Chapter XIX: Appendix: (C)

Proof that HESYCHIUS is a copyist only in what he says concerning
the end of S. Mark’s Gospel.

(Referred to at pp. 57-58.)

§ 1. It was confidently stated above (at p. 58) that HESYCHIUS, discussing the consistency of S. Matthew’s ὀψὲ τῶν σαββάτων (chap. xxviii. 1), with the πρωί of S. Mark (chap. xvi. 9), is a _copyist_ only; and that he copies from the “Quaestiones ad Marinum” of EUSEBIUS. The proof of that statement is subjoined. It should perhaps be explained that the extracts in the right-hand column have been dislocated in order to shew their close resemblance to what is set down in the left-hand column from Eusebius:—

(EUSEBIUS.) (HESYCHIUS, or SEVERUS.) τὸ ὀψὲ σαββάτων μὴ τὴν τὸ δὲ ὀψὲ σαββάτων οὺ τὴν ἑσπερινὴν ὥραν τὴν μετὰ ἑσπέραν τὴν μετὰ τὴν τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ σαββάτου δύσιν τοῦ ἡλίου δηλοί ... λέγεσθαι ὑπολάβοιμεν ἀλλὰ τὸ βραδὺ καὶ ὀψὲ τῆς ἀλλὰ ... τὸ βράδιον καὶ νυκτὸς. πολὺ διεστηκὸς ... οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ὀψὲ τῆς ὤρας καὶ γάρ που καὶ οὕτως εἰώθαμεν λέγειν, καὶ ὀψὲ ημῖν σύνηθες λέγειν, ὀψὲ τοῦ καιροῦ, καὶ ὀψὲ τῆς τοῦ καιροῦ παραγέγονας; χρείας; οὸ τὴν ἑσπέραν ὀψὲ τῆς ὤρας, ὀψὲ τῆς δηλοῦντες, οὐδὲ τὸν μετὰ χρείας; οὐχὶ τὴν ἑσπέραν, ἡλίου δυσμὰς χρόνον, τὸ καὶ τὸν μετὰ ἡλίου δυσμὰς δὲ σφόδρα βράδιον τούτῳ χρόνον δηλοῦσιν; ἀλλὰ τὸ σημαίνοντες τῷ τρόπῳ; βράδιον ... τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον μηνύουσι. ὄθεν ὥσπερ διερμηνεύων ὁ Ματθαῖος ... ὥσπερ αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ὁ Ματθαῖος ἑρμηνεύων ἑαυτὸν, ἐπήγαγε μετὰ τὸ ὀψὲ σαββάτων, τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν ἐπήγαγε τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῇ σαββάτων. εἰς μίαν σαββάτων. Ἔθος δὲ ὅλην τὴν ἑβδομάδα σάββατον δὲ τὴν πᾶσαν σάββατον καλεῖν. ἑβδομάσα καλεῖν Ἑβραίοις ἔθος. λέγεται γοῦν παρὰ τοῖς αὐτίκα γοῦν οἱ Εὐαγγελισταῖς τῇ μιᾷ τῶν εὐαγγελισταὶ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων; σαββάτων φασί; ἐν δὲ τῇ συνηθείᾳ, οὔτω δὴ καὶ ἐν τῇ δευτέρα σαββάτων, καί συνηθείᾳ κεκχρήμεθα, τρίτη σαββάτων. δευτέραν σαββάτων, καὶ τρίτη σαββάτων. (EUSEBIUS ad Marinum, (GREG. NYSS. [_vid. _apud_ Mai, vol. iv. p. suprà_, p. 39 bto 41.] 257-8.) _Opp._ vol. iii. p. 402.)

§ 2. Subjoined, in the right-hand column, is the original text of the passage of HESYCHIUS exhibited in English at p. 57. The intention of setting down the parallel passages from EUSEBIUS, and from VICTOR of Antioch, is in order to shew the sources from which Hesychius obtained his materials,—as explained at p. 58:—

(EUSEBIUS.) (HESYCHIUS, or SEVERUS.) τὰ γοῦν ἀκριβῆ τῶν ἐν μὲν οὖν τοῖς ἀντιγράφων τὸ τέλος ἀκριβεστέροις ἀντιγράφοις περιγράφει τῆς κατὰ τὸν τὸ κατὰ Μάρκον εὐαγγέλιον Μάρκον ἱστορίας ἐν τοῖς μεχρὶ τοῦ “ἐφοβοῦντο λόγοις κ.τ.λ. οἶς γὰρ,” ἔχει τὸ τέλος. ἐπιλέγει; ... “καὶ οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν, εἶπον, ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ.” (EUSEBIUS ad Marinum, _apud_ Mai, iv. p. 255.) (VICTOR OF ANTIOCH.) ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἔν τισι ... ἐν δέ τισι πρόσκειται καὶ πρόσκειται ... “Ἀναστὰς” ταῦτα. “Ἀναστὰς” κ.τ.λ. κ.τ.λ. δοκεῖ δὲ τοῦτο τοῦτο δὲ ἐναντίωσίν τινα διαφωνεῖν τῷ ὑπὸ Ματθαίου δοκεῖ ἔχειν πρὸς τὰ εἰρημένῳ.... ἔμπροσθεν εἰρημένα; [τῆς γὰρ ὤρας τῆς νυκτὸς ἀγνώστου τυγχανούσης καθ᾽ ἤν ὁ Σωτὴρ ἀνέστη, πῶς ἐνταῦθα ἀναστῆναι “πρωί” γέγραπται; ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐναντίον φανήσεται τὸ ῥητὸν, εἱ] οὅτως ἀναγνωσόμεθα; μετ᾽ ἐπιστήμης “Ἀναστὰς δὲ,” καὶ ἀναγνωσόμεθα; καὶ γὰρ ὑποστίξαντες ἐπάγωμεν, ὑποστῖξαι δεῖ συνετῶς; “πρωί τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων “Ἀναστὰς δὲ,” καὶ οὕτως ἐφάνη Μαρίᾳ τῇ ἐπαγάγειν, “πρωί πρώτῃ Μαγδαληνῇ;” ἵνα τὸ μὲν σαββάτων ἐφάνη πρῶτον “ἀναστὰς”— Μαρίᾳ τῇ Μαγδαληνῇ.” ἵνα τὸ μὲν “ἀναστὰς” (VICTOR ANTIOCH, _ed. Cramer_, vol. i. p. 444, line 19 to line 27.) [ἔχη τὴν ἀναφορὰν συμφώνως τῷ Ματθαίῳ, πρὸς τὸν προλαβόντα καιρὸν, τὸ δὲ “πρωί” πρὸς τὴν τῆς Μαρίας γενομένην ἐπιφάνειαν ἀποδοθείη.] (GREG. NYSS. _Opp._ vol. iii. p. 411, B, C, D: which may be also seen in Cramer’s _Catenae_, [vol. i. p. 250, line 21 to line 33,] ascribed to “SEVERUS, Archbishop of Antioch,” [_Ibid._, p. 243.])