The Jews were still in Egypt, and were presently about to go up; so that, had they been willing, they would have found no small kindling of piety here.
For if even now the remains are pointed out, much more would they have been shown at that time, when the events were fresh; and the magnitude of what had happened, and all who were in Arabia, would have known it.
1:2946
ταῦταμὲνἡμεῖςὡςἐνσυντόμῳεἰρήκαμεν
這些事,我們已經扼要地說了。
These things, then, we have spoken as briefly as may be.
But it is open to anyone who wishes, if he goes through the matters set before him with diligence, to discover something even more than what has been said by us.
1:2948
δίδουγὰρσοφῷ, φησίν, ἀφορμὴνκαὶσοφώτεροςἔσται
正如經上所說:「給智慧人一個機會,他就必更有智慧。」
For, as it says, 'Give occasion to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser.'
Let each one of those who read, therefore, looking as it were upon some original portrait to this noble athlete, imitate his manliness and emulate his patient endurance; that, having walked the same road as he, and having drawn up boldly against all the devices of the devil, he may be able to attain the good things promised to those who love God,
by the grace and lovingkindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom, together with the Holy Spirit, be glory, might, and honor to the Father, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.