Force of the present imperative in John 19:21

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Force of the present imperative in John 19:21

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I am fascinated by the use of the present imperative in John 19:21, particularly as the titulus had already been written (v.19, cf. v.22).
John 19:21 wrote:ἔλεγον οὖν τῷ Πιλάτῳ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων · μὴ γράφε · ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι ἐκεῖνος εἶπεν · βασιλεύς εἰμι τῶν Ἰουδαίων.

So the chief priests of the Jews were telling Pilate: "Don't write, "The King of the Jews," but, "He said, 'I am the King of the Jews.'"
Thoughts?
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Stephen Carlson wrote:I am fascinated by the use of the present imperative in John 19:21, particularly as the titulus had already been written (v.19, cf. v.22).
John 19:21 wrote:ἔλεγον οὖν τῷ Πιλάτῳ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων · μὴ γράφε · ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι ἐκεῖνος εἶπεν · βασιλεύς εἰμι τῶν Ἰουδαίων.

So the chief priests of the Jews were telling Pilate: "Don't write, "The King of the Jews," but, "He said, 'I am the King of the Jews.'"
Thoughts?
A thought is precisely what I do offer, no more. It seems to me that a perspective on the inscription is implicit in the present imperative: it can be changed, and for that reason Pilate can continue on with his composition of it in an altered formulation. Pilate's response with a pointed usage of the perfect tense in ὃ γέγραφα γέγραφα underscores that the inscription is now finished and not subject to alteration. I guess what I'm saying is that I think that usage of the present imperative μὴ γράφε is a deliberate rhetorical strategy to underscore the forcefulness of Pilate's response in the perfect tense -- and thereby to underscore as well the irony of the scene depicting "the crucified King of the Jews."
οὔτοι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς πάντα θεοὶ θνητοῖς ὑπέδειξαν,
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)

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Re: Force of the present imperative in John 19:21

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Maybe this is non-prototypical usage of imperative? (Sorry, David Lim :) ) If Pilate had said that, it would be quite natural to say "μη λεγε", wouldn't it? Because what someone has said he "says", as an ongoing fact, and it can easily be repeated. Here Pilate states it by writing, not saying, but present imperative would still be natural. Aorist wouldn't be very natural here because it would refer to one act of writing: because it has happened already, it wouldn't make sense to try to forbid it.
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Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:Maybe this is non-prototypical usage of imperative?
I think that's right, and I think that contributes to the rhetorical effect that Carl identified.
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Sorry for the long post. Here are some TLG-e Statistics along with some passages. Some compound words may have slipped in. Is this a verb specific actionsart/aspect phenomena? What is a linguist's perspective on the distribution of the tense/voice?


γράφε 522x pres. act. imp.
γράφου 84x pres. mid. imp.
γράψον 266χ aor. act. imp.
γράψαι 1395x No determination whether aor. infinitive or aor. middle. imperative

μὴ γράφε 30x pres. act. imp.
μὴ γράψῃς 9x aor. subj.
μὴ γράφου 0x pres. mid. imp.

Search for μὴ γράφε· About 1/2 of the 30 hits are related to the NT phrase.

Plutarchus Biogr., Phil., De latenter vivendo (1128a-1130e)
Stephanus page 1128, section F, line 4

καὶ μὴν εἴ γε τοῖς χρηστοῖς λανθάνειν καὶ ἀγνο-
εῖσθαι παραινεῖς, Ἐπαμεινώνδᾳ λέγεις ‘μὴ στρατήγει’
καὶ Λυκούργῳ ‘μὴ νομοθέτει’ καὶ Θρασυβούλῳ ‘μὴ τυ-
ραννοκτόνει’ καὶ Πυθαγόρᾳ ‘μὴ παίδευε’ καὶ Σωκράτει
’μὴ διαλέγου’, καὶ σεαυτῷ πρῶτον, Ἐπίκουρε ’μὴ γράφε
τοῖς ἐν Ἀσίᾳ φίλοις μηδὲ τοὺς ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου ξενολόγει
μηδὲ τοὺς Λαμψακηνῶν ἐφήβους δορυφόρει· | μηδὲ διά-
πεμπε βίβλους, πᾶσι καὶ πάσαις ἐπιδεικνύμενος τὴν σο-
φίαν, μηδὲ διατάσσου περὶ ταφῆς.

