Didache 10.6

Anonymous · Didache · ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) · place unknown · Read in context

Pseudonymous: Its title presents it as 'the teaching of the Lord through the twelve apostles'; it was compiled by unknown authors from earlier material. It was rediscovered in 1873 in a manuscript of 1056 (Codex Hierosolymitanus) and published in 1883.

Summary: A closing prayer for Christ's coming: “Maranatha.”

Textual problem in this passage: the printed text is uncertain or disputed here. See the notes.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:324

ἐλθέτω χάρις καὶ παρελθέτω ὁ κόσμος οὗτος. Ὡσαννὰ τῷ θεῷ Δαυείδ. εἴ τις ἅγιός ἐστιν, ἐρχέσθω· εἴ τις οὐκ ἔστι, μετανοείτω· μαρὰν ἀθά· ἀμήν.

English · Claude translation

Let grace come, and let this world pass away. Hosanna to the God of David. If anyone is holy, let him come; if anyone is not, let him repent. Maranatha. Amen.”

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:324 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Lake, LCL 24. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; the problem in this passage is discussed in the notes.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 7 (1886) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Scripture

Matt 21:9 · allusion, high confidence
1 Cor 16:22 · allusion, high confidence
Rev 22:20 · echo, medium confidence
1 John 2:17 · echo, low confidence

Topics

Prayer, Eschatology

Notes

Translation notes

“Maranatha”: Aramaic, “Our Lord, come!” (1 Cor 16:22; compare Rev 22:20).
“God of David”: some editors emend to “Son of David” (Matt 21:9).

Cite this passage

Did. 10.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/10/6/).

Plain text

Did. 10.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/10/6/).

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