴν ἁρμόζουσιν οἴκησιν παρέχει·

To-be then-also to-the-one to-a-seteeing-through to-the-one-this of-the-one of-a-housing of-the-ones to-the-ones to-each of-fruit-beareeing-unto and of-the-ones to-the-ones to-sixty and of-the-ones to-the-ones to-thirty; of-which the-ones indeed into to-the-ones to-skies they-shall-be-taken-up, the-ones then-also in unto-the-one unto-a-sending-through-beside they-shall-rub-through, the-ones then-also to-the-one to-a-city they-shall-house-down-unto; and through to-the-one-this to-have-had-come-to-utter-unto to-the-one to-Authority-belonged, In unto-the-ones of-the-one of-a-Father of-me to-stayeed to-be to-much. The-ones all too-thus of-the-one of-a-Deity, which unto-the-ones unto-all to-the-one unto-lifting-along-of-to to-a-housing it-holdeth-beside;

Note: unto-a-sending-through-beside : used to refer to choice gardens as requiring special permission to enter, by implication a paradise or an exotic park.

... Hanc esse adordinationem et dispositionem eorum qui salvantur, dicunt presbyteri apostolorum discipuli; et per huiusmodi gradus proficere, et per Spiritum quidem [ad] filium, per filium autem ascendere ad patrem; filio deinceps cedente Patri opus suum, quemadmodum et [ab] apostolo dictum est: Quoniam oportet regnare eum, quoadusque ponat omnes inimicos sub pedibus eius.