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Novum Testamentum, Evangelium secundum Joannem
Chapter 19, section 21, line 2

ἔλεγον οὖν τῷ Πιλάτῳ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων,
Μὴ γράφε, Ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλ' ὅτι ἐκεῖνος
εἶπεν, Βασιλεύς εἰμι τῶν Ἰουδαίων.

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Apollonius Dyscolus Gramm., De adverbiis
Part 2, volumëfascicle 1,1, page 124, line 12

Ἡ οὔ ἀπόφασις, μαχομένη τῇ ναί καταφάσει, τὰ ἐν καταφάσει
ῥήματα ἀναιρεῖ, ἅπερ ἐστὶν ὁριστικά, ἔχοντα ἐν αὑτοῖς τὴν κατάφασιν,
ἀνθ' ἧς καὶ πολλάκις παραλαμβάνεται, <οὐ γράφω, οὐ ποιῶ· ἡ δὲ>
μή ἀπαγορεύουσα τὸ ἐν προστάξει πάλιν καταφατικὸν ἀναιρεῖ, γράφε
<μὴ γράφε>, λέγε <μὴ λέγε>.

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Epicurus Phil., Epistularum fragmenta
Fragment 98, line 2

de occulte uiuendo 1128e

καὶ μὴν εἴ γε τοῖς χρηστοῖς λανθάνειν καὶ ἀγνοεῖσθαι παραινεῖς
............ καὶ σεαυτῷ πρῶτον, Ἐπίκουρε· μὴ γράφε τοῖς
ἐν Ἀσίᾳ φίλοις, μηδὲ τοὺς ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου ξενολόγει, μηδὲ τοὺς
Λαμψακηνῶν ἐφήβους δορυφόρει, μηδὲ διάπεμπε βίβλους πᾶσι
καὶ πάσαις, ἐπιδεικνύμενος τὴν σοφίαν, μηδὲ διατάσσου περὶ
ταφῆς.

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Demetrius Rhet., Formae epistolicae
Section 21, line 7

τῶν κατ' ἐμὲ δὲ ὅ τι βούλει, μὴ γράφε παρακαλῶν,
ἀλλ' ἀπαιτῶν χάριν.

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Basilius Theol., Epistulae
Epistle 344, section 1, line 9

Χαῖρε
τοίνυν, Τιμιώτατε, καὶ γράφε εἰ βούλοιο, καὶ μὴ γράφε εἰ
τοῦτό σοι προσφιλές.

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Basilius Theol., Enarratio in prophetam Isaiam [Dub.]
Chapter 13, section 265, line 4

Οἱ νομίσαντες διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ δια-
κόπτειν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν κόσμον βασιλείαν, οἱ λέγοντες
τῷ Πιλάτῳ· Μὴ γράφε, ὅτι «ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων»
ἀλλ' ὅτι ἐκεῖνος εἶπε «βασιλεύς εἰμι τῶν Ἰουδαίων».

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Nonnus Epic., Paraphrasis sancti evangelii Joannei (fort. auctore Nonno alio)
Demonstratio 19, line 111

καὶ Πιλάτον λιτάνευον ὁμήλυδες ἀρχιερῆες·
μὴ γράφε, μὴ γράφε τοῦτον Ἰουδαίων βασιλῆα,
ἀλλ' ὅτι κεῖνος ἔλεξεν ἑῇ ψευδήμονι φωνῇ·
κοίρανος Ἑβραίων τελέθω σκηπτοῦχος Ἰησοῦς.

