Nilus of Ancyra→Anastasius (correspondent of Nilus of Ancyra)|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Anastasius the Presbyter.
That those set in authority, when they keep silent about what must be said, will be punished for the destruction of those placed under them, see what the Lord says: "Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel, and you shall hear a word from my mouth, and shall give them warning. When I say to the sinner, 'You shall surely die,' if then you do not speak to warn the impious man away from his way, that lawless man shall die in his lawlessness; but his blood I will require from your hand." [Ezekiel 3:17-18, in the Septuagint version]
That those set in authority, when they keep silent about what must be said, will be punished for the destruction of those placed under them, see what the Lord says: "Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel, and you shall hear a word from my mouth, and shall give them warning. When I say to the sinner, 'You shall surely die,' if then you do not speak to warn the impious man away from his way, that lawless man shall die in his lawlessness; but his blood I will require from your hand." [Ezekiel 3:17-18, in the Septuagint version]
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