Friday, June 05, 2020
A Unique Gift
Paul, Letter to the Romans 12.6 (NIV):
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We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.Historia Monachorum in Aegypto 20.12 (tr. Norman Russell):
We saw there a father called Didymus, a man of advanced years with a charming countenance. He used to kill scorpions, horned vipers and asps with his bare feet. Nobody else dared do this. Many others who thought they could do the same were killed by the creatures as soon as they touched them.
Εἴδομεν δὲ ἐκεῖ ἄνδρα ὀνόματι ∆ίδυμον, πρεσβύτην τῇ ἡλικίᾳ, ἀστεῖον τῇ ὁράσει, ὃς τοὺς σκορπίους καὶ κεράστας καὶ ἀσπίδας τοῖς τοῖς οἰκείοις ποσὶν ἀπέκτεννεν, μηδενὸς ἑτέρου τολμῶντος τοῦτο ποιεῖν· ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ πολλοὶ ἕτεροι τῶν δοκούντων ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἀνῃρέθησαν τῶν θηρίων μόνον ἁψάμενοι.