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Asterius Scr. Eccl., Homiliae 1-14
Homily 1, chapter 4, section 2, line 4

Μὴ γράφε τὸν Χριστόν – ἀρκεῖ γὰρ αὐτῷ ἡ
μία τῆς ἐνσωματώσεως ταπεινοφροσύνη, ἣν αὐθαιρέτως δι' ἡμᾶς κατε-
δέξατο – , ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς σου βαστάζων νοητῶς τὸν ἀσώματον Λόγον
περίφερε.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl., In Matthaeum (homiliae 1-90)
Vol 58, pg 755, ln 49

Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ λῃ-
στὰς αὐτῷ συνεσταύρωσαν· διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἔλεγον· Μὴ
γράφε
, ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων,
ἀλλ' ὅτι Ἐκεῖνος εἶπε.
Ταῦτα δὲ πάντα ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐγίνετο, ὥστε
μηδὲ σκιάν τινα αὐτοὺς ἔχειν ἀναισχύντου γοῦν ἀπο-
λογίας.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl., In Matthaeum (homiliae 1-90)
Vol 58, pg 759, ln 56

Ὅτε δὲ καὶ ἐκεῖνοι ἀπήρτισαν,
καὶ προσήλωσαν αὐτὸν, τότε καὶ αὐτοὶ ταράττονται·
νῦν μὲν λέγοντες, Μὴ γράφε, Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ βασιλεὺς
τῶν Ἰουδαίων (καίτοιγε τί δεδοίκατε, τί θορυβεῖσθε,
νεκροῦ σώματος ἐπὶ σταυροῦ προσηλωμένου;

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl., In illud: Exeuntes pharisaei [Sp.]
Vol 61, pg 709, ln 50

Μὴ
γράφε,
ὅτι Ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl., In illud: Exeuntes pharisaei [Sp.]
Vol 61, pg 709, ln 50

Μὴ γράφε,
ἀντὶ τοῦ, Τὴν ἀλήθειαν, τοῦ, Μηδεὶς ὠφελείσθω, μηδεὶς
ἄρτιος ἔστω πρὸς εὐσέβειαν.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl., In illud: Exeuntes pharisaei [Sp.]
Vol 61, pg 710, ln 18

Μὴ γράφε.
Διὰ τί, Μὴ γράφε; τί γὰρ ὑμᾶς βλάπτει;

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Libanius Rhet., Soph., Epistulae 1-1544
Epistle 1393, section 5, line 3

ταῦτα
διαλέγου τοῖς τὸν τέταρτον χορὸν οὐ καλῶς συντιθεῖσι, καὶ ἢν
μὲν πείθωνται, – , εἰ δὲ μή, γράφε ἃ φρονοῦσιν, ὥστ' Αὐξεν-
τίῳ ζητεῖν ἑτέραν ἀσφάλειαν.

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Libanius Rhet., Soph., Epistularum Basilii et Libanii quod fertur commercium
Epistle 10, section 3, line 3

ἐγὼ
δὲ σοῦ τὴν σιωπὴν ἀμείψομαι προσρήσει· χαῖρε τοίνυν, τιμιώ-
τατε, καὶ γράφε, εἰ βούλοιο, καὶ μὴ γράφε, εἰ τοῦτό σοι προς-
φιλές.

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Procopius Rhet., Scr. Eccl., Commentarii in Isaiam
Page 2081, line 5

Εἶεν δ' ἂν οἱ πρέσβεις, οἱ τὸν
θάνατον ἐνεργήσαντες αὐτοῦ, νομίσαντες διὰ τοῦ
σταυροῦ διακόπτειν αὐτοῦ τὴν βασιλείαν, λέγοντες
τῷ Πιλάτῳ· «Μὴ γράφε ὅτι βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων,
ἀλλ' ὅτι ἐκεῖνος εἶπε, βασιλεύς εἰμι·» οἳ κατακρι-
θέντες ἐκ τῆς ἑαυτῶν πονηρίας ἐμποδὼν οὐ γεγό-
νασι τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ.

