NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans by Philip Schaff Christian Classics Ethereal Library About NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans by Philip Schaff Title: NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans URL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf111.html Author(s): Schaff, Philip Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: With over twenty volumes, the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is a momentous achievement. Originally gathered by Philip Schaff, the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is a collection of writings by classical and medieval Christian theologians. The purpose of such a collection is to make their writings readily available. The entire work is divided into two series. The first series focuses on two classical Christian theologians--St. Augustine and St. John Chrysostom. St. Augustine is one of the most influential and important Christian thinkers of all time. In addition to reprinting his most popular two works--the Confessions and the City of God--these volumes also contain other noteworthy and important works of St. Augustine, such as On the Holy Trinity, Christian Doctrine, and others. St. John Chrysostom was an eloquent speaker and well-loved Christian clergyman. St. John took a more literal interpretation of Scripture, and much of his work focused on practical aspects of Christianity, particularly what is now called social justice. He advocated for the poor, and challenged abuses of authority. This volume contains St. John Chrysostom's homilies on the Gospel of Acts and Romans. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is comprehensive in scope, and provide keen translations of instructive and illuminating texts from some of the greatest theologians of the Christian church. These spiritually enlightening texts have aided Christians for over a thousand years, and remain instructive and fruitful even today! Tim Perrine CCEL Staff Writer Print Basis: Edinburgh: T&T Clark Rights: Copyright Christian Classics Ethereal Library Date Created: 2002-06-22 Status: This document has been carefully proofed CCEL Subjects: All; Early Church; Sermons; Proofed LC Call no: BR60 .S4 LC Subjects: Christianity Early Christian Literature. Fathers of the Church, etc. NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Philip Schaff Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans Table of Contents About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii Series Title Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1 Preface to the American Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2 Title Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4 Preface to Part I. of the Oxford Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 5 Preface to Part II. of the Oxford Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12 Homily I on Acts i. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12 Homily II on Acts i. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27 Homily III on Acts i. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 37 Homily IV on Acts ii. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 49 Homily V on Acts ii. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 60 Homily VI on Acts ii. 22.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 70 Homily VII on Acts ii. 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 81 Homily VIII on Acts iii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 90 Homily IX on Acts iii. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 97 Homily X on Acts iv. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 111 Homily XI on Acts iv. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 122 Homily XII on Acts iv. 36, 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 131 Homily XIII on Acts v. 17, 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 138 Homily XIV on Acts v. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149 Homily XV on Acts vi. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 160 Homily XVI on Acts vii. 6, 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 170 Homily XVII on Acts vii. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 180 Homily XVIII on Acts vii. 54.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 189 Homily XIX on Acts viii. 26, 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 203 Homily XX on Acts ix. 10, 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218 Homily XXI on Acts ix. 26, 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 226 Homily XXII on Acts x. 1-4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 238 Homily XXIII on Acts x. 23, 24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 251 Homily XXIV on Acts x. 44, 46.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 264 Homily XXV on Acts xi. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 274 Homily XXVI on Acts xii. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 284 Homily XXVII on Acts xii. 18, 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 293 Homily XXVIII on Acts xiii. 4, 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 300 iii NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Philip Schaff Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans Homily XXIX on Acts xiii. 16, 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 306 Homily XXX on Acts xiii. 42.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 316 Homily XXXI on Acts xiv. 14, 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 326 Homily XXXII on Acts xv. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 336 Homily XXXIII on Acts xv. 13, 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 343 Homily XXXIV on Acts xv. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 355 Homily XXXV on Acts xvi. 13, 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 366 Homily XXXVI on Acts xvi. 25, 26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 372 Homily XXXVII on Acts xvii. 1, 2, 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 380 Homily XXXVIII on Acts xvii. 16, 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 387 Homily XXXIX on Acts xvii. 32-34. xviii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 398 Homily XL on Acts xviii. 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 407 Homily XLI on Acts xix. 8, 9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 416 Homily XLII on Acts xix. 21, 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 427 Homily XLIII on Acts xx. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 436 Homily XLIV on Acts xx. 17-21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 443 Homily XLV on Acts xx. 32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 451 Homily XLVI on Acts xxi. 18, 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 460 Homily XLVII on Acts xxi. 39, 40.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 466 Homily XLVIII on Acts xxii. 17-20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 473 Homily XLIX on Acts xxiii. 6-8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 482 Homily L on Acts xxiii. 31-33.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 489 Homily LI on Acts xxiv. 22, 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 498 Homily LII on Acts xxv. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 506 Homily LIII on Acts xxvi. 30-32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 517 Homily LIV on Acts xxviii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 524 Homily LV on Acts xxviii. 17-20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 531 The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans. . . . p. 539 Preface to Homilies on Romans.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 539 The Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 542 Homily I on Rom. i. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 547 Homily II on Rom. i. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 554 Homily III on Rom. i. 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 565 Homily IV on Rom. i. 26, 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 572 Homily V on Rom. i. 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 578 Homily VI on Rom. ii. 17, 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 591 Homily VII on Rom. iii. 9-18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 602 Homily VIII on Rom. iv. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 617 Homily IX on Rom. iv. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 632 Homily X on Rom. v. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 641 iv NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Philip Schaff Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans Homily XI on Rom. vi. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 652 Homily XII on Rom. vi. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 664 Homily XIII on Rom. vii. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 680 Homily XIV on Rom. viii. 12, 13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 698 Homily XV on Rom. viii. 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 717 Homily XVI on Rom. ix. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 727 Homily XVII on Rom. x. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 745 Homily XVIII on Rom. x. 14, 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 755 Homily XIX on Rom. xi. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 767 Homily XX on Rom. xii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 782 Homily XXI on Rom. xii. 4, 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 789 Homily XXII on Rom. xii. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 797 Homily XXIII on Rom. xiii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 804 Homily XXIV on Rom. xiii. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 813 Homily XXV on Rom. xiv. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 820 Homily XXVI on Rom. xiv. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 832 Homily XXVII on Rom. xiv. 25-27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 839 Homily XXVIII on Rom. xv. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 845 Homily XXIX on Rom. xv. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 850 Homily XXX on Rom. xv. 25-27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 859 Homily XXXI on Rom. xvi. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 867 Homily XXXII on Rom. xvi. 17, 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 877 Index of Subjects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 885 Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 898 Index of Scripture References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 898 Index of Scripture Commentary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 908 Greek Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 908 Hebrew Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1009 Index of Pages of the Print Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1010 v NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Philip Schaff Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans vi NPNF (V1-11) Philip Schaff A SELECT LIBRARY OF THE i NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. EDITED BY PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK. IN CONNECTION WITH A NUMBER OF PATRISTIC SCHOLARS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA. VOLUME XI SAINT CHRYSOSTOM: HOMILIES ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS T&T CLARK EDINBURGH __________________________________________________ WM. B. EERDMANS PUBLISHING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ii NPNF (V1-11) Philip Schaff iii Preface to the American Edition. ———————————— In the preparation of this volume of Chrysostom’s Homilies on Acts and Romans, the effort has been to improve the Oxford edition by some changes and corrections, and by the addition of critical and explanatory notes. The translation remains substantially unchanged. Frequent minor changes have, however, been made in phraseology, where it has seemed to me that the sense could thereby be made plainer. Archaic and obsolescent words or expressions have often been replaced by more idiomatic modern language. In Biblical quotations where the translation was an inaccurate rendering of the original, I have substituted either the Revised Version or a translation conformed to the recent critical texts. A considerable number of errors in the English edition have been corrected. The imperfect state of the original text of the Homilies on Acts is a serious embarrassment, alike to translator and editor, in this part of the work. Often the reports of the discourses are in hopeless confusion, and it is impossible to determine confidently the meaning of what has been reported, much less of what the preacher originally said. Happily this remark applies to only a part of the exposition. The notes which I have added are intended to bring modern criticism into relation with the statements of Chrysostom upon points of special difficulty or importance. Sometimes they are added by way of correction to what is stated in the text. More frequently however, they are intended to present briefly the opinions of critical interpreters upon disputed or doubtful points, and thus to supplement for the modern reader the practical expositions of these books of the New Testament. At other times it has seemed desirable to explain matters which are but lightly touched upon in the text or passed over without explanation or notice. There is frequent occasion to observe how the spiritual insight of the great preacher has led him, in the case of difficult passages, to a right discernment of the same sense which critical exegesis discovers. I trust that these brief annotations, touching upon a great variety of points, may contribute somewhat to the usefulness of the edition. These notes are distinguished from those of the English editors by having appended to them the initials, G. B. S. The annotations of the English editors which are so copious upon the Homilies on Acts have been, with trifling exceptions, retained and the references have been, so far as possible, adapted to the American edition. It is obvious, however, that this adaptation could not be perfectly made because but few of the volumes of the American edition of the Homilies had appeared when this volume was prepared for the press. References to English editions of works not yet accessible in an American edition were, of necessity, left unchanged. Some small-portions of the work of the English editors which seemed to have no present value have been omitted. It is not improbable that still other omissions might well have been made, but the editor has been slow to follow his own iv 2 NPNF (V1-11) Philip Schaff judgment in this particular in dealing with the conscientious and painstaking labors of the Oxford editors. It will be noticed that the English notes to the Homilies on Romans are few and brief. These have been retained with such adaptations as could be made, and the American editor has added a considerable number of statements of critical opinions, together with such explanations of the course of thought and connections of ideas in difficult passages of the Epistle, as seemed desirable and useful. In the Homilies on Romans the state of the text is such and the work of the translators so well performed, that one is rarely at a loss to perceive the author’s meaning; the nature and limitations of his exposition, however, seem to call for occasional supplementing and correction. The indexes have been carefully revised. Topics which seemed unimportant and texts which are merely quoted or alluded to, without being explained, have often been omitted. By this process of revision the size of the indexes has been considerably reduced. It is hoped that they will be found sufficient to guide those who consult the volume to what is said upon the main themes which find place in it. George B. Stevens. Yale University, New Haven, March, 1889. 3 NPNF (V1-11) Philip Schaff v THE HOMILIES OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE, ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, TRANSLATED, WITH NOTES AND INDICES, BY REV. J. WALKER, M.A., OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE; REV. J. SHEPPARD, M.A., OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD; AND REV. H. BROWNE, M.A., OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. REVISED, WITH NOTES, BY REV. GEORGE B. STEVENS, Ph.D., D.D., PROFESSOR IN YALE UNIVERSITY. 4