Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans

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by  Philip Schaff

NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on
the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to
the Romans
by
Philip Schaff
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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
Print Basis: Edinburgh: T&T Clark
Rights: Public Domain
Date Created: 2002-06-22
Status: This document has been carefully proofed
CCEL Subjects: All; Early Church; Sermons
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
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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. 11
Homily I on Acts i. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11
Homily II on Acts i. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 24
Homily III on Acts i. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 32
Homily IV on Acts ii. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 42
Homily V on Acts ii. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51
Homily VI on Acts ii. 22.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 59
Homily VII on Acts ii. 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 68
Homily VIII on Acts iii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 76
Homily IX on Acts iii. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 82
Homily X on Acts iv. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 94
Homily XI on Acts iv. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 104
Homily XII on Acts iv. 36, 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 111
Homily XIII on Acts v. 17, 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 117
Homily XIV on Acts v. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 126
Homily XV on Acts vi. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 135
Homily XVI on Acts vii. 6, 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 143
Homily XVII on Acts vii. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 152
Homily XVIII on Acts vii. 54.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 159
Homily XIX on Acts viii. 26, 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 171
Homily XX on Acts ix. 10, 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 183
Homily XXI on Acts ix. 26, 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 190
Homily XXII on Acts x. 1-4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 200
Homily XXIII on Acts x. 23, 24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 209
Homily XXIV on Acts x. 44, 46.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 220
Homily XXV on Acts xi. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 229
Homily XXVI on Acts xii. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 237
Homily XXVII on Acts xii. 18, 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 244
Homily XXVIII on Acts xiii. 4, 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 250
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Homily XXIX on Acts xiii. 16, 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 255
Homily XXX on Acts xiii. 42.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 264
Homily XXXI on Acts xiv. 14, 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 272
Homily XXXII on Acts xv. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 280
Homily XXXIII on Acts xv. 13, 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 287
Homily XXXIV on Acts xv. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 296
Homily XXXV on Acts xvi. 13, 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 305
Homily XXXVI on Acts xvi. 25, 26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 311
Homily XXXVII on Acts xvii. 1, 2, 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 317
Homily XXXVIII on Acts xvii. 16, 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 323
Homily XXXIX on Acts xvii. 32-34. xviii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 333
Homily XL on Acts xviii. 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 340
Homily XLI on Acts xix. 8, 9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 347
Homily XLII on Acts xix. 21, 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 356
Homily XLIII on Acts xx. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 364
Homily XLIV on Acts xx. 17-21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 370
Homily XLV on Acts xx. 32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 377
Homily XLVI on Acts xxi. 18, 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 384
Homily XLVII on Acts xxi. 39, 40.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 390
Homily XLVIII on Acts xxii. 17-20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 396
Homily XLIX on Acts xxiii. 6-8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 403
Homily L on Acts xxiii. 31-33.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 409
Homily LI on Acts xxiv. 22, 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 417
Homily LII on Acts xxv. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 424
Homily LIII on Acts xxvi. 30-32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 433
Homily LIV on Acts xxviii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 439
Homily LV on Acts xxviii. 17-20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 445
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans. . . . p. 452
Preface to Homilies on Romans.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 452
The Argument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 455
Homily I on Rom. i. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 459
Homily II on Rom. i. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 465
Homily III on Rom. i. 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 475
Homily IV on Rom. i. 26, 27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 481
Homily V on Rom. i. 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 486
Homily VI on Rom. ii. 17, 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 498
Homily VII on Rom. iii. 9-18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 507
Homily VIII on Rom. iv. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 520
Homily IX on Rom. iv. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 533
Homily X on Rom. v. 12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 541
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Homily XI on Rom. vi. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 551
Homily XII on Rom. vi. 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 561
Homily XIII on Rom. vii. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 575
Homily XIV on Rom. viii. 12, 13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 591
Homily XV on Rom. viii. 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 607
Homily XVI on Rom. ix. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 616
Homily XVII on Rom. x. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 632
Homily XVIII on Rom. x. 14, 15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 640
Homily XIX on Rom. xi. 7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 651
Homily XX on Rom. xii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 664
Homily XXI on Rom. xii. 4, 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 670
Homily XXII on Rom. xii. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 677
Homily XXIII on Rom. xiii. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 683
Homily XXIV on Rom. xiii. 11.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 691
Homily XXV on Rom. xiv. 1, 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 697
Homily XXVI on Rom. xiv. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 707
Homily XXVII on Rom. xiv. 25-27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 713
Homily XXVIII on Rom. xv. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 719
Homily XXIX on Rom. xv. 14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 723
Homily XXX on Rom. xv. 25-27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 731
Homily XXXI on Rom. xvi. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 738
Homily XXXII on Rom. xvi. 17, 18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 746
Index of Subjects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 754
Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 766
Index of Scripture References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 766
Index of Scripture Commentary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 775
Greek Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 775
Hebrew Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 880
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A SELECT LIBRARY
OF THE
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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
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Preface to the American Edition.
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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
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
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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.
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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.
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