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Theodorus Studites Scr. Eccl., Theol., Epistulae
Epistle 380, line 15

Ἡ οὖν τοῦ Ἀστερίου ἐπὶ λέξεως τάδε· “μὴ γράφε τὸν Χριστόν·
ἀρκεῖ γὰρ αὐτῷ ἡ μία τῆς ἐνσωματώσεως ταπεινοφροσύνη, ἣν αὐθ-
αιρέτως δι' ἡμᾶς κατεδέξατο.

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Manuel Philes Poeta, Scr. Rerum Nat., Carmina
Chapter 2, poem 243, line 14

Ἔχει πάχος τι καὶ τὸ χρῶμα, ζωγράφε,
Πρὸς τὸ σκιῶδες σῶμα τῆς Αἰγυπτίας·
Εἰ γοῦν πρὸς ἐμφέρειαν ταύτην ἐγγράφεις,
Ἀφεὶς τὸ χρῶμα γράφε πρὸς ἀϋλίαν·
Εἰ δ' οὐκ ἐφικτὸν τῇ τέχνῃ οὕτω γράφειν,
Τὴν ζῶσαν ὡς ἄϋλον ὕλῃ μὴ γράφε.
Σκιὰν σκιᾶς ἔγραψας, ὦ χεὶρ ζωγράφου·
Σκιὰ γὰρ ἦν τὸ σῶμα τῆς Αἰγυπτίας
Λεπτυνθὲν ὡς ἄϋλον ἐξ ἀσιτίας·
Καὶ θαῦμα λοιπὸν πῶς σκιὰν σκιᾶς γράφεις.

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Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl., Theol., Sacra parallela (recensiones secundum alphabeti litteras dispositae, quae tres libros conflant) (fragmenta e cod.
Volume 96, page 213, line 36

Πηγὴ κακῶν, μὴ βλύζε, μὴ, ματαία φρήν·
Ἡ δ' οὖν σὺ, γλῶσσα, μὴ δέχου τὸν βόρβορον·
Ἡ δ' οὖν σὺ, χείρ γε, μὴ γράφε τὰ χείρονα·
Οὕτως ἂν ἡμῖν εἰκὼν ἄφθαρτος μένοι.
Ἐπιγνῶμεν τὰς παγίδας, καὶ πόῤῥωθεν αὐτῶν
βαδίζωμεν.

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Nicephorus I Scr. Eccl., Hist., Theol., Refutatio et eversio definitionis synodalis anni 815
Chapter 85, line 5

δεύτερον γὰρ παράγουσιν Ἀστέριον ἐπίσκοπον
Ἀμασείας ἐπιγραφόμενον, ἐν τῷ πεποιημένῳ αὐτῷ εἰς τὸν
πλούσιον καὶ τὸν Λάζαρον λόγῳ φάσκοντα οὕτως· <Μὴ
γράφε
τὸν Χριστόν – ἀρκεῖ γὰρ αὐτῷ ἡ μία τῆς
ἐνσωματώσεως ταπεινοφροσύνη, ἣν αὐθαιρέ-
τως δι' ἡμᾶς κατεδέξατο – , ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς
σου βαστάζων νοητῶς τὸν ἀσώματον λόγον πε-
ρίφερε.

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Nicephorus I Scr. Eccl., Hist., Theol., Refutatio et eversio definitionis synodalis anni 815
Chapter 85, line 28

ἐμὴν δὲ εἰ
δέχονται συμβουλήν, ἐκεῖνα ἀποκτώμενοι, τὰς ζώσας εἰκό-
νας τοῦ θεοῦ τιμάτωσαν· μὴ γράφε τὸν Χριστόν – ἀρκεῖ γὰρ
αὐτῷ ἡ μία τῆς ἐνσωματώσεως ταπεινοφροσύνη, ἣν αὐθαι-
ρέτως δι' ἡμᾶς κατεδέξατο ὁ κύριος – , ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς σου
βαστάζων νοητῶς τὸν ἀσώματον λόγον περίφερε.

