Photius of Constantinople (c. 810–c. 893) is the author of this fragment on 2 Timothy. It is not Severian's fragments on that letter.
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Contents 1 passage 1 Faithful men are bishops and elders; witnesses are Law and Prophets Author Photius of Constantinople (c. 810–c. 893 AD) — Patriarch of Constantinople in the ninth century and one of the great scholars of Byzantium. His Bibliotheca summarises hundreds of books, many of which are otherwise lost.
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About this text A single note on 2 Timothy 2:2: the faithful men are the bishops and elders Timothy would ordain, and the many witnesses are the Law and the Prophets.
Paul tells Timothy to entrust the teaching to faithful men. Photius says those men are the bishops and elders Timothy was about to ordain.
The many witnesses are the Law and the Prophets. The citations use the old names of the biblical books.
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Faithful men are bishops and elders; witnesses are Law and Prophets §1 Photius comments on the lemma from 2 Timothy 2:2, explaining who the faithful men are and what the many witnesses mean.
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1 "Faithful men" (2 Timothy 2:2 ) — that is, bishops and elders, whom Timothy was about to ordain. "Through many witnesses" means through the Law and the Prophets.
Greek · §1 The Greek is on each section page: §1
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