The Shepherd of Hermas

Hermas

Hermas. The Apostolic Fathers with an English translation by Kirsopp Lake. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1913

And others gave up their sticks, green and having cracks, and these stood apart.

And others gave up their sticks half dry and half green, and these stood apart.

And others brought two-thirds of the stick green, and one-third dry, and these stood apart.

And others gave up two-thirds dry, and one-third green, and these stood apart.

And others gave up their sticks almost wholly green, but a little of their sticks was dry, just the tip, and they had cracks in them, and these stood apart.

And of others there was very little green and the rest of the sticks was dry, and these stood apart.

And others came, bearing their sticks green, as they had received them from the angel, and the greater part of the multitude gave up such sticks, and the angel rejoiced greatly over these, and these stood apart.

And others gave up their sticks green and with buds, and these stood apart, and over these also the angel rejoiced greatly.

And others gave up their sticks green and with buds.

and the buds had; as it were, some fruit. And those men whose sticks were found thus were very joyful; and the angel rejoiced and the shepherd was very joyful over them.