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Nicephorus I Scr. Eccl., Hist., Theol., Refutatio et eversio definitionis synodalis anni 815
Chapter 116, line 2

ὥσπερ γὰρ Ἀστέριος, ὃν οἱ θεοστυγεῖς ἀνοήτως εἰς
συνηγορίαν τῆς ἀσεβείας παρακομίζουσιν, <μὴ γράφε τὸν
Χριστὸν> προστάττων, οὐ τὸ μὴ γράφειν αὐτὸν προηγου-
μένως παρεγγυᾷ, ἀλλὰ τοῖς τῷ πλούτῳ προσκεχηνόσι καὶ
τοῖς σηρικοῖς ἀμφιέσμασιν ἐπιγαννυμένοις, πλούτου καταφρο-
νεῖν παραινεῖ καὶ τῶν λαμπρῶν περιβολαίων ὑπερορᾶν, τῇ δὲ
τῶν πενήτων εὐεργεσίᾳ καὶ ἐπισκέψει ταῦτα προσδαπανῶντας
τῇ κρείττονι κτίσει πλουτίζεσθαι, καὶ μὲν δὴ καὶ ὥσπερ ὁ
μέγας Ἰωάννης ὁ τῆς βασιλίδος ἀρχιερεὺς ἐγκώμια εἰς τοὺς
ἁγίους συντιθείς, φάσκων ὅτι Ἡμεῖς διὰ τῶν γραφῶν, τῆς
τῶν ἁγίων ἀπολαύομεν παρουσίας, οὐχὶ τῶν σωμάτων

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Nicolaus I Mysticus Theol., Epist., Epistulae
Epistle 19, line 23

Μὴ δηλώσῃς, καταλιπέτω τὴν βασιλείαν ὁ
πρὸς τὸν θρόνον ἀναβεβηκὼς τῆς βασιλείας, τοῦτο γὰρ ἀμήχανον· μὴ
γράφε
τοῦ δέξασθαί σε βασιλέα καὶ κύριον τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῆς Ῥωμαϊκῆς
βασιλείας καὶ τὸν λαόν, ἀμήχανον γὰρ τοῦτο γενέσθαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς τοῦ-
τον τὸν λόγον ἀνέχεται ἀκοαῖς παραδέξασθαι· ἀλλὰ γράψον χρυσίου
λαβεῖν ποσότητα, ἱματίων, ἢ καὶ γῆς ἐπίδοσιν μέρους, ὅση δυνατὴ καὶ
Βουλγάροις ὠφελεῖν καὶ Ῥωμαίοις μὴ ἐπάγειν ζημίαν ἀφόρητον.

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Cyrillus Theol., Commentarii in Joannem
Volume 3, page 86, line 6

<Ἔλεγον οὖν τῷ Πιλάτῳ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων Μὴ γράφε
Ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλ' ὅτι ἐκεῖνος εἶπε Βασιλεύς
εἰμι τῶν Ἰουδαίων.

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Georgius Choeroboscus Gramm., Prolegomena et scholia in Theodosii Alexandrini canones isagogicos de flexione verborum
Page 232, line 2

<Ι 61> ἐξείπω καὶ πάντα διίξομαι>, ⟦καὶ
ἐν πληθυντικοῖς ὁμοίως⟧, <Ζ 70> <ἀλλ' ἄνδρας κτείνωμεν, ἔπειτα
δέ>, ⟦καὶ⟧ πάλιν <Β 140. Ι 27> <φεύγωμεν σὺν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς
πατρίδα γαῖαν>· ⟦καὶ τοῦτο⟧ πιστοῦνται ἐκ τῆς συντάξεως τοῦ ἄγε
καὶ τοῦ μή· τὸ γὰρ ἄγε καὶ τὸ μή προστακτικοῖς συνταττόμενα, οἷον
ἄγε γράφε, μὴ γράφε, συντάττονται καὶ τούτοις, οἷον <ν 215> <ἀλλ'
ἄγε δὴ τὰ χρήματ' ἀριθμήσω καὶ ἴδωμαι, <Ι 60> ἀλλ' ἄγ' ἐγών,
ὃς σεῖο γεραίτερος εὔχομαι εἶναι, <Ἐξ>είπω>, μὴ κτείνωμεν,
μὴ ποιήσωμεν, μὴ γράψωμεν.

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Choricius Rhet., Soph., Opera
Oration-declamation-dialexis 40, section 1, paragraph 28, line 3

εἰ γὰρ
τῆς ἀπάτης τὸ τρόπαιον ὁμολογεῖς ἐλαττοῦσθαι τοῦ δι'
ὅπλων ἐγειρομένου, μὴ γράφε τὴν ἐλάττονα νίκην, μή που
τὴν μείζω γράψωσιν οἱ πολέμιοι καὶ σὲ μὲν ἡττημένον
δημιουργήσωσιν, ἐμὲ δὲ τὰ γυναικῶν περικείμενον οὐ
προστιθέντες τὰ ἀτυχίας, αἷς ἐκείνους ἐνέβαλεν ἡ γυνή.

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Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena in Joannem (catena integra) (e codd. Paris. Coislin. 23 + Oxon. Bodl. Auct. T.1.4)
Page 392, line 2

Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ εἰκὸς πολλοὺς εἶναι
μιγάδας Ἰουδαίων διὰ τὴν ἑορτὴν, ὥστε μηδένα ἀγνοεῖν τὴν ἀπο-
λογίαν, ταῖς φωναῖς ἁπάσαις τὴν Ἰουδαίων μανίαν ἐστηλίτευσεν,
ὅθεν καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ ἐσταυρωμένοι βασκαίνοντες ἔλεγον τῷ
Πιλάτῳ, “μὴ γράφε βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων,” ὡσανεὶ ἔλεγον,
ὅτι τούτου γενομένου δείκνυται τῆς αὐτοῦ προπετείας καὶ ἀλαζο-
νείας τὸ ἔγκλημα εἶναι· ἀλλ' οὐχ ὁ Πιλάτος προετράπη, ἀλλὰ
φησὶν, “ὃ γέγραφα, γέγραφα.

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Scholia In Aeschylum, Scholia in Prometheum vinctum (scholia recentiora Thomae Magistri et Demetrii Triclinii) (e cod. Neapol. II.F.31)
Hypothesis-verse of play 770, line 2

αὐτοῦ
ἀποστροφὴ] ἀποφυγή τύχης] τῆς δυστυχίας
οὐ δῆτα] οὐδαμῶς πλὴν] εἰ μή
ἡμέτερον † μὴ γράφε ἐνταῦθα πρὶν ἂν, οὐ γὰρ ἁρμόζει τῷ μέτρῳ, ἀλλὰ
πλὴν ἂν ἤγουν εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῶ· οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ἔν τινι τῶν παλαιῶν
ἀντιγράφων εὕρηται, καὶ πρὸς τὸ μέτρον ἔχει ὀρθῶς
ἄκοντος] μὴ βουλομένου Διός] τοῦ
τιν'] τὸν λύσοντα ἐκγόνων] ἀπογόνων χρεών] ἤγουν ἀπο-
κείμενόν ἐστιν εἶναι αὐτὸν τινὰ τῶν σῶν ἐκγόνων
ἦ] ὄντως ἀπαλλάξει] ἐλευθερώσει κακῶν] τῶν
γένναν] κατὰ τὴν γενεάν πρὸς] σὺν
Ἀπ' Ἰοῦς Ἔπαφος· οὗ Λιβύη· ἦς Βῆλος· οὗ Δαναός· οὗ Ὑπερμνήστρα,
ἡ μὴ κτείνασα τὸν ὁμόζυγον Λιγγέα· ἦς Ἄβας· οὗ Προῖτος· οὗ Ἀκρίσιος·

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Anthologiae Graecae Appendix, Epigrammata exhortatoria et supplicatoria
Epigram 139, line 1

Τὴν ζῶσαν ὡς ἄϋλον ὕλῃ μὴ γράφε.

ΑΛΛΟ.

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μὴ γράψῃς 9χ


Flavius Philostratus Soph., Vita Apollonii
Chapter 4, section 40, line 31

ἢν δὲ μὴ γράψῃς,” ἔφη “οὐ
δέξονταί με;

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Gregorius Nazianzenus Theol., Carmina moralia
Page 899, line 13

Μὴ γράψῃς τὸ πρόσωπον, ἀτάσθαλε, μηδὲ δολώσῃς
Σὸν χρόα.

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Origenes Theol., Scholia in Apocalypsem (scholia 1, 3-39)
Scholion 36, line 10

ἤκουσα γάρ, φησί, βροντῶν ἑπτὰ
καὶ ὅσα <ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταὶ ἔμελλον γράφειν>, καὶ
ἐλέχθη μοι· <μὴ γράψῃς, ὅσα ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταί.

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Origenes Theol., Scholia in Apocalypsem (scholia 28-38)
Scholion 36b, line 2

Ἤκουσα γὰρ (φησί) βροντῶν ἑπτά, καὶ ὅσα ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταὶ
ἔμελλον γράφειν καὶ ἐλέχθη μοι Μὴ γράψῃς ὅσα ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταί.
ἄρα νοεῖς ἐπὶ τούτων ὅτι αἱ τοιαῦται βρονταὶ ἐλάλησαν λόγους δυναμένους
γράφεσθαι καὶ μὴ γράφεσθαι· καὶ ὅτι ἤκουσεν ἐνάρθρου φωνῆς διὰ τῆς τοιαύ-
της φωνῆς ὁ ἱερὸς Ἰωάννης.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl., In Matthaeum (homiliae 1-90)
Vol 57, pg 450, ln 40

Ἂν γὰρ σὺ γράψῃς, ὁ Θεὸς ἐξαλεί-
φει· ὥσπερ οὖν ἐὰν σὺ μὴ γράψῃς, ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ἐγγρά-
φει, καὶ δίκην ἀπαιτεῖ.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl., De virtute animi [Sp.]
Vol 64, pg 477, ln 34

Κἂν σὺ
τοῖς χρήμασι κληρονόμον μὴ γράψῃς, εὑρήσει κλη-
ρονόμον τὰ χρήματα· κἂν μηδενὶ καταλίπῃς, οὐδὲν
ἐξενεγκεῖν ὧν ἐκτήσω δυνήσῃ.

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Scholia In Hesiodum, Scholia in opera et dies (scholia vetera partim Procli et recentiora partim Moschopuli, Tzetzae et Joannis Galeni
Prolegomenon-scholion sch, page-verse 475bis, line 5

ΕΥΟΧΕΩΝ μὴ γρά-
ψῃς, μὴ δ' ἹΞΕΑΙ.

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Scholia In Hesiodum, Scholia in opera et dies (scholia vetera partim Procli et recentiora partim Moschopuli, Tzetzae et Joannis Galeni
Prolegomenon-scholion sch, page-verse 694bis, line 1

Μὴ γράψῃς ΤΡΙΗΚΟΝ-
ΤΩΝ, εἴτε Ἡσιόδου, εἴτε μεταγραφικὸν τὸ πταῖσμα τυγχά-
νει, ἀλλὰ ΤΡΙΗΚΟΝΤΑ.

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Scholia In Lycophronem, Scholia in Lycophronem (scholia vetera et recentiora partim Isaac et Joannis Tzetzae)
Scholion 834, line 9

πρόσχες δὲ μὴ
γράψῃς
<Κηφηνίδας> ὡς οἱ πολλοὶ λέγοντες Κηφῆνας τοὺς
Αἰθίοπας λέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ <Κηφηίδας τύρσεις> ἀπὸ τοῦ
Κηφεύς Κηφέως Κηφείδες καὶ ἐκτάσει Κηφηίδες ὡς Χρυ-
σηίδες (Aesch. Ag. 1393). Ἡρόδοτος γὰρ Κηφῆνας καὶ Ἀρταί-
ους ἔθνη Περσῶν εἶναι λέγει (VII 61), οὐκ Αἰθιόπων.

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